Box 7
Container
Contains 10 Results:
Series 1. Grandparents Day (Boxes 1-7, 11-12, 13-14, 16-18), 1955–1995
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Documents efforts to establish and promote Grandparent's Day. Most records prior to the 1979 Presidential Proclamation are attempts to lobby governors to issue state proclamations. Many records after 1979 are related to promotional efforts. Correspondents include governors, senators, congressmen, hospitals, nursing homes, radio stations, public relations staff, etc. Includes certificates, clippings, drawings (by children), greeting cards, letters, lists, newsletters, magazines, moving...
Dates:
1955–1995
Series 2. Centenarians (Boxes 7-11, 12-13, 15-16), 1959–1994
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Marian McQuade regularly visited nursing homes, and when she discovered a 105-year-old man, she became interested in "researching" 100-year-olds in West Virginia (according to her speech in box 7, folder 13). The records in this series document her inquiries in this area. One can find lists of centenarians by date of birth, WV county, etc. during the 1970's and 80's.
Detailed information on individual centenarians can be found in the "Individual Centenarian Information" subseries. ...
Dates:
1959–1994
Mini Page Clippings (the same clipping from different newspapers nationwide regarding announcement of new holiday), 1979
File — Box: 7, Folder: 1-2
West Virginia Age Directory (includes names of elderly and possible date of births, listed alphabetically by county), undated
File — Box: 7, Folder: 3
Dates:
undated
"Marian's Mail" (a series of columns written by Mrs. McQuade for The West Virginia Hillbilly), 1982–1983
File — Box: 7, Folder: 4-5
Dates:
1982–1983
Miscellaneous Clippings (includes editorials, promotional pieces, and background information re GPD), 1957–1990
File — Box: 7, Folder: 6-9
Dates:
1957–1990
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings--GPD (includes mostly clippings regarding local and national support and participation in GPD; also includes church programs, information regarding GPD poster contests, GPD promotionals, poems, copies of West Virginia proclamation, letters regarding the participation and support of GPD, etc.), 1971–1987
File — Box: 7, Folder: 10-12
Dates:
1971–1987
Mailing Lists (includes lists for the National Women's Conference Committee, business organizations, churches, libraries, newspapers, publications, celebrities, National Council on Aging 1984 conference cosponsor list, etc.), 1983–1985
File — Box: 7, Folder: 15
Dates:
1983–1985
Clippings (includes mailing list of centenarians, etc.), 1959–1987
File — Box: 7, Folder: 16-17
Dates:
1959–1987