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Marian McQuade Papers A&M 3222

Marian McQuade Papers A&M 3222


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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 3222
Title
Marian McQuade Papers 1853-1872, 1917-1995
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195802
Quantity
25 Linear Feet, 24 ft. 11 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (19 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 tape box, 4 in.)
Creator
McQuade, Marian, 1917-2008
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Much of this collection documents the efforts of Marian McQuade as the founder of Grandparents Day including information she collected on centenarians of West Virginia. There are also miscellaneous publications and artifacts belonging to her husband, Joseph McQuade, that pertain to coal mining.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Marian McQuade Papers, A&M 3222, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Marian (Herndon) McQuade (1917/01/18–2008/09/26) was the founder of National Grandparents Day. She served on the West Virginia Commission on Aging and the Nursing Home Licensing Board. For many years, she helped with the Past 80 Party, which was held annually in Richwood, WV. Jim Comstock, editor of 'The News Leader' and the West Virginia Hillbilly, originated the Past 80 Party.

McQuade campaigned in West Virginia and later nationwide to set aside a day for grandparents. West Virginia became the first state with a special day to honor grandparents when Gov. Arch Moore proclaimed May 27, 1973 as Grandparents Day. In September 1978, the White House called McQuade to inform her that President Jimmy Carter had signed a bill designating the Sunday after Labor Day as National Grandparents Day beginning in 1979.

(Adapted from "Marian McQuade." Marian McQuade – Wikipedia. March 25, 2020. Accessed November 12, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_McQuade.)

Scope and Contents

These records document Marian McQuade's efforts to establish and promote a national holiday honoring grandparents, to be called Grandparent's Day (established by Presidential Proclamation in 1979). Also included are records documenting centenarians in West Virginia collected by Marian McQuade. Finally, miscellaneous publications and artifacts relating to coal mining are included from Joseph McQuade, Marian McQuade's husband, who was a leader in the coal industry in West Virginia.

Series include:
Series 1. Grandparents Day (1955-1995) [box 1/folder 1 - box 7/folder 15, box 11/folder 4 - box 12/folder 11, box 13/folder 23 - box 14; box 16/folder 19 - box 18].
Series 2. Centenarians (1959-1994) [box 7/folder 16 - box 11/folder 3, box 12/folder 12 - box 13/folder 22, box 15 - box 16/folder 7].
Series 3. Joseph McQuade Papers (1853-1872, 1917-1994) [box 16/folder 8-18, box 19 - 21].

Separated Material

A signature of President Bill Clinton was separated to A&M 0435, Rare Signatures.

A copy of the book "Grandparent's Day and Marian McQuade" (1982) was separated to the non-circulating book collection of the West Virginia Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Centenarians
  • Coal mines and mining
  • Grandparents day.
  • McQuade, Joseph
  • McQuade, Marian, 1917-2008

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • McQuade, Joseph
  • McQuade, Marian, 1917-2008
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Container List

Series 1. Grandparents Day (Boxes 1-7, 11-12, 13-14, 16-18)
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
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 pictures (video), photographs, plaques, poems, posters, proclamations, programs, reports, ribbons, sound recordings (cassettes), and speeches.

  • 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
    • Alabama
      1980–1985
    • Alaska
      1978
    • Arizona
      1983–1986
    • California
      1978–1991
    • Colorado
      1980–1984
    • Delaware
      1983–1991
    • Connecticut
      1977–1989
    • Florida
      1979–1986
    • Georgia
      1975–1991
    • Hawaii
      1982–1983
    • Illinois
      1978–1991
    • Indiana
      1978–1987
    • Iowa
      1979–1986
    • Louisiana
      1990
    • Maine
      1979–1991
    • Maryland
      1979–1985
    • Massachusetts
      1978–1991
    • Michigan
      1977–1991
    • Minnesota
      1978–1985
    • Mississippi
      1978–1981
    • Missouri
      1976–1986
    • Nebraska
      1978–1991
    • Nevada
      1979–1981
    • New Hampshire
      1978
    • New Mexico
      1983–1984
    • North Carolina
      1978–1989
    • North Dakota
      1986
    • New York
      1965–1986
    • Ohio
      1978–1991
    • Pennsylvania
      1987–1991
    • Rhode Island
      1982–1991
    • South Carolina
      1980–1986
    • South Dakota
      1983
    • Tennessee
      1969–1985
    • Texas
      1978–1991
    • Utah
      1978–1983
    • Vermont
      1981–1983
    • Virginia
      1978–1991
    • Washington
      1978–1991
    • West Virginia
      1982–1989
    • Wisconsin
      1981–1991
    • 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: 10
      The Today Show
      1974–1978
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10
      "Not For Women Only" series
      1974–1978
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10
      National Broadcasting Company
      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
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Series 2. Centenarians (Boxes 7-11, 12-13, 15-16)
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 16-17 Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 9 Mixed Materials Box: 10 Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1-3 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 12-20 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1-22 Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1-7 1959–1994
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. Includes survey of women who voted in the 1920 election. Includes certificates, clippings, greeting cards, letters, lists, moving pictures (video cassette), photographs, sound recordings (cassettes).

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 16-17
    Clippings (includes mailing list of centenarians, etc.)
    1959–1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
    Alphabetical Listing of West Virginia Centenarians (includes annotations, updates from 1984-1986; also includes a list of Centenarian birthdays by month)
    1984–1986
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2-3
    Centenarian Survey (listed alphabetically by nursing home; includes letters to and from Mrs. McQuade regarding centenarian information, county by county listing of West Virginia's centenarians, etc.)
    1979–1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4
    West Virginia Centenarians (listed alphabetically by WV County)
    1989
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 5-7
    Centenarians--Miscellaneous (includes clippings, letters, notes made by Mrs. McQuade, etc.)
    1972–1990
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 8
    Centenarian Card File (arranged alphabetically by name)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 9
    West Virginia Commission on Aging and West Virginia Hillbilly Bicentennial Project Applications--Honoring 100-Year-Old Men and Women
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 10-11
    Centenarians--Miscellaneous (includes clippings, letters regarding the gathering of centenarian information, notes made by Mrs. McQuade, notebook containing centenarian listings by county, Oct. '88 issue of "Parade" magazine, Greenbrier Manor brochure, The National Council on the Aging 1987 Annual Conference and Exhibition program, "Do You Remember Love" CBS viewer's guide, etc.)
    1973–1988
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 12
    Correspondence With West Virginia Secretary of State James Manchin (includes birthday greetings from Manchin to centenarians, clippings, etc.)
    1979–1980
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 13
    West Virginia Centenarians—Listed Alphabetically by County
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 14
    Fayette County List of 100-Year-Old Residents
    1988
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 15
    List of Living Centenarians
    1988
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 16
    "Oldest West Virginians"; West Virginia University (WVU)
    1971
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 17
    List of Centenarians--By Month of Birth
    1982–1985
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 18
    Individual Centenarian Information (arranged alphabetically; records originally filed one name per folder; current records consist of several names per folder; includes letters, clippings, etc.)
    1980–1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 18
      Adkins, Delphia
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 18
      Ahmadi, Karam
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 18
      Allen, Ida Scilenna
      n.d.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 18
      Anderson, Mrs. J.R.
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 18
      Andrews, Harry
      1982
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19a
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1978–1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19a
      Bailey, Anna Shaffer
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19a
      Bailey, Nora
      1978–1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19a
      Ball, Clay
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19a
      Barker, Etta
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19a
      Baker, Roxie
      1990–1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19a
      Barnett, Mabel
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19a
      Bartels, Sydney
      1979
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1984-1990, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
      Barton, Herb
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
      Baumgardner, Julia
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
      Been, Lillian
      1988
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
      Berman, Fannie C.
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
      Bell, Lushia
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
      Bennett, Maude
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
      Bess, Nannie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 19b
      Bims, John
      undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20a
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1980–1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20a
      Blake, Frona
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20a
      Barnes, Mary
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20a
      Blackburn, Landon
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20a
      Blaker, Minnie
      1984–1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20a
      Blevins, Nellie
      1988
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20a
      Bobbitt, Ethel
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20a
      Boggs, Elizabeth
      1980
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1977-1992, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Booker, Mattie
      1978
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Bott, Della
      1979–1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Brake, Blonda Steele
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Brissey, Draxie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Brown, Dora
      1988–1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Brown, Mattie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Burgard, Magdalena
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Burger, Beatrice
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Burns, Alice
      1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 20b
      Burris, Sadie
      1977
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21a
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1979-1991, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21a
      Calhoun, Bessie
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21a
      Carder, Minnie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21a
      Carter, Fannie C. Cobb
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21a
      Carter, Alpha Grace
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21a
      Carnes, Arminta
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21a
      Casto, Icy
      1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21a
      Chancey, Mary
      1988
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1979-1989, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Chandler, Della
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Chandler, Gracie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Chapman, Henry
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Chicarell, Ora
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Clayton, Carrie
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Cork, Myrtia
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Copeman, Rilla J.
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Cohen, Richard
      1981
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Corbin, Floyd
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Craighead, Ollie
      1981
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Cruikshank, Minnie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 21b
      Cutright, Delia
      1989
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1979–1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Darnall, R.A.
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Daugherty, Mary A.
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Davis, Addie
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Dickenson, William
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Dillon, Edna
      1984–1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Duffy, Lura
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Drank, Rose
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Dresterick, Bertha
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Duncan, Delphia
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 22
      Durham, Emma S.
      1989
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 23
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 23
      Evans, Kathryn
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 23
      Everson, Mary E.
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 23
      Elder, Laura I.
      1985
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24a
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1977–1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24a
      Fairall, Mary Rose Walsh
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24a
      Farmer, Alberta
      1977
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24a
      Fisher, Isaac
      1980–1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24a
      Floyd, Dora Ellen
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24a
      Foster, Cleveland
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24a
      Fragall, John
      1982
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24b
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1982–1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24b
      Feury, John Riley
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24b
      Fiedler, Jessie
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24b
      Fisher, Roberta
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24b
      Foster, Glinner
      1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24b
      Frederick, Jane
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24b
      Freshwater, Wilbur
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 24b
      Fulps, Carolyn
      1986
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25a
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1980-1989, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25a
      Gapen, Ida Belle
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25a
      Garber, Mary S.
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25a
      Gardner, Andrew
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25a
      Gardner, Ed
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25a
      Garletts, Augusta
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25a
      Garnes, Harriet
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25a
      Garrett, Rev. Joseph
      1980
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25b
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1979-1991, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25b
      Garrison, Faye
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25b
      Gibbons, Nettie
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25b
      Glasser, Otilia A.
      1979–1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25b
      Gode, Cecil
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25b
      Gray, Roberta A.
      1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25b
      Greene, Zula
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 25b
      Greer, Minnie
      1991
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26a
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1972-1991, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26a
      Hall, Effie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26a
      Halstead, Cordia
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26a
      Halstead, Floyd
      1972
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26a
      Halstead, Quentin
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26a
      Hansen, Howard
      1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26a
      Harmison, Henry P.
      1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1984-1989, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
      Harris, Mary
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
      Haslett, Edna
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
      Haynes, Macel
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
      Hehle, Zora
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
      Hendricks, Ruth
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
      Hereford, Joanna
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
      Herscher, George
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26b
      Hill, Maggie Grubb
      1989
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26c
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1983-1985, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26c
      Hoskinson, Roy
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26c
      Hoskinson, Goldie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26c
      Howard, Mrs. Tom
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26c
      Huffman, Willis
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26c
      Hutchinson, John M.
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26c
      Hylton, Cordie
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 26c
      Hypes, Katherine R.
      1985
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 27
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1978–1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 27
      Johnson, Bess
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 27
      Jones, Clarrissa
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 27
      Jones, Guy
      1981
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 27
      Johnston, Anna
      1978
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 28
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1979-1987, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 28
      Kayaglis, Anestosis
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 28
      Kroll, Victoria
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 28
      Kessler, Mae
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 28
      Kinchelow, Cora
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 28
      King, Carrie
      1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1977-1990, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Laird, Minna
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Law, Edna
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Lee, Ona
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Legg, Cora
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Lewis, Kathryn
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Lewis, Ollie
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Logan, Hormer
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Lopez, Augustine V.
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Love, Harry
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Lynch, Nell R.
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Lilly, Pierce
      1977
    • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 29
      Lilly, Daisy
      1977
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1973-1990, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Mann, Anna Boyd
      1988
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Marks, Charley Lee
      1976
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Marks, Perry Moody
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Marple, Edna
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Marshall, Armintha
      1976–1977
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Martin, Blanche
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Martin, Hallie
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Marvich, Mary
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Mason, Al C.
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Marino, Filomena
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Marra, Frank
      1981
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Mason, Myrtle
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      May, Caroline
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Maynard, Yantice
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Mays, May
      1973
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Maxson, Ella J.
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Maxwell, Charles
      1978–1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Meathrell, Conza
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Messenger, Matilda
      1977
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Michael, Fannie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Miller, Sirus W.
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Mills, Mary
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Mitchell, Effie
      1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Mitchell, Mrs. Ernest
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1
      Mitchell, Mary
      undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1977-1989, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Mize, Susan
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Moats, Carrie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Moats, Mary Myrtle
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Moles, Sadie Mae
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Mollohan, Mart
      1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Moneypenny, Annie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Moore, Clara
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Moorehead, Nellie
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Morris, Dora Cox
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Morris, Lora Viola
      1977
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2
      Murphy, Riley
      1983
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1980-1991, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3
      McCassey, Emma
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3
      McClung, Lena
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3
      McCutcheon, Amy
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3
      McGrady, Charles L.
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3
      McNeil, Frances
      1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3
      McQuaide, Mary W.
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3
      McWhorter, Dora
      undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1984–1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4
      Oliver, Ruby
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4
      O'Neal, Bertie
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4
      Oxley, Minnie
      undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1977–1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Painter, Dora
      1977–1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Parker, Lottie
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Patterson, Della
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Poling, Stella
      1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Phipps, J. Kent
      1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Post, Icy
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Price, Burley
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 5
      Pyles, Elizabeth
      1985
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1983-1990, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Raese, J. Curtis
      1983–1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Rakes, Effie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Rector, Lillian Mabel
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Reddix, George
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Reed, Chill T.
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Reveal, Inez
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Reynolds, Elva
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Richmond, Lovina
      1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Ritchie, Mary
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Rogers, Flora
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Rollins, Josephine
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Rosier, Zack
      1986
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 6
      Rutter, W. Burton
      1984
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1973-1992, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Safreed, Mrs. B.
      1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Sallett, Ollie
      1988–1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Savage, Julius
      1981
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Sesler, Charles
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Shadrick, Marie
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Shaver, Anna
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Shrewsbury, Mary E.
      1980–1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Shumate, Henry A.
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Simms, Lelia Belle
      1973
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Skaggs, Mary S.
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Skaggs, Mrs. Willie T.
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Simmons, Mary Jane
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Slack, Dora Supple
      1981
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 7
      Smith, Alma
      1988
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1981-1991, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Smith, Emma Mae
      1981–1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Smith, Ethel Kelly
      1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Smith, Isaac B.
      1980–1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Smith, Sarah H.
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Smith, William Jerry
      1988
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Smithers, John
      1991
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Sorrell, Octavia
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Sperow, Pearl
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Spinks, Myrtle
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Starks, Geneva
      1981
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Straight, Nellie
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Stevens, Georgia L.
      1988
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Sutton, Edna
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
      Stantley, Maude
      undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1980-1992, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Tackett, Sarah
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Taylor, Ethel
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Taylor, Margaret
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Tennant, Ira
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Terry, Eliza
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Thaxton, Carrie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Thomas, Mary
      1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Thompson, Fred
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Timberlake, Irene
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Tinsley, Carolyn
      1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Tolley, Elizabeth
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Tracey, Delia
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Treduay, Juno Neal
      1988
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Truman, Lucy
      1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
      Tyree, Hattie
      1981
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1984, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10
      Vickers, James
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 10
      Vogt, Sally
      undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
    Individual Centenarian Information
    1976-1993, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Walker, Louis
      1982
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Wamsley, Norman
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Waugh, Sallie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Weikle, Henry
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Welch, Effie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Werner, Ira
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Weathrell, Conza
      1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      White, Annie
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      White, Florence
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      White, Letha
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      White, Minnie W.
      1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Wiggins, Anna
      1989–1990
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Williams, Noah W.
      1976
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Wilson, Susie
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Withrow, Betsy
      1982–1983
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Woodford, Lena
      1987–1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Worley, Grace
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Wriston, B.J.
      1988–1989
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Wilson, Albert
      1990–1993
    • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 11
      Yester, Henry
      undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 12
    Foreign Centenarians (includes clippings and a photo)
    1982–1988
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 13
    List of Centenarians (some listed alphabetically by name, and some listed by birth date)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 14-25 Mixed Materials Box: 10
    Deceased Centenarians—Miscellaneous (arranged alphabetically by name; includes clippings, lists of the deceased, letters, cards, etc.)
    1967–1994
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1
    Centenarian Birthday Certificates--Signed by Arch A. Moore
    1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2-3
    Centenarians--Miscellaneous (includes letters, clippings, Bicentennial Project applications, cards, photographs, etc.)
    1977–1994
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 12
    West Virginia Commission on Aging and West Virginia Hillbilly Questionnaires
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 13-16
    Miscellaneous Clippings
    1972–1990
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 17-20
    Miscellaneous (includes letters, lists of centenarians, personal notes by Mrs. McQuade, correspondence regarding centenarians, cards, etc.)
    1971–1990
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1
    Nursing Home Mailing Labels--Alphabetical by Name
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2
    Centenarian Questionnaire Answers and Statistics
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3-4
    Lists (includes lists of living and deceased centenarians, mailing lists, birthday lists, etc.; all lists are arranged by name, birthdate, or county)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5
    American Society for Hospital Marketing and Public Relations--Calendar of Health-Related Events
    1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6
    Fayette Tribune's Bridge Day Feature (West Virginia's New River Gorge Bridge)
    1989
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 7
    Annual Mama Kay and Papa Joe Manchin 35th Star Award Ceremony--Candidacy Application
    1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 8
    State of West Virginia and the Commission on Aging Achievement Certificates for Centenarians (signed by WV Governor Arch A. Moore)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 9
    WV Health and Human Services--Centenarians Day Materials (includes a sample press release, a list of historical fun facts, and a document describing how to record oral histories)
    1987
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 10
    Jackson's Mill Eighth Annual Senior Citizens Conference
    1977
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 11
    "One Hundred over 100: Moments with One Hundred North American Centenarians" by Jim Heynen
    1990
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 12-14
    Miscellaneous Out of State Information (includes letters, clippings, personal notes made by Mrs. McQuade, cards, etc.)
    1971–1993
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 15
    Centenarian--Doctor Zigniew Stelmach (Australian; includes correspondence, clippings, Bicentennial Project application, etc.)
    1985
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 16
    White House Conference on Aging (regarding idea for television program of Mrs. McQuade's)
    1971
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 17-21
    Photographs (identified and unidentified photos of centenarians, some photos are accompanied by letters to Mrs. McQuade)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 22
    Video Cassette--Hilltop Nursing Home, Ettie Greene's 110th Birthday Party
    1977
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15
    Centenarian Sound Recordings--Cassettes (tapes identified in this container list by information found on labels)
    1975-1987, undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Past 80 Party
      1987
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Past 80 Party
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Hawaii Governor's Bicentennial Conference on Aging
      1976
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Gerontology Institute
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Past 80 Party
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Japan #2
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Japan #3
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Japan #4
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Japan #7
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      1st Day of Hawaii Governor Bicentennial Conference on Aging
      1976
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      University of Hawaii
      1976
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Walter Cheek Life History
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Mrs. Blume's Party
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Walter Cheek
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Anna Belle Dorsey
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Bertha Hamilton
      1976
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Bess Harris
      1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Side A: President Ford, Side B: Joseph States
      1975, 1977
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Eliza Smith
      1976
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      M. Anderson
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Hannah Barr and Betty Deitz
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15
      Sam Chittum
      1976
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1-7
    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
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Series 3. Joseph McQuade Papers (Boxes 16, 19-21)
Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8-18 Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Box: 21 1853-1872, 1917-1994
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.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8
    Publications--Coal (includes labor contracts, laws, reports, etc.)
    1917-1920, 1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8
      "Mine Safety Code for Bituminous--Coal and Lignite Mines of the United States"
      n.d.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8
      "Mining Laws of the State of West Virginia"
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8
      "Constitution of International Union-United Mine Workers of America"
      1920
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8
      "Kanawha Coal Operators and The United Mine Workers of America Agreement"
      1917–1918
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9
    Publications--Coal (includes labor contracts, laws, reports, etc.)
    1941–1951
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9
      Appalachian and District Agreement--Memorandum of Agreement between Northern W.V. Coal Association and The International Union United Mine Workers of America and District No. 31 for The Northern District of W.V.
      1941
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9
      "National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement"
      1947
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9
      "Northern W.V. Wage Agreements"
      1945
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9
      "By-Laws-Donegan Coal & Coke Company Burial Fund"
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9
      "Coal Mining Institute Safety Day and First Aid Contest" (Sponsored by Mid-State Coal Mining Institute and the West Virginia Dept. of Mines)
      1951
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 10
    Publications--Coal (includes labor contracts, laws, reports, etc.)
    1853, 1872
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 10
      "Geological Report" (Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad; by Thomas S. Ridgway)
      1872
    • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 10
      "Charters of the Kanawha Mining Company" (Coal River and Kanawha Mining and Manufacturing Company, Virginia)
      1853
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 11
    "32nd Annual Report of the President and Directors to the Stockholders of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company"
    1858
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 12
    "Great Coal Leaders of West Virginia" by Fred R. Toothman
    1988
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 13
    West Virginia Hillbilly's "A Tribute to Joe McQuade"
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 14
    Anthracite Mining Manual
    1952
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 15
    Standard and Approved American Coal Mining Handbook
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 16
    Beth-Elkhorn Corporation Mining Handbook
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 17
    Bethlehem Steel Elkhorn Division Job Safety Analysis Handbook
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 18
    Cherry River Navy of W.V. Special Citation--Admiral Joe L. McQuade
    1976
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 1-4
    Miscellaneous (includes biography of Joe McQuade, clippings on or about Mr. McQuade, clippings regarding coal mining, etc.)
    1955–1982
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 5
    Ephemera--Business and Promotional Cards (Marian McQuade's GPD business card, Joe McQuade for U.S. Congress, Marian McQuade for Council at Large)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 6
    Berwind Corporation Rockefeller Bill--List of Coal Companies
    1993
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 7-8
    New River Company Employees' Magazine
    June 1930-December 1930
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 9-10
    New River Company Employees' Magazine
    January 1931-August 1931
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 11
    Oak Hill High/Collins High Reunion Schedule
    1994
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 12
    "How to Go First Class on Black Lung"--News Article and Notes
    1972
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 13
    Mine Scrip—Clippings
    1967–1980
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 14
    "The Lowly Coal Miner"--Poem by Mrs. Ralph Blizzard
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 15
    Property Report Covering the Raymond City Coal and Transportation Co.
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 16
    Literature on the History of Fayette County
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 17
    "Mound Builders"--Literature on West Virginia Mound Builders (reference to Loupe Creek)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 18
    Mining Disasters (copies of various literature regarding mining disasters)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Box: 21
    Artifacts
    undated
    • Black wire coal mining goggles
      undated
    • Brass lantern
      undated
    • Brass and glass lantern
      undated
    • Coal lanterns (3 items)
      undated
    • Hand strap with hook for pulling coal carts
      undated
    • Coal samples
      undated
    • Elastic straps
      undated
    • Coal lantern
      undated
    • Mining safety helmet (2 items)
      undated
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