Box 11
Container
Contains 18 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
Miscellaneous--GPD (includes clippings, letters to and from Mrs. McQuade regarding GPD, letters requesting information about GPD, personal notes made by Mrs. McQuade, cards, mailing lists for books and beatitudes (poems), 1992 West Virginia Legislature Senate Journal, July/Aug. 1989 issue of "Harvest" magazine, etc.), 1967–1994
File — Box: 11, Folder: 4-8
Dates:
1967–1994
Oak Hill Elementary Student's Thank You Drawings to Mrs. McQuade, undated
File — Box: 11, Folder: 10
Dates:
undated
Announcements--Civil War Show and Gauley Bridge 15th Anniversary Festival, 1993
File — Box: 11, Folder: 15
American Floral Services--GPD Promotionals, 1983
File — Box: 11, Folder: 16
March of Dimes (includes letters regarding GPD and 1986 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Annual Report), 1986
File — Box: 11, Folder: 17
News, Views and BTU's Monthly Newsletter, 1986
File — Box: 11, Folder: 18