Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1-15 Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4-28 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1-12 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 23-24 Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 19-24 Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Box: 18 1955–1995
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
List of Correspondents
1973–1981
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2-23 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1-3
Correspondence (includes letters regarding proclamations and promotional information, greeting cards, clippings, etc.; correspondents
include state governors, hospitals, nursing homes, etc.)
1972–1989
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Lists of Churches and Clergy (includes names of churches and clergy from various states)
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program (includes letters, agenda, guest speaker and intern lists, etc.)
1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
National Council on Aging N.Y.--Regional Meeting Participant List
ca. 1980s
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Poster Contest--Lists of Schools Involved
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Grandchildren Census for Montgomery Senior Center and Fayetteville Senior Center (includes various records)
1975
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Hate Letters (letters from grandparents to Mrs. McQuade against Grandparent's Day)
1978–1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10-14
Miscellaneous (includes letters, clippings, unidentified photos, greeting cards--Grandparent's Day, etc.)
1974–1990
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15-20
Newspaper and Magazine Clippings--GPD
1973–1987
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21-23
Publications (Perspective on Aging (NCOA),1986; Truth About Aging (AARP), 1984; W.V. Licensing Requirements for Day Care Centers,
n.d.; Chases' Calendar of Annual Events, 1981; Chases' Calendar of Annual Events, 1982; Goldenseal, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1990;
"Then God Created Grandparents and It Was Very Good" by Charlie W. Shedd, 1976)
1976–1990
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Seven Acres Jewish Home for The Aged--GPD (includes letters, newsletters, programs, etc.)
1981–1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
School Participation in the Celebration of GPD
ca. 1987
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Church Participation in the Celebration of GPD (includes letters, lists of names, etc.)
1984–1988
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Aging Programs (includes lists of programs and projects for various cities, etc.)
ca. 1972-1974
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5-9
U.S. Congressional Records--GPD
1973, 1977-1978, 1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Legislative Correspondence--West Virginia
1973–1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11-12
Legislative Correspondence--State and Federal Government (includes correspondence between Marian McQuade and the U.S. President,
Congressman, Senators, and Governors regarding GPD, Inaugural invitation, clippings, original President Jimmy Carter signature,
etc.)
1973–1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
Legislative Correspondence--U.S. Governors (includes correspondence regarding establishment of GPD) (original William Clinton
signature removed and inserted into the rare signature file)
1976–1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14
Legislative Correspondence--U.S. Senate and Congress (includes letters, Bills, Congressional records, Joint Resolutions, etc.)
1973–1978
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15-23
Miscellaneous Correspondence (includes letters, cards, clippings, etc.)
1990–1992
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 24
Correspondents--Address List by State (includes letters, clippings, etc.)
1991
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1-3
Correspondence by State (includes letters, cards, clippings, unidentified photos, etc.)
1965–1991
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Alabama
1980–1985
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Alaska
1978
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Arizona
1983–1986
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California
1978–1991
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Colorado
1980–1984
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Delaware
1983–1991
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Connecticut
1977–1989
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Florida
1979–1986
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Georgia
1975–1991
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Hawaii
1982–1983
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Illinois
1978–1991
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Indiana
1978–1987
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Iowa
1979–1986
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Louisiana
1990
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Maine
1979–1991
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Maryland
1979–1985
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Massachusetts
1978–1991
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Michigan
1977–1991
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Minnesota
1978–1985
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Mississippi
1978–1981
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Missouri
1976–1986
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Nebraska
1978–1991
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Nevada
1979–1981
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New Hampshire
1978
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New Mexico
1983–1984
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North Carolina
1978–1989
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North Dakota
1986
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New York
1965–1986
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Ohio
1978–1991
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Pennsylvania
1987–1991
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Rhode Island
1982–1991
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South Carolina
1980–1986
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South Dakota
1983
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Tennessee
1969–1985
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Texas
1978–1991
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Utah
1978–1983
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Vermont
1981–1983
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Virginia
1978–1991
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Washington
1978–1991
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West Virginia
1982–1989
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Wisconsin
1981–1991
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Wyoming
1983–1984
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
Legislative Correspondence--State and Federal Government (includes letters, clippings, lists of legislative and business letters
sent and received, correspondence between Marian McQuade and U.S. Governors and the U.S. President, Congressional Records,
law-making procedures, lists of government bodies and organizations, etc.)
1973–1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5-6
Correspondence with U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph (includes letters, clippings, photos of Senator Randolph and Mrs. McQuade,
etc.)
1982–1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
Correspondence with Aging Programs (includes list of programs and projects for the state of West Virginia and letters to and
from various programs and organizations regarding GPD, etc.)
1973–1987
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
Miscellaneous Clippings
1972–1991
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9-14
Correspondence (includes thank-you letters and cards from libraries, businesses, organizations, churches, supporters, etc.)
1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 15
List of Newspapers and Publications
1978
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 16-18
Correspondents Address List (listed alphabetically by state-correspondence includes letters, cards, unidentified photos, etc.)
1982–1985
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19
College Mailing List (alphabetical listing of colleges throughout the nation)
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 20
Thank You Letters from U.S. Governors and Congressmen (includes an autographed thank you letter from Jimmy Carter)
1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
History of Grandparent's Day
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2-4
Mailing Lists--GPD Book (includes lists of libraries, businesses, organizations, and supporters who received copies of Mrs.
McQuade's book and thank you letters from those who received books)
1983–1990
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Book--"Grandparent's Day and Marian McQuade" (includes letters from the author to Mrs. McQuade, excerpts from the book, information
pertaining to the creation of the book, photos, etc.)
1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6
Clippings--Miscellaneous
1982–1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7-8
Requests for GPD Information (also includes mailing addresses of people who received Mrs. McQuade's book)
1985–1990
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9
Proclamations (includes proclamations by W.V. Governor, Arch A. Moore, status of state proclamations list, letters, mailing
list for U.S. Governors, etc.)
1975–1988
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10
Promotionals (includes letters, clippings, photos, and correspondence)
1974–1978
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11
Promotionals --Hallmark
1978–1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12
Promotionals --Whitman's Chocolates (includes a taped radio interview)
1981
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 13
Promotionals --Mickey Rooney
1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 14-15
Promotionals --Dorene Parsons and Terri Blake
1955–1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 16
Promotionals --Turtle Back Zoo
1979–1980
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 17
Promotionals --Girl Scout and Brownie Troops
1978–1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 18
Promotionals --U.S. Army
1979-1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 19-20
Miscellaneous (includes thank you letters, information requests regarding GPD, clippings, speech given by Mrs. McQuade in
1969 regarding raising 15 children, 1953/1954 clippings regarding the McQuade family, etc.)
1978–1989
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 21
Boy Scouts (Correspondence between Mrs. McQuade and the National Office Boy Scouts of America, clippings, Scouting magazine,
address list of Boy Scouts of America offices in West Virginia, Den lists, Eagle Award Recognition Dinner program, etc.)
1976–1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 22
Poster Contest--GPD (includes photos, ribbons, entry forms, etc.)
1980
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 23
United Daughters of the Confederacy (includes Cross of Military Service Award application, United Daughters of the Confederacy
officer and member mailing list, Ceremony of Bestowal program, Yearbook/1980-1982, etc.)
1970–1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 24
Oak Hill Grade School (includes first grade participation in GPD, list of teachers, thank you card from teachers, etc.)
1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 25
Business Invoices and Bills—GPD
1982–1989
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 26
Gerokinesiatrics International--List of Conference Attendees
1977
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 27
West Virginia Commission on Aging (includes letters regarding GPD, member list, Foster Grandparent Graduation Exercise program,
etc.)
1973–1974
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 28
Fayette County Committee on Aging (includes clippings, list of committee nominations, summary of 1987 Board Meeting, financial
reports, service reports, list of board members, etc.)
1972–1987
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 29
West Virginia Community Action Program--List of Directors
1973
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 30
State Agencies on Aging (includes list of state agencies on aging, letters to and from state agencies regarding the proclamation
of GPD, clippings, etc.)
1973–1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1-2
Mini Page Clippings (the same clipping from different newspapers nationwide regarding announcement of new holiday)
1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3
West Virginia Age Directory (includes names of elderly and possible date of births, listed alphabetically by county)
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4-5
"Marian's Mail" (a series of columns written by Mrs. McQuade for The West Virginia Hillbilly)
1982–1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6-9
Miscellaneous Clippings (includes editorials, promotional pieces, and background information re GPD)
1957–1990
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 10-12
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
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 13-14
Miscellaneous (includes letters; clippings; personal notes by Mrs. McQuade regarding GPD; galley of "The Mini Page"; copy
of commencement speech regarding the purpose, accomplishments, and history of GPD and information on 100 year olds; greetings
from elementary students to their grandparents; photos of a poster contest at the Oak Hill Civic League with Mrs. McQuade
and Rev. Paul G. Syner; "Young American" newspaper for kids; etc.)
1976–1990
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 15
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
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4-8
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
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 9
Grandparent Adoption Certificates
1989–1991
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 10
Oak Hill Elementary Student's Thank You Drawings to Mrs. McQuade
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 11-14
Miscellaneous Clippings
1972–1994
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 15
Announcements--Civil War Show and Gauley Bridge 15th Anniversary Festival
1993
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 16
American Floral Services--GPD Promotionals
1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 17
March of Dimes (includes letters regarding GPD and 1986 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Annual Report)
1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 18
News, Views and BTU's Monthly Newsletter
1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 19
American Society for Hospital Marketing and Public Relations--Health Days Calendar
1988
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 20
Grandparents against Immorality and Neglect
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 21
Proposal for a Health Systems Agency in West Virginia
1976
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 22-25
Miscellaneous--GPD (includes letters regarding GPD, clippings, Sacred Heart Nursing Home "Caring and Sharing" newsletter,
1989 Cherry River Festival program, Consumer's Resource Handbook, personal notes by Mrs. McQuade, unidentified photos, mailing
lists, greeting cards, etc.)
1982–1995
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 26
Miscellaneous Clippings
1973–1986
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 27-28 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1-9
Correspondence--GPD (includes letters, clippings, cards, Mrs. McQuade's personal notes, etc.)
1993–1995
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 10
GPD Correspondence List by State (includes names and addresses of correspondents for each state)
1993
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 11
Hawaii Governor's Bicentennial Conference on Aging (includes agenda, receipts, travel information, etc.)
1976
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 23
Wonderful West Virginia Magazine
1995
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 24
Photographs--GPD (photographs include Mrs. McQuade and various politicians, Gov. Cecil Underwood, Pat Nixon, George Bush,
etc.)
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 14
State Proclamations by U.S. Governors
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 19
City Proclamations (copies)
1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 20-22
State Proclamations (copies) (originals in Box #14)
1972–1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 23
Letters and Stories Regarding Grandparents (written by children and adults, among other records)
1972–1974
- Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 24
Philatelic Item (cacheted cover with special cancellation, autographed by Marian McQuade and Claudia Lynn Wender)
1989
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
GPD Promotional Posters--"Extra, Don't Forget Grandparent's Day" (lying on the bottom of the box)
1978
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
GPD Elementary School Posters and Drawings
1973
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
Plaques Awarded to Mrs. McQuade
1978–1989
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
Founder of Grandparent's Day--Hilltop Health Care Center
1989
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
Founder of National Grandparent's Day--Richwood, W.V. Cherry River Festival
1989
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
Official Grandmother of the Oak Hill Civitan Club
undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
Notable Americans Award
1978–1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
First Lady of the Year
1988
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
Daughter of the Year--The West Virginia Society of Washington D.C.
1987
- Mixed Materials Box: 17
Certificate of Appreciation--Baptist Temple of Alamance County, Burlington, N.C.
1980
- Mixed Materials Box: 18
State Proclamations and Awards
1979–1984
- Mixed Materials Box: 18
American Health Care Association Presidential Citation
1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 18
W.V. Governor--Outstanding West Virginian Award
1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 18
W.V. Governor--Distinguished West Virginian Award
1984
- Mixed Materials Box: 18
W.V. Secretary of State--Ambassador of Good Will among All People
1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 18
Distinguished Volunteer Award--Ronald Reagan
n.d.
- Mixed Materials Box: 18
Spirit of Freedom Award--James A. Manchin (W.V. Secretary of State)
1982