0000ua003
Frances Jewell McVey papers, 1858-1953
0000ua003
McVey, Frances Jewell
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Frances Jewell McVey papers
0000ua003
University of Kentucky Special Collections
13.5 Cubic Feet
38 boxes, 3 wrapped packages
1858-1953
The Frances Jewell McVey papers (dated 1858-1953; 13.5 cubic feet; 38 boxes, 3 wrapped packages) include her personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts and research notes, diaries, address books, notebooks, documents, recipes, photographs, and scrapbooks. Also included are materials relating to Frank LeRond McVey, such as correspondence, speeches, notes, documents, and a scrapbook devoted to the memory of Frances Jewell McVey.
McVey, Frances Jewell, 1889-1945
Scope and Contents note
The Frances Jewell McVey papers (dated 1858-1953; 13.5 cubic feet; 38 boxes, 3 wrapped packages) include her personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts and research notes, diaries, address books, notebooks, documents, recipes, photographs, and scrapbooks. Also included are materials relating to Frank LeRond McVey, such as correspondence, speeches, notes, documents, and a scrapbook devoted to the memory of Frances Jewell McVey.
These materials span most of the years of McVey's life, from 1898 to 1945, and document her childhood and adolescence in Lexington (Ky.); school experiences at the Baldwin School (Pa.), Vassar College (N.Y.) and Columbia University (N.Y.); her career as an English professor and Dean of Women at the University of Kentucky; her marriage to Frank McVey, including her role as the host of Maxwell Place (including extensive recipe files), vacations, joint projects, and family events; her involvement in clubs and organizations; and her extensive research and writing on a variety of topics. Correspondents include Thomas D. Clark, Sarah Bennet Holmes, Frank LeRond McVey, John Jacob Niles, Rena Niles, Eleanor Roosevelt, Katherine Pettit, and Governor A.B.
Happy Chandler. Organizations represented in the collection include the International Relations Club at the University of Kentucky, the Lexington board of Education, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), and the American Association of University Women (AAUW). There are also materials generated after her death which relate to Frances McVey, including correspondence and information about a portrait dedication. Also included are photographs dating from the 1920s-1930s of Pine Mountain Settlement School, the Frontier Nursing Service, and Mary Breckinridge, most likely generated during McVey's research on these topics.
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Related Archival Materials note
Related Published Materials: McVey, Frances Jewell. Literature of Shakerism. New York: Columbia University, 1918.
McVey, Frances Jewell and Robert Berry Jewell. Uncle Will of Wildwood: nineteenth century life in the Bluegrass. Lexington (Ky.): University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
McVey, Frank LeRond. University is a place -- a spirit. Collected and arranged by Frances Jewell McVey. Lexington (Ky.): University Press of Kentucky, 1944.
Related Archival Materials: 2005MS47, Frontier Nursing Service collection, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
85M1, Frontier Nursing Service records, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
0000ua004, University of Kentucky. Office of the President Records: Frank LeRond McVey, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
1981ua001, The Lexington branch AAUW records, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
56M304, Garden Club of Kentucky records, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
2005ua001, Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
0000ua257, Dean of Women collection, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
2011ms063, Jewell family papers, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
FNS001, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History project, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
Preferred Citation note
0000ua003: [Item Number], Frances Jewell McVey papers, 1858-1953, University of Kentucky Special Collections
Arrangement note
Collection is arranged by subject and format into nine series as follows: Correspondence; Manuscripts; Diaries, notebooks, address books; Organizations; General subject files; Frank LeRond McVey; Scrapbooks; Photographic materials; Educational institutions
Biographical Note
Frances Jewell McVey was born December 23, 1889, to Asa and Elizabeth Jewell in Harrison County, Kentucky. When she was a small child, the family (including brothers Robert and John) moved to Lexington, where Frances graduated from Sayre College before going to the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College in 1913 and a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1918. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Kentucky in 1940.
Frances Jewell McVey held several positions at the University of Kentucky, beginning as a professor in the English Department from 1915-1921, then as the Dean of Women from 1921-1923. In 1923, she married then President of UK, Frank LeRond McVey, and is perhaps best known for her role as the
First Lady of Maxwell Place. The McVeys were the first President's family to reside in Maxwell Place and Frances Jewell McVey was widely praised for her graciousness as host of many teas and dinners. Her interest in, and recipes for, traditional Kentucky and Southern foods were well known and publicized, as was her knowledge of gardening.
McVey was active in many organizations, including the Southern Association of College Women (of which she served as chair in 1918), which worked with the U.S. Food Administration during WWI; the YWCA; the USO; the University of Kentucky Woman's Club; AAUW (American Association of University Women); the Garden Club, and the Vassar Club (she was an alumnae member of the Board of Trustees from 1933-1939). She was often asked to give speeches at club meetings, as well as county section meetings of the Kentucky Homemakers Association.
With a background in English literature, it is not surprising that Frances Jewell McVey was also a dedicated author. She wrote serial travel and history pieces, short fiction and essays, many of which were published in magazines of the time. She also published two books,
The Literature of Shakerism and
Uncle Will of Wildwood (co-authored with her brother, Robert). She also collected, edited and arranged the speeches of Frank LeRond McVey into
University is a Place - a Spirit. Frances McVey was stepmother to Frank McVey's three children from his first marriage to Mabel McVey, Frank, Jr., Janet, and Virginia. She was diagnosed with cancer in the fall of 1944 and went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for emergency surgery. She never fully recovered, and died June 13, 1945. She was interred at Lexington Cemetery.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
American Association of University Women.
Baldwin School.
Breckenridge, Mary, 1881-1965
Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991
Clark, Thomas Dionysius, 1903-2005
Columbia University.
Frontier Nursing Service, Inc.
Hindman Settlement School.
Maxwell Place (Lexington, Ky.).
McVey, Frances Jewell, 1889-1945
McVey, Frank LeRond, 1869-1953
Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980
Niles, Rena Lipetz
Pettit, Katherine Rebecca, 1869-1936
Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.)
Roosevelt , Eleanor, 1884-1962
Sayre Female Institute (Lexington, Ky.).
University of Kentucky--Faculty.
University of Kentucky--Presidents.
University of Kentucky--Societies, etc.
Vassar College.
Young Women's Christian Association (Lexington, Ky.).
Cooking, American--Kentucky--Lexington
Cooking, American--Southern style
Deans of Women
Photographs
Women authors, American--Kentucky--Lexington
Women college teachers
Women--Societies and clubs
Correspondence
Series I.
1898-1945
Scope and Contents note
Comprises incoming and outgoing personal and professional correspondence. Materials are arranged by type of correspondence, subject, and sender. Where photographs are enclosed with correspondence, they have been noted and retained in the same folder.
Personal
Subseries A.
1898-1945
Scope and Contents note
Represented within this subseries are letters from Frances school friends, parents, friends, stepchildren, husband, and relatives, particularly her aunt, Betty J. Dorman. Also of note are congratulatory letters on the Sullivan Award (Box 3, Folder 1), and a letter from Laura Clay (Box 3, Folder 3). Also present are copies of correspondence sent by Frances McVey. Folders are arranged chronologically.
1
1
1898-1914
1
2
1915-1926
1
3
1927-1929
1
4
1930-1931
Photos: Joe Hardman (2), Albert Hardman (1); enclosed with Hardman letter
1
4
1-3
circa 1930-1931
1
5
1932-1933 June
1
6
1933 July-1934 April
2
1
1934 May-July
2
2
1934 August-December
2
3
1935 January-May
2
4
1935 June-December
2
5
1936-1937
[2 views of] School pavilion [sic] of Mary B. Clayes; enclosed with Mary B. Clayes letter
2
5
1-2
circa 1936-1937
Anne Gould; enclosed in Mrs. Carl F. Gould letter
2
5
3
circa 1937
Anne, John, Carl Jr. (Gould); enclosed in Mrs. Carl F. Gould letter
4
5
4
circa 1937
2
6-7
1936-1940
Scope and Contents note
Represented within this file are letters to and from Frances, most of the letters sent by Frances are in regards to university related matters such as friends visiting the university/Lexington, events/engagements, and former students (i.e. letters of recommendation). Also in this file are guest lists (pertaining to different events that Frances' hosted) as well as professor list, Christmas card list, a few non-university related organizations list (i.e. Kentucky Rural church Council list).
3
1
1938-1939 August
3
2
1939 September-1940 January
3
3
1940 February-April
3
4
1940 May-July
3
5
1940 August-December
3
6
1941
4
1
1942-1943
4
2
1944
4
3
1945
Janice Lynn, Nov. 30, 1944; enclosed in Jennie Lynn card
4
3
1
1944 November 30
Patty [?] with man in uniform at German border; enclosed in 5/18/45 letter from Patty
4
3
2
1945
Patty [?] in uniform with gun; enclosed in 5/18/45 letter from Patty
4
3
3
1944
Patty [?] and man in uniform on broken Rhine bridge; enclosed in 5/18/45 letter from Patty
4
3
4
1945
4
4
undated
4
5
undated
Professional
Subseries B.
1913-1945
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence relating to writing research; Frances positions as English professor, Dean of Women, and
first lady of Maxwell Place; and concerning events and reports of organizations with which she was involved. Many of the materials relate to university events, requests to address various groups, or her work with organizations and clubs. There is also a large group of letters concerning manuscript submissions--McVey kept both rejection and acceptance letters. People represented in this subseries include Katherine Pettit, Frank LeRond McVey, Thomas Clark, Sarah B. Holmes and Governor A.B.
Happy Chandler. Folders are arranged chronologically, then by subject.
4
6
1913-1932
1
1
1933-1934 May
5
2
1934 June-1935 March
5
3
1935 April-December
5
4
1936-1938 June
5
5
1938 July-1939 September
5
6
1939 October-1940 March
5
7
1940 April-December
6
1
1941-1942
6
2
1943
6
3
1944-1945
6
4
undated
WWI organizations
6
5
1918 March-August 10
WWI organizations
6
6
1918 August 12- November
Manuscript submissions
6
7
1915-1920, undated
Manuscript submissions
6
8
1929-1943
Manuscript submissions
University is a Place a Spirit
6
9
1943-1945
Other
Subseries C.
1925-1941
Scope and Contents note
Included are letters from folksong-collector and writer, John Jacob Niles (early letters discuss his work with photographer Doris Ullman in Appalachia, and her death), and his wife Rena; letters concerning Eleanor Roosevelts visits to Maxwell Place in 1934 and 1938, including some letters written by Mrs. Roosevelt; correspondence relating to the modern
Flat-top House the McVeys built after leaving Maxwell Place (including one from author Margaret Mitchell); a group of letters written to Elizabeth Jewell by Betty J. Dorman (Frances aunt); a group of correspondence concerning a Baldwin School alumnae reunion that McVey was involved in planning; and letters concerning the Jewell family genealogy.
From Betty J. Dorman to Elizabeth
7
1
1930-1939, undated
John Jacob and Rena Niles
7
2
circa 1934-1940
Eleanor Roosevelt's visits
7
3
1934-1938
Flat-top House
7
4
1940-1941
Baldwin School alumnae
7
5
1933-1934
Jewell genealogy
7
6
circa 1925-1933
Manuscripts
Series II.
circa 1918-1940s
Scope and Contents note
Comprises numerous handwritten manuscripts and typescripts, as well as notes made during writing. Although many of the manuscripts are undated, Frances Jewell McVey seems to have been writing and submitting material from an early age until the last year of her life. She wrote on a variety of topics, mostly non-fiction, including travel and leisure, history, culture, cooking, gardening, and women's issues. Materials are arranged topically, in original order where possible, and with dates noted when known.
Shakers
7
7-8
circa 1918
Shakertown (Pleasant Hill, Ky.)
7
9
circa 1934
Shakers notes and research
7
10-11
circa 1918-1934
Kentucky mountains/Appalachia
7
12
circa 1934
UK and Kentucky interest
8
1
undated
Women's and domestic interest
8
2
undated
Boating
8
3
circa 1932
Tours of Discovery series
8
4
circa 1940s
Leisure series
8
5-7
circa 1920s
Gardening
9
1
undated
Food
9
2
undated
University is a Place a Spirit
9
3
circa 1944
Miscellaneous
9
4-7
undated
Miscellaneous notes
10
1-5
9
8
undated
Diaries, notebooks, address books
Series III.
1904-1944
Scope and Contents note
Primarily comprises diaries (1900, 1914 and most years until 1944) and notebooks containing some research notes, plans for events, lists and general notes. Also included are address books, some of which also contain notes. All loose materials found inside books were left in original order. Materials have been arranged by form.
Diaries (2)
11
1
1904, 1914
Diaries (5)
11
2
1922-1926
Diaries (5)
11
3
1927-1929
Diary
12
1
1930
Diaries (5)
12
2
1932-1939
Diaries (4)
12
3
1941-1942
Diaries (3)
13
1
1943-1944
Notebooks (6)
12
4
undated
Notebooks (2)
13
2
undated
Notebooks (3)
13
3
undated
Notebook (1)
14
1
undated
Notebooks (6)
14
2
undated
Notebooks (12)
14
3
undated
Notebooks (13)
14
4
undated
Notebooks (2)
15
1
undated
Address books (3)
15
2
undated
Address books (3)
15
3
undated
Organizations
Series IV.
circa 1915-1944
Scope and Contents note
Comprises records and documents from Frances Jewell McVey's involvement in professional, charitable, and social organizations. These include University of Kentucky activities and events, Lexington Board of Education and Adult Education, Community Chest, YWCA, and several women's charity and social organizations. Materials are organized by topic and arranged chronologically therein.
University of Kentucky
Subseries A.
circa 1915-1943
Scope and Contents note
McVey was very involved with UK activities from 1915, when she began teaching in the English department, through her time as Dean of Women (1921-1923), until husband, Frank, retired as university President in 1939. During that time, and particularly as
first lady of Maxwell Place, she was inextricably involved in student, faculty, and outreach affairs. Many of the materials in this subseries document the many teas, dinners and other social events hosted at Maxwell Place. Lists of student organizations that were most likely used for tracking and planning student events are also included. Additionally, materials concerning the International Relations Club--a campus organization whose mission was to encourage education and understanding of other cultures--are contained within this subseries.
English department
Subseries i.
15
4
circa 1915-1920
Dean of Women
Subseries ii.
15
5
circa 1921-1923
Maxwell Place events
Subseries iii.
1927-1943
15
6
1927-1943
16
1
1935-1936
1937
16
2
1938
16
3
16
4
1939 January-June
16
5
1939 July-December
16
6
1940
Senior Breakfasts and Alumni Teas
16
7
1933-1939
Summer School events
17
1
1930-1939
17
2-3
undated
Student organizations
Subseries iv.
1934-1939
17
4
1934-1936
17
5
1936-1938
17
5
1938-1939
Women's fraternities
Subseries v.
17
7
undated
International Relations Club
Subseries vi.
1927-1942
18
1
1927-1928
18
2
1929-1931
18
2
1932-1935
18
4
1936-1938
18
5
1939-1942
18
6
undated
Education
Subseries B.
1921-1939
Scope and Contents note
Materials include education-related organizations outside of UK. Included are minutes, reports, bulletins, and programs.
Lexington Board of Education
Subseries i.
1929-1939
18
7
1929-1930
19
1
1931-1935
19
2
1936-1939
19
3
undated
Adult Education
Subseries ii.
1921-1934
19
4
1921-1931
19
5
1928-1934
Education Association
Subseries iii.
20
1
1930-1938
Local/Civic
Subseries C.
1927-1942
Scope and Contents note
McVey was involved in several local and civic organizations including the YWCA (Young Womens Christian Association), Community Chest and Cancer Control. Included are minutes, reports, bulletins and programs.
Community Chest
Subseries i.
20
2
1938-1940
YWCA
Subseries ii.
1927-1939
20
3
1927-1929
20
4
1933
20
5
1934
21
1
21
2
1935
21
3
1936-1939, undated
Cancer Control
Subseries iii.
21
4
1941-1942
Wartime organizations
Subseries D.
circa 1917-1946
Scope and Contents note
Frances Jewell McVey was involved in wartime efforts in both World War I and World War II. Materials reflect her work in the Southern Association of College Women (of which she served as Kentucky chairman in 1918), the USO, the Stopover Station and Civic Defense. Included are flyers, newsletters and bulletins, minutes, notes, reports and pamphlets.
WWI
21
5
circa 1917-1918
WWII
21
6-8
circa 1942-1946
Women's organizations
Subseries E.
circa 1934-1944
Scope and Contents note
McVey was a member of the AAUW (American Association of University Women), and was also actively involved in the Womens Auxiliary, Kentucky Homemakers, the Womans Club and the Garden Club. Materials include yearbooks, programs, speech notes, lists, pamphlets, reports and minutes.
AAUW
Subseries i.
1935-1939
22
1
1935-1943
22
2
1938-1939
Women's Auxiliary, 1st Presbyterian Church
Subseries ii.
22
3
1941
Various women's organizations: Home Ec. Club, Womans Club, Homemakers, Garden Club
Subseries iii.
22
4
circa 1934-1944
General subject files
Series V.
circa 1915-1945
Scope and Contents note
Comprises small groups of materials on subjects of interest to Frances Jewell McVey including recipes, publicity, programs, and printed materials. The files are arranged by subject and chronologically where possible.
Recipes and menus
Subseries A.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Frances McVey created and collected recipes and menus for the very practical purpose of planning events at Maxwell Place, as well as for articles she wrote about local food. The recipes largely fall into the
Southern cooking category, particularly ones she collected or adapted for use in manuscripts on the subject (Of Sandwiches I Sing, What Dessert Shall We Have for Dinner?, Breads Today in Southern Kitchens, The Pride of Kentucky Food, etc.) There are also classic early 20th-century recipes for spreads, salads and hors doeuvres popular for entertaining, as well as practical World War II-era recipes which take rationing into account. Recipes are both in book form and loose.
Recipes, loose
22
5
undated
Recipes and menus, book with loose recipes
22
6
undated
Recipes, book with loose recipes tucked inside it
22
7
undated
Recipes, book
23
1
undated
Programs
Subseries B.
1915-1943
Scope and Contents note
As former Dean of Women, the UK Presidents wife, and an active member of many clubs and organizations herself, Frances Jewell McVey was often asked to be a speaker at various functions. These programs reflect area events at which she spoke or attended, and include materials from UK, Kentucky Homemakers Association, various educational institutions and organizations, regional high schools and colleges, and special interest groups. Programs are arranged by type, and chronologically therein.
Banquets
23
2
circa 1924-1938
Commencement
23
3
circa 1924-1938
Miscellaneous
23
4
circa 1915-1943
Publicity
Subseries C.
circa 1942-1945
Scope and Contents note
Materials include clippings of newspaper articles on both Frances and Frank McVey, from front-page stories to mentions of entertainment at Maxwell Place; articles about organizations that Frances McVey was involved in; and University of Kentucky events and people. Many of the clippings do not include the date published, so materials have been arranged solely by subject.
Frances and Frank McVey articles
23
5-6
undated
Organizations (including UK) events and people
23
7
undated
Organizations involved in war effort, WWII
24
1
circa 1942-1945
Miscellaneous clippings
24
2
undated
Printed materials and documents
Subseries D.
circa 1918-1945
Scope and Contents note
Materials include publications from local businesses and organizations, tourist brochures and informational pamphlets from regional sites, World War II publications on civil defense, and local theater and organization membership cards. Arranged by subject.
Local printed materials
24
3
circa 1918-1945
WWII printed materials
24
4
circa 1942-1945
Miscellaneous printed materials and documents
24
5
undated
A. & M. College, transcripts from
Lexington Daily
24
5A
1879-1892
A. & M. College, transcripts from the
Daily Leader and the
Kentucky Leader
24
5B
1888-1900
Frank LeRond McVey
Series VI.
1894-1953
Scope and Contents note
Primarily comprises personal and business correspondence. Other materials in the series include speeches and manuscripts, publicity materials and clippings, artwork, programs and photographs. The materials are arranged by subject and chronologically therein.
Correspondence
Subseries A.
1894-1953
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence ranges from Frank McVeys involvement with the Reform Club Sound Currency Committee, to his work as Director of Exhibits at the Twin City Exhibit in St. Louis (1904), and letters relating to job searches and offers of employment, including his position at UK. Much of the correspondence was generated while McVey was married to first wife, Mabel, and included is also a collection of letters written to Mabel by their children. Other materials include personal and professional correspondence, a group of letters relating to a book co-authored with Raymond Hughes in 1952, and letters addressed to or written by Harry Colpus (who apparently claimed to be the illegitimate son of King Edward VII of England), the significance of which is unknown.
Reform Club Sound Currency Committee
24
6
1894-1895
24
7
1895-1896
24
8
1896-1898
25
1
1899
25
2
1900
25
3
1901
25
4
1902
Twin City Exhibit, St. Louis
25
5-6
1904
25
7
1905-1939
25
8
1940-1953
Problems of College and University Administration (book)
25
9
1952
25
10
undated
From McVey children to Mabel McVey
25
11
circa 1901-1922
Harry Colpus
25
12
1913-1925
Other
Subseries B.
circa 1898-1946
Scope and Contents note
Materials include speeches, manuscripts and notes, memorandums delivered as President of University of Kentucky, McVeys Ohio Wesleyan transcript, a curriculum vitae, clippings, publicity materials, programs from events at which Frank McVey spoke, and materials commemorating Frances McVey after her death.
Speeches and manuscripts
26
1
circa 1898-1945
Watercolors and sketches
26
2
undated
Documents: UK memorandums, transcript and curriculum vitae
26
3
undated
Publicity: printed and graphic material
26
4
undated
Publicity: clippings
26
5-7
circa 1923-1943
Programs
26
8
1926-1942
Memorials for Frances McVey
26
9
1946
Photographed document to King Albert and Queen Elizabeth, signed by McVey
26
10
undated
Photographic Material
Subseries C.
circa 1917-1938
Scope and Contents note
The six photographs in this subseries include portraits of Frank McVey, group photographs with the
Book Thieves Club, and a portrait assumed to be Frank McVey, Jr.
Book Thieves Club, Lexington, Ky. Left to right: Major S.W. Wilson, Dr. Claude Frapp, Dr. J.S. Chambers, Winston Coleman, Frank L. McVey, Wm. H. Townsend, Dr. Thomas D. Clark, Chas R. Staples
30
18
1938 September 17
Frank L. McVey portrait
30
19
undated
Book Thieves at L[?] Left to right: C.R. Staples, F.L. [Frank] McVey, Winston Coleman, W. H. Townsend, Dr. J.S. Chambers, Dr. Louis Mulligan, Lexington Judge Wilson, house
31
29
1935 April 20
Frank McVey portrait
31
44
undated
Frank McVey portrait
31
45
undated
Possibly Frank McVey, Jr., portrait
31
46
1917
Scrapbooks
Series VII.
1858-1948
Scope and Contents note
Comprises several scrapbooks kept by McVey containing memorabilia, notes, letters, dance cards, photographs and clippings. The earliest (1906-1908) commemorates her Sayre Female Institute experiences in Lexington. The 1858-1909 (predominant, 1908-1909) scrapbook, contains materials from her time as a student at the Baldwin School, and also includes some pages at the back with family memorabilia, such as invitations from her parents' and grandparents' weddings. Two scrapbooks document vacations, while two others contain materials relating to the International Relations Club at UK, one of which is partially arranged, the other of which contains materials that were collected, but never arranged. Lastly, there is a memorial scrapbook in Frances McVey's honor, presented to Frank McVey in 1948 by Jacqueline Bull and Frances Smith Dugan.
Materials for International Relations Club scrapbook, not arranged
26
11
circa 1929-1935
International Relations Club scrapbook, partially arranged
1
circa 1929-1935
Vacation scrapbook
2-3
circa 1934-1935
Sayre scrapbook
27
1
1906-1908
Baldwin School scrapbook
28
1
1858-1909
Picnic at Elk Lick (2 images)
28
1
1
undated
Country life in Kentucky: Pleasant View; The Scales; John McClure's house; In Will Stoll's automobile; High Bridge (6 images)
28
1
2
undated
The ideal hostess of the house beautiful? Julie Logan and Bob Jewell; Elizabeth Malloy; Frances Jewell (4 images)
28
1
3
undated
Farewell;
Station at Wilmore;
Q&C Station at Lexington;
Lillian's beau (4 images)
28
1
4
undated
Town and Country;
Q&C Station at Lexington (3 images)
28
1
5
undated
Memorial scrapbook
29
1948
Photographic materials
Series VIII.
circa 1890s-1945
Scope and Contents note
Primarily comprises photographs that depict scenes in Appalachia, most likely generated during Frances Jewell McVeys research on Katherine Pettit and the Pine Mountain and Hindman Settlement Schools, and on the Frontier Nursing Service. Also included are snapshots and negatives, mostly of unidentified figures. Materials are arranged by size and therein by subject.
Rebel Rock on trail across Pine Mountain Man with surveying equipment on rock
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1
undated
Nearest neighbor to Pine Mountain Settlement School - woman feeding ewes and ram
30
2
undated
Limestone and log building [Pine Mountain or Hindman Settlement School?]
30
3
undated
Mary Breckinridge portrait
30
4
circa 1920s-1930s
Family being interviewed by Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) nurse on front porch of clinic
30
5
circa 1920s-1930s
First Aid in the Ky. Mountains woman applying first aid to man on steep mountainside
30
6
circa 1920s-1930s
A nursing visit nurse with 2 boys and 1 girl on porch of un-chinked log cabin
30
7
circa 1920s-1930s
Ready to start for the clinic woman with 4 children on horseback
30
8
circa 1920s-1930s
Frontier Nursing Service Hospital at Hyden, Ky.
30
9
circa 1920s-1930s
FNS nurses fording Ky. river
30
10
circa 1920s-1930s
Mary Breckinridge and her staff of midwife nurses [on horseback]
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11
circa 1920s-1930s
FNS nurse, baby, and
granny by picket fence
30
12
circa 1920s-1930s
Some Frontier Nursing Service product 3 children standing on porch rail of log cabin
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13
circa 1920s-1930s
Mary Breckinridge, volunteer director of FNS
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14
circa 1920s-1930s
Two FNS nurses with
crippled child, Hyden, Ky.
30
15
circa 1920s-1930s
Mary C. Breckinridge [on horseback], Frontier Nursing Service. White-out applied as frame [for publication?]
30
16
circa 1920s-1930s
Babies Row, Emergency Hospital, Hyden [Ky.], Frontier Nursing Service
30
17
circa 1920s-1930s
Woman on porch in winter
31
1
circa 1890s-1910s
Hermanos Kerdel Vegas [Kerdel Vegas siblings]
31
2
circa 1942-1945
Lillian and Beatriz Kerdel
31
3
circa 1942-1945
Para mi querida Señora McVey, Lillian Kerdel, Lillian and Beatriz Kerdel
31
4
circa 1943-1945
Jerold D. Talbot
31
5
circa 1920s-1930s
T.S.S. Saturnia,
Lady Liberty,
Uncle Sam, man with basin
31
6
1910 July 4
At the Roman catacombs, 4 women, 1 man. From 1910 journal. [Top of photo torn off]
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8
1910
Man and woman in yard
31
9
1942
Why so pale and wan?, cut-out photo of man in American WWI uniform
31
10
circa 1918
U.K. buildings (10)
31
11-20
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Woman outside building (negative)
31
21
circa 1910s-1920s
Woman looking out door (negative)
31
22
circa 1910s-1920s
5 women outside building (negative)
31
23
circa 1910s-1920s
4 women outside building (negative)
31
24
circa 1910s-1920s
Aunt N[?], Taken on Gulf of Mexico
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25
undated
October bride. Mrs. Leo Pan[?], Mary Settle
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26
1917
Antique table, Pine Mountain, 1931
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27
1931
The Chapel, Pine Mt. Settlement School
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28
undated
Erica Thorpe, Visiting our neighbors 2 women on horseback in mountains
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30
undated
Fair Day, woman with baskets and woven goods, Pine Mountain
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31
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Boys of the Pine Mt. School
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32
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Spinning and weaving, Pine Mountain
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33
undated
Neighbor
fetchin in the baskets, Pine Mountain
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34
undated
Boy Scouts putting window in neighbors house, Pine Mountain Settlement School
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35
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Playground, [Pine Mt.?]
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36
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Industrial Building Fireside Industries, Pine Mountain Settlement School
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37
undated
Miss [Katherine] Pettit's living room at Pine Mt. School
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38
undated
Trillium Rock near Pine Mt. Settlement School
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39
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Uncle William and Aunt Sal's house, Pine Mountain Settlement School
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40
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Hildreth Méière, 1914, portrait
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41
1914
Autumn, corn shocks and hillside
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42
undated
Young man and woman laughing
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43
1910 June
Educational institutions
Series IX.
1907-1942
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes and notebooks from classes taken while at The Baldwin School, Vassar College and Columbia University. Also included are general papers from Vassar College dating from McVey's service as alumnae member of the Board of Trustees (1933-1939), including meeting minutes, bulletins and financial reports. This series also includes yearbooks from Baldwin School and Vassar. Arranged by educational institution and therein by subject.
Baldwin School
Subseries A.
1907-1933
Baldwin School
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1
circa 1928-1933
The Baldwin Annual
38
1
1907-1908
The Baldwin Annual
38
2
1908-1909
The Baldwin School yearbook
38
3
1909-1910
Vasser
Subseries B.
1909-1942
Theme papers
Subseries i.
32
2-5
1909-1913
General papers
Subseries ii.
1923-1942
undated
32
6
1923-1924
33
1
1931-1934
33
2
1935
33
3-4
1936-1937
33
5-6
1937
32
7
1938
34
1-2
1939
34
3-5
1940
35
1
34
6
1941
35
2
1941-1942
35
3
Diploma
39
1
1
1913 June
75th anniversary papers
Subseries iii.
35
4
undated
Bound reports
Subseries iv.
1935-1940
1935-1936
35
5
1939
35
6
1940
35
7
42 notebooks
Subseries v.
37
circa 1909-1913
Vassarion yearbook
Subseries vi.
38
4
1919
Vassar and Columbia University: notebooks (3)
Subseries vii.
36
1
circa 1911-1918
Columbia University
Subseries C.
circa 1917-1921
Columbia University notebooks: (3)
36
2
circa 1917-1918
Medival Literature lecture notes
36
3
circa 1917-1918
American Literature lecture notes
36
4
circa 1917-1918
Drama to 1642 lecture notes
36
5
circa 1917-1918
Miscellaneous, english literature lecture notes
36
6
circa 1917-1918
Columbia University: Summer school; lecture notes; examinations
36
7
circa 1917-1921
Diploma
39
1
2
1918 June 5
Frances Jewell McVey papers