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0762: Sally Cyrus Collection, 1910-2005, Marshall University Special Collections
0762: Sally Cyrus Collection, 1910-2005, Marshall University Special Collections
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The Sally Cyrus Collection is the donated papers of Sally Cyrus, Peggy Cyrus, and Judy Cyrus. This collection chronicles their material contributions to several prominent Huntington organizations. This collection provides an in-depth look at the lives of one of Huntington’s upper-class families beginning in the 1920s and extending through the 1960s, a period in which Huntington experienced an economic boom and a population increase. The women whose lives are showcased in this collection were educated, socially elite, and financially secure. It is an insight to the gender role of the educated woman in high society and the activities she chose …
0556: Huntington Humane Society Scrapbook, 1951-1953, Marshall University Special Collections
0556: Huntington Humane Society Scrapbook, 1951-1953, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of a scrapbook containing clippings related to the activities of the Huntington Humane Society, including adoption events, announcements in the newspaper, and more. Also included in a folder in the front of the scrapbook is an adoption application and bylaws by the Women’s Board to the organization.
0331: The Woman’S Club Of Kenova Scrapbook, 1908-1971, Marshall University Special Collections
0331: The Woman’S Club Of Kenova Scrapbook, 1908-1971, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of one scrapbook containing pasted in yearbooks containing the yearly theme, member directories, and events for the Woman’s Club of Kenova, West Virginia from its start in 1908 until 1971.
0314: Emma Childress Papers, 1904-1945, Marshall University Special Collections
0314: Emma Childress Papers, 1904-1945, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of an eclectic mix of materials collected by Childers throughout her professional career. They include a 1904 letter from Principal Corbly regarding an institution not accepting Childress’ teaching certificate, a pamphlet entitled “Flood Views of Huntington, W.Va.” [1913], a 1930 Marshall commencement program, a newspaper clipping about the death of Knute Rockne, official programs for the National Education Association from 1911 and 1936, a 1928 Marshall College Directory, a program for the Huntington Women’s Club’s Freiburg Passion Play, and the envelope the collection was received in.