Mother's Day
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) Papers
Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) Papers
Clay V. Miller Papers
Correspondence, clippings, and printed material collected by the historian of Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, Grafton, West Virginia. Subjects include Anna Jarvis and the Mother's Day movement and Andrews Church and Methodism in Taylor County. There are photographs of Ann M. Reeves Jarvis and her daughter, Anna. Correspondents include Anna Jarvis and Okey L. Patteson.
Kendall Family of Marion County Papers
Mary E. Heironimus, Collector, Records regarding George Washington and Other Material
Moreland Family Papers
Papers of the Moreland Family of Monongalia County. Materials include assorted land patents and grants for land in Monongahela County, Virginia and other locations, typescripts regarding West Virginia history, and assorted correspondence of members of the Moreland family. Also includes correspondence and other material regarding the opening of Richwood Avenue in Morgantown, which was constructed by the Works Progress Administration.
Mother's Day - Anna Jarvis
Copy of Congressional resolution establishing Mother's Day and biographical sketches about the holiday's founder, Anna Jarvis. Also programs of Mother's Day observances from the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church of Grafton, later the International Shrine to Motherhood, where the holiday was founded. Many of these programs contain historical sketches of the holiday and its founder. There is a program and facsimiles of the first observance.
West Virginia Centennial Church History Project, Report Forms and Photographs
A county-by-county collection of report forms, photographs, and histories of churches in existence for more than a century, assembled during the state centennial year.