Abby Marlatt papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Abby Marlatt papers
- Date
- 1945-2007, undated (inclusive)
- Extent
- 42.38 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Civil rights -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Social justice -- Kentucky -- Lexington
- Voluntarism -- Kentucky -- Lexington
- Arrangement
- Collection is minimally processed into four series: Organizations, Personal, Photographs and Slides, and Professional. Within each series, collection is minimally organized and described.
- Preferred Citation
- 2012ua050 : [identification of item], Abby Marlatt papers, 1945-2007, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Abby Lindsey Marlatt was a professor of home economics at the University of Kentucky and a human rights and social justice activist. Marlatt was born on December 5, 1916, in Manhattan, Kansas. Her parents were Frederick and Annie Marlatt. Her grandfather, Washington Marlatt, was instrumental in establishing Bluemont College which became Kansas State University in Manhattan. Her aunt, Abby Lillian Marlatt, for whom she was named, was the first director of the Home Economics Department at the University of Wisconsin. Marlatt obtained her bachelor's degree from Kansas State College in 1939 and earned her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in nutrition and food science in 1947. She was hired onto the faculty in Foods and Nutrition at Kansas State University in 1945 and worked there, getting tenure, until 1956, when she was hired in 1956 to be the inaugural director of the University of Kentucky's School of Home Economics in the College of Agriculture in Lexington, Kentucky.
- While a student and faculty member at Kansas State, the University of California, and at the University of Kentucky, Marlatt was involved in progressive, civil rights, and anti-war and pacifist organizations and causes, especially during the 1950s and 1960s in actions to desegregate restaurants and movie theatres. She was involved in founding the Lexington chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). She was also actively anti-war and protested the Vietnam War draft. In 1963, she was removed from her position as Director of the School of Home Economics because of her war protests. However, since she was a tenured faculty member, she remained employed at the University, retiring in 1985. That year, she was awarded the University of Kentucky's Sullivan Medallion for service to the community.
- In the 1970s through the 2000s, Marlatt was also an active volunteer in a variety of other Lexington, Kentucky, organizations and causes, including anti-poverty programs, education and health programs for seniors and youth, open housing, the Unitarian Church, and folk music. In 2001, Marlatt was inducted into the Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame.
- Marlatt's long-time partner was Norma Perry. Marlatt died in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 3, 2010.
- Sources:
- 1. "Abby Marlatt." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abby_Marlatt
- 2. "Abby Marlatt." Kentucky.com. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kentucky/obituary.aspx?n=Abby-Marlatt&pid=140281742
- Scope and Content
- The Abby Marlatt papers (dated 1945-2007, undated; 42.38 cubic feet, 41 record storage cartons, 1 document box, and 2 flat boxes) comprise University of Kentucky and Lexington, Kentucky-related papers of Human and Environmental Sciences professor Abby Marlatt, primarily from 1959-2007. Collection consists of the files of progressive and social justice organizations in which she was involved, usually as a volunteer (22 boxes); personal correspondence, honors, and awards, including her life with her partner, Norma Perry (10 boxes and 2 oversize boxes); academics/courses taken (2 boxes); Lexington open housing and Congress of Racial Equality files (CORE), 1940s-1970s (5 boxes); and personal photographs and slides (2 boxes). Correspondence, both written and oral, created by Marlatt can be primarily found in Norma Perry's papers (2013ua002).
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Organizations (box 2012ua050-O1 to 2012ua050-O28), 1945-2007, undated
Scope and Contents
Comprises primarily board meeting minutes and other administrative and financial board-level records of various non-profit and government organizations in Lexington-Fayette County and Kentucky on which Marlatt served, 1947-2007. These organizations advocated for and operated actions and programs around civil rights and desegregation, non-violence, senior citizens, and youth. The civil rights organizations include the Lexington chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE, 1947-1981), the Lexington Open Housing Commission (1965-1985), Community Action Council (CAC, originally called Community Action Lexington-Fayette (CALF), 1971-2007), and Micro-City Government (1967-2007). Senior citizen organizations include Bluegrass Community Services (1984-2003), the Emerson Center (1995-2005), and the Special Advisory Commission of Senior Citizens (1992-2006). Smaller amounts of records from additional human rights, civil rights, non-violence and peace, seniors, womens, and arts organizations are in the miscellaneous category.
The series also includes records for organizations of which Marlatt was an active member, including the American Association of University Women (1940s-1992), the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Ethics Commission (LFUGG, 1995-2000), the United Nations Blugrass Chapter (1980-2003), and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington (1945-2008).
American Association of University Women (AAUW) (box 2012ua050-O01 to 2012ua050-O04), 1940s-1992
- Box 2012ua050-O01
- Box 2012ua050-O02
- Box 2012ua050-O03
- Box 2012ua050-O04
Scope and Contents
Although Marlatt was active in the AAUW, her name does not appear in the majority of the files. Marlatt appears to have collected the papers in a "historian" capacity. Box O4 includes AAUW pennants and a tote bag, brochures from the 1940s (earliest papers in this group), "Wrapped Up in Kentucky" wrapping paper, and a scrapbook dating from 1978-1986.
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky (ACLU), 1961-1999
Bluegrass Community Services (box 2012ua050-O04 to 2012ua050-O05), 1976, 1984-2003
Committee for Open Housing (box 2012ua050-O27 to 2012ua050-O28), 1965-1985
Realtors
Volunteers List
Federal Remedies
By Laws
Income Tax, 1965
Publications, 1965
What Integrated Housing is all About, 1965
Open House Papers, 1967
Members and Friends present at Citizens for Open Housing
Committee Chairman and Members, 1967
Herbach and Rademan Inc. (Clippings), 1967
Citizens for Open Housing, 1966-1967
Bills, 1967
Contributions
Fair Play Housing
Housing for Sale
Corporation Report, 1968
Treasury Report
Partners in Housing, 1973-1985
Clippings
Unlabled Folders
Community Action Council (CAC)/Community Action Lexington-Fayette Co., Inc. (CALF) (box 2012ua050-O18 to 2012ua050-O23), 1971-2007
- Box 2012ua050-O18
- Box 2012ua050-O19
- Box 2012ua050-O20
- Box 2012ua050-O21
- Box 2012ua050-O22
- Box 2012ua050-O23
Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE) (box 2012ua50-O25 to 2012ua50-026), 1947-1981
KCHCR, 1952-1955
Treasurer's Report, 1963
Newsletters, 1962-1963
Lexington CORE, 1967-1972
Committee Meeting
Clippings
Unlabled Folders
Donovan Scholars, Council on Aging, University of Kentucky Ligon House, 1986-1999
Emerson Center (box 2012ua050-O06 to 2012ua050_O07), 1995-2005
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Ethics Commission (LFUGG), 1995-2000
Micro-City Government (box 2012ua050-O08 to 2012ua050-O10), 1967-1999, 2007
- Box 2012ua050-O08
- Box 2012ua050-O09
- Box 2012ua050-O10
Scope and Contents
Includes Mr. and Mrs. Black Lexington Pageant and Little Mr. and Miss Black Lexington Pageant programs, 1987-1999, as well as Marlatt's deposition in Ron Berry's trial, 2007.
Special Advisory Commission of Senior Citizens (box 2012ua050-O10 to 2012ua050-O11), 1992-2006
Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington (box 2012ua050-O11 to 2012ua050-O15), 1945-2008
- Box 2012ua050-O11
- Box 2012ua050-O12
- Box 2012ua050-O13
- Box 2012ua050-O14
- Box 2012ua050-O15
Scope and Contents
Includes a few items from the Unitarian Universalist congregation Marlatt attended in Berkely, Calif., in the 1940s. Box 12 includes several 3" reel-to-reel recordings.
United Nations Blugrass Chapter (UN), 1980-2003
University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (Ligon House), 1986-1998
General (box 2012ua050-O16 to 2012ua050-O17, 2012ua050-O24)
American Dietetic Association, 1992
Artreach Inc, 1979-1984
Association of Older Kentuckians, 1994
Beirut University College, 1981-1994
Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice, 2001
Central Kentucky Democratic Socialists of America
Citizen Action News, 1994
Citizens for Peace in Vietnam, 1966-1975
Concord Coalition, 2001
Day Care and Treatment Center, 1973
Democracy Resource Center, 2001
Democratic Precinct, 1972
Democratic Women's Discussion Group, 1996-1998
Folk Singers, 1978-1985
Great Leaps Readings, 1999
Greater Lexington Democratic Woman's Club (box 2012ua050-O16 to 2012ua050-O17), 1999
Hope Center
Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World, 1981
Kansas State University, 1998
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, 1995-1996
Kentucky Citizens vs KUAC, 1968
Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, 2000
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, 1966-1977
Kentucky Commission of Human Rights, 2000
Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, 1994
League of Women Voters, 2001
Legislative Research Commitee, 2001
Lexington Academy of Senior Professionals, 1995
Lexington Commission on Race Relations, 2005
Lexington Committee on Religion and Human Rights, 1963-1967, 1990
Lexington Fayette County Human Rights Commission, 1968-1972
Lexington Folk Singing Group, 2001
Lexington Looks at Itself, 1968-1968
Miracle Center for the Arts
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1996
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 1967-1984
The National Conference: Interracial Dialogue, 1995
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1973-1998
National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1985
Operation Freedom, 1963-1966
Phi Upsilon Omicron, 1985
Pralltown Level Project, 1970
SCLC, 1968
Sigma XI, 1972
Southern Conference Educational Fund, 1964-1974
Southern Heights Neighborhood Association, 1987
Speak Out Lexington, 1994
TKO, 1970-1977
UK Association of Emeriti Faculty, 1999
UK Library Association, 1986
UK Southeast Consortium, 1981
Women's History Coalition Kentucky, 1996
Women's Neighborly Organization, 1984
Youth Development Center, 1969-1973
ZONTA, 1958-1963
Personal (box 2012ua050-P01 to 2012ua050-P10, 2012ua050-O24, OS1-OS2), 1959-2007, undated
Correspondence (box 2012ua050-P01 to 2012ua050-P07), 1960s-2010
Scope and Contents
Majority of the correspondence is incoming from Marlatt's partner, Norma Perry, their friends, and Marlatt's professional colleagues. Box P1 includes some outgoing correspondence from Marlatt to Perry. Box P7 also includes some correspondence from Esther Rigby to Marlatt.
From Abby, including Christmas letter, 1959-1994
Abby Marlatt and Norma Perry, 1956-1988
From Norma Perry, 1961-1968
Walz Family, 1971-2002
Penny Hale Weitzmann, 1986-1999
General Correspondence (box 2012ua050-P01 to 2023ua050-P07), 1967-2002
- Box 2012ua050-P01
- Box 2012ua050-P02
- Box 2012ua050-P03
- Box 2012ua050-P04
- Box 2012ua050-P05
- Box 2012ua050-P06
- Box 2012ua050-P07
Makaya, Nancy, 1986-2000
Whitis Thesis Draft, 1977-1990
From Sarah E. Whitis, 1991
Rajammat Devadas, 1949-1955
Riddle, Kittu, 1992-1998
Brown, James S. (Jim), 1999
Keller, Marge, 1999-2000
Lewia, Anne, 1977-1996
Jones, Dorthy, 1986-1988
Beck- B.C., 1973-1990
Ptolemy, Carol, 1982-1983
Chou, Te-Chin Dr., 1972-1981
Ben Naham, David and Peggy Sandell Greenfield, 1994-2001
Christmas cards, 1973-1974
Get Well Cards, 1984
Christmas Letters (box 2012ua050-P06, 2012ua050-P08), 1944-2000
Wicker, 1993-1994
From Esther Rigby, 1994
344 N. 16 street, 1959-1973
AAA Triptik (sample), 1990
Book Plate
Weber, Janousek and Bottink "Malnutrition, Poor Habits, Inadequate Food Budgeting Remain Unchanged Why?" (Appalachia), 1973
Fall 2000 Plantings, 2000
"A Family Of Frogs..." (handwritten story)
"Fourth Day Of Christmas At-Home", 1997
Framed art work, "Complacency"
K. State contributions, 2000
Ky Politics, 2000-2002
National Politics, 1992-1998
Personal Information, 1939-1994
Personal Property tax, 1947-1956
Robel Paris, 1979-1984
Robel Paris Caribbean sketchbook
Speeches, 1980
Volunteering, 1996-2003
Volunteering cookbook/thank you, 1999
Abby Marlatt: "Commitment, Cause, Satyagraha and Secret Of Life", 1999 October
Loose Notes, 2003
Calendars and address books, 1963-2001
- Box 2012ua050-P10
- Box 2012ua050-OS1
- Box 2012ua050-OS2
Scope and Contents
Includes a series of "Peace Calendars."
Kentucky Dietetic Association Spring Meeting, 1990 April 24-25
KSU (Kansas State University) Reunion, 1938
Victorian High Tea, 1993-2001
Cook Books
Financial/Trip Related and Life Works, 1947-1993
Omicron Delta Kappa Manual, 1982-1984
Mortar board, 1938
Business Card
Abby Marlatt Scholarship Fund UK, 1989-2003
"Even Tho'," Carolyn Whitmore Shilling, 2004
Clippings/Articles, 1999-2006
Artifacts
Computer Info/Notes, 2007
Brain donation Form/Plan, 2000
Abby Marlatt Personal, 1953-1971
VITAE, 1994-2003
UK Course Schedules and Enrollment, 1990
Notes on Fourth Annual Black Woman's Conference, 1998
Honors and awards (box 2012ua050-P08 to 2012ua050-P09)
General Honors and Awards (box 2012ua050-P08 to 2012ua050-P09), 1975-2005
Kentucky Civil Rights Hall of Fame, 2000
Lexington's Outstanding Volunteer, 1984
Member President's Club KSU (Kansas State University) Endowment Association
Bluegrass Chapter of The National Confrence of Christians and Jews, 1985
Golden Rule Award, 1996
Honorary Doctorate UK (includes bio), 2006
Kentucky commission on Human Rights, 2000 July 18
Lexington C.O.R.E for Outstanding Leadership ..., 1971
O.E.O.-C.S.A In Appereciation for Services as Board Member of C.A.L.F., 1975
Outstanding Dietition of Kentucky, 1982
Bluegrass Community Service Distinguished Service Award, 1991
Micr-City Gov. For Her Distinguished Service in The Field of Human Relations, 1969-1985
University of Kentucky Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1982-1983
The American Dietetic Association MCMXV11
Sullivan Award Guest book (with medallion), 1985 May 13
Kansas State University 20 year Contributor, 1978
The American Dietetic Association 50th Year, 1917-1967
The American Dietetic Association 59th Year, 1976
Misc. Pins, Keychains, Pens
Retirement -Sullivan Award, 1985
Professional/Academic (box 2012ua050-A01 to 2012ua050-A02), 1962-1985
Scope and Contents
Primarily faculty meeting minutes, Marlatt's class material, and professional organization files from 1978-1987 toward the end of her career at the University of Kentucky College of Home Economics and Food and Nutrition Science department. Professional organizations include the American Dietetic Association (1979-1983), the Kentucky Nutrition Council (1983-1987), and the University of Kentucky chapter of Sigma Xi (1978-1984). Also includes material from conferences she attended, particularly the International Home Economics Conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 1972. There are also records from University of Kentucky courses she took as a student, 1984-1989. Professional or academic records from Marlatt's University of Kentucky service from 1956-1978 are not present in the collection.
American Dietetic Association, 1979-1983
American Home Economics Association and Merrill Palmer Institute conferences, 1960-1962
College of Home Economics and Nutrition and Food Science department meeting minutes, 1983-1985
Courses taken (history, culture, English, music), 1984-1989
International Conference of Home Economics, Helsinki, Finland, 1972
Kentucky Nutrition Council, 1985-1987
Nutrition and home economics course syllabi and other material, 1978-1983
Sigma Xi, UK chapter, 1978-1984
University of Kentucky Human and Environmental Sciences files (box 212ua050-P08 to 2012ua050-P09), 1988-2000
Subject Files: Anti-war, Pacifism, 1940
Subject Files: National Civil Rights, Racism, Violence, Desegregation, 1965-1972
Subject Files: MLK Programs, 1985-1991
Subject Files: Liberalism and Liberals
Loose Materials, 1961-1968
Photographs and Slides (box 2012ua050-P01 to 2012ua050-P02, 2012ua050-OS1), 1960s-2010, undated
- Box 2012ua050-P01
- Box 2012ua050-P02
- Box 2012ua050-OS1
Scope and Contents
Box 1 includes photographs and slides of Marlatt and Perry.
Professional (box 2012ua050-P11 to 2012ua050-P12, 2012ua050-O28), 1957-2002, undated
11th Annual Seminar Series on Aging, 1994
31st Annual Meeting of the College of Human and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association, 2001
American Dietician Association (ADA), 1980-1985, undated
ADA 430 Report for Educators, 1985
ADA Memberships and Diet Registrar Eligibility Forms, 1984-1985
ADA Membership Requirements, 1980-1982
ADA Membership Verification of Plan IV
ADA Transcript Evaluation, 1982
College of Human and Environmental Sciences UK, 2002
"Eating Right for a Healthier UK", 1983
Home Economics, 1957-1985
American Home Economics Association, 1960
HE 100- Intro to Home Economics, 1982-1983
Home Economics, 1957-1961
Home Economics Notes and Papers, 1985
Report of the Conference for Representatives of Land-Grant College Home Economics Units, 1963
International Home Economics Conference, 1972
International Home Economics, Helsinki, 1972
Congress of International Home Economics, Helsinki, 1972
Kentucky Nutrition Council, 1982-1987, undated
Kentucky Nutrition Council, 1982-1983
Kentucky Nutrition Council, 1986
Kentucky Nutrition Council, 1987
Nutrition History Notes, 1985-1987
Nutrition Visual Aids
Lab--Diabetic Diets
Kentucky Association for Family and Consumer Sciences, 1995
Merrill- Palmer Institute, 1962
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences (NFS), 1978-1998, undated
NFS Ad Hoc Comm - Adjunct Appointments
NFS 772 - Current Topics, 1985
NFS Faculty Meetings, 1984-1985
NFS Goals and Objectives Comm, 1983-1984
Manuscripts
Syllabi: Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition, 1978-1998
SIGMA XI, 1978-1984
Nutrition and Dietician License
University of Georgia Ph.D. Program in Foods and Nutrition, 1985
Women's History
Class Notes, 1992-1994, undated
AH 311 Ancient Greek Art
AH 510 Archaeology of Death
ANT 327 Civilization and Culture of India, 1992
ANT 420 Contemporary Latin American Cultures
ANT 431 Cultures and Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa
ANT 450 Symbols and Culture, 1994
ENG 570
ENG 465 Survey of World Folklore
HIS 240 History of Kentucky
HIS 265 History of Women in America
MUS 301 Appalachian Music
SOC 532 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOC 542 Human Relations in the Administration of Organizations
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- Organizations (box 2012ua050-O1 to 2012ua050-O28), 1945-2007, undated
- Personal (box 2012ua050-P01 to 2012ua050-P10, 2012ua050-O24, OS1-OS2), 1959-2007, undated
- Photographs and Slides (box 2012ua050-P01 to 2012ua050-P02, 2012ua050-OS1), 1960s-2010, undated
- Professional (box 2012ua050-P11 to 2012ua050-P12, 2012ua050-O28), 1957-2002, undated
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