Rebecca Caudill papers
Abstract
The Rebecca Caudill papers (dated 1903-1985, undated; 40.98 cubic feet; 57 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 item) primarily comprise book drafts and research materials, professional correspondence with publishers and agents, personal correspondence with family and readers, and scrapbooks of clippings and pamphlets that review and celebrate the works of the acclaimed Appalachian children's author.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Rebecca Caudill papers
- Date
- 1903-1985, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Caudill, Rebecca
- Extent
- 40.98 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Children's literature, American.
- Authors, American -- Kentucky.
- Oral histories
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged into 9 series by subject and format: Books, Poetry and short stories, Articles and pamphlets, Lectures and speeches, Correspondence, Personal, Audiovisual materials, and Photographs.
- Preferred Citation
- 81m1 : [identification of item], Rebecca Caudill papers, 1903-1985, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Children's author Rebecca Caudill was born in 1899 in Poor Folk, Harlan County, in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky. When Caudill was five years old, her family left Kentucky for Tennessee in order to pursue better educational opportunities for the ten Caudill children. Much of Caudill's writing is based on her two Appalachian childhood settings.
- Caudill was the first member of her family to go to college. She earned a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia and a master's degree in international relations from Vanderbilt University. After completing her studies, Caudill taught English in Brazil for two years, worked as an editor in Nashville, and finally moved to Chicago to work in a publishing house. In Chicago she met fellow author and editor James Sterling Ayars, whom she married in 1931. In 1937, the Ayars moved to Urbana, Illinois, where they settled permanently with their two children, James Ayars, Jr. and Rebecca Jean Ayars.
- Over the course of her career, Caudill wrote over twenty children's books, including Tree of Freedom, which was a Newbery Honor Book in 1950 and Pocketful of Cricket, which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1965. In 1969, she and her husband co-authored Contrary Jenkins
- Though known primarily for her children's books, Caudill also wrote magazine articles, short stories, and a nonfiction book, My Appalachia, which is a documentary of the socio-economic conditions in Southern Appalachia in the mid-1960s. Caudill was also active in her Illinois community and her Kentucky hometown. She gave many lectures and speeches throughout Appalachia and the Midwest to advocate for peace, cofounded the Champaign-Urbana Peace Council, and served on the boards of trustees for Harlan County, Kentucky's Pine Mountain Settlement School and for the Urbana Free Library in Illinois. Harlan County's first community library in Cumberland, Kentucky was renamed the Rebecca Caudill Public Library in her honor in 1973.
- Caudill died in 1985.
- Scope and Content
- The Rebecca Caudill papers (dated 1903-1985, undated; 40.98 cubic feet; 57 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 item) primarily comprise book drafts and research materials, professional correspondence with publishers and agents, personal correspondence with family and readers, and scrapbooks of clippings and pamphlets that review and celebrate the works of the acclaimed Appalachian children's author.
- The collection also includes Caudill's diplomas and wedding garments, awards that mark her renowned career as a children's author, audiocassettes of Caudill's lectures, reel-to-reel audiotapes of oral history interviews she conducted as research for her book, My Appalachia, and photographs and slides that capture Rebecca Caudill's involvement with the Pine Mountain Settlement School, the travels of the Ayars family, and the dedication ceremony of the Rebecca Caudill Public Library.
- Processing Info
- Previously separated audiovisual materials were processed and incorporated into this collection.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Books, 1916-1984, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises research materials, drafts, and correspondence that document Caudill's published books and unpublished book manuscripts, with audiotapes and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Caudill for My Appalachia. Also includes scrapbooks of clippings, pamphlets, and reader correspondence that document the publicity and reception of several of Caudill's published books. Arranged chronologically in subseries according to book publication date, with additional subseries for unpublished manuscripts and scrapbooks.
Young America Makes Friends (1933), 1916-1933, undated
Barrie And Daughter (1943), 1941-1947, undated
Correspondence, 1941-1947
First draft (handwritten), outline, and list of regional words, undated
First draft (typescript), written for serialization in The Portal, undated
First draft (typescript), undated
Second draft (typescript), undated
Final revision (typescript), undated
"Barrie and Daughter," The Portal, published in ten consecutive issues, weekly, 1941 July 26-1941 September 27
Book reviews and related materials, 1943-1944
Happy Little Family (1947), 1945-1963, undated
Scope and Contents
Original title: Hand in Hand.
Correspondence, 1945-1963
Early draft (typescript), 1945, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), undated
Illustrations, undated
Book reviews and related materials, 1948-1954, undated
Tree Of Freedom (1949), 1936-1969, undated
Correspondence, 1947-1954
Research material, 1936-1947, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), chapters 1-8, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), chapters 9-16, undated
Book reviews and related materials, 1942-1969, undated
Publisher's proof, 1949
Schoolhouse In The Woods (1949), 1948-1979, undated
Correspondence, 1948-1967, undated
First draft (typescript), revised, undated
Publisher's draft (typescript), undated
Printer's copy (typescript), undated
Galley proof, 1949
Book reviews and related materials, 1949-1979, undated
Up And Down The River (1952), 1948-[1965], undated
Saturday Cousins (1953), 1956-1962, undated
Correspondence, 1956-1962, undated
First draft (handwritten), undated
Revised draft (typescript) includes miscellaneous pages, undated
Final revision (typescript), undated
Editor's copy (typescript), undated
Related materials, undated
Florence Nightingale (1953), 1953, undated
The House of the Fifers (1954), 1944-1964, undated
Susan Cornish (1955), 1949-1956, undated
Scope and Contents
Original title: A Place Called Morning).
Correspondence, 1952-1954, undated
Research material, 1949-1954, undated
Early draft (handwritten), part I (chapters 1-5), undated
Early draft (handwritten), part I (chapters 6-10), undated
Early draft (handwritten), part II, undated
Early draft (handwritten), part III, undated
Second draft (typescript), part I, undated
Second draft (typescript), part II, undated
Second draft (typescript), part III, undated
Third draft (typescript), part I (chapters 1-7), undated
Third draft (typescript), part I (chapters 8-11), undated
Third draft (typescript), part II, undated
Third draft (typescript), part III, undated
Fourth draft (typescript), part I (chapters 1-7), undated
Fourth draft (typescript), part I (chapters 8-11), undated
Fourth draft (typescript), part II, undated
Fourth draft (typescript), part III, undated
Fifth draft (typescript), part I (Chapters 1-7), undated
Fifth draft (typescript), part I (Chapters 8-11), undated
Fifth draft (typescript), part II, undated
Fifth draft (typescript), part III, undated
Revised drafts (typescript), discarded pages, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), part I, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), part II, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), part III, undated
"Susan Cornish", abridged version in Compact: The Young People's Digest, 1956 May
Book reviews and related materials, 1953-1956, undated
Schoolroom In The Parlor (1959), 1957-1959, undated
Correspondence, 1957-1958, undated
Research material, undated
First draft (typescript), undated
Revised draft (typescript), undated
Book reviews and related materials, 1959, undated
Time For Lissa (1959), 1959, undated
Higgins And The Great Big Scare (1960), 1957-1962, undated
Correspondence, 1957-1962
Illustrations by Beth Krush, undated
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," Trails for Juniors, published weekly in eight consecutive parts, 1958 October 5-November 23
Book reviews and related materials, 1960, undated
The Best-Loved Doll (1962), 1961-1971, undated
The Far-off Land (1964), 1947-1963, undated
Research material, 1947-1963, undated
Early drafts (handwritten), prologue and chapters 1-3, undated
Early drafts (handwritten), chapters 4-8, undated
Early drafts (handwritten), chapters 9-15, undated
Early drafts (handwritten), discarded pages, undated
Revised draft (handwritten and typescripts), prologue and chapters 1-2, undated
Revised draft (typescript), chapters 3-14, undated
Revised draft (typescript), chapters 15-24, undated
Revised draft (typescript), chapters 1-10, undated
Revised draft (typescript), chapters 11-23, undated
Revised draft (typescript), discarded pages, undated
Revised draft (typescript) for July 15 meeting, 1963
Discarded pages, 1963 June 3
Revised draft (typescript), miscellaneous pages, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), chapters 1-12, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), chapters 13-24, undated
A Pocketful Of Cricket (1964), 1963-1980, undated
Correspondence, 1963-1977
Research material, undated
First draft (handwritten), undated
Second draft (typescript) and revised pages (typescript), undated
Third draft (typescript), undated
Revised drafts (typescripts) and editor's comments, undated
Final revision (typescript), undated
Editor's copy (typescript), undated
Galley proofs, 1964, undated
Book reviews and related materials, 1966-1972
A Pocketful of Cricket, correspondence and clippings about film adaptation, 1978-1980, undated
Famous Author/Illustrator Filmstrips, "A Pocketful of Cricket", 1964
Filmstrip activity guide, 1976
A Certain Small Shepherd (1965), 1964-1984, undated
Correspondence, 1964-1967
Correspondence, 1967-1978, undated
Research material, undated
First draft (handwritten and typescript), undated
Revised draft (typescript), undated
Revised drafts (typescripts), undated
Final revision (typescript), undated
"Story behind the story of ACertain Small Shepherd", includes notes and draft (handwritten), 1965, undated
"A Certain Small Shepherd," Woman's Day, p. 27, 1965 December
"Bleibt Jamie Stumm?," Hausfreund, p. 70, German translation, 1973
Book reviews and related materials, 1965-1984, undated
Correspondence about film adaptation, with draft of script, 1973-1975, undated
Did You Carry The Flag Today, Charley? (1966), 1963-1976, undated
Correspondence, 1964-1976, undated
Research material, 1963-1964, undated
Early drafts (handwritten and typescript), undated
Revised draft (typescript), undated
Revised draft (typescript) with correspondence, 1965, undated
Revised draft (typescript) with editor's comments, undated
Final revision (typescript), undated
Editor's copy (typescript), undated
Artist's copy (typescript), undated
Galley proofs, 1966
Anthologized version, Teacher's Read-Aloud Anthology level 8, Glenview, Illinois: Scott Foresman, pp. 9-28, 1972
Book reviews and related materials, 1966-1976, undated
My Appalachia (1966), 1935-1981, undated
Correspondence, 1964-1973, undated
Research material, 1935-1981, undated
Appalachian Regional Development Act, undated
Bond issues, 1963-1973, undated
Harry Caudill, 1963-1981, undated
Education, 1964-1973, undated
General information, 1935-1973, undated
Head Start, 1965-1966, undated
Health, 1965-1973, undated
Job Corps, Peace Corps, and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), 1964-1973, undated
Libraries, 1955-1965, undated
Politics, 1965, undated
Poverty, 1964-1966, undated
Stripmining, 1963-1967, undated
Travel, 1963-1966
Water pollution, 1965-1966, undated
Women, undated
Notes from Children of Crisis Mountain, Families in Transition: a Case Study of Appalachian Migration, Uptown: Poor Whites in Chicago, and Appalachia's Children: the Challenge of Mental Health, undated
Notes from transcripts of taped interviews, 1966, undated
Notes, 1965-1966, undated
Drafts, 1965-1978, undated
Early drafts (handwritten), undated
Revised draft (typescript), discarded pages, undated
Revised draft (typescript), part I, 1966
Revised draft (typescript), part II, undated
Revised draft (typescript), part III, undated
Revised drafts (handwritten and typescript), 1966, undated
Revised drafts (handwritten and typescript), miscellaneous pages, 1965-1966, undated
Editor's copy (typescript), 1966
Revised draft (typescript), 1966
Final revision (typescript), 1966
Galley proofs, undated
Articles and related materials, 1966-1978
Interviews, 1965
Scope and Contents
Original interviews are 16mm reel-to-reel audio. Preservation and user copies of interviews were made to audiocassette. Most interviews are accompanied by transcripts. User copies of interviews are in boxes 58 and 59.
Tape 1: side 1 and 2: Dr. W. D. Weatherford, Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1965 July 13
Tape 2: side 1- Delia Creech, Pine Mountain, Kentucky and Conference at Laurel House, Pine Mountain, Kentucky (transcripts); side 2-Conference at Laurel House continued, 1965 July 15-16
Tape 3: side 1-Brit Wilder, Levi Merrill family, and Party Night at Pine Mountain, Kentucky (transcript); Senator Durham W. Howard, Pineville, Kentucky (transcript); side 2- Senator Howard (transcript) continued, 1965 July 16-17
Tape 4: Side 1- Harry Caudill, Whitesburg, Kentucky; side 2- Harry and Ann Caudill, Whitesburg, Kentucky, 1965 July 18
Tape 5: side 1- Dr. and Mrs. Lundy Adams, Blackey, Kentucky and Francis Hagar, Lothair, Kentucky (transcipts); side 2- Tom Gish, Whitesburg, Kentucky, 1965 July 19-20
- Box 57, folder 4
- Box 58, item 35-36
Scope and Contents
Running time cassette 1: 90 minutes; cassette 2: 36 minutes.
Tape 6: Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gibson, Fisty, Kentucky (transcipt) and Raymond McLain, Hindman, Kentucky (transcipt); side 2 McLain interview continued, 1965 July 20
- Box 57, folder 5
- Box 58, item 37-38
Scope and Contents
Running time cassette 1: 90 minutes; cassette 2: 3 minutes.
Tape 7: side 1- Dean Meadows, Hazard, Kentucky (transcript); side 2- Berea College students Ceveline Jackson (Madison, Alabama), Carolyn Keith (Allegheny, Virginia) and Ella Crawford (Harriman, Tennessee) (transcipt), 1965 October 1
- Box 60, folder 1
- Box 58, item 39
Scope and Contents
Running time cassette 1: 81 minutes; cassette 2: 12 minutes.
Tape 8: side 1- conversation Laurel House, Pine Mountain, Kentucky with Harriett Krutschfield (Sewickley, Pennsylvania), Margaret Matter (Frederick, Maryland), Marian Kingman (Berea, Kentucky), and Kitty Goddard (Detroit, Michigan) (transcipt) and Loyal Jones and Perley Ayer, Berea, Kentucky (transcipt); side 2- Jones and Ayer continued, 1965 October 2
Tape 9: side 1- Music by Carol Rogers and Burton Rogers, Pine Mountain, Kentucky and interviews with Edna and Jean Ritchie, Beth Vanover and Kingdom Come Swappin' Meeting, Cumberland, Kentucky; side 2- Tom Gastton and Dean and Jo Cadle, Cumberland, Kentucky (transcript), 1965 October 3
Tape 10: side 1- Jean Ritchie, Cumberland, Kentucky; side 2- Ritchie interview continued and Billie Jean Cawood (transcript), Harlan, Kentucky, 1965 October 4
Tape 11: side 1- Granville Cornett, Line Fork, Kentucky and Larry and Judy Craft (transcript), Cumberland, Kentucky; side 2- Jerry and Eleanor Workman [transcript] (Pine Mountain, Kentucky), Mary Wright (Buckhorn, Kentucky) and Jalia Turner Sebastian [transcript] (Booneville, Kentucky), 1965 October 6
Tape 12: side 1- Rosa Belle Kirk Evans (transcript), St. Charles, Virginia; side 2- Jalia Turner Sebastian, Booneville, Kentucky and Lula Hale (transcript), Ary, Kentucky, 1965 October 8-9
Tape 13: side 1- Robert and Phyllis Connor (transcript), Bluefield, West Virginia and Brittle Courtney (transcript), Bluefield, West Virginia; side 2- James Still (transcript), Morehead, Kentucky, 1965 October 10 and 12
Contrary Jenkins (1969), 1967-1980, undated
Scope and Contents
Co-authored with James Ayars.
Correspondence, 1967-1969, undated
Research material, undated
First draft (handwritten), undated
Second draft (typescript), undated
Third draft (handwritten), undated
Fourth draft (typescript), undated
Fifth draft (handwritten), undated
Sixth draft (typescript), undated
Seventh draft (handwritten), 1967
Eighth draft (typescript), 1967
Ninth draft (typescript), 1967
Anthologized version, Read-Aloud Anthology-Level 13, Glenview, Illinois: Scott Foresman, 1972
Book reviews and related materials, 1969-1980, undated
Come Along (1969), 1967-1974, undated
Somebody Go And Bang A Drum (1974), 1973-1976, undated
Wind, Sand And Sky (1976), 1976-1977, undated
Research materials, undated
Early drafts (handwritten), undated
Revised drafts (typescript), undated
Book reviews and related materials, 1976-1977, undated
List, [1976?]
Unpublished manuscripts, 1941-1975, undated
Arthur's Girl, 1967-1969, undated
Scope and Contents
Original title: Birdie Patterson Story.
Research material, 1967-1969, undated
Transcript of taped interview on October 16, 1967 with Edna Patterson, 1968
First draft (handwritten) and discarded pages, undated
The Big Bear Hunt, undated
First and second drafts (handwritten), third draft (typescript), and discarded pages, undated
Children Of Appalachia, 1958-1964, undated
Davy Crockett, undated
Research material, undated
Early drafts (handwritten), undated
Revised drafts (typescripts), undated
Final revision (typescript), undated
Editor's copy (typescript), undated
Harlan Scrapbook, 1941-1972, undated
Correspondence, research material, and proposed outline, 1941-1972, undated
Higher Than The Eagle, 1949-1955, undated
House That Jack Lived In, 1964-1969, undated
Research material, 1964-1969, undated
First draft (handwritten) and second draft (typescript), 1969, undated
Third draft (handwritten), undated
Final revision (typescript) and discarded pages, 1969, undated
Red Dawn, undated
Self Portrait Of An Appalachian Community, 1963-1975, undated
Still No Room, 1948, undated
Where Are You, Crow? (original title, Crow and Joe), 1964, undated
Where Are You, Crow? (original title, Michael Wilding: His Book), 1974, undated
Scrapbooks, 1937-1975, undated
Happy Little Family scrapbook, 1937-1975, undated
Schoolhouse In the Woods and Up and Down the River scrapbook, 1948-1975, undated
- Box 81M1-33, item 4
Scope and Contents
The first half of the scrapbook contains materials related to Schoolhouse In the Woods, from 1948-1975, undated. The second half of the scrapbook contains materials related to Up and Down the River, from 1949-1969, ,undated.
Saturday Cousins and Higgins and the Great Big Scare scrapbook, 1952-1975, undated
Schoolroom in the Parlor and Time for Lissa scrapbook, 1957-1974, undated
A Pocketful of Cricket scrapbook, 1961-1975, undated
Contrary Jenkins scrapbook, 1969-1974, undated
Poetry and short stories, 1918-1982, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises handwritten and typescript poetry and short stories written by Caudill, with printed versions of her writing that was published in anthologies. Arranged by subject and thereunder alphabetically by title.
Poetry, 1926, 1959
- Box 81M1-09, folder 28
Scope and Contents
Includes typescripts of "April", "A Carol for the World's Children", and an untitled poem.
Short stories, undated
"A Bird In the Hand", undated
"The Boy Who Talked with Little Folk" (typescript), undated
"Bright Eyes in the Orchard" (typescript), undated
"Christmas Play" (handwritten), undated
"Five Nights in the Deep South" (typescript), undated
"The Golden Rain" (handwritten), undated
"How a Penny Was Stretched" (typescript), undated
"How a Penny Was Stretched", part one (typescript), undated
"How a Penny Was Stretched", part two (typescript), undated
"It Takes Me Back" (handwritten), undated
"Joullian B. Caulkney, Deck Tennis Champion" (typescript), undated
"Moscow Likes Green Velvet" (typescript), undated
"The New Neighbors Across the Road" (handwritten), undated
"The Pretender" (typescript), undated
"South Georgia Works for Ford" (typescript), undated
Anthology publications, 1918-1982, undated
"Always the Wind" in Adventures In Reading: Discovery, edited by Dorothy Nell Knolle, Chicago: John C. Winston Co., pp. 282-294, 1946
"The Chariot of the Sun" and "The World In One House" in The World Is Wide, edited by Rachel S. Sutton, Ethel L. Smither, and Elsie Coleman, Richmond: Johnson Co., pp. 384-388 and pp. 112-122, 1947
"Charlie Makes a Thing" in Sailboats, San Francisco: Field Educational Publications, pp. 192-203, 1971
"Dear Friend In China" in Best Short Stories For Boys And Girls, selected and compiled by Carol Ryrie Brink, Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson, pp. 237-257, 1939
Excerpt from Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? in Time For Stories: Of The Past And Present, compiled by May Hill Arbuthnot and Dorothy M. Broderick, Glenview, Illinios: Scott, Foresman, pp. 65-68, 1968
"Lacy Clouds Drift By" and "My Appalachia" in Green Salad Seasons, edited by Theodore Clymer, Lexington, Massachusetts: Ginn and Company, pp. 34-40 and pp. 448-449, 1982
"A New Bed", suggested by an incident from Up and Down the River by Rebecca Caudill, in Away We Go, edited by Russell G. Stauffer, et. al, Philadelphia: John C. Winston, Co., pp. 114-118, 1960
"Pets in School" in Making Friends, edited by Bernice E. Leary, Edwin Reichert, and Mary Reely, Chicago: Lippincott, pp. 126-152, 1956
"The Red Toboggan Cap" from Happy Little Family in Nora Kramer's Storybook, complied by Nora Kramer, New York: Gilbert Press, Inc., pp. 113-118, 1956
"Spring Rains" adapted from Schoolhouse In the Woods in Across The Country, edited by R. Aileen Belfry, B. Gertrude Bergey, and Erna A. Martin, Toronto: John C. Winston Co., pp. 232-243, 1959
"The Stained-Glass Shepherd" in Taming The Tiger: Stories On Peace, n.p.: Department of Education and Promotion, Board of Missions, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, pp. 26-29, undated
"Thanksgiving Day" in The Poets Of The Future, edited by Henry T. Schnittkind, Boston: The Stratford Co., p. 42, 1918
"Then Ginny" and "Yesterday" in The Wooden Tower, edited by Lorena Anderson, Marjorie Warner and Barbara Yeager, Charleston, West Virginia: Morris Harvey College Publications, p. 87 and p. 2, 1975
"The World is a Neighborhood" in Building For World Brotherhood, edited by Rebecca Caudill and Lemuel Lord, n.p.: Graded Press, pp. 6-66, 1950
"The World is a Neighborhood" in Guidebook To Building For World Brotherhood, edited by Rebecca Caudill and Lemuel Lord, n.p.: Graded Press, pp. 6-30, 1950
Building For World Brotherhood: Leader's Guide, edited by Lemuel Lord, n.p.: Graded Press, 1950
Sheet of untitled poems from Teachers Read-Aloud Anthology: Level 9, edited by Charlotte S. Huck, William Jenkins, and Wilma Pyle, Glenview, Illinois: Scott Foresman, p. 90, [1971]
Articles and pamphlets, 1927-1970, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises printed articles and pamphlets that were written or edited by Caudill. Articles are arranged alphabetically by journal title and thereunder chronologically by date of publication. Pamphlets are arranged alphabetically by title.
Articles, 1927-1970, undated
Adult Student, 1939-1945
"What Shall I do With Christmas," p. 3, 1938 December
"We've Laid Down the Shovel and the Hoe," p. 5, 1939 July
"Home Is a Laboratory," p. 14, 1940 July
"Special Delivery," p. 1, 1941 November
"Making the Home Christian," p. 29, 1945 May
Boys and Girls, 1930 March
Cargo, 1936-1941
"What's In a Room?," p. 9, 1936 October 11
"Susan Meade and Her Pa," p. 2, 1938 January
"Dear Friend In China," p. 2, 1938 March 6
"Dick'll Do It," p. 2, 1938 May 8
"One Man On a Horse," p. 6, 1938 May 8
"There's Nothing New In Manners," p. 2, 1938 August 14
"Clubbing Together," p. 7, 1938 September 11
"Families Can Be Charming," p. 5, 1938 November 6
"Grow With a Scrapbook," p. 4, 1938 November 13
"Christmas Cooks," p. 6, 1938 December 18
"Play by Greek Rules," p. 6, 1939 July 30
"Gift Manners," p. 5, 1939 December 10
"The Little Shepherd's Gift," p. 2, 1939 December 24
"Mr. President," p. 12, 1940 February 25
"Melody," p. 4, 1940 June 16
"Cheer Leader," p. 2, 1940 October 20
"Anchorage," p. 4, 1940 November 10
"The General for Dinner," p. 2, 1940 November 24
"Plain Lines for Peppy Doings," p. 2, 1941 January 26
"Anchorage," p. 10, 1941 February
"Anchorage," p. 6, 1941 May 11
"Stylish Ferdinand," p. 3, 1941 June 1
Chicago Tribune, undated
Child Life, 1944 January
Christian Action, 1948 July-September
Christian Advocate, 1935-1950, undated
"A Tale of Two Letters," p. 940, 1935 October 17
"How Depression Tries the Home," p. 988, 1933 October 31
"Reading for Life," p. 1122, 1935 December 5
"God and the Mosquitoes," p. 756, 1936 August 6
"Pills and the People," p. 804, 1936 August 29
"The World Is My Family," p. 42, 1937 January 14
"The Harvest of the Spirit," p. 1079, 1937 November 25
"Love Is Our Defense," p. 1286, 1950 October 19
"Houses Large and Small," p.1012, undated
"Speak to the Earth," p.1092, undated
"A Vocation-Even Though the Silliest in the World," p. 964, undated
"When Children Ask Questions," p. 844, undated
Christian Century, 1930
Christian Home, 1937-1962
"Green Immortal Garden: Spring," p.13, 1937 May
"Green Immortal Garden: Summer," p. 14, 1937 July
"Green Immortal Garden: Autumn," p. 14, 1937 October
"We Begin the Day," p. 2, 1938 July
"The Uses of a Gun," p. 16, 1938 November
"Susan Meade and Her Pa," p. 4, 1938 December
"Wanted: Mothers for Full-Time Work," p. 7, 1939 May
"The School Bell Rings," p.12, 1939 August
"Children at the Ticket Window," p. 10, 1940 June
"Eleven Million Children," p. 22, 1940 July
"Christmas Tree for the New Year," p. 20, 1941 January
Make Way for Mother, p. 14, 1941 May
"Democracy Is Not Enough," p. 14, 1942 November
"Antidote or Poison," p. 6, 1942 November
"Treasure Days," p. 6, 1943 January
"The World Isn't So Small," p. 22, 1943 March
"Good Times With Our Children," p. 33, 1943 June
"Christmas Without a Doctor," p. 8, 1943 December
"Life Without Father," p. 11, 1944 May
"Keep All Lines Open," p. 8, 1944 September
"Help Johnny Grow Out of His Clothes," p. 14, 1945 June
"Stability Does Not Just Happen," p. 13, 1945 October
"Proving Ground of Democracy," p. 14, 1946 July
"Geese Flying South-A Story to Read Aloud," p. 11, 1946 November
"A Bill of Rights for an American House," p. 5, 1947 May
"Alcoholics Are Made at Home," p. 14, 1948 September
"Discipline by the Christian Ideal," p. 2, 1948 November
"A Good Word for Trouble," p. 2, 1949 February
"The World Is Built at Home," p. 2, 1949 May
"Before the Psychologist Comes," p. 2, 1949 August
"How to Stay On a Peak," p. 9, 1949 November
"Lessons From a Daughter," p. 10, 1950 February
"Take Eight Magazines," p. 34, 1950 July
"Can Christians Face Trouble?" p. 13, 1950 April
"How to Tell the Age of a Woman," p. 26, 1950 April
"The Best Things In Life Are Free," p. 2, 1952 March
"That Troublesome Four," p. 26, 1952 August
"I Remeber Christmas," p. 11, 1952 December
"Neither Troubled Nor Afraid," p. 2, 1954 May
"A New Possibility for Men," p. 1, 1955 November
"Rendezvuos With Adversity," p. 20, 1958 November
"The Enduring Christmas," p. 28, 1959 December
"Acquaint Now Thyself With Him," p. 1, 1960 February
"How Big Is Our Parish?," p. 2, 1961 January
"Which Way Education?," pg. 2, 1961 March
"When All Is Said and Done," p. 2, 1961 July
"This Isn't Pee-Wee Golf," p. 10, 1962 May
Church School Magazine, 1933-1940
"A Family Agreement: A One-Act Play for Use During Childhood and Youth Week," p. 529, 1933 September
"Leadership In the Making," p. 290, 1935 June
"Leadership In the Making," p. 359, 1935 July
"Leadership In the Making," p. 466, 1935 September
"Leadership In the Making," p. 648, 1935 December
"Careers In the Making," p. 357, 1936 July
"Careers In the Making," p. 417, 1936 August
"Careers In the Making," p. 479, 1936 September
"Careers In the Making," p. 533, 1936 October
"Ragged Regiment," p. 540, 1940 October
"Apostles of the Children," p. 595, 1940 November
"Sunday School Giants," p. 649, 1940 December
The Classmate, 1928-1945
"Three Days and an Education," p. 2, 1928 October 13
"In the Beginning, Chaos," p. 7, 1928 October 27
"The Long, Long Thoughts of Youth," p. 8, 1932 October 22
"The Long, Long Thoughts of Youth," p. 2, 1932 November 5
"The Imprint of Spain," p. 6 (co-authored with Nevin O. Winter), 1932 December 31
"Peopling the U.S.-the French," p. 6 (co-authored with Nevin O. Winter), 1933 February 18
"And So the Anglo-Saxons Came," p. 6 (co-authored with Nevin O. Winter), 1933 March 18
"The Children of the Abraham, Issac, and Jacob," p. 6, 1933 April 15
"Germans in America's Melting Pot," p. 6 (co-authored with Nevin O. Winter), 1933 May 27
"The Connells and the O'Connells and Their Kin," p. 6 (co-authored with Nevin O. Winter), 1933 June 10
"The Campbells, the MacGregors, and Their Kin," p. 6 (co-authored with Nevin O. Winter), 1933 July 8
"Lessons In Practical Realism," p. 2, 1934 November 10
"American Sons and Daughters of Sweden," p. 5, 1935 June 29
"The Man Behind the Figures," p. 5, 1938 January 22
"The Pagans Gave Us Mother's Day," p. 2, 1939 May 13
"Sweet Land of Liberty," p. 1, 1939 November 18
"A Nation Goes Caroling," p. 5, 1939 December 16
"Laboratory of Youth," p. 7, 1940 May 4
"Road Map of Tennessee," p. 3, 1940 May 11
"Wedding Delayed," p. 1, 1940 June 22
"Land of the Conquistadors," p. 5, 1941 April
"Trade Trends in South America," p. 7, 1941 June 14
"South American Progress In Democracy," p. 6, 1941 July 19
"Wither Mexico," p. 5, 1941 September 13
"The World Isn't So Small," p. 21, 1942 October
"In Rememberance of Christopher," p. 1, 1943 December
"Gold Star," p. 1, 1945 July
"The Two Delinquents," p. 1, 1945 September
Elementary Magazine, 1938
The Epworth Era, 1928-1931
"A Adventure in Black," p. 710, 1928 August
"Singing Dollars," p. 68, 1929 October
"Jessie L. Cuninggim," p. 322, 1930 February
"The Day of Small Things," p. 133, 1930 November
"Hull House On Halstead," p. 263, 1931 January
The Epworth Herald, 1933
Finding God, undated
Gateway for Girls, 1944
Girls Today, 1941-1948
"Erica's Gettysburg Address," p. 1, 1941 November 2
"Strike," p. 1, 1942 January 25
"Small Town Summer," p. 8, 1942 August 2
"The World When Christ Was Born," p. 6, 1942 December 20
"What! No Fingernail Polish?," p. 8, 1943 May 30
"Blueprints," p. 1, 1943 November 7
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 1, 1944 September 10
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 4, 1944 September 17
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 4, 1944 September 24
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 3, 1944 October 1
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 4, 1944 October 8
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 4, 1944 October 15
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 4, 1944 October 22
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 3, 1944 October 29
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 4, 1944 November 5
"Meadow In Bloom," p. 5, 1944 November 12
"They're Never Too Young Nor Too Old," p. 3, 1945 May 13
"Sunday School Superintendent to the World," p. 3, 1945 September 9
"Missionary to America," p. 5, 1945 September 16
"Arithmetic Schoolmarm," p. 1, 1945 September 23
"Blood Banker," p. 6, 1945 October 7
"O Christmas Tree," p. 1, 1945 December 23
"The Liberty Tree," p. 1, 1947 February 23
"The Liberty Tree," p. 1, 1947 March 2
"The Liberty Tree," p. 3, 1947 March 9
"The Liberty Tree," p. 3, 1947 March 16
"The Liberty Tree," p. 3, 1947 March 23
"The Liberty Tree," p. 4, 1947 March 30
"The Liberty Tree," p. 3, 1947 April 6
"The Liberty Tree," p. 1, 1947 April 13
"The Liberty Tree," p. 4, 1947 April 20
"The Liberty Tree," p. 4, 1947 April 27
"She Dreamt of Jeanie," p. 1, 1948 November 7
Highroad, (original title, The Epworth Highroad), 1929-1947
"We're Afraid of Your Bosses, But We're Not Afraid of Your People," p. 2, 1929 March 31
"The Imprint of Spain," p. 4 (co-authored with Nevin O. Winter), 1933 January
"Introduction to a Neighbor," p. 30, 1936 April
"Comrade of the Soil," p. 4, 1937 September
"Poets Return," p. 10, 1937 November
"Star Path," p. 2, 1939 November
"Sweet Land of Liberty," p. 2, 1939 November
"I Have Seven Friends," p. 5, 1939 November
"Passage to Caintuck," p. 2, 1940 January
"Passage to Caintuck," p. 11, 1940 February
"Passage to Caintuck," p. 21, 1940 March
"Passage to Caintuck," p. 24, 1940 April
"Passage to Caintuck," p. 16, 1940 May
"Passage to Caintuck," p. 20, 1940 June
"The Prodigal's Return," p. 14, 1940 August
"Refugees," p. 6, 1941 December
"Everywhere Christmas Tonight," p. 20, 1942 December
"Red Dawn," p. 2, 1943 March
"Red Dawn," p. 12, 1943 April
"Red Dawn," p. 6, 1943 May
"Red Dawn," p. 24, 1943 June
"December 5: Christmas, 1943," p. 33, 1943 December
"A Christmas Prayer," p. 22, 1944 December
"Give Christmas a Chance," p. 46, 1947 December
Home Quarterly, 1938
Home Utilities Salesman, 1931
Horn Book, 1965, 1969
Household Magazine, [1934]-1944
"The Crossroads," p. 32, [1934 January]
"The Crossroads," p. 32, 1936 January
"The Crossroads," p. 44, 1936 February
"The Crossroads," p. 24, 1936 April
"The Crossroads," p. 12, 1936 June
"[The Crossroads]," p. 10, 1936 December
"The Crossroads," p. 26, 1937 January
"The Crossroads," p. 20, 1937 February
"The Crossroads," p. 18, 1937 March
"The Crossroads," p. 49, 1937 April
"The Crossroads," p. 22, 1937 June
"The Crossroads," p. 32, 1937 July
"The Crossroads," p. 14, 1937 August
"The Crossroads," p. 26, 1937 September
"The Crossroads," p. 34, 1937 October
"The Crossroads," p. 16, 1937 November
"The Crossroads," p. 16, 1937 December
"The Crossroads," p. 20, 1938 January
"The Crossroads," p. 44, 1938 February
"The Crossroads," p. 22, 1938 March
"The Crossroads," p. 51, 1938 April
"The Crossroads," p. 20, 1938 May
"The Crossroads," p. 14, 1938 June
"The Crossroads," p. 16, 1938 July
"The Crossroads," p. 18, 1938 October
"The Crossroads," p. 10, 1938 November
"The Crossroads," p. 23, 1938 December
"The Crossroads," p. 28, 1939 February
"Insuring Your Child's Smile," p. 7, 1944 November
Illinois Libraries, 1947-1957
International Journal of Religious Education, 1939
Iowa Library Quarterly, 1960
Ispescope, 1949
Jack and Jill, 1948-1950
Juniors, 1929-1930
"The President Rides By," p. 6, 1929 March
"The Stained-Glass Shepherd," p. 2, 1929 July
"The Handkerchief That Went On a Journey," p. 5, 1930 July
"The Gift of the Little Grayfriar," p. 8, 1930 May
Junior Weekly, 1937
Lessons for Intermediates, 1948
Library Journal, 1958
Methodist Story, 1960
The Missionary Voice, 1928-1931
"Youth and the Peace of Tomorrow," p. 366, 1928 December
"Women and the New Day In Russia," p. 62, 1929 February
"And Now Comes Religion," p. 256, 1929 July
"Looking At Ourselves," p. 422, 1929 November
"You Heard the King Speak," p. 221, 1930 May
"Glimpsing the City of Rio de Janeiro," p. 382, 1931 August
National Temperance Digest, 1948
Out On A Limb, undated
Pilgrim Highroad, 1944
The Portal, 1928-1941
"A Sprig of Dutch Heather," p. 4, 1928 December 22
"The Day I Spent In Europe," p. 7, 1929 April 20
"The Children of Vikings," p. 5, 1929 June 29
"Ye Olde English Inne," p. 5, 1929 July 27
"Along Came Peter," p. 6, 1929 August 24
"Build It With Stone So Strong," p. 3, 1929 September 28
"Something Old and Something New," p. 3, 1929 October 19
"A Letter To Our Girls," p. 4, 1929 November 9
"We Pay Our Respects To a Patriot," p. 5, 1929 December 21
"Santa Claus Sets Up a Workshop," p. 5, 1929 December 21
"A Table In Geneva," p. 5, 1930 January 18
"We Meet Cicero," p. 5, 1930 February 22
"Germany Sings Again," p. 30, 1930 March 15
"Pageantry On the Rhine," p. 2, 1930 April 12
"A Picnic In Budapest," p. 5, 1930 April 26
"Lace Makers To the World," p. 7, 1930 July 5
"All's Well That Ends Well," p. 2, 1930 June 7
"Vacation Adventure," p. 6, 1930 June 24
"Notes On How To See a King," p. 5, 1930 August 16
"The First Lady of China," p. 4, 1931 May 16
"Little Mother of the Turks," p. 3, 1931 June 27
"A Voice Singing In India," p. 5, 1931 October 17
"Red Cross Nurse To the World," p. 3, 1939 November 17
"Citizens By Invitation," p. 5, 1932 February 6
"A Countess of Hungary Comes Calling," p. 3, 1932 April 9
"A Daughter of Old China," p. 3, 1932 May 21
"Something For You To Do," p. 4, 1932 July 16
"Making Peace Posters", 1932 September 10
"The Right Way To Study War," p. 4, 1932 September 17
"The Road That Led To an Attic," p. 3, 1932 October 22
"Something For You To Do," p. 4, 1932 November 12
"The Kingdom of a Girl's Values," p. 4, 1933 January 7
"The Kingdom of a Girl's Values," p. 4, 1933 January 21
"Carpenters From Samakand," p. 4, 1933 May 13
"The Kingdom of a Girl's Values," p. 4, 1933 June 3
"The Kingdom of a Girl's Values," p. 4, 1933 June 10
"The Kingdom of a Girl's Values," p. 4, 1933 October 21
"A Pathway To the Sea," p. 4, 1933 November 4
"A Trail Blazer Among the Stars," p. 5, 1933 November 18
"In Praise of Wondering Sheperds," p. 4, 1933 December 23
"Take a Basket With You," p. 4, 1933 December 30
"The Question Box," p. 4, 1934 January 6
"From the Dairy of a Window Shopper," p. 4, 1934 January 12
"What We Learned From Jimmy," p. 4, 1934 February 24
"What We Learned From Jimmy," p. 4, 1934 March 3
"An Artist In the Hospital," p. 5, 1934 April 21
"From the Diary of a Window Shopper," p. 4, 1934 June 9
"From the Diary of a Window Shopper," p. 5, 1934 June 30
"From the Diary of a Window Shopper," p. 2, 1934 July 21
"From the Diary of a Window Shopper," p. 4, 1934 September 1
"From the Diary of a Window Shopper," p. 6, 1934 September 15
"The Question Box," p. 4, 1934 November 24
"One of Our Youth," p. 4, 1934 December 15
"The Question Box," p. 4, 1935 January 5
"From the Diary of a Window Shopper," p. 4, 1935 January 12
"The Question Box," p. 4, 1935 January 19
"The Question Box," p. 4, 1935 February 9
"A House Where the World Meets," p. 2, 1935 February 9
"The Question Box," p. 4, 1935 February 23
"The Question Box," p. 4, 1935 August 24
"A Question Anwsered," p. 4, 1935 September 7
"The Question Box," p. 4, 1935 September 21
"At the Next Corner, Turn--," p. 4, 1935 October 19
"Parchments and Prisons," p. 5, 1935 December 14
"On Being a Daughter," p. 4, 1935 December 14
"O Little Town of Bethlehem," p. 6, 1935 December 28
"The Art of Tacking," p. 4, 1936 January 4
"A Far Journey," p. 8, 1936 January 18
"Make Way for the King," p. 6, 1936 January 25
"Choosing Helpers," p. 6, 1936 February 1
"A Courageous Christ," p. 6, 1936 February 8
"A Tragic Home-Coming," p. 6, 1936 February 15
"A Day In Capernaum," p. 6, 1936 February 22
"Friends and Enemies," p. 6, 1936 February 29
"An Ominous Voice," p. 6, 1936 March 21
"Jesus Prepares for the End," p. 6, 1936 March 28
"Gethsemane," p. 6, 1936 April 4
"The Resurrection," p. 6, 1936 April 11
"Witness," p. 6, 1936 April 18
"Jesus and the Out of Doors," p. 6, 1936 April 25
"The Shepherd Boy of Long Ago," p. 6, 1936 May 2
"Stars In the Summer Sky," p. 6, 1936 May 9
"Creatures of the Wing and Wood," p. 6, 1936 May 16
"Planting a Seed," p. 6, 1936 May 23
"Working Together," p. 4, 1936 June 6
"Working Together," p. 6, 1936 June 20
"Working Together," p. 6, 1936 June 27
"Working Together," p. 6, 1936 July 4
"Working Together," p. 6, 1936 July 11
"Playing Together," p. 6, 1936 July 18
"Playing Together," p. 6, 1936 July 25
"Playing Together," p. 6, 1936 August 1
"Playing Together," p. 6, 1936 August 8
"Playing Together," p. 4, 1936 August 15
"Playing Together," p. 6, 1936 August 22
"Playing Together," p. 6, 1936 August 29
"Fling Us A Handful of Stars," p. 4, 1936 September 5
"Jesus and I", 1936 September 5
"Jesus and I," p. 6, 1936 September 12
"Jesus and I," p. 4, 1936 September 19
"Jesus and I," p. 6, 1936 September 26
"Jesus and I," p. 6, 1936 October 3
"Jesus and I," p. 6, 1936 October 10
"Jesus and I," p. 6, 1936 October 24
"Jesus and I," p. 2, 1936 October 31
"This Love of Country," p. 6, 1936 November 7
"This Love of Country," p. 6, 1936 November 14
"Little Sister Co-op," p. 1, 1936 November 21
"This Country of Love," p. 6, 1936 November 28
"A Christmas Interlude," p. 6, 1936 December 5
"A Christmas Interlude," p. 6, 1936 December 12
"A Christmas Interlude," p. 6, 1936 December 19
"A Christmas Interlude," p. 6, 1936 December 26
"A Christmas Interlude," p. 6, 1937 January 2
"Leaves From An Old Book," p. 6, 1937 January 9
"Leaves From An Old Book," p. 6, 1937 January 16
"Leaves From An Old Book," p. 6, 1937 January 23
"Leaves From An Old Book," p. 6, 1937 January 30
"The Fighting Spirit," p. 1, 1937 November 20
"Poets In the Garden," p. 4, 1937 April 3
"I Wish I Were a Country," p. 5, 1937 May 29
"If I Follow a Star," p. 4, 1938 January 8
"There's Nothing New In Manners," p. 4, 1938 January 15
"Why Behave Like Americans," p. 2, 1938 February 19
"A Pattern For a Daughter," p. 4, 1938 May 7
"The Strange Career of a Wardrobe," p. 2, 1938 May 14
"A Shawl for Mrs. Grundy," p. 1, 1938 May 22
"A Sweet Girl Graduate," p. 2, 1938 May 28
"It's Healthy To Have Manners," p. 4, 1938 June 11
"There Are Styles In Patriotism," p. 4, 1938 July 2
"Tables Make A Difference," p. 7, 1938 July 9
"Families Can Be Charming," p. 2, 1938 August 26
"Let Me Alone Please", 1938 November 26
"Buildings More Beautiful," p. 8, 1938 December 17
"Pictures and Prairies," p. 3, 1939 February 18
"Talk Isn't Cheap," p. 8, 1939 March 11
"We Play by Grecian Rules," p. 3, 1939 April 1
"Rules of the Road," p. 3, 1939 April 29
"Vacation Adventure," p. 8, 1939 June [10]
"Vacation Adventure," p. 8, 1939 June 17
"Vacation Adventure," p. 6, 1939 July 1
"Vacation Adventure," p. 6, 1939 July 8
"Vacation Adventure," p. 5, 1939 July 15
"Vacation Adventure," p. 6, 1939 July 22
"Vacation Adventure," p. 6, 1939 July 29
"Vacation Adventure," p. 6, 1939 August 5
"Vacation Adventure," p. 8, 1939 August 12
"Vacation Adventure," p. 6, 1939 August 19
"Vacation Adventure," p. 8, 1939 August 26
"Growing Pains," p. 2, 1939 September 16
"Cheer Leader," p. 1, 1939 November 4
"Jane Jones," p. 6, 1939 December 2
"What Are Riches?", 1939 December 2
"Gift Manners," p. 5, 1939 December 9
"Beautiful Is the Child," p. 11, 1939 December 23
"New Year's Magic," p. 6, 1939 December 30
"The New Year Is a Gateway," p. 8, 1939 December 30
"Light," p. 6, 1940 January 6
"Curls Like Mimi's," p. 6, 1940 February 3
"Upside-down Girl," p. 6, 1940 February 10
"The Awakening Earth," p. 6, 1940 March 23
"Adventures of the Poor Man's Bible," p. 3, 1940 May 4
"Speak To the Earth," p. 2, 1940 May 25
"Singing of Midnight," p. 2, 1940 June 29
"New Frontiers," p. 6, 1940 August 17
"Petite Parisienne," p. 4, 1940 August 31
"Friends of the Night," p. 6, 1940 September 28
"Court of Honor," p. 1, 1940 November 30
"Sunset," p. 4, 1940 December 28
"Boastful Christmas," p. 6, 1941 January 11
"Out of a Laboratory," p. 6, 1941 February 8
"Pancake Tuesday," p. 8, 1941 February 22
"Lessons From the Past," p. 6, 1941 March 22
"What's In a Birthplaces," p. 6, 1941 March 29
"Palms Along the Road," p. 6, 1941 April 5
"Dear Mother," p. 3, 1941 May 10
"Partnership," p. 6, 1941 May 31
"Living by Fractions," p. 2, 1941 June 7
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 1, 1941 July 26
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 1, 1941 August 2
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 3, 1941 August 9
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 1, 1941 August 16
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 3, 1941 August 23
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 3, 1941 August 30
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 3, 1941 September 6
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 3, 1941 September 13
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 3, 1941 September 20
"Barrie and Daughter," p. 2, 1941 September 27
Printed Salesmanship, 1931
P.T.A Magazine, 1970
Queen's Garden, 1942
The Record of the Girl's Friendly Society, 1928
Teens, 1942
The Torchbearer, 1929-1933
"The Sun Parlor," p. 8, 1929 September 15
"The Sun Parlor," p. 8, 1929 October 27
"Santa Claus Sets Up a Workshop," p. 3, 1929 December 22
"The Sun Parlor," p. 8, 1929 December 29
"To Every Reader and Friend," p. 6, 1930 June 1
"Mr. Chappell Leaves," p. 6, 1930 October 5
"Yule Fires On a Mountain," p. 4, 1930 December 21
"A Daughter of the Vikings," p. 7, 1931 April 5
"Aides To Stepping Out," p. 3, 1932 February 14
"Dress Parade," p. 3, 1932 May 8
"Take a Look At Your Halo," p. 3, 1932 June 5
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1932 July 7
"The Tale Your Mirror Tells," p. 3, 1932 August 28
"Fall In Love With Your Hands," p. 3, 1932 October 2
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1932 October 9
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1932 November 20
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1932 December 18
"Six Kinds of Curtains for Your Room," p. 3, 1933 March 19
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1933 May 21
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1933 June 18
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1933 July 23
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1933 September 3
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1933 October 8
"Dear Juliet," p. 4, 1933 December 10
Trails for Juniors, 1943-1959
"Padre's Cats", 1943 January
"The Four O'Clock Squad," p. 1, 1944 January
"A Carol for the Governor," p. 1, 1945 December
"The Arrowhead," p. 11, 1946 August
"The Journey," p. 1, 1946 September
"The Red Hood," p. 1, 1946 November
"To Grandmother's House We Go", 1947 November 23
"Debby and the Jackknife," p. 4, 1947 December 7
"Celia for Chuck," p. 4, 1948 January 11
"Grandpap," p. 1, 1949 July 10
"They Came From China," p. 1, 1949 July
"A Day of Surprises," p.1, 1949 August
"The Wind and the Leaves," p. 1, 1949 September
"Christmas Angel," p. 1, 1949 November
"One Hundred Candles," p. 2, 1951 January
"Debby and the Jackknife," p. 2, 1952 December
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," p. 1, 1958 October 5
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," p. 4, 1958 October 12
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," p. 6, 1958 October 19
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," p. 2, 1958 October 26
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," p. 6, 1958 November 2
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," p. 2, 1958 November 9
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," p. 2, 1958 November 16
"Higgins and the Great Big Scare," p. 6, 1958 November 23
"Surprises for Miss Althy", 1959 June 7
"Surprises for Miss Althy", 1959 June 14
Twelve-Fifteen, 1955-1956
"Grace Before Meat At Thanksgiving," p. 9, 1955 November 20
"Grace Before Meat At Christmas," p. 7, 1955 December 25
"Grace Before Meat At New Year's Day," p. 11, 1956 January 1
"Grace Before Meat On the Birthday of a Patriot," p. 4, 1956 February 12
"Grace Before Meat When A Friend Is Present," p. 12, 1956 March 25
"Grace Before Meat On Mother's Day," p. 12, 1956 May 13
"Grace Before Meat On Father's Day," p. 12, 1956 June 17
"Grace Before Meat When A Beloved One Has Met With Success", 1956 July 22
Venture, 1943
Woman's Day, 1965
World Neighbors, 1926
World Outlook, 1951
The Young Christian Worker, 1927
Young Wings, 1943
Pamphlets, 1958-1965, undated
Gutenberg Bible and the T.V. Screen, Commission on Promotion and Cultivation of the Methodist Church, 1958 July
Heralding New Horizons, Commission on Promotion and Cultivation of the Methodist Church, undated
High Cost of Writing, Southeast Community College, Cumberland, Kentucky, 1965
Paulo and Lilita: Stories of Brazilian Children, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, undated
Primary Bible Lessons, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Board of Education, undated
A Troubled World Needs Christian Families, Methodist Church, Board of Education, undated
The World is Built at Home, Department of the Christian Family, Board of Education of the Methodist Church, undated
You and Your Boyfriend, Household Magazine, 1963
Lectures and speeches, 1939-1979, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises transcripts and handwritten notes of lectures and speeches given by Rebecca Caudill. Arranged chronologically by subseries according to the lecture date, with a subseries relating to peace activities at the end. Lecture title, location, and name of group addressed are included, where available. Undated lectures are listed alphabetically by lecture title.
1940-1950
"The Child and His Book," n.p., 1940
"The Sea Is All Around", radio, 1941 February 1
Speech at Mother-Daughter Banquet, First Baptist Church, 1941 April 15
The Companionship of Books, undated
Nine Juveniles, Radio WILL, 1941 November 8
"Interview With Mrs. Locklin, Tidewater Tales," radio, 1943 March 4
The Church and the Home, 1943 February 28
"The Education of Exceptional Children in Illinois," WILL Radio, 1943 November
"Christmas Books for Children," WILL Radio, 1945 November 28
"Stories Are Bridges," Church School Story Paper Editors, Chicago, Illinois, 1947
"What the New Sanctuary Means to Trinity Families," Trinity Supper, N.p., 1949 March 27
"Preface to Writing," Bloomington, Indiana, 1949 December 3
"Building a Child's Library," Holy Cross Book Fair, 1950 January 3
"Preface to Writing," Education Association, Library section, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1950 October 26
"Background for a Backwoods Story," WILL Radio, 1950 November
1951-1960
"The Challenge of 1951," radio, 1951 January
"Books for Children in 1951," Childhood Education Association, Champaign, Illinois, 1951 March
Devotion, Woman's Society of Christian Service, N.p., 1951 September 27
"Dear Henry David Thoreau," Book fair, Burlington, Illinois, 1951 November 3
Unititled speech, Madison, Wisconsin, 1952 February 8
"Reflections on Indian Independence," N.p., 1952 August 15
"The Broyles Bill and Public School Teachers," Woman's Society of Christian Service, N.p., 1953 February 27
"Gratitude to Librarians," Saginaw, Michigan, 1953 April 28
Untitled speech at Wesley Foundation, N.p., 1953 November 22
"Reading in Family: A Shared Experience," Columbia School, Champaign, Illinois, 1954 February 18
"Church Women's Council's Peace Project," N.p., 1954 September 24
Untitled speeches at book fairs, 1954 November
Untitled speech for engineering faculty wives, N.p., 1955 January
Untitled speech, Marquette School, N.p., 1955 February
"Susan Cornish", Decatur High School Librarians, Decatur, Illinois, 1955 April 23
Untitled speech, Delta Kappa Gamma, Centralia, Illinois, 1955 November 19
Untitled speech, fraduate students' wives, Michigan, 1955
James' speech about RCA, 1955 Spring
"Better Children's Books for More Children in Illinois," First Pre-Conference Institute, Children's Libraians Section, Peoria, Illinois, 1956 December 17
Untitled, Burlington, Illinois, 1956 December 1
"Is It Worth What It Takes?" Ridgecrest, North Carolina, 1957
Untitled, Woman's Society of Christian Service, N.p., 1957 January 9
Untitled, Delta Kappa Gamma, N.p., 1957 May 23
"Story to the Children," Wesley Methodist Church, Urbana, Illinois, 1957 July 28
"Barrie And Daughter," Polo, Illinois, 1957 December 4
"Background for Backwoods Stories," School Librarians, Kentucky Library Association, Paducah, Kentucky, 1957 October 19
"Role of the Novelist in Today's Crisis," College and Reference Librarians, Kentucky Library Association, Paducah, Kentucky, 1957 October 15
Untitled, Paw Paw Book Fair, Paw Paw, Michigan, 1957 December 10
Untitled, Fourth through Sixth grades, Paw Paw School, Paw Paw, Michigan, 1957 December 10
"Creating Children's Books Which Help Develop Character," International Reading Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1958 May 10
"600-Word Condensation of 'Creating Children's Books Which Help Develop Character'," N.p., Undated
"An Author Uses the Library," Urbana Library Assistants, Urbana, Illinois, 1958 May 17
"Out of My Life," Maypole Banquet, Woman's Society of Christian Service, Wesley Methodist Church, Urbana, Illinois, 1958 May 19
"The World of Bonnie Fairchild," Fifth and sixth grades, Racine School, 1958 May 24
"Background for Backwoods Stories," Fifth through eighth grades, Racine School, 1958 May 24
"I Write for Today's Child," Library Conference, Bloomington, Illinois, 1958 July 9
Untitled, Librarians Serction, National Commission on Education and Admissions, Boone, North Carolina, 1958 September 26
So You'd Like to Write, Library Campaign, Illinois, 1958 May 25
"The Library and I," Allerton House, Library Services to Young Adults Meeting, 1958 November 10
"Writing Books for Children," Teacher-Librarian Workshop, Iowa City, Iowa, 1959 June 17
"Writing Books for Children," Fifteenth Annual Conference and Course on Reading, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1959 July 9
"Children's Literature Basic to Culture in the Appalachian Mountains," Consultation on Mountain Literature, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, 1959 July 21
Untitled, Business and Professional Women's Dinner, N.p., 1959 September 1
"The Private Life and Loves of an Author," Iowa Library Association, Des Moines, Iowa, 1959 October 23
"Book Talk," Decatur, Illinois, 1959 November 3
"The Library and I," Illinois State Normal University Reading Council, Bloomington, Illinois, 1960 February 10
Untitled, Tennessee High School Library Association, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1960 March 23
Untitled, High School Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, 1960 May 7
"Inside a Child's Book," Library Colloquim, N.p., 1960 December 15
1961-1970
"Book Talk," Kindergarten through third grade, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1961 March
"Book Talk," Third through sixth grades, Hays School, Urbana, Illinois, 1962 November 11
"Book Talk," La Grange Park School, N.p., 1962 November 19
"High Cost of Writing," Community Meeting, Southeast Community Center, Cumberland, Kentucky, Rebecca Caudill Day, 1963 October 11
"Book Talk," Worth, Illinois, 1964 April 14
"Background for a Backwoods Story," Illinois high School Library Association, Urbana, Illinois, 1964 May 9
"Background for a Backwoods Story," Tennessee, 1964 October 15 & 30
"Book Talk," Kindergarten through third grades, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1966 February 10
Writing Between the Lines, Speech, 1967 October-November
Writing Between the Lines, Speech, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967 October 27
Writing Between the Lines, Speech, Louisville, Kentucky, 1967 October 28
Writing Between the Lines, Speech, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1967 November 4
The Author Builds Bridges, Rough Draft (Typescript), undated
Writing Between the Lines, Rough Draft 2 (Typescript), undated
Speech at Murrary College, Murray College, Murray, Kentucky, 1968 March 21
"A Time for Books," American Council on Education, Normal, Illinois, 1968 May 4
Student Churches, Radio, WILL, 1968 May 13
Untitled, Children's Book Guild, Washington, D.C., 1968 November 2
Untitled, American Association of University Women, Barbouville, Kentucky, 1969 April 24
Untitled, Wesleyan College Symposium, Macon, Georgia, 1969 May 25
Untitled, Award Dinner, Chicago Children's Reading Round Table, 1969 May 8
Untitled, Utica, New York, 1969 November 6
Untitled, Peoria, Illinois, 1970 May 29
Untitled, NDEA Institute, Boone, North Carolina, 1970 July
Telelecture, Macomb Laboratory School, Macomb, Illiois, 1970 November 16
"The Next 50 Years," Correspondence, Weslsyan College, Macon, Georgia, 1970 April 11
"The Next 50 Years," Research material, Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, 1970 April 11
The Next 50 Years, First draft (handwritten), Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, 1970 April 11
The Next 50 Years, Revised Drafts (Typescripts), Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, 1970 April 11
1971-1979
Untitled, Los Angeles, California, Boone, North Carolina, 1971 May-June
Untitled, rough draft (handwritten) and revised copy (typescript), Bro-Dart Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 1972 August 9, undated
Untitled, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1972 October 24
"Why I Write Like Rebecca Caudill," Warrenburg, Montana, 1973 March 9
"My Role in the Creation of Pocketful of Cricket," Joint Pre-conference, American Council on Education, Wichita, Kansas, 1973 April 24
Why I Write Like Rebecca Caudill, Fayetteville, Georgia, 1973 July 6
"Why I Write Like Rebecca Caudill," Oakland University, Detroit, Michigan, 1973
What the Appalachian Child Brings to Your Classroom, Correspondence, 1973 June 6
What the Appalachian Child Brings to Your Classroom, Drafts (handwritten), 1973 June 13
What the Appalachian Child Brings to Your Classroom, Drafts (typescript), 1973 June 13
"Appalachia Is My Theme," St. Charles, Montana, 1974 June 24
"Appalachian in Children's Literature," Dayton, Ohio, 1974 June 19
Untitled, WILL Radio, 1974 September 23
"From Hardshell Baptist to Quaker," Early drafts (typescript), 1979
"From Hardshell Baptist to Quaker," Haworth Press Edition, 1979 Jonathan Plummer Lecture, Illinois Yearly Meeting of Religious Society of Friends, 1979 August 5
undated
"Appalachian Heritage", undated
"Books are Bridges", undated
"Brazil", undated
The Child and His Bookshelf, Drafts (typescript), undated
"How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors", undated
"I Nominate for Doubtful Fame", undated
Interpreting World Neighbors to Children Thru' Books, Notes (handwritten), undated
Interpreting the World Neighbors to Children thru' Books, drafts (handwritten), undated
Interpreting the World Neighbors to Children thru' Books, Draft (typescript), undated
Leal School P.T.A., radio script, undated
"Looking Back: The Last Ten Years", undated
"Marriage is Enough", undated
On Being Educated, Phi Delta Phi, undated
A Parent Looks at the High School Library, undated
"P.T.A Talk on Books", undated
The Social Responsibility of the Author of Children's Book, undated
"University Library Club Talk on Books", undated
"Two Ways to Write Books for Young People", undated
"What's in a Book?", undated
"Religious Training in the Home", undated
"Spotlight", undated
Untitled works / personal, undated
Peace, 1939-1962, undated
"Impressions of the War," Urbana, Illinois, 1939 September 21
Untitled, N.p., 1941 February 10
"Women's International League for Peace and Freedom," radio, 1941 May 15
Untitled, Woman's Society of Christian Service, n.p., 1950 March 30
"A Man Must Do Something Today," Peace Seminar, n.p., 1952 February 16
"Bold Venture," Steps to Peace Seminar, n.p., 1952 May 5
Untitled, Church Woman's Council, n.p., 1954 September 24
Untitled, Women for Peace-Ministers Luncheon, n.p., 1962 March 20
"Ann Arbor Report", undated
"Historical Development", undated
"Layman's Responsibility for Peace", undated
"Shea's Rebellion", undated
"Talk On Japanese", undated
"When I Thought James Was Going to War", undated
Untitled works on peace, undated
Correspondence, 1903-1985, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises correspondence arranged into 7 subseries by subject: Professional, General, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Political, Students, Wesleyan College, and Personal. Professional letters consist of correspondence with literary agents, publishers, and translators. General correspondence consists of invitations to speak at libraries, schools, and book fairs. These letters are organized by the correspondent's most recent year of correspondence with Caudill; some correspondents' letters span multiple years. Personal correspondence consists primarily of letters to and from family members.
Professional, 1932-1985, undated
Literary agents, Brandt & Brandt, 1939-1941
Literary agent, Ruth Cantor, 1955-1971
American Friends Service Committee, 1979
American Home, 1936
Better Homes and Gardens, 1937 March 6
Christian Science Monitor, undated
Child Life, 1942-1943
Coward McCann, 1937-1939
Doubleday Publishing, 1969 July-September
E. P. Dutton and Co., 1970-1984
Garrard Press, 1960-1964
Ginn and Company, 1979 July-October
Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1961-1985
Household Magazine, 1933-1941, undated
Household Magazine - Pioneer Stories and Other Reading-Submitted Materials, undated
Jack and Jill, The Curtis Publishing Company, 1949-1959
Junior Literary Guild, 1943-1949
Longmans Green and Company, 1947-1962
David McKay Company, 1961-1970
Methodist Book Concern, 1935-1936
Methodist Episcopal Church, 1932-1938
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1930-1963
Thomas Nelson, 1958-1982
Presbyterian Church, Board of Christian Education, 1941-1942
Random House, 1980 January 30
Row Peterson, 1937-1953
Yumiko Tomada, 1977-1984
The Viking Press, Inc., 1939-1981
The John C. Winston Company, 1941-1961
General, 1919-1985, undated
1924-1927
1927-1931
1933-1936
1937-1938
1939
1940-1941
1942-1944
1945
1946
1947-1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959 January-July
1959 August-December
1960
1960-1961
1962
1963
1964
1965 January-August
1965 August-December
1966
1967
1968
1969 January-May
1969 May-December
1970 January-June
1970 July-December
1971 January-March
1971 March-December
1972 January-July
1972 August-December
1973 January-May
1973 June-December
1974 January-May
1974 June-December
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981 January-May
1981 June-December
1982 January-December
1992 December
1983
1984
1985
undated
Mabel Woodward Douglas, [1920]-1986, undated
Gwyn family, 1973-1979, undated
Savella Jackson, 1970-1978, undated
Martinez family, 1949-1980, undated
Thomas Paine School Library, 1978-1982
Wesley Foundation, 1958, undated
Pine Mountain Settlement School, 1961, 1965-1984, undated
1961, 1965-1966
1967-1968
1969
1970
1971
1972-1973
1974-1977
1978-1984
undated
Political, 1951-1967, 1982
Students, 1973-1985, undated
Notes and cards, 1973-1985, undated
1973-1976
1977
1978
1979 January-May
1979 May-December
1980
1981 January-June
1981 June-December
1982-1983 June
1983 November-December
1983
1984 January-March
1984 March-December
1985
undated
Books and drawings, 1979-1982, undated
An Album of Birds That We See In Urbana, 1979
- Box 81M1-21, folder 6
Scope and Contents
A book by fourth graders in Mrs. Grabow's class from the Thomas Paine School, Urbana, Illinois.
A Christmas Book for Our Friends, Aunt Becky and Uncle James, 1980
A Book of Birthday Wishes for Rebecca Caudill, 1982 February 2
Get well cards from first graders at Carrie Busey Grade School, circa 1980
Drawn cards, undated
Birthday cards to Rebecca Caudill from Fallen Park School, Roanoke, Virginia, undated
Drawings, undated
Wesleyan College, 1919-1985, undated
1919-1948
1949
- Box 81M1-21, folder 14
Scope and Contents
Folder 27 contains material on the Anne Banks Armand Memorial Award.
1950
1951
1952
1953-1959
1960-1965
1966-1969
1970-1979
Plaque from The 1836 Club, 1976
1981-1985
undated
Personal, 1903, 1919-1985, undated
By year, 1903, 1919-1985, undated
1903, 1919-1930
1931
1932-1938
1938-1939
1940
1941-1944
1945-1947
1947-1948
1948
1949
1949-1950
1950
1951
1951-1952
1952
1953
1954
1955-1973
1979-1984
1985
undated
Baker Family, 1943-1985, undated
Pattons, 1950-1951, undated
Harry M. Ayars family, 1920-1959, undated
James Ayars, 1920-1959, undated
James Ayars, postcards and letters, 1925-1958, undated
Rebecca Caudill, postcards and letters, 1931-1959, undated
Becky Jean Ayars Baker, postcard, 1955
Personal, 1913-1998, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises biographical materials and scrapbooks about Rebecca Caudill and her immediate family, memorabilia from significant events in Rebecca Caudill's life, notebooks and calendars that document the Caudill family's travels and accounts, and materials related to the Rebecca Caudill Public Library that opened in Cumberland, Kentucky in 1973. Memorabilia consists of wedding ceremony garments and mementos, books relating to Caudill's time in Brazil, yearbooks and diplomas that document her studies at Wesleyan College and Vanderbilt University, and awards that celebrate her distinguished literary career. Arranged by subject and format.
Biographical materials, 1919-1998, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1919-1998, undated
1919-1949
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s, 1998
undated
Caudill genealogy, 1936-1977, undated
- Box 81M1-25, folder 4-6
Scope and Contents
Folder 3 contains notebook and clippings with birth, death and wedding dates.
"Child of Appalachia", 1977-1978, undated
- Box 81M1-24, folder 10
Scope and Contents
"A documentary film about the life of Rebecca Caudill Ayars", by Ken E. Van Horn.
Identification cards and Illinois license plate, 1965-1981, undated
World Topics Year Book, 1961
Kentucky Literature: 1784-1963, by Ish Richey, 1963
Years Away From Home, by Gladys Hasty Carroll, 1972
James Sterling Ayars Jr., 1930-1979, undated
Correspondence, 1930-1948
- Box 81M1-24, folder 15
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from the James Sterling Ayars Jr. Memorial Collection.
Correspondence, 1949-1953
Correspondence, 1954-1956
Correspondence, 1956
Correspondence, 1956-1979
Correspondence, undated
Writing by Rebecca Caudill about James S. Ayars Jr., 1956 March 9-1957 February 4
Journals of letters to James S. Ayars Jr. written by James Ayars and Rebecca Caudill, 1932-1953
Diaries and autograph books, undated
Letters of sympathy, 1956 February-November, 1964 February 2, undated
Rebecca Jean Ayars (Becky), 1939-1960, undated
Memorabilia, 1913-1983
College, 1913, 1918-1923
Veterropt (Wesleyan College yearbook), 1919
Veterropt (Wesleyan College yearbook), 1920
Memory book from Wesleyan, 1913, 1918-1923, 1918-1923
Commodore (Vanderbilt University yearbook), 1922
Life in Brazil, 1922-1969, undated
O Que Revela Uma Assignatura, 1923
Colegio Bennett, 1937
Sports Program, USMS Southern Cross, 1924 January 3
Bennett, circa 1969
Guia Artistico do Rio de Janeiro, 1922
Rebecca Caudill's diary while in Brazil, undated
Bem-Te-Vi, 1930
Wedding to James Sterling Ayars, 1931, undated
Awards, 1954-1983
Wesleyan College alumni awards clippings, 1954, undated
The Nancy Bloch Intercultural Library Award ceremony program, 1956 May 23
Memorial Award for Susan Cornish (plaque), The Nancy Bloch Intercultural Library, 1956 May 23
Woman of Achievement Award, Altrusa Club of Champaign-Urbana, 1961 May 13
Key to the City (wooden key), Cumberland, Kentucky, 1963 October 11
Clara Ingram Judson Memorial Award (for A Certain Small Shepherd), Society of Midland Authors, 1966 April 16
Illinois Author of the Year Award, Illinois Association of Teachers of English, 1972 October 27
Outstanding Contribution to Children's Literature, Central Missouri State University, 1973 March 10
O'tucks Festival program, 1975 September 6-7
Maharishi Award, Champaign Age of Enlightenment World Plan Center, 1978 March 20
Kentucky Media Award acceptance speech, Kentucky School Media Association, 1983 October 14
Kentucky Media Award (plaque), Kentucky School Media Association, 1983
O'Tucks Outstanding Kentuckian Award (plaque), 1983
Diplomas, 1916-1922
Portland High School, Tennessee, 1916 May 19
Georgia Department of Education, Teacher's Certificate, 1920 May 31
Wesleyan College, B.A., Macon, Georgia, 1920 June
Vanderbilt University, M.A., Nashville, Tennessee, 1922 June 14
Notebooks, diaries, and calendars, 1918-1985, undated
Account books, 1936-1965
Calendars, 1943-1985
1943
1946
1948
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
Correspondence books and records, 1944-1964, undated
Date books, 1931-1940
Diaries, 1933-1977
Guest books, 1931-1977, undated
Notebooks, 1918-1978, undated
Travel logs, 1949-1979
The Log of the Bonnie Blue, Volume I, 1949 April 16-1951 October 18
The Log of the Bonnie Blue, Volume II, 1951 November 1-1953 July 18
The Log of the Bonnie Blue, Volume III, 1953 July 19-1954 January 2
Bound for California, 1954 September 11
The Log of Tan Tommy, 1954 January 2-1956 April 5
The Log of Susan, Book I, 1956 April 6-1957 December 31
The Log of Susan, Book II, 1958 January 1-1959 August 26
"The Log of Susan" Book III, 1959 September 20-1961 June 9
"The Log of Chico", I, 1961 June 9-1965 June 7
The Log of Chico, II, 1965 July 6-1968 September 20
The Log of Contrary, I, 1968 September 20-1969 April 25
The Log of Contrary, II, 1971 March 29-1974 September 18
The Log of the Folly, 1974 September 26-1979 November 17
Rebecca Caudill Public Library, Cumberland, Kentucky, 1965-1981, undated
Dedication and open house program, 1973 October 21
Rebecca Caudill's speech, drafts, and typescripts, 1973 October 19-21
Mary Rogers, The Rebecca Caudill Public Library, The Calendar, 1974
Clippings, 1965-1981, undated
Scrapbook, 1973-1975
Rebecca Caudill Players, Cumberland, Kentucky, 1978, undated
Files, 1928-1985, undated
Workshops, bookfairs, and conferences, 1945-1962
Workshops, bookfairs, and conferences, 1963-1979, undated
Boone Companions, 1958-1959
Children's Reading Roundtable, 1969-1985
Friends Committee on National Legislation, 1943-1965
Peace activities, 1928-1979
Background materials for writing, 1936-1967
Clippings related to children's literature, 1932-1984, undated
Growing up with Jimmy and Becky, personal clippings, 1940-1959
Growing up with Jimmy and Becky, newspaper clippings, 1940-1959
William Creech, Sr. of Pine Mountain poster, 1915
Scrapbooks, 1934-1975
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, family and activities, 1934-1959
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, activties, 1937-1964
Jimmy, 1940-1947
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, activites, 1940-1958
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, personal activities, 1941-1952
Jimmy Andover, 1947-1950
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, activities, 1956-1961
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, personal activities, 1961-1972
Arkansas book fair, 1963 October
The Life and Times of Rebecca Caudill, 1965-1973
James Ayars and Rebecca Caudill Ayars, activities, 1966-1974
The World of Rebecca Caudill, 1972-1975
James Ayars (Jimmy), scrapbook pages, 1954-1956
Rebecca Jean Ayars, school and personal activities, 1938-1956, undated
Postcards, 1931, undated
Postcards sent to Rebecca Caudill, 1931
Postcard, Cluny Museum, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, The New Bridge, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, The Summer Alley, Versailles, France, 1931
Postcard, A Street Artist, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, Les Tuilleries at the Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, La Place de la Colonne Vendame, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, Le Seine prise de Notre-Dame, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, Notre-Dame, Paris, France, 1931
Postcard, Notre-Dame, Paris, France, 1931
Postcards collected by Rebecca Caudill, undated
Postcard, The Interior of Mark McGohon Cabin, Fort Harrod, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
Postcard, Interior of the Fort and the Old Spring, Fort Harrod, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
Stockade and gate of Fort Harrod, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
First School of the Wilderness, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
Interior of Ann McGinty Blockhouse, Harrodburg, Kentucky, undated
McGinty Blockhouse, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
George Rogers Clark Blockhouse, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
Interior of George Rogers Clark Blockhouse, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
James Harrod Blockhouse, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, undated
Library at Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky, undated
A ledge along the Kentucky River, Kentucky, undated
New River Canyon, Grandview, West Virginia, undated
Shakertown Inn, Shakertown, Kentucky, undated
A ledge along the Kentucky River and a railroad track, Kentucky, undated
Boonesboro Bridge, Richmond, Kentucky, undated
Daniel Boone Tablet, Boonesboro, Kentucky, undated
Baptist Church, Harlan, Kentucky, undated
Christian Church, Harlan, Kentucky, undated
Parking space on top of Pinnacle Mountain, Cumberland Gap, Virginia and Kentucky, undated
Harlan Fuel Company's tipple, conveyor and headhouse, undated
Daniel Boone's Monument, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Harlan County Courthouse, Harlan, Kentucky, undated
Presbyterian Church and Manse, Harlan, Kentucky, undated
Lincoln Marriage Temple, Pioneer State Park, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
George Rogers Clark Monument, Harrodsburg, Kentucky, undated
Clays Ferry Bridge over the Kentucky River between Lexington and Richmond, Kentucky, undated
Boonesboro Bridge, Kentucky, undated
Quiet Waters, undated
Dixie Highway, from the top of "Big Hill", Madison County, Kentucky, undated
The Gap in the Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee, undated
Pinnacle Mountain, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Cumberland Falls near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, undated
Skyland Road near Middlesboro, Kentucky and Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Shartlesville Hotel, Shartlesville, Pennsylvania, undated
Kentucky Utilities Electrical Plant on the Cumberland River, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
One-mile Tunnel, undated
Cumberland River, undated
Painting of Army of Gen. Geo. Morgan evacuating Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, 1863 September 17
Chimney Rock, North Carolina, undated
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Lincoln Memoial, University Harrogate, Tennessee, undated
East side of Pinnacle Mountain and Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, Kentucky, undated
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Daniel Boone's Monument, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Panorama - Pinnacle Mountain, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Skyland Road to Pinnacle near Middlesboro, Kentucky, undated
Scene in Soldiers Cave, Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
A Kentucky coal mine near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky Cornerstone, undated
Cumberland Falls, near CumberlandGap, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, undated
Seven Sisters on Cumberland River, undated
Fern Lake near Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, undated
Audiovisual materials, 1953-1984, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises reel-to-reel audio and audiocassettes of interviews, speeches, and readings of Caudill's books. Also includes a 16mm black and white film of Becky Jean Ayars running in the street and on a track with male running partners.
Audiocassettes, 1969-1984, undated
CRRT award dinner for the Ayars, 1969
Rebecca Caudill address for dedication of Rebecca Caudill Public Library, 1973 October 21
Side 1: A Certain Small Shepherd, narrated by Nancy Polette, side 2: Contrary Jenkins, narrated by Keith Polette, 1974 Summer
Side 1: WK20 interview with James and Rebecca Ayars, side 2: Rebecca Caudill's birthday, 1978 Summer
Side 1: A Pocketful of Cricket Song, Michael Bacon, side 2: Caudill's Birthday with school children, Urbana, Illinois, 1979, 1980
Side 1: Andelia Evans, Honor Murphy, Winnie Potluck at Home of Chuck and Joanna Kelly (in honor of the Ayars), side 2: Quaker's Christmas Carols, 1981 July, 1984 Christmas
From Jamie Ciocco (who played Jay in his father's film A Pocketful of Cricket), 1981 Fall
Untitled, 1982 December 19
4th grade, Thomas Paine school, Urbana, Illinois, 1982 December 21
Mr. and Mrs. Ayars frm Mr. and Mrs. John Saathoff (a travel log and letters), 1983
Mrs. Hope/Hatch to Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1983 February 8
Appalachian Dulcimer played by Susanne Peterson and Marcia Burklow, 1983 August 6-7
KLA banquet and acceptance speech, Rebecca Caudill, Louisville, Kentucky, 1983 October 14
"A Certain Small Shepherd," adapted in song by members of the Lewis and Clark Elementary School, New York, 1983 December
Letter to Rebecca Caudill from R. Beach, 1984 April 2
Thomas Paine School, Urbana, Illinois, undated
"A Certain Small Shepherd", undated
Side 1:1st grade Washington School, Side 2: Grade 3-5, Washington School, undated
Mrs. Gabrow 4th grade, undated
From Catherine McCready (genealogical information), undated
Side 1: scenes on tape, "The Best Loved Doll", by Rebecca Caudill, Side 2: get well, Aunt Becky tape!, undated
Did you Carry the Flag Today?, undated
Reel-to-reel audio and 16mm film, 1953-1971, undated
Program at Saginaw Schools and Potter Schools, "Up and Down the River", 1953 April 16
"Getting to Know You", an interview with Mrs. James Ayars, Dwane Johnson, interviewer, 1959 May
Interview with Mrs. James Ayars and John Cramer, 1962
Tome Cole stories, 1963 June 23
Mrs. Delia Creech, Pine Mountain, Kentucky, Burton Rogers on organ, 1964 October 27-29
Rebecca Caudill reading A Certain Small Shepherd, 1965 December 7
Rebecca Caudill interviewing Edna Patterson, Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1967
Children's Reading Round Table award dinner, Chicago, Illinois, 1969 May 8
Interview with Rebecca Caudill at Holt, Ann Durall interviewer, 1969 July 29
Interview with Simon Hale, Waynesburg, Kentucky, James Ayars, interviewer, 1969 October 28
Interview with Tom Gish, 1971
Interview with Harry Caudill, 1971
Rebecca Caudill talk for Mid-York library system, undated
James Ayars talk for Mid-York Library system, undated
Side 1: Harry Caudill, Whitesburg, Kentucky, side 2: Harry Caudill and Ann Caudill, 1965 July 18, 1965 July 16
Becky Jean Ayars running, 16mm film
Photographs, 1916-1985, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises photographs of Rebecca Caudill and her family, her travels to Eastern Kentucky and Europe, and her visits to Appalachian elementary schools and book fairs. Arranged into 12 series by subject and format: Book fairs, lectures, and school visits, Books and research, Eastern Kentucky scenes, Family, Friends, Negatives, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Rebecca Caudill, Rebecca Caudill at Washington County School, Rebecca Caudill Public Library, Thomas Paine School, and Trip to Europe.
Book fairs, lectures, and school visits, 1951-1982
Savoy School during Station WLS "School on the Air" broadcast of "Up and Down the River," Mrs. Dorothy Gard and Rebecca Caudill Ayars (left corner), 1951 September
Public Library, Saganaw, Michigan, Mary Ann Hughes and Malcolm Pitts (children), Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1953 April 28
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, International Student Weekend, Alberton Park, 1954 September
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Urbana Free Library with local authors: Ruth Painter Randall, Natalie Betting and Daniel Curley, 1958 March 19
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Markato, Minnesota, book fair, 1959 November
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with Sister, Ruth Randall and Vicki Johnson at "Miracle of Books", Chicago, Illinois, 1960 November
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1969 December 9
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Book Fair, 1961 September 23
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and James Ayars at a school with an exhibit of Rebecca's, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars in Nashville, Tennessee, Book Fair, 1965 October
Rebecca and James Ayars with Smith relatives at the Rebecca Caudill Public Library in Cumberland, Kentucky, 1967 October
Rebecca at the Rebecca Caudill Public Lubrary, Cumberland, Kentucky, with Girl Scouts, 1967 October
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Paducah Public Library, Paducah, Kentucky, 1968 Winter
Paducah Public Library, Paducah, Kentucky, 1968 March
Brochure, "Mid-York Library System Presents Rebecca and James Ayars at the Utica Public Library", 1969 November 16
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with two young school girls at Eastern New Mexico University, New Mexico, 1970 May 22
Rebecca and James Ayars, Fremont School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1971 April
Rebecca and James Ayars, "Some book fair or other", 1973
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Ardelia Evans, Librarian of the Rebecca Caudill Public Library, Cumberland, Kentucky, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars, Rebecca Caudill Public Library in Cumberland, Kentucky, 1975 April 19
Rebecca and James Ayars, CRRT Conference, Evanston, Illinois, 1977
Rebecca and James Ayars autographing books, Sunnycrest Book Emporium, 1977 Fall
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Abingdon, Virginia, 1978 April 5-7
Display by a student: Evelyn Thuiman, 1979 Spring
Rebecca and James Ayars, Leal Library, 1979 November 28
Rebecca and James Ayars with Allison Shand, 1979 November 28
Our class with Rebecca and James Ayars, 1979 November 28
Rebecca and James Ayars, Leal Library, 1979 November 28
Evelyn Thurman, 1982 April 17
Rebecca Caudill Ayars lecturing, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars playing a dulcimer, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars at a lecture, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, seated, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars, undated
A wall display, undated
A poster, "Happy Birthday Uncle James", undated
Rebecca and James Ayras, Thomas Paine School, Urbana, Illinois, birthday party, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with two friends, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with a dulcimer, undated
Display with two dolls around a book of James Ayars, undated
Photos of Rebecca and James Ayars are in a folder, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars standing with two others at a display of Rebecca's work, undated
Wall display, undated
Contact sheet of four proofs of Rebecca Caudill Ayars with four other people in a library, undated
Books and research, 1965-1980, undated
A Pocketful of Cricket, 1980
Jamie Ciocco, model for "Jay" in Caudill's book A Pocketful of Cricket (two copies), 1980
Jamie Ciocco, 1980
Jamie Ciocco and Rebecca Caudill, 1980
Matthew James Dorfman reading A Pocketful of Cricket, 1980 August
Matthew Dorfman reading A Pocketful of Cricket, 1980 August
Photographs by Edward Wallowitch, 1965, undated
At the foot of Hurricane Gap is a house once owned by George Caudill, across Pine Mountain from Cumberland, KY. In the photo are: Old Man Cornett, Rebecca Caudill Ayars (doing an interview) and James Ayars (recording the interview), undated
"Life can be beautiful," boy wearing water wings, undated
Vista, boy hiding behind a tree stump, undated
"Defiance," young boy with his arms folded, undated
"The Long Road Home," old man walking with a cane on a country road, undated
"Storm," two young boys leaning against a tree, undated
Mrs. Creech, undated
Wilson Evans' mother with Rebecca and James Ayars, undated
Wilson Evans' mother, undated
Delia (Mrs. Creech), undated
Rebecca and James Ayars with Wilson Evans' mother, undated
Delia Creech and her grandson, undated
Wilson Evans' mother, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and daughter of Becky's uncle Wood Smith, a brother of Susan Smith Caudill, Becky's mother, 1965
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1965
Children, undated
A young girl's photo attached to a badge with a quote on the back from "Happy Little Family" pp. 30-31, undated
A young girl's photo attached to a badge with a quote from "Up and Down the River" p.86, undated
A young boy (the model for Charley in Did You Carry The Flag, Today, Charley?), undated
Eastern Kentucky scenes, 1968, undated
Revenuers raiding a still, undated
Disposing of a still, Jenkins, Kentucky, undated
Dawn in the mountains of Kentucky - Four youngsters, one on a mule, outside a barn, undated
A young boy standing in a barnyard with a hog, undated
Family, 1918-1982, undated
The Ayars and their children, 1941-1960, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars on her 60th birthday with Rebecca Jean Ayars, 1959 February 20
James S. Ayars, Jr. and Rebecca Jean Ayars, undated
Rebecca Jean Ayars and Rebecca Caudill Ayars, examining a proof of Little Happy Family, undated
James Ayars, Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Rebecca Jean Ayars and two others, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with son, James Sterling Ayars, and daughter Rebecca Jean Ayars, 1941
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and granddaughter, Ami Elizabeth Baker, 1960
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Rebecca Jean Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, James S. Ayars, Jr., and Rebecca Jean Ayars, undated
Ayars' home in Urbana, 1975, undated
Becky's writing corner, undated
An interior room, 1975 October
An interior room, undated
Top of the staircase, undated
Kitchen, undated
Parlor, undated
Bedroom, undated
Parlor, undated
Music Room, undated
Kitchen, undated
Bedroom, undated
Interior, undated
Bedroom, undated
A doll, undated
James Ayars, Sr., 1918-1982, undated
Sterling Ayars, undated
James Ayars with Rosemary Wearing, Meadowbrook Park, 1982 July 30
James Ayars, 1974 September
James Ayars, 1977
James Ayars with friend, 1965
James Ayars, 1940
James Ayars with friend, undated
James Ayars planting a tree in honor of his birthday, undated
James Ayars, 1918
James Ayars, undated
James Sterling Ayars, early portrait, undated
James S. Ayars, Jr., 1950-1953, undated
Rebecca Caudill's family, 1923-1977, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with Susan Petersen, undated
Alma Caudill Smith, Tillman Caudill, and Mae Caudill, Susanna Petersen, 1973 Summer
Alma Caudill Smith, 1976
Susanna Petersen, Alma Smith, Jame Ayars, Rebecca Ayars and Don Petersen, 1977 Thanksgiving
Becky Ann Davis, flower girl in wedding of James Ayars and Rebecca Caudill, 1931 September 8
Tillman Caudill and Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1950 August
Coppin Caudill Davis and Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1969 July
Elerbey Coppin Davis and Rebecca Caudill Ayars at Sturgis, South Dakota, 1953 Summer
Old-time costumes, four people pictured, undated
Group picture of Rebecca Caudill Ayars' uncles and aunts, 1923 Fall
Portrait of the family of George Caudill (two copies and negatives), undated
Rebecca Jean Ayars, 1938-1956
Becky Jean Ayars (Baker) and baby Anne, "The Best Loved Doll", 1938
Rebecca Jean Ayars and baby Anne, 1938
Betsy Jean Ayars and baby Anne, the first day of the first grade, 1941 September
Rebecca Jean Ayars, 1941 September
Rebecca Jean Ayars, home from the 1956 Olympics, in track uniform, hanging her shoes, 1956
Photo albums, 1942, undated
Photo album, Rebecca Caudill's family and friends during teenage years, Portland, Tennessee, undated
Photo album, undated
Tree blossom, undated
Our old house in..., undated
Down the road from our old home, looking north, undated
View of the "dump" across the river from our house, undated
View from the hill back of our house, undated
The new street of Cumberland, leading east from Will Cornett's house, undated
The hillside where we made our playhouse of stones, now a cemetery, undated
Sister Amalie's grave, undated
Ella Creech who used to...for Father, undated
Uncle Hampton and Aunt Maggie Smith in the yard, undated
Aunt Becky Ann in front of her hotel in Harlan, undated
Uncle Hampton Smith and Aunt Becky Ann Blair, undated
Uncle Hampton and Aunt Maggie Smith with their two young daughters, undated
Cousins: Lydia Smith Hogg, Maud Smith Shallard, Ethel Smith West, and Hazel Smith Wilde, undated
Cousins: Willie Grant Smith and..., undated
The son of Fred Blair, undated
Willie Grant with wife and two kids, undated
Ethel Smith West, undated
Ethel Smith West, Conway Smith, and Mrs. Conway Smith, undated
Mr. and Mrs. Conway Smith, undated
Cousin Maud Smith Shallard and Mr. Shallard, undated
Two young girls, undated
Morris Eugene Wilde showing how to aim a pistol, undated
Morris Eugene Wilde and Ronald Wilde, undated
Lydia Smith Hogg, Maud Smith Shallard, Rebecca Caudill Ayars, and Hazel Smith Wilde, undated
Bobby Smith (Willie Grant's son) and Rebecca Caudill, undated
Maud Smith Shallard and..., undated
Aunt Becky Ann Blair in..., undated
Georgie..., undated
Georgie Blair and Elma Blair, undated
Loose pages from photo album, 1942
Photographs by Sister Muyrphy, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars, gathering in honor of Ardelia Evans' visit at Joanne and Chuck Kelly's house; Evans was librarian of Rebecca Caudill Ayars Library in Cumberland, Kentucky, undated
Rebecca and James Ayras at the Kelly's home, undated
James Ayars with friend, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars with Evans, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars with friends, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with friend, undated
Friends, [1949?]-1984, undated
Barbara Armand, undated
Sarah Margaret Brow, undated
Louise Lowry, undated
Elizabeth Winn, undated
Ruth Diggs, undated
Margaret T. Raymond, Chicago, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars, undated
James Ayars and Rebecca Caudill, undated
Rebecca and Janes Ayars at Tom Sawyer's fence, undated
James and Rebecca Ayars at Round Falls, Missouri, [1949 October?]
Birthday party at Thomas Paine School - Kay Araboro's 4th grade class, undated
Rebecca and Janes Ayars (elderly), undated
Rebecca and James Ayars, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1975 October 7
Rebecca and James Ayars in front of the fireplace in the home of forty-one years, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1973 September
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1975
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1977 April
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1978 April 5-7
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1978 September
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1980
James Ayars, Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Ruth Lord, Larry Board, 1956 May 9
Boone, North Carolina: Mary Rogers, Ruth Randall, Elizabth J.G. Vining, Rebecca Ayars and James Ayars, 1962 Summer
Dr. Joseph T. Tykoemer in the Ayar's living room, Urbana, Illinois, 1967 Fall
Mary Ann, James Ayars, Rebecca Ayars, Warrenburg, Missouri, 1973
Rebecca and James Ayars, Boone, North Carolina, 1965 July 9
Rebecca and James Ayars, Chicago, A.L.A., 1972 Summer
Rebecca and James Ayars on the road, researching "Children of Appalachia", 1972 January
Rebecca Ayars and friends, 1980s
Rebecca and James Ayars, John and Kathryn van [Sirken?], 1980s
Jamie Ciocco, a young boy reading, circa 1980
Larry Boone, James Ayars and Betty Myers, 1978 September
The Ayars with friends, undated
Rebecca and James Ayars with children at Washington School, Urbana, Illinois, 1976 December
Rebecca and James Ayars and Yumiko Taruiguchi from Tokyo, Japan, 1974 October 14
Rebecca and James Ayars and Rachel Dettman from Australia, 1983 April 25
Rebecca and James Ayars with Margaret Allen of Arlington, Virginia, 1983 July 13
James and Rebecca Ayars at Tempe, Arizona, 1968 February 2
Rebecca and James Ayars, 1984 February 18
Rebecca and James Ayars [2 copies], undated
A photo of three men about to burn a bond [mortgage?]; see enclosed letter, undated
A contact sheet of twelve photos of James and of Rebecca Ayars, individually, undated
Negatives, 1956-1979, undated
Halftone printing block, Rebecca Caudill portrait, undated
Men at outdoor truck, 1956
People seated at outdoor stadium, 1956
Landscape, mountain and clouds, Arizona, 1969
Mountain landscape, circa 1969-1970
Two elderly women and one elderly man in front of Slone Mountain, 1970
Two young girls holding hands outside, 1970
Building facade with med, England, 1972
Domestic decor, 1972
Mountain landscape, 1973
Landscape with cacti, Arizona, 1975
Piano, 1975
[Rebecca Caudill and James Ayars] in the desert, 1976
Dishes on a table, 1978
Winter landscape, circa 1978-1979
Man from behind, undated
Men in truck, with raised flags, undated
Men and women standing on outside steps; mountaintop landscape, undated
Rebecca Caudill outside in a small town, undated
Woman from behind, undated
Pine Mountain Settlement School, 1964-1977, undated
James and Rebecca Ayars, Pine Mountain Settlement School, 1977 April
James and Rebecca Ayars and Burton and Mary Rogers, Pine Mountain Settlement School, 1977 April
Burton and Mary Rogers, Pine Mountain Settlement School, 1977 April
Pine Mountain Settlement School - a large stone building, undated
A dog at Pine Mountain Settlement School, undated
Two ladies, Pine Mountain Settlement School, undated
A large house hidden in bushes, Pine Mountain Settlement School, undated
The lawn in front of a large house, Pine Mountain Settlement School, undated
A lady walking on a gravel road, Pine Mountain Settlement School, undated
A large, frame building, Pine Mountain Settlement School, undated
Two ladies and a 1940s vintage auto, Pine Mountain Settlement School, undated
A young boy, Pine Mountain Settlement School, undated
A bird and flowers, undated
Puppets: The Venables (Rob, Steffy, Cassie and Noel) in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1964 December 30
Trip to Pine Mountain Settlement School, Kentucky (contact sheet), 1968
Pine Mountain School, Rebecca Caudill Public Library (contact sheet), undated
Rebecca Caudill, 1916-1985, undated
Rebecca Caudill graduating from Sumner County High School, Portland, Tennessee, 1916
Rebecca Caudill - voted "most intellectual and most capable" by the senior class of Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia, 1920 Spring
Rebecca Caudill, 1920
Rebecca Caudill in Brazil, 1922
Rebecca Caudill in Brazil, 1923
Masquerade Ball, 1924 January 3
- Box 46, item 625-626
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Ball held on board the U.S.M.S. Southern Cross as Rebecca Caudill sailed from Brazil back to New York, New York.
Portrait of Rebecca Caudill, circa 1925-1930
A photo of several hundred young people at the First World Youth Peace Congress, Eerde, Overijsel, Holland, 1928 August 17-26
Rebecca Caudill in her wedding gown at Scarrett Chapel, Scarrett College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1931 September 8
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1943
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with Mrs. B. H. Wolfe and Miss Jennie V. Larlina, at the Grange Hall School attended by Rebecca, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with a Winston royalty check, 1951 March
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with "Wheat for India" brochure en route to Washington, D.C., undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars leaving for Washington, D.C., (from Urbana), 1951 May 27
Rebecca Caudill Ayars in front of Seavitt Chapel, 1951 September
Rebecca Caudill Ayars displaying Winston royalty check, 1952 March
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1953 June 26
Mom (Rebecca), 1953 January
Mom making [?] tax returns, 1953 January
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, in either Northern Illinois or Southern Wisconsin, 1953 May 23
Rebecca Caudill (on left) with two friends, undated
Tami Wei, Mike Wei, one month old, with Rebecca Ayars, 1957 March 1
Rebecca Caudill Ayars - St. Petersburg and Tarpon Springs, Florida, 1958 February 2
Vail Jones Weems, Rebecca Caudill (in center) and Anne Baker Armand, Alumnae Awards, Wesleyan Commencement, 1958 May 31
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with Becky Anne Chapin and Betty Beth Patton, 1958 July 20
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Tippy Lang, alias "Higgins", a dog, 1959 December
Rebecca Caudill Ayars at the West Tenneesee Association of Library Assistants, University of Tennessee, Martin, Tennessee, 1960 March 23
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Betsy Baker, 1960 April 21
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and James Squash, 1960 September 25
Hillman Barber, Evelyn Collins Hawkins, Rebecca Caudill Ayars (in center), Clara Caudill Ayars and Will Colley, at Sumner County High School Banquet, 1961 April 1
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Ruth Randall, 1961 April 27
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Ruth Randall and Vickie Johnson, 1961 April 27
Rebecca Caudill Ayars on Mother's Day, 1961 May 14
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1961
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and a turkey, Thanksgiving Day, 1951 November
Rebecca Caudill Ayars at Station WCIS, Springfield, 1961 December 29
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1963 October 14
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1963 October 14
Rebecca Caudill Ayars in front of Old Log Pine Mountain Settlement School, log cabin first in New Hollow, now called Pine Mountain, built by great uncle Adrian Metcalfe, photo by Dean [Cadle?], 1963 October
James and Rebecca Ayars, 1964 February
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1964 December
Rebecca Caudill Ayars [3 copies], undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1965 February 2
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and four friends, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Rachel Weller, 1965 Spring
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Nurse Winona Southoff, 1967 Winter
Rebecca Caudill Ayars (left) and Virginia Haviland, at the Library of Congress, 1968 June
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1969 April
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1969 September
Rebecca Caudill Ayars at Chicago A.L.S. meeting, 1972 Summer
Rebecca Caudill Ayars at Mercy Hospital, 1973 October 21
Rebecca Caudill Ayars at Ellis Patton's house in Indianapolis, 1974 September
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Evelyn Thurmond, Urbana, Illinois, 1975 October 7
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1976 Spring
Cottonwood trees, I-19 north of Tucson, Arizona, 1976
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, taken at McNabb, Illinois, 1979 August 5
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, taken at McNabb, Illinois, at the Illinois Yearly Meeting, 1979
Rebecca Caudill Ayars in James' Meadowlark Garden, 1982 June 30
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1984 February
Rebecca Caudill Ayars (2 copies), 1984 February 18
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with a dulcimer, 1984 February 18
Rebecca Caudill Ayars at her retirement home, 1984
Party for Rebecca Caudill Ayars at her retirement home, 1984
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1984 March 17
A display with photos of Rebecca Caudill Ayars, 1985 April
Rebecca Caudill in Brazil, Collegio Bennett in Rio de Janiero, where Rebecca taught English, as a young woman to the children of nineteen nationalities, undated
Left to right, top to bottom: Florence Trimble Jones, Ruth Benton Persons, Rebecca Caudill Ayars, Agnes Clarke, Elsa Logan, Aurelia Hightower, Mary Nelson, Lelia Julia Hightower, Ruth Flinn Harrell and Helen Cox Ingraham; to Becky, with lasting love, admiration, and happy, happy memories, from Elsa, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, author of My Appalachia, published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and Kay Graboro's Fourth Grade Class at Thomas Paine School, planting a tree for James Ayars' birthday, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with the dog "Higgins" (four copies), undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and dog "Higgins" [two copies], undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars with a photo of a drawing [two copies], undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and neighbors' dog "Tippy" who was "Higgins" in the book Higgins and the Great Big Scare (two copies), undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and James Still, writer from Knott County, Kentucky, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars - four photos on one sheet, in a bookstore autographing her book, A Certain Small Shepherd, Marjorie Strong, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars on horseback at Eberty Davis' Farm, Sturgis, Kentucky, 1940
Rdebecca Caudill Ayars, portrait in folder, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars (elderly), undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and four admirers, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars (four copies), undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Rebecca Caudill at Washington County School, 1978
Stephen Krensky at Washington County School, 1978 April
Rebecca Caudill Ayars autographing books in Washington County, Virginia, 1978 April
Washington County School, 1978 April
Stephen Krensky, at Washington County School, Virginia, 1978 April
Rebecca Caudill Ayars autographing a book in Washington County School, 1978 April
James Ayars autographing a book in Washington County, 1978 April
Stephen Krensky, Washington County School, 1978 April
Rebecca and James Ayars and Stephen Krensky, visiting the Washington County School, 1978 April
Rebecca Caudill Public Library, 1967-1979, undated
Ground-breaking for the Library, 1972 October 28
The Rebecca Caudill Public Library, Cumberland, Kentucky, 1974 Christmas
Evans speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, Rebecca Caudill Public Library, 1972 October 28
Tin-type of a man and woman, undated
Public Library Day, 1975 April 19
Rebecca Caudill Public Library Dedication, 1973 October 21
Rebecca Caudill Library student visitation, undated
Students in the Rebecca Caudill Library, undated
Homemaker's Workshop, Rebecca Caudill Library, undated
Children's Corner, Rebecca Caudill Library, undated
Rebecca Caudill Library, 1974 Christmas
Mrs. Ardelia Evans, Librarian, and Clara Bullock, Rebecca Caudill Public Library, 1979 January 31
A sign; "Kingdom Come State Park", 1979 January 31
A collage of three photos of children in the library, 1979 January 31
Reception, 1967 October
Rebecca Caudill Ayars and the Librarian, undated
Thomas Paine School, Urbana, Illinois, circa 1978-1979, undated
Mary Henesy, undated
Tammy Counts, undated
Anne Markoff, undated
Susan Johnson, age 11, undated
Dawn Neff, Colorado, undated
Vicki Shaw, grade 3, age 8, 1978
Ellen Marie Kinville, 4th grade, age 10, 1978
Frances Curtis, Box 491, Illinois, 61853, 1978
Gina Rich, undated
Andrea, undated
A group of girls in play, undated
A class of girls, "Your friends at Thomas Paine", undated
A class of youngsters "For Aunt Becky and Uncle James, Mrs. Graham's class", 1979
Five youngsters in the snow, standing around a tree, 1979 February 2
Paul, Eddie, Michelle, Katie and Angie, the tree-measuring committee, 1979 February 2
Twenty-three photos on a single sheet, "For James Ayars and Rebecca Caudill Ayars, from your class, Thomas Paine School, Mr. Sturgeon, Principal, Mrs. Grabow, Grade 4, 1977-1978", circa 1978
Trip to Europe, 1929
Girl delivering milk and minding a baby, Sweden, undated
The home of Anders Zorn, Dalarne Mora, Sweden, undated
Postcard, winter scene in Gothenburg, Sweden, undated
Postcard, flower-enriched cottage in Gothenburg, Sweden, undated
Photographer at a war memorial in Paris with soldiers looking at a flower-decked coffin, undated
The Cathedral of Cologne,, Cologne, Germany, taken from the opposite bank of the Rhine River, undated
Pedestrian bridge in a park in winter, undated
Trees by a river, undated
A Russian exhibit at the International Press Exhibition in Cologne, Germany, undated
A man, undated
A house by the sea with mountains in the background, undated
Postcard, painting of fishing boats in a Paris Gallery, printed in Italy, undated
Postcard, a photo of a painting of trees by a river, undated
Postcard, aerial view of St. John's, Newfoundland, undated
River and trees alongside, undated
Buoy in a river, undated
Country lane, undated
Curved road, undated
River, undated
Drawing of a cathedral, undated
Postcard, fishing fleet off St. John's, New foundland, undated
Postcard, fish flakes, Newfoundland, undated
Postcard, dog's head, Newfoundland, undated
Slides, 1943-1984, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises slides of Rebecca Caudill and her family and their travels throughout Kentucky and the United States. Arranged in chronological subseries, with a subseries at the end for trips and vacations.
1960s
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1961 October 29-31
Sterling Ford Place, 1962
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1962 April 25
Little Shepherd Trail, Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1963 May
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1963 October 13
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1963 October 13-17
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1963 October
Ayars yard, 1964 Spring
Ridgecrest, North Carolina, 1964 June
Kentucky, 1964 July 4
Little School, Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1964 July 31
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1964 October
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1964 October
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, photographs taken while doing research for My Appalachia, 1965
Pictures of Rebecca Caudill by Dean Cadle, Cumberland, Kentucky, 1965 March
Trip to Oregon, 1965 June
Ayars backyard, 1965 May
Kentucky, 1965 July
North Carolina, 1965 July
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1965 July
Sturgis, Kentucky, 1965 September
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1965 October
Fall, 1965
Christmas, 1965 December
Naples and Beardstown, 1966 July
Illinois River, 1966 July
James Smith, 1966
Glorieta, New Mexico, 1967 August
Ice storm, 1967
The Bakers, 1967
Pere Marquette, Michigan, 1967
Davis Farm, 1967
Starved Rock, Illinois, 1967 September
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1967
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1967
Betty and Stiles, 1968 February
Margaret Ford, 1968 February
Starved Rock, Illinois, 1968 April
The pond, 1968 Summer
The farm, the Ayars, 1968
1968
Cape May, New Jersey, 1968 June-July
Ice storm, 1969 January
Arizona, 1969 January-March
The priced cactus, 1969
Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1969 March
Sedona, Arizona, 1969 March 21
Family, 1969 April
Clinton, Iowa, 1969 April-May
Frankfort, Kentucky, 1969 August
Paw Paw, Kentucky, 1969 September 8
Rebecca Ayars and Aunt Ruth Ford, 1969 September
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1969 October
George and Simeon Hall, 1969 Fall
The Ayars' Backyard, 1969 Fall
Christmas, 1969 December
1970s
Green Valley, Arizona, 1970 February-March
Georgia, 1970 April
North Carolina, 1970 April
Rebecca Ayars and Rebecca Campbell, 1970 April
Pine, Mountain, Kentucky, 1970 April
The Rogers and The Weatherfords, 1970 April 25
The Ayars Backyard, 1970 April
Stone Mountain, Georgia, 1970 April 12
Rebecca Ayars and The Powells, 1970 April 13
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1970 April 22
The Wearings and the Caudills at the Cappis Funeral, 1970 June
Pine Mountain Hurricane, Kentucky, 1970 July-August
The Ayars Home, 1970 Summer
The Werry Family, 1970 August
The Ayars Garden, 1970 September 4
Springfield, Illinois, 1970 September 5
River Trip, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1970 October
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1970 November
Big Pound Creek, 1970 November
Christmas, 1970 December
Raton Pass, New Mexico, 1971 January 4
En Route to Arizona, 1971 January
Green Valley, Tempe, Arizona, 1971 February
Roadrunner, 1971 February
Green Valley, Arizona, 1971 March
The Bakers, 1971 April 3
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1971 April
Speech to Inner City Children, Cleveland, Ohio, 1971 April
Ayars Home, 1971 May
The Fords, 1971 May
The Coleers, 1971 May
The Breeds, 1971 May
The Wearings, 1971 June
The Paltons, 1971 June
At the Tri-State Airport, 1971 June
Friends, 1971 June
Ayars Garden, 1971 August
The Caudills, Ayars, and Smiths, 1971 August
The Ayars, 1971 August
The Bakers, 1971 September 8
Ephraim, Wise, 1971 September
Michigan, 1971 September
The Prather Farm, 1971 October
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1971 October
Ayars Home, 1971 October
The Baker Family Thanksgiving, 1971 November
Tempe, Arizona, 1971 December 26
Ayars and Friends, 1972 January
The Ayars, 1972 January
Arizona, 1972 February
Texas, 1972 Spring
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1972 April-May
Cumberland, Kentucky, 1972 April
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1972 April
1972 June-July
England, 1972 September-October
1972 December
Green Valley, Arizona, 1972 December - 1973 January
1973 May
Betsy and Mary on Horses, 1973 Spring
Voyageurs at Peoria, Arizona, 1973 Summer
Rebecca Caudill Public Library Dedication, 1973 October 21
1973 December
Illustrations from "Contrary Jenkins," Lindenwood College, 1974
Arizona, 1974 April
1974 May
1974 Summer and Fall
1974 October
Arizona, 1975 April
Des Moines, Iowa, 1975 April
Cumberland, Kentucky, 1975 April
1975 Summer and Fall
Hamilton, Ohio, 1975 September
1975 Winter
Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1975 December
Betsy and Wards, 1976
1976 January-March
Green Valley, Arizona, 1976 Spring
Miscellaneous, 1976 August
1976-1977 Winter
1977 May
1977 September
1977-1978 Winter
Coach Jim Niblack, Kentucky, 1977
Appalachia Caperton, 1978
1978 March-April
Virginia, 1978 Spring
1978 Summer
1978-1979 Winter
England, United Kingdom, 1979 July
Cumberland, Kentucky, 1979 October 26
Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1979 October 27
The Wearings, 1979 December 29-30
1979
1979 Winter
1980s
1980 Summer
1980 Fall
Fall, 1980 November
Christmas, 1980
Becky in dressing gown and dress, 1980-1981
Life at Clark-Lindsay, 1981
Christmas, 1981
Scenes at Clark - Lindsay, 1981
Uncle Jim's Birthday, 1981
Christmas, 1982 December
Becky and brother (Tillman Caudill), 1983 August and September
1984 Summer
Undated
Scenes from around Clark-Lindsay retirement home, (including photos of James S. Ayars and Rebecca Caudill Ayars, undated
Life at Clark-Lindsay Village (retirement home), undated
Loose slides, undated
Trips and vacations, 1943-1967, undated
Assorted, 1957-1960
Pine Mountain personalities, Kentucky, 1961 November, undated
Dr. Weatherford for Horizons, black Mountain, North Carolina, 1958 October 5
Boone, North Carolina, 1957-1960
Blue Ridge Parkway, 1957-1958
Round Lake vacation, Illinois, 1952 October
Southern trip, 1957
Trip to California, 1956 February
Vacation, Cuba weeks, Boone, North Carolina, 1963 October
Boone, North Carolina, workshops, 1962 July
Workshop at Boone, North Carolina and Dr. Weatherford's, 1960 August
Trip to California, 1954 September
Little Shepherd Trail, Cumberland, Kentucky, 1961-1963
Poor Fork River, Kentucky, 1951-1967
Ayars vacation in Boone, North Carolina, 1957 October
Vacation in Boone, North Carolina (selected), 1957 October
Vacation at Cragsmoor, New York, 1956 October-November
Trip to Colorado Spring, Colorado, 1956 July
Boone, North Carolina scenes, 1954-1958
The mountain buildings, 1961-1963
Kentucky mountain scenes, 1951-1964
Trip to Kentucky mountains, 1954 October
Havana, Illinois and survey pictures, 1943-1955
Wesley Methodist Church, 1955-1960, undated
Sendoff to Geneva, Switzerland, 1962 March 29
Song Sparrow Meadow, 1961 October 7
Vacation at Round Lake, Michigan, 1959 October, 1960 July
Glorieta Baptist Assembly, 1956 July, 1959 August
Rose Hotel, Elizabethtown, Illinois, 1959 May 13
Kalamazoo Book Fair, 1961 March 16-17
Pine Mountain vacation, Kentucky, 1961 Fall
Vacation at Pine Mountain, Kentucky and Rebecca Caudill Day, 1963 October 11-18
Vacation at Pine Mountain, Kentucky, 1963 May
Pine Mountain, Kentucky vacation with Sterling T. Lords, 1962 April
Boone, North Carolina vacation, 1960 Fall
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Books, 1916-1984, undated
- Poetry and short stories, 1918-1982, undated
- Articles and pamphlets, 1927-1970, undated
- Lectures and speeches, 1939-1979, undated
- Correspondence, 1903-1985, undated
- Personal, 1913-1998, undated
- Audiovisual materials, 1953-1984, undated
- Photographs, 1916-1985, undated
- Slides, 1943-1984, undated
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You may come across language in UK Libraries Special Collections Research Center collections and online resources that you find harmful or offensive. SCRC collects materials from different cultures and time periods to preserve and make available the historical record. These materials document the time period when they were created and the view of their creator. As a result, some may demonstrate racist and offensive views that do not reflect the values of UK Libraries.
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