Box 16
Container
Contains 30 Results:
"Charters of the Kanawha Mining Company" (Coal River and Kanawha Mining and Manufacturing Company, Virginia), 1853
Item — Box: 16, Folder: 10
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
Series 3. Joseph McQuade Papers (Boxes 16, 19-21), 1853-1872, 1917-1994
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Includes miscellaneous publications related to the coal industry, such as labor contracts, reports, handbooks, etc; clippings about Joseph McQuade; and coal mining artifacts.
Dates:
1853-1872, 1917-1994
City Proclamations (copies), 1979
File — Box: 16, Folder: 19
State Proclamations (copies) (originals in Box #14), 1972–1979
File — Box: 16, Folder: 20-22
Dates:
1972–1979
Letters and Stories Regarding Grandparents (written by children and adults, among other records), 1972–1974
File — Box: 16, Folder: 23
Dates:
1972–1974
Philatelic Item (cacheted cover with special cancellation, autographed by Marian McQuade and Claudia Lynn Wender), 1989
File — Box: 16, Folder: 24
1920 Voter Survey (includes questionnaires completed by women who voted in 1920, lists of West Virginian women who voted in 1920, clippings, photos, correspondence regarding 1920 voters, letters, cards, among other records), 1970–1988
File — Box: 16, Folder: 1-7
Dates:
1970–1988
Publications--Coal (includes labor contracts, laws, reports, etc.), 1917-1920, 1941
File — Box: 16, Folder: 8
Dates:
1917-1920, 1941