Mother's Day - Anna Jarvis, 1908-79 A&M 1358

Mother's Day - Anna Jarvis, 1908-79 A&M 1358


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1358
Title
Mother's Day - Anna Jarvis 1908-79
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198216
Quantity
0.1 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 in.
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
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.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mother's Day - Anna Jarvis, A&M 1358, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Churches -- Andrews Methodist Episcopal
  • Churches -- West Virginia -- Taylor County
  • Jarvis, Anna, 1864-1948
  • Mother's Day