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Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.","The collection is organized into five series, closely following the original breakdown of files by Christine Meadows with exceptions only for clarification or consistency purposes. Folders are organized in alphabetical order by folder title throughout the collection, and then chronologically. The series are as follows:","Series 1. Administration\nSeries 2. Collections Management\nSeries 3. Committees\nSeries 4. Research \nSeries 5. Subject Files","Christine Meadows (née Mary Christine Meadows) was born in Brunswick, Maryland on March 2, 1932 to Dr. Stanley Joseph and Katherine Gardner Meadows. Christine earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Notre Dame College of Maryland and completed graduate coursework at William and Mary College before becoming an elementary school teacher in Frederick, Maryland. Her career at Mount Vernon began in 1960 when she was hired as a library assistant. In the library, Christine helped catalog and reorganize the library's collections including the books, manuscripts, files, pamphlets, prints, and drawings. She also began a decades-long devotion to researching all things pertaining to Washington and Mount Vernon. When the estate's curator, Helen Fede left her position in 1964, Christine was promoted to fill her place and continued in this role for the next 33 years. Her responsibilities included the acquisition of new Washington or period artifacts, care of the historical collections, supervision of the cleaning and maintenance in the Mansion and outbuildings, curating exhibits in the museum, and special research projects such as publications. Christine was well-known and respected in her field. During her tenure, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association acquired valuable, original Washington pieces and the Mansion underwent a major paint analysis and update. Her extensive research and dedication to authenticity were particularly beneficial to the Association. She also worked closely with several committees including the Accession Committee, the Annual Report Committee, the Museum Committee, and the Household Committee. Her substantial knowledge on the Washingtons, the early American period, and the collections at Mount Vernon put her in high demand as a speaker and presenter on these topics. Upon announcing her retirement in 1997, the MVLA Board hosted a farewell dinner in her honor and the Council minutes noted \"The consensus of the evening was that Miss Meadows will always be remembered for her scholarship and knowledge, and with special affection for her humor and inspiration to scores of Vice Regents, but most importantly for her devotion to Mount Vernon and her dedication to preserving the collection and the institution, and the world of George Washington.\" She was named Curator Emerita of Mount Vernon, assisting with research for important projects and sharing her long institutional memory with staff. Christine Meadows passed away on January 19, 2013 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.","This collection was initially reviewed by a former employee or volunteer, Ani DiFazio, who listed and described the contents of each box of records. This first pass was used to reassess and better arrange the material to create more consistency while keeping the essence of the original order according to DiFazio's list. The summaries of file contents have been kept and are included in the scope note for individual folders in the ArchivesSpace finding aid online. Some duplicated and/or outdated information was weeded from the collection during final processing.","First pass and cursory finding aid created by Ani S. DiFazio, 2001. Final arrangement and description completed by volunteer Candace Cowan and Rebecca Baird, archivist, 2023.","-\tCollections departmental files (unprocessed)\n-\tPapers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n-\tPapers of the Superintendent and Resident Director\n-\tMinutes of the Council and Annual Reports","The Papers of Christine Meadows contain the work files of the curator, representing daily administrative tasks as well as career-long research topics. The collection includes correspondence, reports, memos, inventory lists, research files with photocopied references, and remarks or presentations. The majority of the material reflects the years Ms. Meadows served as curator, 1960 to 1997, but several folders hold documents prior to her tenure as curator. She most likely inherited these files from the previous curator, Helen Fede, who is also named as a creator of this collection. The inclusive dates are 1869 to 1997.","Contains records on common day-to-day tasks, Mount Vernon procedures, monthly reports, and general correspondence or inquiries. Bulk dates 1980s-1990s.","Notes on handling a bomb threat, memo","Correspondence re gifts, trust, capital funding, annual support funding plan","Memos","Memo to Fire Marshall re unannounced fire drills, 1984","Memo","Pertaining to the care, provenance, storage, and display of historical collections. Includes appraisals for insurance, inventories, correspondence, museum storage and maintenance documents, and wish lists. Bulk dates 1960s-1990s.","Research, memos, budgets, minutes","Curatorial storage information, memos, photo storage information","Brochure and related materials from an appraiser","List of early collections given, purchased, loaned to the MVLA, Handwritten list of major acquisitions - objects, whether given or purchased, appraisal value","Insurance policies, correspondence, Fine Arts inventory Library Department, APC building, study materials 'Legal problems of museum administration,' list of insured objects on loan, schedule of loaned collections by lender, fine arts insurance values by structure, objects of fine art owned by and lent to MVLA, inventory of APC building","List of objects by building (1966), correspondence, \"Proposal for Permanent Room Assignments with Furniture from States,\" (1963), \"Inventory of Bedrooms,\"\" (1949), \"Association Headquarters,\" (1952), \"Association Headquarters Building\" by room (1952), \"Association Dormitory Building\" (1952), \"Association Headquarters Building,\" \"Association Dormitory Building\" with Valuations, \"Inventories of Bedrooms,\" List of objects by states","\"List of Furniture, gifts, pictures, plants, etc.\"\n\"Miscellaneous Pictures in storeroom of Museum\"\n\"Memorandum List for the Museum Committee - Articles that have been removed from exhibition\" January 1941\n\"Relics Removed from Exhibition\"\n\"Cupboard under sword case\" ca. 1951\n\"List of Articles in Storage on SEcond Floor of Gardener's House,\" June 1938\n\"Inventory of Articles Removed from Mansion Attic to Utility Building (Storage), December 1942","\"Curator's Storage Inventory,\" 1968, \"Bedspreads Now Used in the Mansion,\" \"Curator's Storage\" and \"Curator Office\" (1965)","Handwritten notebook of 19th and early 20th century references of objects with disposition and catalog number, where appropriate; Handwritten list of donations or money from the state of New York - list of objects and gifts; \"Inventory at Mount Vernon 1885-1886\"; List of objects by room, 1896; \"Inventory of Mansion May 1885\" and supporting lists; Handwritten lists of objects; \"List of 'original' objects at Mount Vernon\" ca. 1920; correspondence re furnishings; Inventory 1896","List of objects in table and wall cases (including placement of objects) after 1969","\"Inventory of Museum Storage\" 1963, 1965, List of objects by Museum location, 1965","\"Inventory of Contents\" (1977)","\"Store Room Inventory,\" 1981\nInventory of outbuildings (1981)","Handwritten notes of the Relics Committee (indication that notes were found amoung Mrs. Failing's papers, 1941); Handwritten notes (indication that notes were found among Miss Jennings' papers); 1889 handwritten notes re relics in various rooms; Typed inventory by room, 1896","Shop storage inventory lists (1964), \"Unlocated\" 1970 list, \"Furniture in Curatorial Storage available for Loan to Lloyd House\" list (undated), \"Dispositions made of Articles at Mount Vernon during Storage Housecleaning (1955), \"Tile Building Storage,\" 1964, Notes, photos","\"List of Mansion Furnishings\" (1958) with object list and descriptions and diagram of room arrangements.","Correspondence, vendor information","Correspondence, vendor information","Correspondence, items lists","Photos, memos, correspondence, vendor brochures, notes, post cards","Diagrams, vendor information, correspondence, photos","Vendor information, memos, correspondence","Samples, vendor materials, correspondence","Original 19th and early 20th century documents re relics on deposit","\"Schedule for Loaned Collections\" by lender, undated","Museum inventory and values, 1980","Christine Meadows worked as the staff liaison to several committees in the MVLA. Files in this series contain her reports and correspondence to members of these committees. Inclusive dates 1951-1993.","Exhibition area coordination committee minutes and chain maps, outdoor access meetings minutes","Report, notes","Reports, correspondence, wish list, memos, notes, budget","Meeting arrangements, supplies, house staff leave, clothing budgets, work schedules, menus","Diagrams, report to committee, list of objects, memos, vendor materials","Backstairs handrails; Minutes; Notes; Correspondence; Memos; Excerpts from articles, newspaper; photo; reports","Interpretive Sign Information request sheets, vendor information, inventory of all signs as of July 1989, budgetary information, excerpts from Writings, 20th century history on some outbuildings","Files kept by topic of research. Types of records include book excerpts and articles, correspondence, primary source citations and bibliographic references, exhibit label text, and memos. Bulk dates 1950s-1990s.","Excerpts from \"The American Home\"","Notes on Washington inventories, copies of articles, books, \"cumulative index\" 1937-1941","Notes and diagrams on identifying faking of objects","Excerpts from \"Journal of the Study of Architectural Historians,\" photos, notes, glossary of architectural terms, other related documents","Excerpts from Writings, Letter re travel arrangements, notes","Written by Meadows","Brief report, project description, letters","Letters, Booklet \"Keep of the Bastille\", 1887","Post cards with bed hangings depicted","\"Housing and Family Life of the Mount Vernon Negro\" 1954, 1962; Correspondence, excerpts; \"Report for the Chairman of Outbuildings Committee,\" 1952","Letters, copy of article on camera obscura","Notes, articles from magazines","Letters (1970s and early 1980s), Article/paper on the museum","Photos, \"Oriental Porcelains from Alexandria Collections,\" the Alexandria Association, 1979, handwritten notes, correspondence, news clippings, \"The Sailing Ship on Chinese Porcelain - A brief survey 1700-1850\", Worksheets - Chinese porcelain","Research on Christmas in the 18th century, mostly on food, table settings, designs; Memo re Christmas as Mount Vernon","Notes, excerpts, correspondence","Excerpts from Writings, Letters","List of Martha Washington purchases (based on letters, invoices, and Writings), Excerpts from letters, Writings","Notes, excerpts from \"Presence of the Past - A history of the Preservation Movement in the United States before Williamsburg","Copies of inventories (with indications of which objects were taken an used by MW), shows disposition of all goods in the estate","Antiques magazine on pineapples, 1945, letters, diaries, excerpts","Notes, articles, correspondence, excerpts from \"Writings\"","LIst of London merchants that GW did business with, 1948","Exhibit labels, correspondence with New York and Pennsylvania historical societies, photos of original prints, invoices, vendor proposals, designs, schedules, exhibit layouts, list of objects on exhibit, chronological account of written documents as pertains to GW","Voting information for 1st election, excerpts from publications, edits to vignettes in exhibit, exhibit signs, vendor materials","Materials in the Pack Lobby cases, exhibition proposal, memo, notes, excerpts","Materials in the Pack Lobby cases, exhibition proposal, memo, notes, excerpts","Memos, attendance trends","Correspondence","Letters","Copies of articles/pictures on fence","Excerpts from books/articles","Presidential Study Group documents, excerpts, handwritten notes, meeting notes","Mary Thompson memo re foodways at Mount Vernon, and memo re table setting/menu for television shooting research.","Letters, replies from membership","Notes, excerpts from \"Writings\"","Letter, promotional materials, materials on Hopewell Furnace","Photos, copies of articles/books/letters","Letters, invoices","Copy of Form, Function, and Meaning in the Use of Fabric Furnishings, Copy of Potomac Squire","Newspaper article on GW bed, excerpts from Writings, handwritten notes on card re inventory of Mount Vernon, letters/memos, list of objects as of 9/1980 (by catalogue number) an discussions of authenticity","Copy of Preservation Technical Notes - Reducing Visible and Ultraviolet Light Damage to Interior Wood Finishes, articles on aprons, 1988 Mount Vernon furniture conservation priority list","Family tree, pedigree, notes, memos, correspondence","Correspondence, notes, family tree","Family tree, correspondence, copies of letters, family marriage records, notes","Excerpts from Writings, notes, memo","Excerpts from letters, Analysis of character (Washington deemed an ISTJ: Introvert, Sensor, Thinker, Judger.","Letters, invoices, report, memos, photos, schematics; Article \"The Domestic Pageant: Society and the Great House in Early Virginia","Letters, invoices, report, memos, photos, schematics; Article \"The Domestic Pageant: Society and the Great House in Early Virginia","Notes, 1914 invoice, old reports, references","Correspondence, photos of Quincy bells","Memos, invoices, sample trim, diagrams, photos","Photocopied articles, picture of engravings, notes","Photocopies of source documents, re: bells, photos of Moffatt Ladd House, letters","Reliance testing in Mosca's Report","Diaries/letters, documentary evidence of bells","References to, notes","Huntington: The Great Experiment, letters, list of objects for loan to Huntington Library","Handwritten notes, excerpts from articles, books, pages from Christies Auction Catalogue, worksheet accession of Eliza Custis miniature","\"Comparison of Objects in the Mount Vernon Kitchen in 1799 and Today\" undated","Notes on \"Draft of Structure Report\", an historical account of condition and work done in Mansion, including a mech-electrical assessment of the Mansion and outbuildings. Includes some mention of HVAC; list of structural engineers to make Mansion evaluation; 1985 plans for Mansion conservation/maintenance; list of conservation contractors - \"Historic House Consortium Contractor Index\"; RFP by MVLA for structural investigation in 1988; Internal memo re ventilation in the Mansion; news clippings, memo on 18th century method for polishing silver","Memos, notes, vendor materials, timing, light operation manual","Handwritten notes on the repair/condition history of Mount Vernon, letters describing Mount Vernon, GW and MW","Memo listing historically used Mansion room names, copies of letters, excerpts from \"Writings\", copies of original documents re room measurements","Copies of articles/books","Letters re publications on the Centennial Exposition of 1876, Meadows' letters, handwritten notes, articles, information on Kenmore, New Jersey room chandelier","References to Mount Vernon spinet","Materials on preservation efforts, 1858 article on Mount Vernon by Benson Lossing re preservation efforts, notes, copy of 18th century letter, letter re fundraising","Handwritten notes, copy of articles re lace, shoes, and textiles, copy of MW letter","Memos, reports, letters re new museum facility (1991 and 1992)","Letters (1952, 1967, 1968, 1982)","Excerpts from Writings, minutes from selected MVLA Council, 1990 Garden House inventory","Meadows' slave quarters panel presentation, correspondence, memos, notes, excerpts from Writings, ledgers, \"Laboring Hands and the Transformation of Mount Vernon Plantation 1783-1799,\" \"Report of Physical Research and Recommendations for Spinning House,\" 1952","Correspondence, memo","Photos, notes, vendor pamphlet, articles","Inventory of GW paintings and prints, Mount Vernon \"wish list\" 1975, vendor documents, excerpts from \"Writings\"","\"Restoring the Mount Vernon Servants Hall,\" Pogue, 1998; selected reports/documents re servants hall; memos, notes","Copy \"Federal Period Inventories of Salem Merchants,\"","Letters, maps/diagrams","\"Descriptions of George Washington - A Chronological Compilation of Contemporary Pen Portraits and Other Pertinent References,\" tentative seminar schedule, handwritten notes, copies of Freeman indices, excerpts from various documents, publications","Excerpts from Writings","Correspondence, notes, article, early documents on Mount Vernon silverware","Bibliography of works on slavery and the slave trade","Materials on slaves, slave diets, etc.; Worksheets on Mount Vernon slaves; \"Slaves on the Mansion House Farm - 1799\" (1991)","Article","Correspondence, memos, excerpts from The Complete Domestic Distiller, articles","Materials pertaining to Survey of Extant Documented Ceramics and Glass","Correspondence, photo of portrait","Memo re tomb condition (1994), article re tomb \"Washington's Home and the Nation's Shrine,\" Names of marble and stone conservators","Excerpt from \"Children's Toys Throughout the Ages,\" Excerpt from 'Writings', Memos to Chairmen on Museum Shop.","Washington/Lafayette Yorktown Capitulation Watch material, other unowned watches, letters, photos; material re Franklin Mint 'Washington timepiece,' Tilden watch, Washington-Michaux watch, Greene watch","Memos re shutters and curtains used to control light in the Mansion, discussion of problems with HVAC discussed in report, Analysis of Temperature and Humidity Records in the Mansion, undated but probably ca. 1988, description of the New Room and its objects","Article on women in the preservation movement, notes, copy of letter, articles, lectures","General subject files kept on a variety of topics including publications, interpretation practices, licensing products, projects, and departmental information. Bulk dates 1980s-1990s.","Archaeological investigations in the vineyard enclosure, 1989; archaeological investigations in the blacksmith shop, 1987","Book/manuscript reviews; Memo - the holiday season at Mount Vernon","Notes for 1997 traveling exhibit, letters, memos, book reviews, answering public inquiries (late 1990s), list of recent accessions, suggested objects for special exhibit, list of upcoming major anniversaries, suggested seasonal scenarios","Newspaper clippings, vendor letters, information on GW breeches, priority list of GW/MW items that are no longer to be reproduced (!988)","Notes re Washingtons taste in decorative arts, outline for slides for interpretive training re furnishing plan 1990, copy of Interpreter's Handbook (1989), memos, interpreter materials, information sheets, Historic Trail booklet, self-guided tour, school essays, Mount Vernon teacher materials, copies of articles from Annual Reports pertaining to the out-of-doors, binder containing room-by-room information for interpreters","Notes re Washingtons taste in decorative arts, outline for slides for interpretive training re furnishing plan 1990, copy of Interpreter's Handbook (1989), memos, interpreter materials, information sheets, Historic Trail booklet, self-guided tour, school essays, Mount Vernon teacher materials, copies of articles from Annual Reports pertaining to the out-of-doors, binder containing room-by-room information for interpreters","Memos 1986-1989; Correspondence, RFPs, responses to RFPs for engineering design work","Map displaying the growth of Mount Vernon 1754-1786","Mount Vernon shooting list","Outbuildings interpretation, 1991 interpretation, handwritten notes","Copy of museum attendants' orientation for Heavy Visitation Orientation, undated and author unknown","Curator's observation of Mansion interpretation, 1982","1982 stable interpretation","Notes, copies of metal objects","NOtes, memos, designs","Note","Note","Notes, letters, lists of objects for reproductions","Memos, letters, resumes (lighting experts), Mansion electrical/lighting plans, lighting controls, lighting specifications, estimates, brochures, pamphlets, contracts, purchase order, invoices, weekly progress meeting notes","Memos, letters, resumes (lighting experts), Mansion electrical/lighting plans, lighting controls, lighting specifications, estimates, brochures, pamphlets, contracts, purchase order, invoices, weekly progress meeting notes","Memos, invoices, purchase orders, correspondence","?Carpet history, information, cost, invoices, correspondence","Memos of late 1970s, correspondence on museum, interpretation","Museum attendants' orientation","Letters, list of tools Mount Vernon would like to acquire, reports, memo produced by the M-WTCA Mount Vernon Committee.","Letters, list of tools Mount Vernon would like to acquire, reports, memo produced by the M-WTCA Mount Vernon Committee.","1985-1986 letters, bills, resume","Script of walking tour","A report \"Making Colonial Paints - The Experience at Mount Vernon,\" articles, clippings, brochure of artist materials","Invoices, letters, brochures for pigments/paint lines, paint analysis, Goethe's theory of colors, copies of other works/articles re color and paint, paint samples, specifications for restoration painting, APT Bulletin 1983","Invoices, letters, brochures for pigments/paint lines, paint analysis, Goethe's theory of colors, copies of other works/articles re color and paint, paint samples, specifications for restoration painting, APT Bulletin 1983","Invoices, letters, brochures for pigments/paint lines, paint analysis, Goethe's theory of colors, copies of other works/articles re color and paint, paint samples, specifications for restoration painting, APT Bulletin 1983","Article written by Meadows, on Washington household, \"The Epilogue: Dispersals and Retrievals\" chapter for china book","Correspondence, article, news clippins, text","Correspondence, photos, news clippings, lists/notes","Material can be reproduced for study or personal use upon written approval from library staff.","Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Meadows, Christine, 1932-2013","Fede, Helen Maggs","English \n.    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Her responsibilities included the acquisition of new Washington or period artifacts, care of the historical collections, supervision of the cleaning and maintenance in the Mansion and outbuildings, curating exhibits in the museum, and special research projects such as publications. Christine was well-known and respected in her field. During her tenure, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association acquired valuable, original Washington pieces and the Mansion underwent a major paint analysis and update. Her extensive research and dedication to authenticity were particularly beneficial to the Association. She also worked closely with several committees including the Accession Committee, the Annual Report Committee, the Museum Committee, and the Household Committee. Her substantial knowledge on the Washingtons, the early American period, and the collections at Mount Vernon put her in high demand as a speaker and presenter on these topics. Upon announcing her retirement in 1997, the MVLA Board hosted a farewell dinner in her honor and the Council minutes noted \"The consensus of the evening was that Miss Meadows will always be remembered for her scholarship and knowledge, and with special affection for her humor and inspiration to scores of Vice Regents, but most importantly for her devotion to Mount Vernon and her dedication to preserving the collection and the institution, and the world of George Washington.\" She was named Curator Emerita of Mount Vernon, assisting with research for important projects and sharing her long institutional memory with staff. 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The majority of the material reflects the years Ms. Meadows served as curator, 1960 to 1997, but several folders hold documents prior to her tenure as curator. She most likely inherited these files from the previous curator, Helen Fede, who is also named as a creator of this collection. The inclusive dates are 1869 to 1997.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains records on common day-to-day tasks, Mount Vernon procedures, monthly reports, and general correspondence or inquiries. Bulk dates 1980s-1990s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on handling a bomb threat, memo\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence re gifts, trust, capital funding, annual support funding plan\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo to Fire Marshall re unannounced fire drills, 1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePertaining to the care, provenance, storage, and display of historical collections. Includes appraisals for insurance, inventories, correspondence, museum storage and maintenance documents, and wish lists. Bulk dates 1960s-1990s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch, memos, budgets, minutes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCuratorial storage information, memos, photo storage information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochure and related materials from an appraiser\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of early collections given, purchased, loaned to the MVLA, Handwritten list of major acquisitions - objects, whether given or purchased, appraisal value\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsurance policies, correspondence, Fine Arts inventory Library Department, APC building, study materials 'Legal problems of museum administration,' list of insured objects on loan, schedule of loaned collections by lender, fine arts insurance values by structure, objects of fine art owned by and lent to MVLA, inventory of APC building\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of objects by building (1966), correspondence, \"Proposal for Permanent Room Assignments with Furniture from States,\" (1963), \"Inventory of Bedrooms,\"\" (1949), \"Association Headquarters,\" (1952), \"Association Headquarters Building\" by room (1952), \"Association Dormitory Building\" (1952), \"Association Headquarters Building,\" \"Association Dormitory Building\" with Valuations, \"Inventories of Bedrooms,\" List of objects by states\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"List of Furniture, gifts, pictures, plants, etc.\"\n\"Miscellaneous Pictures in storeroom of Museum\"\n\"Memorandum List for the Museum Committee - Articles that have been removed from exhibition\" January 1941\n\"Relics Removed from Exhibition\"\n\"Cupboard under sword case\" ca. 1951\n\"List of Articles in Storage on SEcond Floor of Gardener's House,\" June 1938\n\"Inventory of Articles Removed from Mansion Attic to Utility Building (Storage), December 1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Curator's Storage Inventory,\" 1968, \"Bedspreads Now Used in the Mansion,\" \"Curator's Storage\" and \"Curator Office\" (1965)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten notebook of 19th and early 20th century references of objects with disposition and catalog number, where appropriate; Handwritten list of donations or money from the state of New York - list of objects and gifts; \"Inventory at Mount Vernon 1885-1886\"; List of objects by room, 1896; \"Inventory of Mansion May 1885\" and supporting lists; Handwritten lists of objects; \"List of 'original' objects at Mount Vernon\" ca. 1920; correspondence re furnishings; Inventory 1896\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of objects in table and wall cases (including placement of objects) after 1969\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Inventory of Museum Storage\" 1963, 1965, List of objects by Museum location, 1965\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Inventory of Contents\" (1977)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Store Room Inventory,\" 1981\nInventory of outbuildings (1981)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten notes of the Relics Committee (indication that notes were found amoung Mrs. Failing's papers, 1941); Handwritten notes (indication that notes were found among Miss Jennings' papers); 1889 handwritten notes re relics in various rooms; Typed inventory by room, 1896\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShop storage inventory lists (1964), \"Unlocated\" 1970 list, \"Furniture in Curatorial Storage available for Loan to Lloyd House\" list (undated), \"Dispositions made of Articles at Mount Vernon during Storage Housecleaning (1955), \"Tile Building Storage,\" 1964, Notes, photos\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"List of Mansion Furnishings\" (1958) with object list and descriptions and diagram of room arrangements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, vendor information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, vendor information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, items lists\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotos, memos, correspondence, vendor brochures, notes, post cards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiagrams, vendor information, correspondence, photos\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVendor information, memos, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamples, vendor materials, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal 19th and early 20th century documents re relics on deposit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Schedule for Loaned Collections\" by lender, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuseum inventory and values, 1980\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChristine Meadows worked as the staff liaison to several committees in the MVLA. Files in this series contain her reports and correspondence to members of these committees. Inclusive dates 1951-1993.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExhibition area coordination committee minutes and chain maps, outdoor access meetings minutes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport, notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports, correspondence, wish list, memos, notes, budget\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeeting arrangements, supplies, house staff leave, clothing budgets, work schedules, menus\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiagrams, report to committee, list of objects, memos, vendor materials\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBackstairs handrails; Minutes; Notes; Correspondence; Memos; Excerpts from articles, newspaper; photo; reports\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInterpretive Sign Information request sheets, vendor information, inventory of all signs as of July 1989, budgetary information, excerpts from Writings, 20th century history on some outbuildings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFiles kept by topic of research. Types of records include book excerpts and articles, correspondence, primary source citations and bibliographic references, exhibit label text, and memos. Bulk dates 1950s-1990s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from \"The American Home\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on Washington inventories, copies of articles, books, \"cumulative index\" 1937-1941\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes and diagrams on identifying faking of objects\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from \"Journal of the Study of Architectural Historians,\" photos, notes, glossary of architectural terms, other related documents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from Writings, Letter re travel arrangements, notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten by Meadows\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrief report, project description, letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, Booklet \"Keep of the Bastille\", 1887\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePost cards with bed hangings depicted\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Housing and Family Life of the Mount Vernon Negro\" 1954, 1962; Correspondence, excerpts; \"Report for the Chairman of Outbuildings Committee,\" 1952\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, copy of article on camera obscura\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, articles from magazines\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters (1970s and early 1980s), Article/paper on the museum\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotos, \"Oriental Porcelains from Alexandria Collections,\" the Alexandria Association, 1979, handwritten notes, correspondence, news clippings, \"The Sailing Ship on Chinese Porcelain - A brief survey 1700-1850\", Worksheets - Chinese porcelain\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch on Christmas in the 18th century, mostly on food, table settings, designs; Memo re Christmas as Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, excerpts, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from Writings, Letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Martha Washington purchases (based on letters, invoices, and Writings), Excerpts from letters, Writings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, excerpts from \"Presence of the Past - A history of the Preservation Movement in the United States before Williamsburg\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of inventories (with indications of which objects were taken an used by MW), shows disposition of all goods in the estate\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAntiques magazine on pineapples, 1945, letters, diaries, excerpts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, articles, correspondence, excerpts from \"Writings\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLIst of London merchants that GW did business with, 1948\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExhibit labels, correspondence with New York and Pennsylvania historical societies, photos of original prints, invoices, vendor proposals, designs, schedules, exhibit layouts, list of objects on exhibit, chronological account of written documents as pertains to GW\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVoting information for 1st election, excerpts from publications, edits to vignettes in exhibit, exhibit signs, vendor materials\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials in the Pack Lobby cases, exhibition proposal, memo, notes, excerpts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials in the Pack Lobby cases, exhibition proposal, memo, notes, excerpts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos, attendance trends\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of articles/pictures on fence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from books/articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresidential Study Group documents, excerpts, handwritten notes, meeting notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Thompson memo re foodways at Mount Vernon, and memo re table setting/menu for television shooting research.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, replies from membership\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, excerpts from \"Writings\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, promotional materials, materials on Hopewell Furnace\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotos, copies of articles/books/letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, invoices\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Form, Function, and Meaning in the Use of Fabric Furnishings, Copy of Potomac Squire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper article on GW bed, excerpts from Writings, handwritten notes on card re inventory of Mount Vernon, letters/memos, list of objects as of 9/1980 (by catalogue number) an discussions of authenticity\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of Preservation Technical Notes - Reducing Visible and Ultraviolet Light Damage to Interior Wood Finishes, articles on aprons, 1988 Mount Vernon furniture conservation priority list\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily tree, pedigree, notes, memos, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, notes, family tree\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily tree, correspondence, copies of letters, family marriage records, notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from Writings, notes, memo\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from letters, Analysis of character (Washington deemed an ISTJ: Introvert, Sensor, Thinker, Judger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, invoices, report, memos, photos, schematics; Article \"The Domestic Pageant: Society and the Great House in Early Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, invoices, report, memos, photos, schematics; Article \"The Domestic Pageant: Society and the Great House in Early Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, 1914 invoice, old reports, references\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, photos of Quincy bells\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos, invoices, sample trim, diagrams, photos\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopied articles, picture of engravings, notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of source documents, re: bells, photos of Moffatt Ladd House, letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReliance testing in Mosca's Report\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiaries/letters, documentary evidence of bells\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReferences to, notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHuntington: The Great Experiment, letters, list of objects for loan to Huntington Library\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten notes, excerpts from articles, books, pages from Christies Auction Catalogue, worksheet accession of Eliza Custis miniature\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Comparison of Objects in the Mount Vernon Kitchen in 1799 and Today\" undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on \"Draft of Structure Report\", an historical account of condition and work done in Mansion, including a mech-electrical assessment of the Mansion and outbuildings. Includes some mention of HVAC; list of structural engineers to make Mansion evaluation; 1985 plans for Mansion conservation/maintenance; list of conservation contractors - \"Historic House Consortium Contractor Index\"; RFP by MVLA for structural investigation in 1988; Internal memo re ventilation in the Mansion; news clippings, memo on 18th century method for polishing silver\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos, notes, vendor materials, timing, light operation manual\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten notes on the repair/condition history of Mount Vernon, letters describing Mount Vernon, GW and MW\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo listing historically used Mansion room names, copies of letters, excerpts from \"Writings\", copies of original documents re room measurements\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies of articles/books\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters re publications on the Centennial Exposition of 1876, Meadows' letters, handwritten notes, articles, information on Kenmore, New Jersey room chandelier\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReferences to Mount Vernon spinet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials on preservation efforts, 1858 article on Mount Vernon by Benson Lossing re preservation efforts, notes, copy of 18th century letter, letter re fundraising\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHandwritten notes, copy of articles re lace, shoes, and textiles, copy of MW letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos, reports, letters re new museum facility (1991 and 1992)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters (1952, 1967, 1968, 1982)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from Writings, minutes from selected MVLA Council, 1990 Garden House inventory\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeadows' slave quarters panel presentation, correspondence, memos, notes, excerpts from Writings, ledgers, \"Laboring Hands and the Transformation of Mount Vernon Plantation 1783-1799,\" \"Report of Physical Research and Recommendations for Spinning House,\" 1952\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, memo\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotos, notes, vendor pamphlet, articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventory of GW paintings and prints, Mount Vernon \"wish list\" 1975, vendor documents, excerpts from \"Writings\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Restoring the Mount Vernon Servants Hall,\" Pogue, 1998; selected reports/documents re servants hall; memos, notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy \"Federal Period Inventories of Salem Merchants,\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, maps/diagrams\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Descriptions of George Washington - A Chronological Compilation of Contemporary Pen Portraits and Other Pertinent References,\" tentative seminar schedule, handwritten notes, copies of Freeman indices, excerpts from various documents, publications\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpts from Writings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, notes, article, early documents on Mount Vernon silverware\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBibliography of works on slavery and the slave trade\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials on slaves, slave diets, etc.; Worksheets on Mount Vernon slaves; \"Slaves on the Mansion House Farm - 1799\" (1991)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, memos, excerpts from The Complete Domestic Distiller, articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials pertaining to Survey of Extant Documented Ceramics and Glass\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, photo of portrait\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo re tomb condition (1994), article re tomb \"Washington's Home and the Nation's Shrine,\" Names of marble and stone conservators\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExcerpt from \"Children's Toys Throughout the Ages,\" Excerpt from 'Writings', Memos to Chairmen on Museum Shop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWashington/Lafayette Yorktown Capitulation Watch material, other unowned watches, letters, photos; material re Franklin Mint 'Washington timepiece,' Tilden watch, Washington-Michaux watch, Greene watch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos re shutters and curtains used to control light in the Mansion, discussion of problems with HVAC discussed in report, Analysis of Temperature and Humidity Records in the Mansion, undated but probably ca. 1988, description of the New Room and its objects\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on women in the preservation movement, notes, copy of letter, articles, lectures\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral subject files kept on a variety of topics including publications, interpretation practices, licensing products, projects, and departmental information. Bulk dates 1980s-1990s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchaeological investigations in the vineyard enclosure, 1989; archaeological investigations in the blacksmith shop, 1987\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBook/manuscript reviews; Memo - the holiday season at Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes for 1997 traveling exhibit, letters, memos, book reviews, answering public inquiries (late 1990s), list of recent accessions, suggested objects for special exhibit, list of upcoming major anniversaries, suggested seasonal scenarios\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings, vendor letters, information on GW breeches, priority list of GW/MW items that are no longer to be reproduced (!988)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes re Washingtons taste in decorative arts, outline for slides for interpretive training re furnishing plan 1990, copy of Interpreter's Handbook (1989), memos, interpreter materials, information sheets, Historic Trail booklet, self-guided tour, school essays, Mount Vernon teacher materials, copies of articles from Annual Reports pertaining to the out-of-doors, binder containing room-by-room information for interpreters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes re Washingtons taste in decorative arts, outline for slides for interpretive training re furnishing plan 1990, copy of Interpreter's Handbook (1989), memos, interpreter materials, information sheets, Historic Trail booklet, self-guided tour, school essays, Mount Vernon teacher materials, copies of articles from Annual Reports pertaining to the out-of-doors, binder containing room-by-room information for interpreters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos 1986-1989; Correspondence, RFPs, responses to RFPs for engineering design work\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMap displaying the growth of Mount Vernon 1754-1786\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMount Vernon shooting list\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutbuildings interpretation, 1991 interpretation, handwritten notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of museum attendants' orientation for Heavy Visitation Orientation, undated and author unknown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCurator's observation of Mansion interpretation, 1982\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1982 stable interpretation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, copies of metal objects\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNOtes, memos, designs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes, letters, lists of objects for reproductions\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos, letters, resumes (lighting experts), Mansion electrical/lighting plans, lighting controls, lighting specifications, estimates, brochures, pamphlets, contracts, purchase order, invoices, weekly progress meeting notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos, letters, resumes (lighting experts), Mansion electrical/lighting plans, lighting controls, lighting specifications, estimates, brochures, pamphlets, contracts, purchase order, invoices, weekly progress meeting notes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos, invoices, purchase orders, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e?Carpet history, information, cost, invoices, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemos of late 1970s, correspondence on museum, interpretation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuseum attendants' orientation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, list of tools Mount Vernon would like to acquire, reports, memo produced by the M-WTCA Mount Vernon Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, list of tools Mount Vernon would like to acquire, reports, memo produced by the M-WTCA Mount Vernon Committee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1985-1986 letters, bills, resume\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScript of walking tour\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA report \"Making Colonial Paints - 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The collection includes correspondence, reports, memos, inventory lists, research files with photocopied references, and remarks or presentations. The majority of the material reflects the years Ms. Meadows served as curator, 1960 to 1997, but several folders hold documents prior to her tenure as curator. She most likely inherited these files from the previous curator, Helen Fede, who is also named as a creator of this collection. The inclusive dates are 1869 to 1997.","Contains records on common day-to-day tasks, Mount Vernon procedures, monthly reports, and general correspondence or inquiries. Bulk dates 1980s-1990s.","Notes on handling a bomb threat, memo","Correspondence re gifts, trust, capital funding, annual support funding plan","Memos","Memo to Fire Marshall re unannounced fire drills, 1984","Memo","Pertaining to the care, provenance, storage, and display of historical collections. Includes appraisals for insurance, inventories, correspondence, museum storage and maintenance documents, and wish lists. Bulk dates 1960s-1990s.","Research, memos, budgets, minutes","Curatorial storage information, memos, photo storage information","Brochure and related materials from an appraiser","List of early collections given, purchased, loaned to the MVLA, Handwritten list of major acquisitions - objects, whether given or purchased, appraisal value","Insurance policies, correspondence, Fine Arts inventory Library Department, APC building, study materials 'Legal problems of museum administration,' list of insured objects on loan, schedule of loaned collections by lender, fine arts insurance values by structure, objects of fine art owned by and lent to MVLA, inventory of APC building","List of objects by building (1966), correspondence, \"Proposal for Permanent Room Assignments with Furniture from States,\" (1963), \"Inventory of Bedrooms,\"\" (1949), \"Association Headquarters,\" (1952), \"Association Headquarters Building\" by room (1952), \"Association Dormitory Building\" (1952), \"Association Headquarters Building,\" \"Association Dormitory Building\" with Valuations, \"Inventories of Bedrooms,\" List of objects by states","\"List of Furniture, gifts, pictures, plants, etc.\"\n\"Miscellaneous Pictures in storeroom of Museum\"\n\"Memorandum List for the Museum Committee - Articles that have been removed from exhibition\" January 1941\n\"Relics Removed from Exhibition\"\n\"Cupboard under sword case\" ca. 1951\n\"List of Articles in Storage on SEcond Floor of Gardener's House,\" June 1938\n\"Inventory of Articles Removed from Mansion Attic to Utility Building (Storage), December 1942","\"Curator's Storage Inventory,\" 1968, \"Bedspreads Now Used in the Mansion,\" \"Curator's Storage\" and \"Curator Office\" (1965)","Handwritten notebook of 19th and early 20th century references of objects with disposition and catalog number, where appropriate; Handwritten list of donations or money from the state of New York - list of objects and gifts; \"Inventory at Mount Vernon 1885-1886\"; List of objects by room, 1896; \"Inventory of Mansion May 1885\" and supporting lists; Handwritten lists of objects; \"List of 'original' objects at Mount Vernon\" ca. 1920; correspondence re furnishings; Inventory 1896","List of objects in table and wall cases (including placement of objects) after 1969","\"Inventory of Museum Storage\" 1963, 1965, List of objects by Museum location, 1965","\"Inventory of Contents\" (1977)","\"Store Room Inventory,\" 1981\nInventory of outbuildings (1981)","Handwritten notes of the Relics Committee (indication that notes were found amoung Mrs. Failing's papers, 1941); Handwritten notes (indication that notes were found among Miss Jennings' papers); 1889 handwritten notes re relics in various rooms; Typed inventory by room, 1896","Shop storage inventory lists (1964), \"Unlocated\" 1970 list, \"Furniture in Curatorial Storage available for Loan to Lloyd House\" list (undated), \"Dispositions made of Articles at Mount Vernon during Storage Housecleaning (1955), \"Tile Building Storage,\" 1964, Notes, photos","\"List of Mansion Furnishings\" (1958) with object list and descriptions and diagram of room arrangements.","Correspondence, vendor information","Correspondence, vendor information","Correspondence, items lists","Photos, memos, correspondence, vendor brochures, notes, post cards","Diagrams, vendor information, correspondence, photos","Vendor information, memos, correspondence","Samples, vendor materials, correspondence","Original 19th and early 20th century documents re relics on deposit","\"Schedule for Loaned Collections\" by lender, undated","Museum inventory and values, 1980","Christine Meadows worked as the staff liaison to several committees in the MVLA. Files in this series contain her reports and correspondence to members of these committees. Inclusive dates 1951-1993.","Exhibition area coordination committee minutes and chain maps, outdoor access meetings minutes","Report, notes","Reports, correspondence, wish list, memos, notes, budget","Meeting arrangements, supplies, house staff leave, clothing budgets, work schedules, menus","Diagrams, report to committee, list of objects, memos, vendor materials","Backstairs handrails; Minutes; Notes; Correspondence; Memos; Excerpts from articles, newspaper; photo; reports","Interpretive Sign Information request sheets, vendor information, inventory of all signs as of July 1989, budgetary information, excerpts from Writings, 20th century history on some outbuildings","Files kept by topic of research. Types of records include book excerpts and articles, correspondence, primary source citations and bibliographic references, exhibit label text, and memos. Bulk dates 1950s-1990s.","Excerpts from \"The American Home\"","Notes on Washington inventories, copies of articles, books, \"cumulative index\" 1937-1941","Notes and diagrams on identifying faking of objects","Excerpts from \"Journal of the Study of Architectural Historians,\" photos, notes, glossary of architectural terms, other related documents","Excerpts from Writings, Letter re travel arrangements, notes","Written by Meadows","Brief report, project description, letters","Letters, Booklet \"Keep of the Bastille\", 1887","Post cards with bed hangings depicted","\"Housing and Family Life of the Mount Vernon Negro\" 1954, 1962; Correspondence, excerpts; \"Report for the Chairman of Outbuildings Committee,\" 1952","Letters, copy of article on camera obscura","Notes, articles from magazines","Letters (1970s and early 1980s), Article/paper on the museum","Photos, \"Oriental Porcelains from Alexandria Collections,\" the Alexandria Association, 1979, handwritten notes, correspondence, news clippings, \"The Sailing Ship on Chinese Porcelain - A brief survey 1700-1850\", Worksheets - Chinese porcelain","Research on Christmas in the 18th century, mostly on food, table settings, designs; Memo re Christmas as Mount Vernon","Notes, excerpts, correspondence","Excerpts from Writings, Letters","List of Martha Washington purchases (based on letters, invoices, and Writings), Excerpts from letters, Writings","Notes, excerpts from \"Presence of the Past - A history of the Preservation Movement in the United States before Williamsburg","Copies of inventories (with indications of which objects were taken an used by MW), shows disposition of all goods in the estate","Antiques magazine on pineapples, 1945, letters, diaries, excerpts","Notes, articles, correspondence, excerpts from \"Writings\"","LIst of London merchants that GW did business with, 1948","Exhibit labels, correspondence with New York and Pennsylvania historical societies, photos of original prints, invoices, vendor proposals, designs, schedules, exhibit layouts, list of objects on exhibit, chronological account of written documents as pertains to GW","Voting information for 1st election, excerpts from publications, edits to vignettes in exhibit, exhibit signs, vendor materials","Materials in the Pack Lobby cases, exhibition proposal, memo, notes, excerpts","Materials in the Pack Lobby cases, exhibition proposal, memo, notes, excerpts","Memos, attendance trends","Correspondence","Letters","Copies of articles/pictures on fence","Excerpts from books/articles","Presidential Study Group documents, excerpts, handwritten notes, meeting notes","Mary Thompson memo re foodways at Mount Vernon, and memo re table setting/menu for television shooting research.","Letters, replies from membership","Notes, excerpts from \"Writings\"","Letter, promotional materials, materials on Hopewell Furnace","Photos, copies of articles/books/letters","Letters, invoices","Copy of Form, Function, and Meaning in the Use of Fabric Furnishings, Copy of Potomac Squire","Newspaper article on GW bed, excerpts from Writings, handwritten notes on card re inventory of Mount Vernon, letters/memos, list of objects as of 9/1980 (by catalogue number) an discussions of authenticity","Copy of Preservation Technical Notes - Reducing Visible and Ultraviolet Light Damage to Interior Wood Finishes, articles on aprons, 1988 Mount Vernon furniture conservation priority list","Family tree, pedigree, notes, memos, correspondence","Correspondence, notes, family tree","Family tree, correspondence, copies of letters, family marriage records, notes","Excerpts from Writings, notes, memo","Excerpts from letters, Analysis of character (Washington deemed an ISTJ: Introvert, Sensor, Thinker, Judger.","Letters, invoices, report, memos, photos, schematics; Article \"The Domestic Pageant: Society and the Great House in Early Virginia","Letters, invoices, report, memos, photos, schematics; Article \"The Domestic Pageant: Society and the Great House in Early Virginia","Notes, 1914 invoice, old reports, references","Correspondence, photos of Quincy bells","Memos, invoices, sample trim, diagrams, photos","Photocopied articles, picture of engravings, notes","Photocopies of source documents, re: bells, photos of Moffatt Ladd House, letters","Reliance testing in Mosca's Report","Diaries/letters, documentary evidence of bells","References to, notes","Huntington: The Great Experiment, letters, list of objects for loan to Huntington Library","Handwritten notes, excerpts from articles, books, pages from Christies Auction Catalogue, worksheet accession of Eliza Custis miniature","\"Comparison of Objects in the Mount Vernon Kitchen in 1799 and Today\" undated","Notes on \"Draft of Structure Report\", an historical account of condition and work done in Mansion, including a mech-electrical assessment of the Mansion and outbuildings. Includes some mention of HVAC; list of structural engineers to make Mansion evaluation; 1985 plans for Mansion conservation/maintenance; list of conservation contractors - \"Historic House Consortium Contractor Index\"; RFP by MVLA for structural investigation in 1988; Internal memo re ventilation in the Mansion; news clippings, memo on 18th century method for polishing silver","Memos, notes, vendor materials, timing, light operation manual","Handwritten notes on the repair/condition history of Mount Vernon, letters describing Mount Vernon, GW and MW","Memo listing historically used Mansion room names, copies of letters, excerpts from \"Writings\", copies of original documents re room measurements","Copies of articles/books","Letters re publications on the Centennial Exposition of 1876, Meadows' letters, handwritten notes, articles, information on Kenmore, New Jersey room chandelier","References to Mount Vernon spinet","Materials on preservation efforts, 1858 article on Mount Vernon by Benson Lossing re preservation efforts, notes, copy of 18th century letter, letter re fundraising","Handwritten notes, copy of articles re lace, shoes, and textiles, copy of MW letter","Memos, reports, letters re new museum facility (1991 and 1992)","Letters (1952, 1967, 1968, 1982)","Excerpts from Writings, minutes from selected MVLA Council, 1990 Garden House inventory","Meadows' slave quarters panel presentation, correspondence, memos, notes, excerpts from Writings, ledgers, \"Laboring Hands and the Transformation of Mount Vernon Plantation 1783-1799,\" \"Report of Physical Research and Recommendations for Spinning House,\" 1952","Correspondence, memo","Photos, notes, vendor pamphlet, articles","Inventory of GW paintings and prints, Mount Vernon \"wish list\" 1975, vendor documents, excerpts from \"Writings\"","\"Restoring the Mount Vernon Servants Hall,\" Pogue, 1998; selected reports/documents re servants hall; memos, notes","Copy \"Federal Period Inventories of Salem Merchants,\"","Letters, maps/diagrams","\"Descriptions of George Washington - A Chronological Compilation of Contemporary Pen Portraits and Other Pertinent References,\" tentative seminar schedule, handwritten notes, copies of Freeman indices, excerpts from various documents, publications","Excerpts from Writings","Correspondence, notes, article, early documents on Mount Vernon silverware","Bibliography of works on slavery and the slave trade","Materials on slaves, slave diets, etc.; Worksheets on Mount Vernon slaves; \"Slaves on the Mansion House Farm - 1799\" (1991)","Article","Correspondence, memos, excerpts from The Complete Domestic Distiller, articles","Materials pertaining to Survey of Extant Documented Ceramics and Glass","Correspondence, photo of portrait","Memo re tomb condition (1994), article re tomb \"Washington's Home and the Nation's Shrine,\" Names of marble and stone conservators","Excerpt from \"Children's Toys Throughout the Ages,\" Excerpt from 'Writings', Memos to Chairmen on Museum Shop.","Washington/Lafayette Yorktown Capitulation Watch material, other unowned watches, letters, photos; material re Franklin Mint 'Washington timepiece,' Tilden watch, Washington-Michaux watch, Greene watch","Memos re shutters and curtains used to control light in the Mansion, discussion of problems with HVAC discussed in report, Analysis of Temperature and Humidity Records in the Mansion, undated but probably ca. 1988, description of the New Room and its objects","Article on women in the preservation movement, notes, copy of letter, articles, lectures","General subject files kept on a variety of topics including publications, interpretation practices, licensing products, projects, and departmental information. Bulk dates 1980s-1990s.","Archaeological investigations in the vineyard enclosure, 1989; archaeological investigations in the blacksmith shop, 1987","Book/manuscript reviews; Memo - the holiday season at Mount Vernon","Notes for 1997 traveling exhibit, letters, memos, book reviews, answering public inquiries (late 1990s), list of recent accessions, suggested objects for special exhibit, list of upcoming major anniversaries, suggested seasonal scenarios","Newspaper clippings, vendor letters, information on GW breeches, priority list of GW/MW items that are no longer to be reproduced (!988)","Notes re Washingtons taste in decorative arts, outline for slides for interpretive training re furnishing plan 1990, copy of Interpreter's Handbook (1989), memos, interpreter materials, information sheets, Historic Trail booklet, self-guided tour, school essays, Mount Vernon teacher materials, copies of articles from Annual Reports pertaining to the out-of-doors, binder containing room-by-room information for interpreters","Notes re Washingtons taste in decorative arts, outline for slides for interpretive training re furnishing plan 1990, copy of Interpreter's Handbook (1989), memos, interpreter materials, information sheets, Historic Trail booklet, self-guided tour, school essays, Mount Vernon teacher materials, copies of articles from Annual Reports pertaining to the out-of-doors, binder containing room-by-room information for interpreters","Memos 1986-1989; Correspondence, RFPs, responses to RFPs for engineering design work","Map displaying the growth of Mount Vernon 1754-1786","Mount Vernon shooting list","Outbuildings interpretation, 1991 interpretation, handwritten notes","Copy of museum attendants' orientation for Heavy Visitation Orientation, undated and author unknown","Curator's observation of Mansion interpretation, 1982","1982 stable interpretation","Notes, copies of metal objects","NOtes, memos, designs","Note","Note","Notes, letters, lists of objects for reproductions","Memos, letters, resumes (lighting experts), Mansion electrical/lighting plans, lighting controls, lighting specifications, estimates, brochures, pamphlets, contracts, purchase order, invoices, weekly progress meeting notes","Memos, letters, resumes (lighting experts), Mansion electrical/lighting plans, lighting controls, lighting specifications, estimates, brochures, pamphlets, contracts, purchase order, invoices, weekly progress meeting notes","Memos, invoices, purchase orders, correspondence","?Carpet history, information, cost, invoices, correspondence","Memos of late 1970s, correspondence on museum, interpretation","Museum attendants' orientation","Letters, list of tools Mount Vernon would like to acquire, reports, memo produced by the M-WTCA Mount Vernon Committee.","Letters, list of tools Mount Vernon would like to acquire, reports, memo produced by the M-WTCA Mount Vernon Committee.","1985-1986 letters, bills, resume","Script of walking tour","A report \"Making Colonial Paints - The Experience at Mount Vernon,\" articles, clippings, brochure of artist materials","Invoices, letters, brochures for pigments/paint lines, paint analysis, Goethe's theory of colors, copies of other works/articles re color and paint, paint samples, specifications for restoration painting, APT Bulletin 1983","Invoices, letters, brochures for pigments/paint lines, paint analysis, Goethe's theory of colors, copies of other works/articles re color and paint, paint samples, specifications for restoration painting, APT Bulletin 1983","Invoices, letters, brochures for pigments/paint lines, paint analysis, Goethe's theory of colors, copies of other works/articles re color and paint, paint samples, specifications for restoration painting, APT Bulletin 1983","Article written by Meadows, on Washington household, \"The Epilogue: Dispersals and Retrievals\" chapter for china book","Correspondence, article, news clippins, text","Correspondence, photos, news clippings, lists/notes"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaterial can be reproduced for study or personal use upon written approval from library staff.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Material can be reproduced for study or personal use upon written approval from library staff."],"names_ssim":["Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Meadows, Christine, 1932-2013","Fede, Helen Maggs"],"corpname_ssim":["Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association"],"persname_ssim":["Meadows, Christine, 1932-2013","Fede, Helen Maggs"],"language_ssim":["English \n.    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She has a B.A. in History, with a minor in Folklore, from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and an M.A. in History from the University of Virginia, where her thesis dealt with the relationship between colonists and Native Americans in Georgia and the Carolinas in the mid-18th century.  Before joining the Mount Vernon staff, Ms. Thompson worked as a volunteer at two United States Army museums and as a field researcher on a grant project, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, to identify practitioners of traditional folk crafts in central Alabama.","Since coming to Mount Vernon in 1980, Mary has filled a number of roles:  Historic Interpreter (1980); Curatorial Assistant (1980-1986); Curatorial Registrar (1986-1998); Research Specialist (1998-2008); and Research Historian (2008-present). 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Ann Pamela Cunningham became interested in the preservation of Mount Vernon when her mother, traveling down the Potomac River in 1853, saw the house in its neglected and dilapidated state and wrote to her daughter of its condition. Both women thought it shameful to allow the first President's home to fall into ruin. A determined Ann Pamela Cunningham assembled twenty-two women of like mind together to raise money to purchase the property, pay off all debt, and return the gardens and grounds to the condition in which they were left by Washington himself. John Augustine Washington III, George Washington's great-grandnephew and the owner of Mount Vernon at the time, delayed several years in selling the home to the Ladies' Association. He preferred a sale to the State of Virginia or the federal government, both of which declined purchase. In 1858 he finally agreed to sell Mount Vernon to Ann Pamela Cunningham and the MVLA for $200,000. \nThe MVLA is the owner and executive board of Mount Vernon. Membership is made up of one Regent and 20-30 Vice Regents, each from a different state. All MVLA members assemble twice a year in April and October for Council, where they hear motions and reports concerning projects or issues at the estate. The Vice Regents also divide into committees focused on different functions and operations, and rotate members every few years. Today the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association is remembered as the first organization dedicated to historic preservation in the United States, and as innovators in the field of preservation. The Association remains loyal to its original goals, the restoration and care of Mount Vernon, and educating people all over the world about George Washington's life and legacy. Mount Vernon is open to visitors 365 days a year. The estate now consists of not only the Mansion and tomb of Washington, but restored gardens, outbuildings, Pioneer Farm, Gristmill, Distillery, museum and orientation center, the National Library for the Study of George Washington, gift shops, food pavilion, and the Mount Vernon Inn restaurant. \nList of Regents of the MVLA: \n•\tAnn Pamela Cunningham, 1853-1874 resigned 1874, died 1875\n•\tLily Macalester Berghmans Laughton, 1874-1891, died 1891\n•\tJustine Van Rensselaer Townsend, 1891-1909, died 1912\n•\tHarriet Clayton Comegys, 1909-1927, died 1927\n•\tAlice Haliburton King Richards, 1927-1936, died 1936\n•\tHarriet Cole Towner, 1937-1942, died 1942\n•\tMary Vilas Hanks, 1943-1948, died 1959\n•\tHope Hodgman Harkness (formerly Hope H. Powel), 1948-1958, died 1974\n•\tRosamond Harding Randall Beirne, 1958-1968, died 1968\n•\tElizabeth Throckmorton Cooke, 1968-1976, died 1993\n•\tFrances Claiborne Guy, Jr., 1976-1982\n•\tHelen Sharp Anderson, 1982-1986, died 2013\n•\tEugenia Ayer Merrill Seamans, Jr., 1986-1990, died 2010\n•\tMabel Alleyne Livingstone Bishop, 1990-1993, died 2007\n•\tLaura Vaughan Inge Morrissette, 1993-1996\n•\tJane Carew Lee, 1996-1999\n•\tEllen Carroll Walton, 1999-2004\n•\tGay Hart Gaines, 2004-2007\n•\tBoyce Lineberger Ansley, 2007-2010, died 2016\n•\tAnn Haunschild Bookout III, 2010-2013\n•\tBarbara Bourgeois Lucas II, 2013-2016\n•\tSarah Miller Coulson, 2016-","Mrs. John Vanneman Abrahams","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. William Ames","Mrs. Thomas Dunaway Anderson","Mrs. Thomas Dunaway Anderson","Mrs. Thomas Dunaway Anderson","Mrs. Thomas Dunaway Anderson","Mrs. Edward Clifford Anderson","Mrs. Jefferson Randolph Anderson","Mrs. Jefferson Randolph Anderson","Mrs. Alexander Boyd Andrews","Mrs. Shepard Bryan Ansley","Mrs. Shepard Bryan Ansley","Mrs. Andrew W. Armour IV","Mrs. John Karl Aurell","Mrs. James McNair Baker","Mrs. William Balfour","Mrs. Charles Burgess Ball","Mrs. Joseph K. Barnes","Mrs. William Francis Barret","Mrs. Mason Brown Barret","Mrs. William Barry","Mrs. Thomas B. Battle","Mrs. Thomas B. Battle","Mrs. Thomas Francis","Mrs. Thomas Francis Bayard","Mrs. Francis Foulke Beirne","Mrs. John Mirza Bennett","Mrs. Harold Lee Berry","Mrs. Clarence Morton Bishop, Jr.","Mrs. Clarence Morton Bishop, Jr.","Mrs. Clarence Morton Bishop, Jr.","Mrs. Clarence Morton Bishop, Jr.","Mrs. Clifton McCausland Bockstoce","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Kenyon Castle Bolton","Mrs. William Harold Borthwick","Mrs. David L. Bowlin","Mrs. David Bradford","Mrs. Willard Hall","Mrs. Samuel J. Broadwell","Mrs. Charles Brockett","Mrs. Charles Brockett","Mrs. James Brooks","Mrs. John Carter Brown II","Mrs. Horace Brown","Mrs. Aaron Venable Brown","Mrs. Sam Buchanan","Mrs. Charles Lalor Burdick","Mrs. Charles Lalor Burdick","Mrs. Morris Williams Bush","Mrs. Richard Cabot","Mrs. Samuel Cabot","Mrs. Tyler R. Cain","Mrs. Richard W. Call","Mrs. Robert Campbell","Mrs. George Albert Carpenter","Mrs. George Albert Carpenter","Mrs. George Albert Carpenter","Mrs. George Albert Carpenter","Mrs. Everett B. Carson","Mrs. James Chesnut","Mrs. Frank Anderson Chisholm","Mrs. Robert Goodloe Harper Clarkson","Mrs. Thomas LeRoy Collins","Mrs. Francis Stevens Conover","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge","Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge","Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge","Mrs. William Ruffin Cox","Mrs. James F. Crumpacker","Mrs. Beaufort Barnwell Cubbedge","Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth","Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth","Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth","Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth","Mrs. William Lipscomb Davis","Mrs. Lockwood De Forest","Mrs. Lockwood De Forest","Mrs. Thomas Palmer Denham","Mrs. Arthur J. Dewey, Jr.","Mrs. Platt Ketcham Dickinson","Mrs. John Forest Dillon","Mrs. William Hemsley Emory","Mrs. William Joseph Eve","Mrs. J. Hap Fauth","Mrs. Graham Newell Fitch","Mrs. Francis Brinley Fogg","Mrs. Antoine Lentilhon Foster","Mrs. George Russell Freeman","Mrs. Charles Eliot Furness","Mrs. Stanley Noyes Gaines","Mrs. Stanley Noyes Gaines","Mrs. Stanley Noyes Gaines","Mrs. Stanley Noyes Gaines","Mrs. Stewart Gammill III","Mrs. Stewart Gammill III","Mrs. Stewart J. Gilchrist","Mrs. George Robins Goldsborough","Mrs. Samuel Griswold Goodrich","Mrs. Benjamin Brown Graham","Mrs. Horatio Greenough","Mrs. Randolph Hobson Guthrie","Mrs. John Henry Guy","Mrs. John Henry Guy","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Benjamin Ambler Hagood","Mrs. Walter Newman Haldeman","Mrs. Salma Hale","Mrs. Nathaniel Norris Halsted","Later Mrs. George Lee Schuyler","Mrs. F. Woodson Hancock, Jr.","Mrs. William Vilas Hanks","Mrs. Lucien Mason Hanks","Mrs. Lucien Mason Hanks","Mrs. Lucien Mason Hanks","Mrs. Lucien Mason Hanks","Mrs. Albert Harkness, previously Mrs. Thomas Ives Hare Powel","Mrs. Albert Harkness, previously Mrs. Thomas Ives Hare Powel","Mrs. Albert Harkness, previously Mrs. Thomas Ives Hare Powel","Mrs. Fairfax Harrison","Mrs. Fairfax Harrison","Mrs. Fairfax Harrison","Mrs. Preston Hampton Haskell","Mrs. George Hearst","Mrs. George Hearst","Mrs. Frank X. Henke III","Mrs. Nathaniel Peter Hill","Mrs. Benjamin Dickson Hitz","Mrs. Benjamin Dickson Hitz","Mrs. Benjamin Dickson Hitz","Mrs. Benjamin Dickson Hitz","Mrs. Arthur John Holden","Mrs. Marvin Early Holderness","Mrs. Marvin Early Holderness","Mrs. Marvin Early Holderness","Mrs. Henry Hollenberg","Mrs. Daniel Walker Hollis","Mrs. William Henry Hudson","Mrs. Wilson Price Hunt","later Mrs. Seabrook W. Sydnor","Mrs. Lewis M. Irwin","Mrs. Henry Porter Isham","Mrs. Henry Porter Isham","Mrs. Henry Porter Isham","Mrs. Henry Porter Isham","Mrs. Alexander Jeffrey","Mrs. Robert Ward Johnson","Mrs. Robert Daniel Johnston","Mrs. John Witherspoon Labouisse","Mrs. Thomas Stilwell Branscombe","Mrs. Charles G. Lane","Mrs. John Scott Laughton, previously Mme. Alfred Berghmans","Mrs Robert W. Lawson III","Mrs. John Leary","Mrs. Robert E. Lee IV, previously Mrs. Cotton Rice","Mrs. Robert E. Lee IV, previously Mrs. Cotton Rice","Mrs. Robert E. Lee IV, previously Mrs. Cotton Rice","Mrs. Robert E. Lee IV, previously Mrs. Cotton Rice","Mrs. Levi Zeigler Leiter","Mrs. Henry S. Le Vert","Mrs. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis","Mrs. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis","Mrs. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis","Mrs. Charles Jacob","Mrs. John Cunningham Lobb","Mrs. Earl King Lord","Mrs. Earl King Lord","Mrs. James Fairfax Loughborough","Mrs. James Fairfax Loughborough","Mrs. James Fairfax Loughborough","Mrs. Stanley David Lyle","Mrs. John F. Mars","Later Mrs. Edwin Holland Terrell","Mrs. Thomas Sheldon Maxey","Mrs. J. Craig McIlvain","Mrs. William McWillie","Mrs. William Robert Mercer, Jr.","Mrs. Alexander Mitchell","Mrs. P. William Moore, Jr.","Mrs. Benjamin Allston Moore","Mrs. Hiram Taylor Morrissette","Mrs. Isaac Edward Morse","Mme. Achille Murat","Mrs. Charles Nagel","Mrs. Donald J. Nalty","Mrs. James T. Neal","Mrs. Robert Neill, Jr.","Mrs. Phillip B. Newman III","Mrs. Carl J. Olander, Vice Regent for Kansas 1970-1986, Vice Regent for Colorado 1986-1995","Mrs. Arthur Newton Pack","Mrs. Arthur Newton Pack","Mrs. Arthur Newton Pack","Mrs. Edward Horatio Parker","Later Mrs. John Rutledge Abney","Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Pepper","Mrs. Celsus Price Perrie","Mrs. David A. Pfaelzer","Mrs. Francis Wilkinson Pickens","Mrs. Alex Pirtle, Jr.","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Horton Pope","Mrs. John Julius Pringle","Mrs. Joshua Henry Rathbone","Mrs. James Gore King Richards","Mrs. Tobias Gibson Richardson","Mrs. Benjamin Sherrod Ricks","Mrs. William Foushee Ritchie","Mrs. Henry Woodward Rogers","Mrs. Henry Woodward Rogers","Mrs. Henry Woodward Rogers","Mrs. Henry Woodward Rogers","Mrs. Philip Schuyler","Mrs. Charles Gordon Scott","Mrs. Douglas Seaman","Mrs. Robert Seamans (Dr. Robert Channing Seamans, Jr.)","Mrs. Robert Seamans (Dr. Robert Channing Seamans, Jr.)","Mrs. Lloyd A. Semple","Mrs. John Reynolds Shelton. Mistakenly written as Harriet Handy Shelton in multiple publications, but Harriet Shelton was John Shelton's first wife who died in 1922. Clara Francis Shelton, his second wife, was the MVLA Vice Regent.","Mrs. Nelson Turner Shields III","Mrs. William Ewen Shipp","Mrs. Henry Hastings Sibley","Mrs. Richard R. Simplot","Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Jr.","Mrs. Frank Garden Strachan","Mrs. Frank Garden Strachan","Mrs. Frank Garden Strachan","Mrs. Frank Garden Strachan","Mrs. Richard H. Streeter","Mrs. John Lawrence Sullivan","Mrs. Lorenzo de Medici Sweat","Mrs. Thomas Seddon Taliaferro, Jr.","Mrs. Russell Story Tarr","Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer III","Mrs. De Courcy Wright Thom","Mrs. Augustine Jaquelin Todd","Mrs. Horace Mann Towner","Mrs. Horace Mann Towner","Mrs. Horace Mann Towner","Mrs. Howard Townsend","Mrs. Alexander C. Troup","Mrs. Verplanck Van Antwerp","Mrs. Horace Van Deventer","Mrs. William Loring Vaughan","Mrs. Benjamin Doolittle Walcott","Mrs. William Richmond Walker","Mrs. James M. Walton","Mrs. James M. Walton","Mrs. James M. Walton","Mrs. Milan Lester Ward","Mrs. Benjamin Streeter Warren","Mrs. Benjamin Streeter Warren","Mrs. Lewis William Washington","Mrs. W. Temple Webber, Jr.","Mrs. Charles D. Weller","Mrs. Stephen K. West","Mrs. Frederick H. West","Mrs. Charles Stetson Wheeler","Mrs. Calhoun W. Wick","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Erskine Phelps Wilder, Jr.","Mrs. Joseph John Wilder","Mrs. Douglas Williams","Mrs. Williams A. Winder","Mrs. Gordon Woodbury","Mrs. Gordon Woodbury","Mrs. George Washington Woodward","Mrs. David Levy Yulee","A letter from this file is available digitally - DA_000262\n(Letter from Esther S. Fraser to Charles C. Wall concerning wallpaper, August 1, 1934)","Accession number 2015-A-074","1 letter from this folder is available digitally - DA_000202","Letter from the Superintendent to Mrs. Bradford concerning a grey silk needlework","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000261\n(Letter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Mrs. John Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, concerning the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and Washington's tomb, March 13, 1920. Also includes a news clipping showing the Prince at the tomb with a guard and Mr. Dodge.)","Digital copies of some items in this folder are available - DA_000201","RL-6497","Gold lettering on cover reads \"Mount Vernon, from the American Bible Society.\"","RP-691, Misc. 4845 and RP-692, Misc. 4846.","RM-949, MS-5501","Includes program for awards dinner.","Small leather book.","Includes news clippings, extracts from letters, and notes. Scrapbook of clippings compiled by Vice Regent Mrs. Sweat, 1850s-1898. RL-474.","RL-474.","Fragile.","RL-1108","2016-A-015","An item in this scrapbook is available digitally - DA_000225\n(1 black and white photograph showing the opening remarks taken during the premiere; MVLA Regent Mrs. Cook, President Ford, and French President d'Estaing are visible in the image, 1976)","Gift of Elizabeth Barry, Vice Regent from Illinois.","Presented to the MVLA. Framed, 14 ¾\" x 17 ¾\"","Signed by the Governor. Framed, 15\" x 20 ¼\".","Commemorative medal – large bronze medal with relief sculpture of Stenton Mansion on the front; reverse reads \"The Garden Club of America Preservation of Historic Gardens and Buildings,\" with engraving that reads \"Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 2010.\" 2006 Medallic Art Co., Dayton, NV","Provenance unknown.","Waterbury Button Co., Conn. (provenance unknown)","Used in publications.","Designs and images include Washington's swords, carriage, coat of arms, tools, Mount Vernon cornerstone, etc.","Notepad given away as a gift bag item for the Grand Opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center, 2006. Images of the George Washington wax figures and the Savage painting appear on the sides of the notepad.","Provenance unknown.","some unlabeled","This certificate has a fragile wax seal. Please do not place folders on top of this one.","Many of these files, especially from the earlier years of the MVLA, were previously arranged in filing cabinets in the old Mount Vernon Library in the basement of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building. When possible, the original order of these files and their file names were kept during arrangement and description in this finding aid. All series in this collection are currently open-ended and small accruals will be added from time to time. Series 6 is especially fluid, as single items are often added to a specific Vice Regent's folder (such as an obituary or retirement tribute).","For original minutes dated 1860-1887, please see Box 91, 92, or 100. These minutes were located and added to the collection after initial processing.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","These photographs were loose and/or were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","disassembled scrapbook","Note: These items were removed from folders within the collection because of size and for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn items.","(Received from the Curatorial department, 1992)","- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, 1850-1996\n- Bound Volumes of the Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports\n- Papers of James Rees","This collection documents the care and management of Mount Vernon through the work of the MVLA. Types of material include correspondence, reports, memos, notes, personal and biographical information, news clippings, meeting agendas, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Several highlights of the collection include the original minutes of Council meetings, scrapbooks and ledgers created by Vice Regents, and early correspondence with Regents and Vice Regents. While the library's collection \"Early Records of the MVLA\" documents the founding and early years of the organization, the Papers of the MVLA continues where that collection ended and preserves the ongoing story of these women and the fulfillment of their mission. Creators of the collection are largely the board members themselves, along with staff and employees who worked directly with them. Scope notes have been added before the content list of each series to better describe its specific provenance and content. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s to the 1990s, however there is a very wide range represented overall, 1858-2016.","This series contains records created and collected by various committees within the MVLA. Correspondence, reports, and meeting agendas make up the majority of material.","Letter (copy) from Esther S. Fraser, Hall Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to assistant superintendent Charles Cecil Wall, August 1, 1934. Regarding analysis of Mount Vernon's wallpaper.","During the early 1980s, MVLA members agreed the process and procedures of Council needed to be updated. One suggestion made by Resident Director John Castellani was to create a notebook for each Council organized by schedule and activity. This resulted in the organized collection of reports, itineraries, minutes, and event plans for every Council, represented in these files. This practice continues, to some degree, up to the present time.","Original minutes taken for Council meetings, 1887-1994. The earliest versions were handwritten. Later copies were cleaned up and typed for preparation to be printed. Most of the minutes are loose papers in folders, but the years 1912 through 1927 are in bound/book form. Years 1928 through 1936 are in both formats, loose and bound.","A large majority of the Regent's Files contain correspondence to and from the Regent, sometimes organized by subject. Files for more recent Regents often contain event programs or invitations, speeches, clippings, reports, printed material, and other miscellaneous items. Letters to or from VIP guests or dignitaries have been noted when possible.","Includes RM-1024, MS-5652","This series contains records that were donated or transferred to the Library by a Vice Regent or their family members. These papers were often created by individual Vice Regents during the course of their duties as MVLA members, but were not held in files at Mount Vernon. Some folders may contain personal papers. A wide range of material is represented including correspondence, subject research files, reports, articles, printed material, memos, speeches, programs, invitations, memorabilia, and ephemera. Vice Regents often collected papers concerning specific projects or committees on which they worked.","Includes letters concerning Dodge's memoirs and the tree planted by the Prince of Wales.","Includes letters concerning the Anti-Fee Association and the Powel Coach.","Includes clippings on a Mount Vernon replica in New York and a visit to Mount Vernon by a British man.","Includes a Standard Guide map of Washington, D.C., \"Washington Visits to Rhode Island,\" \"George Washington and Rhode Island,\" and \"Autograph Letters and Documents of George Washington Now in Rhode Island Collections.\"","These files were kept by staff members at Mount Vernon, most often by the Secretary to the Board, to document the lives and work of individual Vice Regents. Some items were given directly by the Vice Regents to be placed in their files, while other documents were located or collected by staff and interfiled at a later time. Types of material include mostly correspondence, clippings, obituaries, resumes, tributes and memorials, notes, memos, and ephemera.","Biographical notes dated 1952 and 1954","George Washington Biography Lesson, 1995-2005","Questionnaire for the Records, correspondence 1979-1989, play written for George Washington's birthday","Skit or play performed for a Washington birthday event, written by Captain and Hope Powel Alexander, the Vice Regent for Rhode Island, February 22, 1988.","Correspondence, 1990-1999","Correspondence, 1990-1999, booklet- George Washington in Rhode Island, Words of Washington during the Revolution","Oral history interview by Sandra Robinette","Obituary, 1904; Biographical letter by her daughter; Invitation for subscription to the Peace Dance","Biographical information, Garden Club of America, obituaries for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson","Correspondence, 1967-1979, opening remarks to Mount Vernon film, 1976","Correspondence, 1980-1989, Mount Vernon, The Texas Connection","Correspondence, 1990-1999, The Mount Vernon File, Memorabilia of Washington County's Second County Seat, Questionnaire for the Records","Correspondence 1948-1960, Mount Vernon in Virginia list","Correspondence, 1919-1939","Signed by the Regent, Harriet Comegys.","Biographical note on the service of Anne Page Wilder Anderson in the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.","Correspondence 1940-1954","Correspondence, photographs","Obituaries, 2016","Correspondence, clippings, biographical and memorial information, Questionnaire for the Records","Correspondence, biographical information","Correspondence (Includes correspondence with U.S. Senator Bob Graham), biographical information","Obituary; descriptions of Florida Vice Regents","Biographical information; diary from 1863; census information; photograph of painting of Mrs. Balfour","Biographical information; Memorial tribute; Letter from the Governor of Virginia concerning a daguerreotype of Mrs. Ball; Copyright certificate for a Mount Vernon publication; Article about Mount Vernon","Obituary; minutes of Council from 1912 announcing her death","\"In Memoriam\" from Council Minutes; genealogy","Correspondence 1938-1955, obituaries, memorial from the minutes","Booklet, biographical information and memorial from minutes","Correspondence; gift annuity agreement; Questionnaire for the Records","Summary of Auction Activities, 1997","Correspondence, 1937-1942","Correspondence and biographical information, 1943-1975; list of gifts to Mount Vernon","Correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, and clippings, resolution to Council on her death, listing of her descendants, Questionnaire","Biographical information, obituaries, and correspondence (Includes letter from Mamie D. Eisenhower), Questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes some poetry and other writings, and a list of \"Association Papers Returned to Mount Vernon\"), Obituary, list of committee assignments, in memoriam, listing of Maine bedroom furniture","Correspondence, 1927-1954","Articles about house tour, obituary, Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute to her","Correspondence 1977-1989, Questionnaire, 1982 GW's 250th birthday calendar done by Oregon school children","Correspondence as Regent (Includes photocopies of letters from President and First Lady Bush), articles","Correspondence (Includes Memorial booklet, 2007; List \"Shingles – For Mrs. Bishop\")","Publications concerning Mount Vernon visit of Queen Elizabeth, 1991","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial","In memoriam; articles; questionnaire; correspondence","Clippings, biographical information, memorial information; Guide to Mrs. Bolton's Papers (Western Reserve Historical Society)","Clippings, Laminated notebook of news clippings","Congressional newsletters by Mrs. Bolton, Campaign material","Congressional Records, September 1965 and March 1977; Booklet – \"Letters from Africa\"; Newsletters to constituents","Correspondence 1938-1960, Questionnaire, biographical data","Correspondence 1961-1977","Questionnaire, correspondence","Correspondence, email 2004-2005","Correspondence and biographical information","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and memorial information, 1925-1942","Letter from the assistant superintendent, James Young, to Mary Bradford, Vice Regent for New Jersey, April 2, 1931. In regards to a grey silk needlework bag reported to have been given by Martha Washington to Mrs. Peale.","Newspaper obituary","Correspondence, 1955-1994; Booklet, \"Annals of Iowa,\" (info on Vice Regents from Iowa), condolence letter","Questionnaire, correspondence, husband's obituary, Annals of Iowa book","Biographical information, magazine article copies","Correspondence, articles","Letter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Anne Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, March 13, 1920. Mentions the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and encloses a clipping with a photograph of the Prince, superintendent Harrison Dodge, and Tomb guard Charles Simms at Washington's Tomb. Evarts also discusses the recent death of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for New York, and the poor health of Elizabeth Pringle, Vice Regent for South Carolina.","Correspondence","Obituary, wedding announcement","Questionnaire, correspondence, articles","Questionnaire, correspondence, note cards","Correspondence, death announcement","Correspondence, clippings, Questionnaire, death announcement","Correspondence, certificate as Vice Regent","Correspondence 1942-1955","Correspondence, obituaries","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence 1960-1969, Memorial information and booklet","Letter from Samuel Cabot, son of Nancy Cabot, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, to Hope Harkness, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, June 10, 1969. Gives biographical information about his mother after her passing.","Correspondence, Questionnaire","L.A. Alive Magazine; correspondence; Questionnaire","Articles, Campbell House Museum info","Correspondence, Certificate of appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence; Article, \"The Regents of Mount Vernon\"; Watercolor of Mount Vernon by Marie Blanke; Bylaws of the MVLA","Correspondence and \"Reminiscences\"","\"Returned Papers\" of Mrs. Carpenter, correspondence and MVLA publications","Resume; correspondence","Prospective form; correspondence; Questionnaire; Organizational Capacity Survey, and biographical information","Biographical information; letter verifying she met Washington","Questionnaire; correspondence","Biographical note","Correspondence and clippings, articles about husband's political campaigns","Clippings, manuscript and paper copy of article on the origin of the MVLA, correspondence","Biographical sketch and personal details, excerpts of state reports and letters","In Memoriam booklet and obituary, 1914; Reference letter from MV Librarian","Correspondence 1946-1953","Correspondence 1954-1959","Correspondence; articles; paper on the traditions of the MVLA","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac and letter from Pat Nixon); Program on commissioning ship Mount Vernon","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and list of donors from New Jersey)","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and family history for the Throckmortons)","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign)","Correspondence and memorial information","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence","Note about her death","Prospective form; correspondence; Questionnaire","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence, includes letter by Governor Colgate Darden of Virginia","Newspaper clippings; manuscript of speech; resignation letter; reminiscences; in memoriam; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent; biographical piece; correspondence after her resignation","Questionnaire; correspondence; letter of resignation; notes written in tribute to her","Correspondence","Obituaries; tributes; correspondence; Questionnaire","List of MVLA history; correspondence; copy of photograph","Questionnaire; correspondence; tribute on her resignation","Biographical information","Biographical information; memoir written by her husband","Resume; correspondence; in memoriam","Article on the history of Detroit, biographical information","Correspondence; news clippings","Biographical information; article about her life","Obituary or memorial for the first MVLA Vice Regent for Georgia, Philoclea Eve. Typed on December 23, 1952 for her file. Note the appointment date at the top is incorrect. Eve was appointed Vice Regent in 1858.","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence, news clippings, biographical article","Correspondence, biographical information, committee work, research on former Minnesota Vice Regents; prospective Vice Regent form; copy of historical magazine of MN; development information","Biographical information","Biographical information","Correspondence; list of MVLA service","Memo, bio note","Clippings, biographical and memorial information","Correspondence; memorials; Questionnaire; report on outbuildings","Memorial information","Correspondence and memorial information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information","Correspondence as Regent","Correspondence to Mrs. Gaines as Regent","Biographical information; tributes to her service; correspondence; Questionnaire","Correspondence; letter from Sen. Trent Lott; biographical sketch; notes for talk","Obituary; correspondence; Questionnaire","News clippings","Biography of her husband; research on her as first VR from Connecticut","Biographical information, correspondence","Transcription of letter, 1858","Correspondence, Questionnaire, resume","Questionnaire, correspondence, tributes","Correspondence","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, memorial service info, Questionnaire","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial service info","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, description of dinner for The Washington Antique Show; description of reception at French Embassy; other special events invitations; obituary","Correspondence and clippings","Correspondence, Donation of Willard scrapbook","Correspondence","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and Memorial information","Booklet, \"In Memory of Sarah King Hale\" and biographical information","Obituary, letter to Mr. Townley Esq., and transcription of letter (RM 1206)","Biographical information and transcriptions of letters, correspondence","Correspondence; prospective Vice Regent form","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial info","Correspondence; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1940-1949; List of documents acquired at the sale of the Armstrong Collections","Correspondence","Obituary","Correspondence and biographical information","Letters from correspondence file of Hetty Harrison, Vice Regent for Virginia, including letters to and from, date range 1924-1936. Letters mostly concern Mansion furnishings, wallpaper, and similar topics.","Correspondence","Correspondence, article","Correspondence; questionnaire; obituary; memorials","Photocopies of correspondence, Bancroft Library material, University of California at Berkeley","Research file with biographical and legacy information; clippings; List of gifts to Mount Vernon; correspondence; obituaries and tributes","Questionnaire; prospective Vice Regent form; correspondence, includes 2018-A-020","Biography; obituary","Correspondence, 1937-1955; Accession lists, 1949-1951; Descriptions for Mount Vernon slides","Correspondence, 1955-1966; Library reports and accessions","Correspondence, 1966-1970; Library reports and accessions","Correspondence and Memorial information, 1971-1979; clippings","Correspondence; program from commissioning of US Ship Mount Vernon; Questionnaire","Correspondence","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and memorial information, 1963-1971; clippings","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Booklet, \"Washington's House\" by Mrs. Hudson; Biographical note, 1980; Correspondence (Connecticut Room), correspondence with Mrs. Hudson's niece Miss Carmalt (RM-1132); photographs (copies) of Susan Hudson and her husband, photograph of a portrait of William Dunlap and note by descendant.","Biographical information","Biographical and Memorial information; \"Notes for Talks on Mount Vernon,\" correspondence","Biographical information; transcript of letter from APC appointing her; obituary","Biographical note on Ella Hutchins Sydnor, the first Vice Regent for Texas, with accompanying transcription and news clipping.","One sheet reference to an MVLA book she is listed in","Correspondence; blueprint of traffic circle from Virginia Electric","Correspondence and clippings (Includes correspondence with Congressmen and Letitia Baldridge, First Lady Jackie Kennedy's secretary, concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)","Correspondence, 1966-1990; Script to slide presentation on Washington's china","Clipping of poem about Washington by Mrs. Jeffrey","Correspondence (includes two letters by William Taft)","Correspondence (includes two letters by William Taft)","Correspondence, 1938-1939; Letter concerning Miss Jennings from President William H. Taft, 1914; Memorial information; Booklet – \"Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House\"","Obituary","Correspondence, 1925-1932; Memorial information and booklet, 1934; Biographical information","Letter from Elizabeth Johnston, Vice Regent for Alabama, to her children. Written to be opened upon her death, reflecting on her life. Circa 1934.","Correspondence; memorial info, obituary of her sister, Grace King","Correspondence, 1944-1985; Family history; Memorial information; Questionnaire","Correspondence; list of committees; tribute; obituary","Prayer for Council 2006","Obituaries and news clippings","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence, 1925-1933; Information on Mount Vernon replica; clippings; information from NSDAR about Rainier chapter house; and obituaries","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, biographical and memorial information","Oral history transcript","Photocopies of letters and obituary","Biography; copy of poem for her by Poe; sketch; poem in tribute; Copy of Mobile Bay magazine, January 2024 issue with article \"Saving Washington's Mount Vernon,\" by Mount Vernon staff member Breck Pappas.","Correspondence, 1942-1951","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1955-1959; Clippings and information on Mr. Wilmarth Lewis; Memorial booklet; CD with content from the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University; transcript of interview recording of Mrs. Lewis; Two copies of booklet for the exhibition \"Dancing on a sunny plain: The life of Annie Burr Auchincloss Lewis\" by Yale University.","Correspondence","Correspondence; article about proposed sewer project near MV","Correspondence to and from Miss Longfellow; Letters from family concerning Miss Longfellow; Postcards of Longfellow House; Clippings; Paper \"The Shrine of Mount Vernon\"","Letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana to the Vice Regent for Connecticut, Annie Burr Jennings, January 31, 1930. Thanks her for the copy she sent of the MVLA Annual Report, speaks of his aunt Alice Longfellow who recently died, and mentions other MVLA matters.","Correspondence (Includes letter from U.S. Senator Arthur Capper)","Correspondence and obituaries","Correspondence, 1932-1941; Pamphlets on Historic Restoration in Arkansas","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1951-1963; Clippings and obituaries; Reminiscences from a trip to the Soviet Union; Information on Historic Preservation work in Arkansas","Correspondence; biography; obituary","Correspondence, biographical information, and retirement tributes","Biographical information","Correspondence, 1896-1954; Clippings; \"Washington's First Defeat\"; Biographical information; certificate of appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire","List of items from the Early Records Collection, Biography, listing of MV activities","Correspondence, Portrait information (MFA Boston)","Letter from Martha Mercer, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania, to Harrison Dodge, superintendent, undated (October 7). She has received the tree report and thinks he must be very happy with it. The next step is to do the work. Autograph letter signed.","Biographical information; List of items from Early Records Collection","Correspondence, resume, prospective VR form, Questionnaire","Questionnaire, correspondence","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire, letter from Senator Bob Graham, FL","Biographical information, original certificate of appointment signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham","Biographical information","Correspondence","Correspondence, tributes, Questionnaire, customs and practices of the MVLA","Questionnaire, correspondence, measured drawing of walkway to administration building by Dean Norton, 1985, tribute to her service","Correspondence and clippings, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","List of items in the Early Records Collection; Biographical information","Questionnaire, correspondence, resignation letter, articles","Correspondence","Correspondence, biographical information","Correspondence, 1980-1990, Clippings, Publication, \"The Ghost Ranch Story\" by Arthur Pack, Questionnaire","Letter to her mother (with letter of provenance, 1937)","Photostats from a Cincinnati Enquirer story about her family (with letter of provenance, 1964)","Correspondence, obituary","Obituary, 1938 (retrieved 2022)","Correspondence, obituary","Correspondence, articles, and other writings, Questionnaire","Biographical information; Clippings; Confederate 100 dollar note with her likeness; Booklet – \"Charleston, S.C. and Mount Vernon\"","Correspondence, obituary, memorial","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence with Charles C. Wall","Memorial information, clippings, and writings","Speeches and presentations","Correspondence","Correspondence, memorial","Clippings and biographical information","Writings on Mount Vernon; Booklets, \"The Mount Vernon Society of Detroit Michigan,\" and \"What Michigan Has Done for Mount Vernon\"","Letter regarding visit of dignitaries to Mount Vernon, 1917; Clipping regarding the visit of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt","Memoir written one day after the event of the French and British missions visit to Mount Vernon on April 29, 1917. Written by the Vice Regent for Maine (later Regent), Alice Richards.","Memorial booklet printed after the death of MVLA Regent Alice Richards. Gives details and information about her life and work.","Certificate as Vice Regent, clippings","Correspondence, biographical information, events, remarks, articles, photobook","Letter written about her in 1952","Letter from Miss Riggs to Mrs. Towner, undated; Letter informing of the death of Miss Riggs, 1930; List of items in the Early Records Collection","Biographical information and clippings; Thesis \"Anna Cora Mowatt and Her Audience,\" by Imogene McCarthy","Correspondence and biographical information","Correspondence, 1915-1918","Correspondence, 1918-1925","Correspondence, 1926-1931","Correspondence, memorial information","Genealogical information","Obituary, 1910, retrieved 2022","Correspondence, clippings, paper read by her at Colonial Dames meeting","Correspondence; copy of letter from Barbara Bush; Customs and Practice of MVLA, April 1986; questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes letters from President George Bush, Sr., Barbara Bush, Richard Nixon, and Sandra Day O'Connor)","Program with menu, event information, and itinerary for a dinner on Washington's birthday for the benefit of the MVLA.","Personal memoir of her trip to Paris for the bicentennial of the French Revolution and loan of the key to the Bastille, July 1989.","Memorandum by Eugenia Seamans, Regent, to the Vice Regents and staff thanking them for contributing to the success of their commemoration of the bicentennial of George Washington's inauguration.","A thank you letter from President Richard Nixon to Eugenia Seamans, Regent, May 9, 1989. Autograph letter signed.","A thank you letter from President Bush to the Regent for his tour of Mount Vernon with King Hussein. Autograph letter signed.","The First Lady thanks the Regent for coming to tea with the other Vice Regents at the White House. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, Tribute","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Biographical information; List and photocopies of items from the Early Records Collection","Prospective form, tribute, Questionnaire, correspondence","Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute, articles about Washington","Correspondence, Questionnaire, Garden Committee reports","Correspondence 1970-1979, Garden Committee reports, Articles, committee assignments, letter of resignation","Correspondence, remarks","Correspondence, donations, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches, Questionnaire, resume","Correspondence, Memorial information, Questionnaire, obituaries","Transcriptions of letters, 1877; Correspondence, 1898-1900; Paper – \"A Chapter in the History of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association,\" 1905; Address – \"The National University and the George Washington Memorial\"","Correspondence and biographical information (Includes letters from Wyoming Senators and Congressmen)","Correspondence, Questionnaire, articles, and Memorial information","Correspondence","Would like him to send information on fire protection at Mount Vernon. Discusses Washington's books with the Boston Athenaeum. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence and biographical information","Questionnaire, correspondence, obituary","Articles and other writings; Clippings; Memorial information","Correspondence (Includes letters to and from President Franklin Roosevelt), publication about Mount Vernon written by Mrs. Towner","Personal notebooks on Mount Vernon and bookplates","Obituary","Biographical information; Transcriptions of letters","Correspondence","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the 100th Anniversary Committee; Memorial information; Personal inscribed copy of \"Mount Vernon China\"); Questionnaire","Correspondence, appeal, \"Washington Portraits,\" calling cards","Correspondence, 1919-1956, paper detailing Tennessee involvement with Mount Vernon, obituary, Questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes letters on the donation of the Vaughan journal and manuscripts), Questionnaire","Tells her she has been elected as a Vice Regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Gives information about being a Vice Regent. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence","Obituary, 1908; Biographical note","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information","Oral history transcript, 2009","Booklet, \"Bit of Mount Vernon History: Taken from the Records of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Brought before Council of 1898 by Record Committee and Ordered Printed,\" by Mrs. Ward, 1899; Appeal to Teachers and Students of the Schools of Kansas to donate to Mount Vernon, undated; Obituary","Correspondence","Committee assignments; biography; correspondence; obituary","Journal; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent, signed by APC; obituary","Correspondence, speech, etc.","Correspondence; prospective VR form; articles","Correspondence, events programs, obituary, Questionnaire","Questionnaire, resume, prospective VR form, correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence and resume","Questionnaire, memorial information","Correspondence 1964-1970","Correspondence, 1971-1977","Correspondence, 1978-1982; Article \"George Washington, The Man, Creator of Mount Vernon, Farmer, Family Man, Christian, Ecumenist\"","Correspondence, 1983-1993; Memorial information","Correspondence as Corresponding Secretary","Correspondence, committee listings, funeral program, Questionnaire","Biographical note, Letter accepting position as Vice Regent","Letter from Georgia Wilder, Vice Regent for Georgia, to Lily Laughton, Regent, May 27, 1891. Wilder accepts her appointment as Vice Regent for Georgia in the MVLA. Autograph letter signed.","Signed by the Regent, Justine Townsend with note, \"appointed by the previous Regent Mrs. L.L.M. Laughton who was prevented by illness from signing this certificate.\"","Biographical note or obituary about Georgia Page King Smith Wilder, d. 1914, who served as the Vice Regent for Georgia 1891-1914.","Questionnaire, correspondence","Small journal with information on gifts to Mount Vernon, 1891-1896; Certificate as Vice Regent","Correspondence, 1931-1940","Correspondence, 1941-1959; Obituary","Articles, biographical information","Biographical information, mostly about her service as VR","An addition was made in August 2023, containing material given by Vice Regents and the Board Secretary in recent years.","Correspondence and biographical info, letters about Mount Vernon miniature","Correspondence","Biographical info, articles, tribute, correspondence, nomination info","Correspondence and memorial information","Biographical info, article","Correspondence, biographical info, remarks","Correspondence, Questionnaire, bio info","Correspondence, Questionnaire, photographs, bio info, Tribute","Biographical info, nomination info, correspondence","Black and white photograph showing several MVLA members greeting the Governor of Virginia in the New Room of the Mansion during an event, 1953 (2183-F)","Black and white photograph showing the restoration of the outside of the Mansion, circa 1956; Two black and white photos showing work being done to an outbuilding/colonnade, 1955","Two black and white photographs showing horses preparing a field at Mount Vernon, 1939","Black and white photograph postcard of a garden bench, no date","Series of color and black and white photographs showing the construction of Mount Vernon's sanitary sewer system, 1972","Black and white photographs on scrapbook pages taken by Charles Goodwin, February 1911. Caption on one page reads \"Trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, George Senior with Charles and Spencer Goodwin, Photos by C.A.G. Feb. 1911.\" Photos include images of the exterior of Mount Vernon mansion, outbuildings, and scenic views.","1 black and white photograph of a wall sconce (probably in the Mansion); three identical black and white photos of the entrance door and step to an estate building, no dates","10 black and white photograph prints showing the State Dinner event. President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Mrs. Beirne, and other are seen in the images","Color photograph of the East Lawn with men dressed as Revolutionary War soldiers posed with flags, ca. 1970; Color photograph of a fireplace with a portrait painting of Ann Pamela Cunningham over the hearth, ca. 1971","Black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting an award to the Honorable John Taylor","One color photograph showing Mrs. Cooke at the White House posed with the French ambassador, President Richard Nixon, Mrs. Anne Armstrong (Counsellor to the President) and Mr. John W. Warner (Administrator, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration), July 10, 1974","1 color photograph of George Washington's coach or carriage, 1971","1 color photograph of Mrs. Pack in the flight deck of a Boeing 727","1 artist's rendition in color of new administrative buildings, 1980s","One color photograph print of a furniture detail from the Mount Vernon in Miniature project; one slide and several lengths of negatives showing the miniature details, 1994.","6 black and white photographs showing restoration work done to the Ice House Vault, 1939 and the Stable Underpinning 1938-1939; 5 black and white photographs showing the cottage at the West Gate including \"View from the gate,\" \"Construction details,\" \"New site before development,\" \"In transit,\" and \"The abandoned site\"","6 black and white photos showing an area of dug-up earth and two cars, 1938","5 photograph prints from Neg. 2903-1, 2903-2, 2903-3, 2904-1, 2904-2 – all views of the Family Kitchen – rear of fireplace and oven, 1950, taken by Robert Fisher; Black and white photograph showing two areas of different texture (labeled A and B) on the wall of the Family Kitchen, ca 1950","4 black and white photograph prints of Neg. 2930-2, 2930-3, 2930-5, 2930-7 relating to the brick foundations of the Greenhouse","1 black and white photograph of the ruined wall of the Greenhouse and slave quarters","1 black and white photograph of the Summer House","Strip of 5 black and white photographs labeled \"Wash House, Stove foundation and flue connection, June 1945\"","2 black and white photographs taped to board with descriptions; shows the fireplace in Washington's Bedroom after the removal of the wood paneling; Black and white photographs taped to two boards with description; shows the North Closet section of Washington's Bedroom during restoration","Black and white photograph of the Well House with a woman inside at the well with a bucket. Reverse side reads Neg. #2260 from a photograph by Fr. B. Johnston circa 1890","1 black and white photograph print on thin paper of a man, possible John Carter Brown, with notation on the reverse, \"J.C.B. June 11, '96, 1:30 p.m., 12 Benevolent St.\" Also, 1 black and white photo print with notation on the reverse, \"Lake Tahoe taken from the California side of the Lake. June 9, 1940.\"","2 black and white photographs of an MVLA sideboard with its measurements on the back","1 black and white photograph of people looking at Mount Vernon's view of the Potomac from the East Lawn, ca. 1965; 1 drawing of the Potomac River by Mount Vernon and the Piscataway Bay, ca. 1965","Black and white photographs with captions from \"Washington's Mount Vernon\"","2 color photographs of an historic oak tree at Mount Vernon; 1 shows a little boy by the tree, the other shows the stump after it had been cut down because of disease, 1983","2 color photographs of an information kiosk at the front entrance of Mount Vernon, 1967","1 black and white photograph of the wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Ann Pamela Cunningham with Regent Mrs. Cooke, Mr. Wall, and Mrs. Hollis, 1975","4 color Polaroid photographs showing the Gift Shop salesroom, 1979","1 black and white photograph of a fireplace in the Mansion with the \"GW\" script","3 small color photographs of different rooms in the Mansion, 1961","1 black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association members in front of Mount Vernon; 2 small color photographs of the painting \"The West Front\" attributed to Edward Savage; 2 black and white photographs of a bedroom in the Mansion, no date","1 black and white photograph of the Upper Garden with covers over the beds","Color photograph of Mrs. Labouisse and Mrs. Bolton in front of the Mansion, 1953. In a card holder inscribed by Mrs.Powel.","1 black and white photograph of the Small Dining Room in the Mansion, no date","1 color slide labeled \"Page Platt – Natl Col Farm Oct 1978 Admin Bldg. Barn\"","Color print photograph of First Lady Barbara Bush and Mrs. Smith, group Council photographs from 1985-1989, and two photos (one signed to Mrs. Smith) from an event at Mount Vernon, undated.","Series of color Polaroid photographs showing the construction of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building and complex, 1982","Color photograph of Mrs. Sullivan on the piazza of the Mansion with the Vice Regents from Arizona and Maine, May 1983","Two black and white photographs of a chair with a reproduction chair cushion, 1966","Two black and white photographs of members of the MVLA welcoming guests to the reception in the New Room or Large Dining Room, 1953","Color photographs of Mrs. Sullivan with other MVLA Vice Regents, 1965, 1967; Black and white photographs showing different views of Mount Vernon","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a parade event at Mount Vernon, no date","1 black and white proof sheet with photographs of a Ford fire engine; 2 color Polaroid photographs of the Ford fire engine, one with two men; 7 color 8\" x 10\" of Ford Motor Company's visit to Mount Vernon to donate a fire engine, August 1981.","2 color photograph prints showing Vice Regents Emerita at Mount Vernon, c. 2000s","5 black and white photographs of Mrs. Anderson and other MVLA members on the piazza of the Mansion, ca 1940s","2 black and white photographs of Mrs. Beirne with Superintendent Charles Wall and another woman","19 color photographs of an Honorary Dinner for Mrs. Billups in 1961 with other Ladies of the Council (identified on the reverse of several prints) – some are duplicates","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of Mr. Thomas D. Taylor","1 black and white photograph of the 1970 Council on the lawn in front of the Mansion; 1 black and white photograph of several Ladies with Mount Vernon employees, 1972; 1 color photograph in the original holder showing Mrs. Bolton and Mrs. Labouisse in front of the Mansion","Two Christmas cards with color photographs, one showing Mrs. Bolton, ca. 1980s","2 small color photograph prints of Vice Regent Nancy Call, undated","Two color Polaroids of a framed certificate; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting at the Sound and Light show with President Ford and French President D'Estaing; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke standing by portraits of George and Martha Washington, ca. 1970s","Formal presentation of the Bicentennial gift of the French Republic to the United States at Mount Vernon - a sound and light production recounting some of the memorable events of the Revolution, from Patrick Henry's speech to the Battle of Yorktown as recollected by General Washington reflecting on the past after his retirement to Mount Vernon. French President d'Estaing presents the gift to President Ford who in turn gifted the production to Mount Vernon accepted by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Regent Mrs. Cooke. The program debuted that evening to hundreds of special guests in attendance for the outdoor event.","8\" x 10\" color photograph of Mrs. Cooke with a United States Flag, ca. 1990s","Color photograph print of Mrs. Crumpacker with James Crumpacker and Elizabeth Swindells, undated","1 black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Cubbedge, 1964","3 color photograph prints showing Mrs. Davis and her family, various dates","1 color photograph print on a Christmas card showing Mrs. Gaines with her husband and grandchildren, 2004","1 black and white photograph of Vice Regent Beatrice Guthrie","1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Haldeman","Color photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies","5 color photographs of the US Navy ceremony for the USS Mount Vernon, Mrs. Holden is in attendance, May 13, 1972","1 black and white photograph of the MVLA Board posed in front of the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, no date; 1 black and white photograph of an aerial view of the Mount Vernon estate, no date; 2 black and white prints on paper showing the small dining room in the Mansion","1 color photograph print with original negative of Mrs. Lee in front of the Mansion; one page with two color photograph prints of Mrs. Lee's family adhered as a Christmas card, 1997","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a portrait painting of Mme. Le Vert","Five color postcards of different views of Mount Vernon, c. 1934 MVLA","3 black and white photographs, and 3 sepia tinted photographs of Mrs. Loughborough and different scenes and items at Mount Vernon estate","1 color portrait-style photograph print of Adrienne Mars","6 color photographs of an event at Mount Vernon with a Pipe and Drum band, no date","1 black and white matted photograph captioned \"The Ave. of Oaks planted by our dear Father at Retreat\" no date; 2 identical black and white postcard photographs of Page Randolph Anderson (later Platt) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1910; 2 sepia photograph cabinet cards of Page Wilder (later Anderson) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1885","1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Seamans","Series of color photographs showing a tree-planting event at Mount Vernon with three Vice Regents and others, ca. 1980s","Color photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies","Series of color portrait-style photographs of Mrs. Walton, ca. 2000","One black and white photo of Mrs. West, 6 color photos of her visit to Sulgrave Manor featuring Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher","Black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Wiener, ca 1960s in original holder","Set of color prints taken from the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Also includes one print photo of Jim Rees, Lynn Gammill, and Gay Gaines, undated.","Also includes 3 Council photographs, New Room, undated","Architectural drawing – Key to the Upper Garden plantings, 1980 by Dean Norton","1 blueprint titled Sketch Showing Progressive Development of Plan of Green House at Mount Vernon, Virginia, Walter Macomber; 2 architectural drawings concerning the Greenhouse: 1 showing the Elevations of the Proposed Service Greenhouse, October 1950; 1 titled Plan for Greenhouse, Nursery Area, October, 1950","1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault Restoration, 1938; 1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault – Measured Drawing, 1938; Blueprint titled Proposed Restoration of Ice House Vault, Cleverdon, Varney \u0026 Pike Consulting Engineers, 1938","Blueprint titled Heating Tunnel Layout, Drawing 101, 1935 by Geo. A. Weschler, Consulting Engineer; Blueprint titled Section of Tunnel, no date","2 blueprints – 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Alterations to End Sections of Building, 1936; 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Radiator Locations, 1936","5 blueprints: Sheet A – Stable Explorations, Plan and Sections Showing Extent of Excavated Trenches and Evidence of an Older Stable, 1939; Sheet B – Stable Measurements, 1936; Sheet C – Stable Measurements, Plan of Barn and Mule Stable, 1936; Sheet D – Stable Measurements, Rafter Plan and Details, 1936; Sheet E – Stable Excavations –Trenches D and F","1 architectural drawing titles \"Sketch Showing Hot Water Stove Restoration for Wash House\"","Drawing – Flower Garden detail, Area in front of Greenhouse, 1952; Drawing – Sketch Showing Re-arrangement of Designs in East and West Parterres in Flower Garden, Walter Macomber, no date; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, West End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, East End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Grouping of 17 small blueprints – Flower gardens, 1938","Architectural drawings, blueprints – Scale Detail Garden Wall Palisade, 1962; Elevation of a hood for the Director's House, 1963; Office building, no date; Interior Elevation, Main Gate, Mount Vernon, 1964; Blueprint, Elevation of Wall from Stable Yard \u0026 Laundry Yard, Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, December 12, 1955","Drawing of the bed hangings and curtains for the Lafayette Bedchamber, August 1975, Ethel Pilson Warren Interior Planning","Sketched architectural diagrams showing possible floor plans for the proposed new Administration Building, 1978","1 architectural drawing of the Interior Elevation of the Main Gate (Texas Gate) at Mount Vernon, by Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, October 22, 1964; 1 architectural drawing of the Grounds Section Facility, no date","Includes Mrs. Sweat's annotations, sketches, and inserts.","Statement to reactivate the Second Continental Light Dragoons in celebration of Washington's 279th birthday.","Award certificate to the MVLA.","Also includes printed list of members and RSVP mailing.","Includes letter from President Bush, news clippings, and bound manuscript copy of the remarks by David McCullough, \"The Ties that Bind: America and France.\"","Includes clippings, printed material, and correspondence.","Compiled engravings, photos, and prints including a cabinet card photograph of Nellie Custis Lewis. Several images from the collection of Vice Regent Annie Jennings of Connecticut","Empty of photographs","A note dated 1937 inside the portfolio by Vice Regent Helen Sargent states that the portfolio belonged to MVLA Regent Alice Richards.","Signed by several Congressmen including Robert Byrd and Thomas Foley. Possible signature of President Bill Clinton. Framed, 10 ¾\" x 15 ¾\"","Belonged to Helen Louise Sargent, Vice Regent for the District of Columbia, undated. Matted but not framed. 13 ½\" x 17 ¼\"","Tributes included are for James Rees, Mount Vernon employees, and Gay Hart Gaines.","Signed list of Rhode Island Vice Regents on the front inside page. The S.S. Teacher's Edition of the Holy Bible. Oxford University Press: London. Book cover reads \"Mount Vernon, Rhode Island Room 1898.\" Several inserts and annotations.","Signed on front inside page \"Pro Deo et Patria! The gift of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for the State of New York, For the use of Vice Regents of the State of New York. March 29, 1900.\" The Holy Bible, The American Bible Society: New York, 1897. One insert.","Bound volume listing subscriptions or donations to Mount Vernon's fund to rebuild the \"servant's quarters\" destroyed by fire in 1835. The Vice Regent of Kansas, Jennie Ward, reported she raised enough by fundraising in Kansas schools ($1,000) The reconstruction was \"rebuilt along the lines of the old ruin,\" and in what was believed to be the original location.  It was completed in 1891.","Certificate of membership for Justine Van Resselaer Townsend for membership in the Daughters of the Cincinnati. Also signed by Townsend as President of the organization.","Wood panel with painted coat of arms; reverse reads \"A facsimile of a bronze tablet on the monument to Ann Pamela Cunningham in Columbia, S. Carolina, A.J. Robertson, May 1904\"","Objects related to the Dedication of the 16-Sided Barn, September 27, 1996. Includes souvenir satchel pouch with fact sheets and information, American flags on tissue paper, programs, and guest lists","Tabletop decoration used for the Bicentennial of the Inauguration of Washington dinner, 1989.","With bust of Washington, from the North Carolina Museum of History","Includes MVLA seal.","Labeled \"Cyndi Invest.\" and \"Bob's Invest.\" and numbered 1-3. Two are unlabeled but thought to be from the same series. Most likely recorded by Cyndi Lints, Administrative Assistant, and Bob McCarthy, Controller.","With management consultant Edie Seashore","At least one tape may have contributions by management consultant, Edie Seashore.","Meeting with management consultant Edie Seashore.","Time 5:40, produced by Goettler Associates, Inc. Columbus, Ohio","C-SPAN Archives, Tape 1 – 118 min., Tape 2 – 84 min. Copyright restricted","Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Black Women United for Action","Wall, Charles Cecil, 1903-1995","Townsend, Justine Van Rensselaer, 1828-1912","Comegys, Harriet Clayton, 1840-1927","Richards, Alice Haliburton King, 1860-1936","Towner, Harriet C. 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Alphabetical","Alphabetically by committee and folder title, then chronologically.","Chronologically by Council date, then alphabetically by folder title.","Chronological.","Chronologically by Regent, then alphabetically by folder title.","Alphabetically by Vice Regent, then alphabetically by folder title.","Subseries \n6.1 Vice Regents Files – General \n6.2 Vice Regents Files – Alphabetical","Alphabetically by Vice Regent.","An addition with multiple accession numbers was processed in 2023 following the same series order, and is described in full at the end of the collection. Further additions may be processed separately and will include born digital files."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union was founded in 1853 by Ann Pamela Cunningham. The purpose of the Association was to purchase Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, in order to restore the property and open the grounds to visitors and admirers who desired to see Washington's house and tomb. Ann Pamela Cunningham became interested in the preservation of Mount Vernon when her mother, traveling down the Potomac River in 1853, saw the house in its neglected and dilapidated state and wrote to her daughter of its condition. Both women thought it shameful to allow the first President's home to fall into ruin. A determined Ann Pamela Cunningham assembled twenty-two women of like mind together to raise money to purchase the property, pay off all debt, and return the gardens and grounds to the condition in which they were left by Washington himself. John Augustine Washington III, George Washington's great-grandnephew and the owner of Mount Vernon at the time, delayed several years in selling the home to the Ladies' Association. He preferred a sale to the State of Virginia or the federal government, both of which declined purchase. In 1858 he finally agreed to sell Mount Vernon to Ann Pamela Cunningham and the MVLA for $200,000. \nThe MVLA is the owner and executive board of Mount Vernon. Membership is made up of one Regent and 20-30 Vice Regents, each from a different state. All MVLA members assemble twice a year in April and October for Council, where they hear motions and reports concerning projects or issues at the estate. The Vice Regents also divide into committees focused on different functions and operations, and rotate members every few years. Today the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association is remembered as the first organization dedicated to historic preservation in the United States, and as innovators in the field of preservation. The Association remains loyal to its original goals, the restoration and care of Mount Vernon, and educating people all over the world about George Washington's life and legacy. Mount Vernon is open to visitors 365 days a year. The estate now consists of not only the Mansion and tomb of Washington, but restored gardens, outbuildings, Pioneer Farm, Gristmill, Distillery, museum and orientation center, the National Library for the Study of George Washington, gift shops, food pavilion, and the Mount Vernon Inn restaurant. \nList of Regents of the MVLA: \n•\tAnn Pamela Cunningham, 1853-1874 resigned 1874, died 1875\n•\tLily Macalester Berghmans Laughton, 1874-1891, died 1891\n•\tJustine Van Rensselaer Townsend, 1891-1909, died 1912\n•\tHarriet Clayton Comegys, 1909-1927, died 1927\n•\tAlice Haliburton King Richards, 1927-1936, died 1936\n•\tHarriet Cole Towner, 1937-1942, died 1942\n•\tMary Vilas Hanks, 1943-1948, died 1959\n•\tHope Hodgman Harkness (formerly Hope H. 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The purpose of the Association was to purchase Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, in order to restore the property and open the grounds to visitors and admirers who desired to see Washington's house and tomb. Ann Pamela Cunningham became interested in the preservation of Mount Vernon when her mother, traveling down the Potomac River in 1853, saw the house in its neglected and dilapidated state and wrote to her daughter of its condition. Both women thought it shameful to allow the first President's home to fall into ruin. A determined Ann Pamela Cunningham assembled twenty-two women of like mind together to raise money to purchase the property, pay off all debt, and return the gardens and grounds to the condition in which they were left by Washington himself. John Augustine Washington III, George Washington's great-grandnephew and the owner of Mount Vernon at the time, delayed several years in selling the home to the Ladies' Association. 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RL-474.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRL-474.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragile.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRL-1108\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2016-A-015\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn item in this scrapbook is available digitally - DA_000225\n(1 black and white photograph showing the opening remarks taken during the premiere; MVLA Regent Mrs. Cook, President Ford, and French President d'Estaing are visible in the image, 1976)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGift of Elizabeth Barry, Vice Regent from Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresented to the MVLA. Framed, 14 ¾\" x 17 ¾\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by the Governor. Framed, 15\" x 20 ¼\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommemorative medal – large bronze medal with relief sculpture of Stenton Mansion on the front; reverse reads \"The Garden Club of America Preservation of Historic Gardens and Buildings,\" with engraving that reads \"Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 2010.\" 2006 Medallic Art Co., Dayton, NV\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvenance unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWaterbury Button Co., Conn. (provenance unknown)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsed in publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesigns and images include Washington's swords, carriage, coat of arms, tools, Mount Vernon cornerstone, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotepad given away as a gift bag item for the Grand Opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center, 2006. Images of the George Washington wax figures and the Savage painting appear on the sides of the notepad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvenance unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esome unlabeled\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General"],"odd_tesim":["A letter from this file is available digitally - DA_000262\n(Letter from Esther S. Fraser to Charles C. Wall concerning wallpaper, August 1, 1934)","Accession number 2015-A-074","1 letter from this folder is available digitally - DA_000202","Letter from the Superintendent to Mrs. Bradford concerning a grey silk needlework","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000261\n(Letter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Mrs. John Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, concerning the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and Washington's tomb, March 13, 1920. Also includes a news clipping showing the Prince at the tomb with a guard and Mr. Dodge.)","Digital copies of some items in this folder are available - DA_000201","RL-6497","Gold lettering on cover reads \"Mount Vernon, from the American Bible Society.\"","RP-691, Misc. 4845 and RP-692, Misc. 4846.","RM-949, MS-5501","Includes program for awards dinner.","Small leather book.","Includes news clippings, extracts from letters, and notes. Scrapbook of clippings compiled by Vice Regent Mrs. Sweat, 1850s-1898. RL-474.","RL-474.","Fragile.","RL-1108","2016-A-015","An item in this scrapbook is available digitally - DA_000225\n(1 black and white photograph showing the opening remarks taken during the premiere; MVLA Regent Mrs. Cook, President Ford, and French President d'Estaing are visible in the image, 1976)","Gift of Elizabeth Barry, Vice Regent from Illinois.","Presented to the MVLA. Framed, 14 ¾\" x 17 ¾\"","Signed by the Governor. Framed, 15\" x 20 ¼\".","Commemorative medal – large bronze medal with relief sculpture of Stenton Mansion on the front; reverse reads \"The Garden Club of America Preservation of Historic Gardens and Buildings,\" with engraving that reads \"Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 2010.\" 2006 Medallic Art Co., Dayton, NV","Provenance unknown.","Waterbury Button Co., Conn. (provenance unknown)","Used in publications.","Designs and images include Washington's swords, carriage, coat of arms, tools, Mount Vernon cornerstone, etc.","Notepad given away as a gift bag item for the Grand Opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center, 2006. Images of the George Washington wax figures and the Savage painting appear on the sides of the notepad.","Provenance unknown.","some unlabeled"],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis certificate has a fragile wax seal. Please do not place folders on top of this one.\u003c/p\u003e"],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements"],"phystech_tesim":["This certificate has a fragile wax seal. Please do not place folders on top of this one."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], Papers of the MVLA, [Series, Folder], Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples. \u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name and date of item], Papers of the MVLA, [Series, Folder], Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia ","See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples. "],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMany of these files, especially from the earlier years of the MVLA, were previously arranged in filing cabinets in the old Mount Vernon Library in the basement of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building. When possible, the original order of these files and their file names were kept during arrangement and description in this finding aid. All series in this collection are currently open-ended and small accruals will be added from time to time. Series 6 is especially fluid, as single items are often added to a specific Vice Regent's folder (such as an obituary or retirement tribute).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor original minutes dated 1860-1887, please see Box 91, 92, or 100. These minutes were located and added to the collection after initial processing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs were loose and/or were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003edisassembled scrapbook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote: These items were removed from folders within the collection because of size and for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Received from the Curatorial department, 1992)\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Many of these files, especially from the earlier years of the MVLA, were previously arranged in filing cabinets in the old Mount Vernon Library in the basement of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building. When possible, the original order of these files and their file names were kept during arrangement and description in this finding aid. All series in this collection are currently open-ended and small accruals will be added from time to time. Series 6 is especially fluid, as single items are often added to a specific Vice Regent's folder (such as an obituary or retirement tribute).","For original minutes dated 1860-1887, please see Box 91, 92, or 100. These minutes were located and added to the collection after initial processing.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","These photographs were loose and/or were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","disassembled scrapbook","Note: These items were removed from folders within the collection because of size and for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn items.","(Received from the Curatorial department, 1992)"],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, 1850-1996\n- Bound Volumes of the Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports\n- Papers of James Rees\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, 1850-1996\n- Bound Volumes of the Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports\n- Papers of James Rees"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection documents the care and management of Mount Vernon through the work of the MVLA. Types of material include correspondence, reports, memos, notes, personal and biographical information, news clippings, meeting agendas, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Several highlights of the collection include the original minutes of Council meetings, scrapbooks and ledgers created by Vice Regents, and early correspondence with Regents and Vice Regents. While the library's collection \"Early Records of the MVLA\" documents the founding and early years of the organization, the Papers of the MVLA continues where that collection ended and preserves the ongoing story of these women and the fulfillment of their mission. Creators of the collection are largely the board members themselves, along with staff and employees who worked directly with them. Scope notes have been added before the content list of each series to better describe its specific provenance and content. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s to the 1990s, however there is a very wide range represented overall, 1858-2016.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records created and collected by various committees within the MVLA. Correspondence, reports, and meeting agendas make up the majority of material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter (copy) from Esther S. Fraser, Hall Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to assistant superintendent Charles Cecil Wall, August 1, 1934. Regarding analysis of Mount Vernon's wallpaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the early 1980s, MVLA members agreed the process and procedures of Council needed to be updated. One suggestion made by Resident Director John Castellani was to create a notebook for each Council organized by schedule and activity. This resulted in the organized collection of reports, itineraries, minutes, and event plans for every Council, represented in these files. This practice continues, to some degree, up to the present time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal minutes taken for Council meetings, 1887-1994. The earliest versions were handwritten. Later copies were cleaned up and typed for preparation to be printed. Most of the minutes are loose papers in folders, but the years 1912 through 1927 are in bound/book form. Years 1928 through 1936 are in both formats, loose and bound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large majority of the Regent's Files contain correspondence to and from the Regent, sometimes organized by subject. Files for more recent Regents often contain event programs or invitations, speeches, clippings, reports, printed material, and other miscellaneous items. Letters to or from VIP guests or dignitaries have been noted when possible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes RM-1024, MS-5652\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records that were donated or transferred to the Library by a Vice Regent or their family members. These papers were often created by individual Vice Regents during the course of their duties as MVLA members, but were not held in files at Mount Vernon. Some folders may contain personal papers. A wide range of material is represented including correspondence, subject research files, reports, articles, printed material, memos, speeches, programs, invitations, memorabilia, and ephemera. Vice Regents often collected papers concerning specific projects or committees on which they worked.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters concerning Dodge's memoirs and the tree planted by the Prince of Wales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters concerning the Anti-Fee Association and the Powel Coach.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clippings on a Mount Vernon replica in New York and a visit to Mount Vernon by a British man.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a Standard Guide map of Washington, D.C., \"Washington Visits to Rhode Island,\" \"George Washington and Rhode Island,\" and \"Autograph Letters and Documents of George Washington Now in Rhode Island Collections.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese files were kept by staff members at Mount Vernon, most often by the Secretary to the Board, to document the lives and work of individual Vice Regents. Some items were given directly by the Vice Regents to be placed in their files, while other documents were located or collected by staff and interfiled at a later time. Types of material include mostly correspondence, clippings, obituaries, resumes, tributes and memorials, notes, memos, and ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical notes dated 1952 and 1954\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington Biography Lesson, 1995-2005\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire for the Records, correspondence 1979-1989, play written for George Washington's birthday\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkit or play performed for a Washington birthday event, written by Captain and Hope Powel Alexander, the Vice Regent for Rhode Island, February 22, 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1990-1999\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1990-1999, booklet- George Washington in Rhode Island, Words of Washington during the Revolution\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOral history interview by Sandra Robinette\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, 1904; Biographical letter by her daughter; Invitation for subscription to the Peace Dance\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, Garden Club of America, obituaries for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1967-1979, opening remarks to Mount Vernon film, 1976\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1980-1989, Mount Vernon, The Texas Connection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1990-1999, The Mount Vernon File, Memorabilia of Washington County's Second County Seat, Questionnaire for the Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1948-1960, Mount Vernon in Virginia list\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1919-1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by the Regent, Harriet Comegys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note on the service of Anne Page Wilder Anderson in the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1940-1954\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, photographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituaries, 2016\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, clippings, biographical and memorial information, Questionnaire for the Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes correspondence with U.S. Senator Bob Graham), biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary; descriptions of Florida Vice Regents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; diary from 1863; census information; photograph of painting of Mrs. Balfour\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; Memorial tribute; Letter from the Governor of Virginia concerning a daguerreotype of Mrs. Ball; Copyright certificate for a Mount Vernon publication; Article about Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary; minutes of Council from 1912 announcing her death\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"In Memoriam\" from Council Minutes; genealogy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1938-1955, obituaries, memorial from the minutes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, biographical information and memorial from minutes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; gift annuity agreement; Questionnaire for the Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummary of Auction Activities, 1997\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1937-1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, 1943-1975; list of gifts to Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical and genealogical information, and clippings, resolution to Council on her death, listing of her descendants, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, obituaries, and correspondence (Includes letter from Mamie D. Eisenhower), Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes some poetry and other writings, and a list of \"Association Papers Returned to Mount Vernon\"), Obituary, list of committee assignments, in memoriam, listing of Maine bedroom furniture\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1927-1954\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles about house tour, obituary, Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute to her\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1977-1989, Questionnaire, 1982 GW's 250th birthday calendar done by Oregon school children\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence as Regent (Includes photocopies of letters from President and First Lady Bush), articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes Memorial booklet, 2007; List \"Shingles – For Mrs. Bishop\")\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublications concerning Mount Vernon visit of Queen Elizabeth, 1991\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn memoriam; articles; questionnaire; correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings, biographical information, memorial information; Guide to Mrs. Bolton's Papers (Western Reserve Historical Society)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings, Laminated notebook of news clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressional newsletters by Mrs. Bolton, Campaign material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressional Records, September 1965 and March 1977; Booklet – \"Letters from Africa\"; Newsletters to constituents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1938-1960, Questionnaire, biographical data\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1961-1977\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, email 2004-2005\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information, 1925-1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the assistant superintendent, James Young, to Mary Bradford, Vice Regent for New Jersey, April 2, 1931. In regards to a grey silk needlework bag reported to have been given by Martha Washington to Mrs. Peale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1955-1994; Booklet, \"Annals of Iowa,\" (info on Vice Regents from Iowa), condolence letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, husband's obituary, Annals of Iowa book\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, magazine article copies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Anne Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, March 13, 1920. Mentions the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and encloses a clipping with a photograph of the Prince, superintendent Harrison Dodge, and Tomb guard Charles Simms at Washington's Tomb. Evarts also discusses the recent death of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for New York, and the poor health of Elizabeth Pringle, Vice Regent for South Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, wedding announcement\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, note cards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, death announcement\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, clippings, Questionnaire, death announcement\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, certificate as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1942-1955\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, obituaries\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1960-1969, Memorial information and booklet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Samuel Cabot, son of Nancy Cabot, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, to Hope Harkness, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, June 10, 1969. Gives biographical information about his mother after her passing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.A. Alive Magazine; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, Campbell House Museum info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Certificate of appointment as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; Article, \"The Regents of Mount Vernon\"; Watercolor of Mount Vernon by Marie Blanke; Bylaws of the MVLA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and \"Reminiscences\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Returned Papers\" of Mrs. Carpenter, correspondence and MVLA publications\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResume; correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProspective form; correspondence; Questionnaire; Organizational Capacity Survey, and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; letter verifying she met Washington\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire; correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and clippings, articles about husband's political campaigns\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings, manuscript and paper copy of article on the origin of the MVLA, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch and personal details, excerpts of state reports and letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Memoriam booklet and obituary, 1914; Reference letter from MV Librarian\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1946-1953\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1954-1959\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; articles; paper on the traditions of the MVLA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac and letter from Pat Nixon); Program on commissioning ship Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and list of donors from New Jersey)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and family history for the Throckmortons)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote about her death\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProspective form; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, includes letter by Governor Colgate Darden of Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings; manuscript of speech; resignation letter; reminiscences; in memoriam; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent; biographical piece; correspondence after her resignation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire; correspondence; letter of resignation; notes written in tribute to her\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituaries; tributes; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of MVLA history; correspondence; copy of photograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire; correspondence; tribute on her resignation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; memoir written by her husband\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResume; correspondence; in memoriam\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on the history of Detroit, biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; news clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; article about her life\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary or memorial for the first MVLA Vice Regent for Georgia, Philoclea Eve. Typed on December 23, 1952 for her file. Note the appointment date at the top is incorrect. Eve was appointed Vice Regent in 1858.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, news clippings, biographical article\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information, committee work, research on former Minnesota Vice Regents; prospective Vice Regent form; copy of historical magazine of MN; development information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; list of MVLA service\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo, bio note\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings, biographical and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; memorials; Questionnaire; report on outbuildings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence as Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence to Mrs. Gaines as Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; tributes to her service; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; letter from Sen. Trent Lott; biographical sketch; notes for talk\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography of her husband; research on her as first VR from Connecticut\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscription of letter, 1858\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, resume\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, tributes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, memorial service info, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial service info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, description of dinner for The Washington Antique Show; description of reception at French Embassy; other special events invitations; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Donation of Willard scrapbook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, \"In Memory of Sarah King Hale\" and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, letter to Mr. Townley Esq., and transcription of letter (RM 1206)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information and transcriptions of letters, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; prospective Vice Regent form\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1940-1949; List of documents acquired at the sale of the Armstrong Collections\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from correspondence file of Hetty Harrison, Vice Regent for Virginia, including letters to and from, date range 1924-1936. Letters mostly concern Mansion furnishings, wallpaper, and similar topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, article\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; questionnaire; obituary; memorials\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of correspondence, Bancroft Library material, University of California at Berkeley\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch file with biographical and legacy information; clippings; List of gifts to Mount Vernon; correspondence; obituaries and tributes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire; prospective Vice Regent form; correspondence, includes 2018-A-020\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1937-1955; Accession lists, 1949-1951; Descriptions for Mount Vernon slides\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1955-1966; Library reports and accessions\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1966-1970; Library reports and accessions\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information, 1971-1979; clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; program from commissioning of US Ship Mount Vernon; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information, 1963-1971; clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, \"Washington's House\" by Mrs. Hudson; Biographical note, 1980; Correspondence (Connecticut Room), correspondence with Mrs. Hudson's niece Miss Carmalt (RM-1132); photographs (copies) of Susan Hudson and her husband, photograph of a portrait of William Dunlap and note by descendant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical and Memorial information; \"Notes for Talks on Mount Vernon,\" correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; transcript of letter from APC appointing her; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note on Ella Hutchins Sydnor, the first Vice Regent for Texas, with accompanying transcription and news clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne sheet reference to an MVLA book she is listed in\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; blueprint of traffic circle from Virginia Electric\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and clippings (Includes correspondence with Congressmen and Letitia Baldridge, First Lady Jackie Kennedy's secretary, concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1966-1990; Script to slide presentation on Washington's china\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipping of poem about Washington by Mrs. Jeffrey\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (includes two letters by William Taft)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (includes two letters by William Taft)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1938-1939; Letter concerning Miss Jennings from President William H. Taft, 1914; Memorial information; Booklet – \"Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1925-1932; Memorial information and booklet, 1934; Biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Elizabeth Johnston, Vice Regent for Alabama, to her children. Written to be opened upon her death, reflecting on her life. Circa 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; memorial info, obituary of her sister, Grace King\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1944-1985; Family history; Memorial information; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; list of committees; tribute; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrayer for Council 2006\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituaries and news clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1925-1933; Information on Mount Vernon replica; clippings; information from NSDAR about Rainier chapter house; and obituaries\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, biographical and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOral history transcript\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of letters and obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography; copy of poem for her by Poe; sketch; poem in tribute; Copy of Mobile Bay magazine, January 2024 issue with article \"Saving Washington's Mount Vernon,\" by Mount Vernon staff member Breck Pappas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1942-1951\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1955-1959; Clippings and information on Mr. Wilmarth Lewis; Memorial booklet; CD with content from the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University; transcript of interview recording of Mrs. Lewis; Two copies of booklet for the exhibition \"Dancing on a sunny plain: The life of Annie Burr Auchincloss Lewis\" by Yale University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; article about proposed sewer project near MV\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence to and from Miss Longfellow; Letters from family concerning Miss Longfellow; Postcards of Longfellow House; Clippings; Paper \"The Shrine of Mount Vernon\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana to the Vice Regent for Connecticut, Annie Burr Jennings, January 31, 1930. Thanks her for the copy she sent of the MVLA Annual Report, speaks of his aunt Alice Longfellow who recently died, and mentions other MVLA matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes letter from U.S. Senator Arthur Capper)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and obituaries\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1932-1941; Pamphlets on Historic Restoration in Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1951-1963; Clippings and obituaries; Reminiscences from a trip to the Soviet Union; Information on Historic Preservation work in Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; biography; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information, and retirement tributes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1896-1954; Clippings; \"Washington's First Defeat\"; Biographical information; certificate of appointment as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items from the Early Records Collection, Biography, listing of MV activities\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Portrait information (MFA Boston)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Martha Mercer, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania, to Harrison Dodge, superintendent, undated (October 7). She has received the tree report and thinks he must be very happy with it. The next step is to do the work. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; List of items from Early Records Collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, resume, prospective VR form, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire, letter from Senator Bob Graham, FL\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, original certificate of appointment signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, tributes, Questionnaire, customs and practices of the MVLA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, measured drawing of walkway to administration building by Dean Norton, 1985, tribute to her service\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and clippings, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items in the Early Records Collection; Biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, resignation letter, articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1980-1990, Clippings, Publication, \"The Ghost Ranch Story\" by Arthur Pack, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to her mother (with letter of provenance, 1937)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats from a Cincinnati Enquirer story about her family (with letter of provenance, 1964)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, 1938 (retrieved 2022)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, articles, and other writings, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; Clippings; Confederate 100 dollar note with her likeness; Booklet – \"Charleston, S.C. and Mount Vernon\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, obituary, memorial\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Charles C. Wall\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorial information, clippings, and writings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeeches and presentations\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, memorial\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritings on Mount Vernon; Booklets, \"The Mount Vernon Society of Detroit Michigan,\" and \"What Michigan Has Done for Mount Vernon\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding visit of dignitaries to Mount Vernon, 1917; Clipping regarding the visit of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemoir written one day after the event of the French and British missions visit to Mount Vernon on April 29, 1917. Written by the Vice Regent for Maine (later Regent), Alice Richards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorial booklet printed after the death of MVLA Regent Alice Richards. Gives details and information about her life and work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate as Vice Regent, clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information, events, remarks, articles, photobook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written about her in 1952\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Miss Riggs to Mrs. Towner, undated; Letter informing of the death of Miss Riggs, 1930; List of items in the Early Records Collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information and clippings; Thesis \"Anna Cora Mowatt and Her Audience,\" by Imogene McCarthy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1915-1918\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1918-1925\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1926-1931\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, 1910, retrieved 2022\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, clippings, paper read by her at Colonial Dames meeting\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; copy of letter from Barbara Bush; Customs and Practice of MVLA, April 1986; questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes letters from President George Bush, Sr., Barbara Bush, Richard Nixon, and Sandra Day O'Connor)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram with menu, event information, and itinerary for a dinner on Washington's birthday for the benefit of the MVLA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal memoir of her trip to Paris for the bicentennial of the French Revolution and loan of the key to the Bastille, July 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum by Eugenia Seamans, Regent, to the Vice Regents and staff thanking them for contributing to the success of their commemoration of the bicentennial of George Washington's inauguration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA thank you letter from President Richard Nixon to Eugenia Seamans, Regent, May 9, 1989. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA thank you letter from President Bush to the Regent for his tour of Mount Vernon with King Hussein. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe First Lady thanks the Regent for coming to tea with the other Vice Regents at the White House. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, Tribute\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; List and photocopies of items from the Early Records Collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProspective form, tribute, Questionnaire, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, tribute, articles about Washington\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, Garden Committee reports\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1970-1979, Garden Committee reports, Articles, committee assignments, letter of resignation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, remarks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, donations, and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches, Questionnaire, resume\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Memorial information, Questionnaire, obituaries\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscriptions of letters, 1877; Correspondence, 1898-1900; Paper – \"A Chapter in the History of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association,\" 1905; Address – \"The National University and the George Washington Memorial\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information (Includes letters from Wyoming Senators and Congressmen)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, articles, and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like him to send information on fire protection at Mount Vernon. Discusses Washington's books with the Boston Athenaeum. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles and other writings; Clippings; Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes letters to and from President Franklin Roosevelt), publication about Mount Vernon written by Mrs. Towner\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal notebooks on Mount Vernon and bookplates\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; Transcriptions of letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes correspondence concerning the 100th Anniversary Committee; Memorial information; Personal inscribed copy of \"Mount Vernon China\"); Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, appeal, \"Washington Portraits,\" calling cards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1919-1956, paper detailing Tennessee involvement with Mount Vernon, obituary, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes letters on the donation of the Vaughan journal and manuscripts), Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her she has been elected as a Vice Regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Gives information about being a Vice Regent. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, 1908; Biographical note\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOral history transcript, 2009\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, \"Bit of Mount Vernon History: Taken from the Records of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Brought before Council of 1898 by Record Committee and Ordered Printed,\" by Mrs. Ward, 1899; Appeal to Teachers and Students of the Schools of Kansas to donate to Mount Vernon, undated; Obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommittee assignments; biography; correspondence; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJournal; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent, signed by APC; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speech, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; prospective VR form; articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, events programs, obituary, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, resume, prospective VR form, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and resume\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1964-1970\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1971-1977\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1978-1982; Article \"George Washington, The Man, Creator of Mount Vernon, Farmer, Family Man, Christian, Ecumenist\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1983-1993; Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence as Corresponding Secretary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, committee listings, funeral program, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note, Letter accepting position as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Georgia Wilder, Vice Regent for Georgia, to Lily Laughton, Regent, May 27, 1891. Wilder accepts her appointment as Vice Regent for Georgia in the MVLA. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by the Regent, Justine Townsend with note, \"appointed by the previous Regent Mrs. L.L.M. Laughton who was prevented by illness from signing this certificate.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note or obituary about Georgia Page King Smith Wilder, d. 1914, who served as the Vice Regent for Georgia 1891-1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall journal with information on gifts to Mount Vernon, 1891-1896; Certificate as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1931-1940\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1941-1959; Obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, mostly about her service as VR\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn addition was made in August 2023, containing material given by Vice Regents and the Board Secretary in recent years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical info, letters about Mount Vernon miniature\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical info, articles, tribute, correspondence, nomination info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical info, article\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical info, remarks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, bio info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, photographs, bio info, Tribute\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical info, nomination info, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph showing several MVLA members greeting the Governor of Virginia in the New Room of the Mansion during an event, 1953 (2183-F)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph showing the restoration of the outside of the Mansion, circa 1956; Two black and white photos showing work being done to an outbuilding/colonnade, 1955\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo black and white photographs showing horses preparing a field at Mount Vernon, 1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph postcard of a garden bench, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries of color and black and white photographs showing the construction of Mount Vernon's sanitary sewer system, 1972\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographs on scrapbook pages taken by Charles Goodwin, February 1911. Caption on one page reads \"Trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, George Senior with Charles and Spencer Goodwin, Photos by C.A.G. Feb. 1911.\" Photos include images of the exterior of Mount Vernon mansion, outbuildings, and scenic views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of a wall sconce (probably in the Mansion); three identical black and white photos of the entrance door and step to an estate building, no dates\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 black and white photograph prints showing the State Dinner event. President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Mrs. Beirne, and other are seen in the images\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph of the East Lawn with men dressed as Revolutionary War soldiers posed with flags, ca. 1970; Color photograph of a fireplace with a portrait painting of Ann Pamela Cunningham over the hearth, ca. 1971\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting an award to the Honorable John Taylor\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne color photograph showing Mrs. Cooke at the White House posed with the French ambassador, President Richard Nixon, Mrs. Anne Armstrong (Counsellor to the President) and Mr. John W. Warner (Administrator, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration), July 10, 1974\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color photograph of George Washington's coach or carriage, 1971\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color photograph of Mrs. Pack in the flight deck of a Boeing 727\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 artist's rendition in color of new administrative buildings, 1980s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne color photograph print of a furniture detail from the Mount Vernon in Miniature project; one slide and several lengths of negatives showing the miniature details, 1994.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 black and white photographs showing restoration work done to the Ice House Vault, 1939 and the Stable Underpinning 1938-1939; 5 black and white photographs showing the cottage at the West Gate including \"View from the gate,\" \"Construction details,\" \"New site before development,\" \"In transit,\" and \"The abandoned site\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 black and white photos showing an area of dug-up earth and two cars, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 photograph prints from Neg. 2903-1, 2903-2, 2903-3, 2904-1, 2904-2 – all views of the Family Kitchen – rear of fireplace and oven, 1950, taken by Robert Fisher; Black and white photograph showing two areas of different texture (labeled A and B) on the wall of the Family Kitchen, ca 1950\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 black and white photograph prints of Neg. 2930-2, 2930-3, 2930-5, 2930-7 relating to the brick foundations of the Greenhouse\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the ruined wall of the Greenhouse and slave quarters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the Summer House\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStrip of 5 black and white photographs labeled \"Wash House, Stove foundation and flue connection, June 1945\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 black and white photographs taped to board with descriptions; shows the fireplace in Washington's Bedroom after the removal of the wood paneling; Black and white photographs taped to two boards with description; shows the North Closet section of Washington's Bedroom during restoration\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of the Well House with a woman inside at the well with a bucket. Reverse side reads Neg. #2260 from a photograph by Fr. B. Johnston circa 1890\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph print on thin paper of a man, possible John Carter Brown, with notation on the reverse, \"J.C.B. June 11, '96, 1:30 p.m., 12 Benevolent St.\" Also, 1 black and white photo print with notation on the reverse, \"Lake Tahoe taken from the California side of the Lake. June 9, 1940.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 black and white photographs of an MVLA sideboard with its measurements on the back\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of people looking at Mount Vernon's view of the Potomac from the East Lawn, ca. 1965; 1 drawing of the Potomac River by Mount Vernon and the Piscataway Bay, ca. 1965\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographs with captions from \"Washington's Mount Vernon\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 color photographs of an historic oak tree at Mount Vernon; 1 shows a little boy by the tree, the other shows the stump after it had been cut down because of disease, 1983\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 color photographs of an information kiosk at the front entrance of Mount Vernon, 1967\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Ann Pamela Cunningham with Regent Mrs. Cooke, Mr. Wall, and Mrs. Hollis, 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 color Polaroid photographs showing the Gift Shop salesroom, 1979\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of a fireplace in the Mansion with the \"GW\" script\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 small color photographs of different rooms in the Mansion, 1961\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association members in front of Mount Vernon; 2 small color photographs of the painting \"The West Front\" attributed to Edward Savage; 2 black and white photographs of a bedroom in the Mansion, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the Upper Garden with covers over the beds\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph of Mrs. Labouisse and Mrs. Bolton in front of the Mansion, 1953. In a card holder inscribed by Mrs.Powel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the Small Dining Room in the Mansion, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color slide labeled \"Page Platt – Natl Col Farm Oct 1978 Admin Bldg. Barn\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor print photograph of First Lady Barbara Bush and Mrs. Smith, group Council photographs from 1985-1989, and two photos (one signed to Mrs. Smith) from an event at Mount Vernon, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries of color Polaroid photographs showing the construction of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building and complex, 1982\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph of Mrs. Sullivan on the piazza of the Mansion with the Vice Regents from Arizona and Maine, May 1983\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo black and white photographs of a chair with a reproduction chair cushion, 1966\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo black and white photographs of members of the MVLA welcoming guests to the reception in the New Room or Large Dining Room, 1953\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photographs of Mrs. Sullivan with other MVLA Vice Regents, 1965, 1967; Black and white photographs showing different views of Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a parade event at Mount Vernon, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white proof sheet with photographs of a Ford fire engine; 2 color Polaroid photographs of the Ford fire engine, one with two men; 7 color 8\" x 10\" of Ford Motor Company's visit to Mount Vernon to donate a fire engine, August 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 color photograph prints showing Vice Regents Emerita at Mount Vernon, c. 2000s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 black and white photographs of Mrs. Anderson and other MVLA members on the piazza of the Mansion, ca 1940s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 black and white photographs of Mrs. Beirne with Superintendent Charles Wall and another woman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 color photographs of an Honorary Dinner for Mrs. Billups in 1961 with other Ladies of the Council (identified on the reverse of several prints) – some are duplicates\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of Mr. Thomas D. Taylor\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the 1970 Council on the lawn in front of the Mansion; 1 black and white photograph of several Ladies with Mount Vernon employees, 1972; 1 color photograph in the original holder showing Mrs. Bolton and Mrs. Labouisse in front of the Mansion\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo Christmas cards with color photographs, one showing Mrs. Bolton, ca. 1980s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 small color photograph prints of Vice Regent Nancy Call, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo color Polaroids of a framed certificate; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting at the Sound and Light show with President Ford and French President D'Estaing; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke standing by portraits of George and Martha Washington, ca. 1970s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormal presentation of the Bicentennial gift of the French Republic to the United States at Mount Vernon - a sound and light production recounting some of the memorable events of the Revolution, from Patrick Henry's speech to the Battle of Yorktown as recollected by General Washington reflecting on the past after his retirement to Mount Vernon. French President d'Estaing presents the gift to President Ford who in turn gifted the production to Mount Vernon accepted by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Regent Mrs. Cooke. The program debuted that evening to hundreds of special guests in attendance for the outdoor event.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8\" x 10\" color photograph of Mrs. Cooke with a United States Flag, ca. 1990s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph print of Mrs. Crumpacker with James Crumpacker and Elizabeth Swindells, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Cubbedge, 1964\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 color photograph prints showing Mrs. Davis and her family, various dates\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color photograph print on a Christmas card showing Mrs. Gaines with her husband and grandchildren, 2004\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of Vice Regent Beatrice Guthrie\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Haldeman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 color photographs of the US Navy ceremony for the USS Mount Vernon, Mrs. Holden is in attendance, May 13, 1972\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the MVLA Board posed in front of the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, no date; 1 black and white photograph of an aerial view of the Mount Vernon estate, no date; 2 black and white prints on paper showing the small dining room in the Mansion\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color photograph print with original negative of Mrs. Lee in front of the Mansion; one page with two color photograph prints of Mrs. Lee's family adhered as a Christmas card, 1997\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a portrait painting of Mme. Le Vert\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive color postcards of different views of Mount Vernon, c. 1934 MVLA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 black and white photographs, and 3 sepia tinted photographs of Mrs. Loughborough and different scenes and items at Mount Vernon estate\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color portrait-style photograph print of Adrienne Mars\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 color photographs of an event at Mount Vernon with a Pipe and Drum band, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white matted photograph captioned \"The Ave. of Oaks planted by our dear Father at Retreat\" no date; 2 identical black and white postcard photographs of Page Randolph Anderson (later Platt) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1910; 2 sepia photograph cabinet cards of Page Wilder (later Anderson) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1885\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Seamans\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries of color photographs showing a tree-planting event at Mount Vernon with three Vice Regents and others, ca. 1980s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries of color portrait-style photographs of Mrs. Walton, ca. 2000\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne black and white photo of Mrs. West, 6 color photos of her visit to Sulgrave Manor featuring Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Wiener, ca 1960s in original holder\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSet of color prints taken from the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Also includes one print photo of Jim Rees, Lynn Gammill, and Gay Gaines, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes 3 Council photographs, New Room, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchitectural drawing – Key to the Upper Garden plantings, 1980 by Dean Norton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 blueprint titled Sketch Showing Progressive Development of Plan of Green House at Mount Vernon, Virginia, Walter Macomber; 2 architectural drawings concerning the Greenhouse: 1 showing the Elevations of the Proposed Service Greenhouse, October 1950; 1 titled Plan for Greenhouse, Nursery Area, October, 1950\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault Restoration, 1938; 1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault – Measured Drawing, 1938; Blueprint titled Proposed Restoration of Ice House Vault, Cleverdon, Varney \u0026amp; Pike Consulting Engineers, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlueprint titled Heating Tunnel Layout, Drawing 101, 1935 by Geo. A. Weschler, Consulting Engineer; Blueprint titled Section of Tunnel, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 blueprints – 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Alterations to End Sections of Building, 1936; 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Radiator Locations, 1936\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 blueprints: Sheet A – Stable Explorations, Plan and Sections Showing Extent of Excavated Trenches and Evidence of an Older Stable, 1939; Sheet B – Stable Measurements, 1936; Sheet C – Stable Measurements, Plan of Barn and Mule Stable, 1936; Sheet D – Stable Measurements, Rafter Plan and Details, 1936; Sheet E – Stable Excavations –Trenches D and F\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 architectural drawing titles \"Sketch Showing Hot Water Stove Restoration for Wash House\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing – Flower Garden detail, Area in front of Greenhouse, 1952; Drawing – Sketch Showing Re-arrangement of Designs in East and West Parterres in Flower Garden, Walter Macomber, no date; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, West End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, East End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Grouping of 17 small blueprints – Flower gardens, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchitectural drawings, blueprints – Scale Detail Garden Wall Palisade, 1962; Elevation of a hood for the Director's House, 1963; Office building, no date; Interior Elevation, Main Gate, Mount Vernon, 1964; Blueprint, Elevation of Wall from Stable Yard \u0026amp; Laundry Yard, Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, December 12, 1955\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the bed hangings and curtains for the Lafayette Bedchamber, August 1975, Ethel Pilson Warren Interior Planning\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSketched architectural diagrams showing possible floor plans for the proposed new Administration Building, 1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 architectural drawing of the Interior Elevation of the Main Gate (Texas Gate) at Mount Vernon, by Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, October 22, 1964; 1 architectural drawing of the Grounds Section Facility, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Mrs. Sweat's annotations, sketches, and inserts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement to reactivate the Second Continental Light Dragoons in celebration of Washington's 279th birthday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAward certificate to the MVLA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes printed list of members and RSVP mailing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter from President Bush, news clippings, and bound manuscript copy of the remarks by David McCullough, \"The Ties that Bind: America and France.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clippings, printed material, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCompiled engravings, photos, and prints including a cabinet card photograph of Nellie Custis Lewis. Several images from the collection of Vice Regent Annie Jennings of Connecticut\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmpty of photographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note dated 1937 inside the portfolio by Vice Regent Helen Sargent states that the portfolio belonged to MVLA Regent Alice Richards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by several Congressmen including Robert Byrd and Thomas Foley. Possible signature of President Bill Clinton. Framed, 10 ¾\" x 15 ¾\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelonged to Helen Louise Sargent, Vice Regent for the District of Columbia, undated. Matted but not framed. 13 ½\" x 17 ¼\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTributes included are for James Rees, Mount Vernon employees, and Gay Hart Gaines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned list of Rhode Island Vice Regents on the front inside page. The S.S. Teacher's Edition of the Holy Bible. Oxford University Press: London. Book cover reads \"Mount Vernon, Rhode Island Room 1898.\" Several inserts and annotations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned on front inside page \"Pro Deo et Patria! The gift of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for the State of New York, For the use of Vice Regents of the State of New York. March 29, 1900.\" The Holy Bible, The American Bible Society: New York, 1897. One insert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volume listing subscriptions or donations to Mount Vernon's fund to rebuild the \"servant's quarters\" destroyed by fire in 1835. The Vice Regent of Kansas, Jennie Ward, reported she raised enough by fundraising in Kansas schools ($1,000) The reconstruction was \"rebuilt along the lines of the old ruin,\" and in what was believed to be the original location.  It was completed in 1891.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of membership for Justine Van Resselaer Townsend for membership in the Daughters of the Cincinnati. Also signed by Townsend as President of the organization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWood panel with painted coat of arms; reverse reads \"A facsimile of a bronze tablet on the monument to Ann Pamela Cunningham in Columbia, S. Carolina, A.J. Robertson, May 1904\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObjects related to the Dedication of the 16-Sided Barn, September 27, 1996. Includes souvenir satchel pouch with fact sheets and information, American flags on tissue paper, programs, and guest lists\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabletop decoration used for the Bicentennial of the Inauguration of Washington dinner, 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith bust of Washington, from the North Carolina Museum of History\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes MVLA seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLabeled \"Cyndi Invest.\" and \"Bob's Invest.\" and numbered 1-3. Two are unlabeled but thought to be from the same series. Most likely recorded by Cyndi Lints, Administrative Assistant, and Bob McCarthy, Controller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith management consultant Edie Seashore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt least one tape may have contributions by management consultant, Edie Seashore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeeting with management consultant Edie Seashore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTime 5:40, produced by Goettler Associates, Inc. Columbus, Ohio\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC-SPAN Archives, Tape 1 – 118 min., Tape 2 – 84 min. 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Types of material include correspondence, reports, memos, notes, personal and biographical information, news clippings, meeting agendas, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Several highlights of the collection include the original minutes of Council meetings, scrapbooks and ledgers created by Vice Regents, and early correspondence with Regents and Vice Regents. While the library's collection \"Early Records of the MVLA\" documents the founding and early years of the organization, the Papers of the MVLA continues where that collection ended and preserves the ongoing story of these women and the fulfillment of their mission. Creators of the collection are largely the board members themselves, along with staff and employees who worked directly with them. Scope notes have been added before the content list of each series to better describe its specific provenance and content. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s to the 1990s, however there is a very wide range represented overall, 1858-2016.","This series contains records created and collected by various committees within the MVLA. Correspondence, reports, and meeting agendas make up the majority of material.","Letter (copy) from Esther S. Fraser, Hall Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to assistant superintendent Charles Cecil Wall, August 1, 1934. Regarding analysis of Mount Vernon's wallpaper.","During the early 1980s, MVLA members agreed the process and procedures of Council needed to be updated. One suggestion made by Resident Director John Castellani was to create a notebook for each Council organized by schedule and activity. This resulted in the organized collection of reports, itineraries, minutes, and event plans for every Council, represented in these files. This practice continues, to some degree, up to the present time.","Original minutes taken for Council meetings, 1887-1994. The earliest versions were handwritten. Later copies were cleaned up and typed for preparation to be printed. Most of the minutes are loose papers in folders, but the years 1912 through 1927 are in bound/book form. Years 1928 through 1936 are in both formats, loose and bound.","A large majority of the Regent's Files contain correspondence to and from the Regent, sometimes organized by subject. Files for more recent Regents often contain event programs or invitations, speeches, clippings, reports, printed material, and other miscellaneous items. Letters to or from VIP guests or dignitaries have been noted when possible.","Includes RM-1024, MS-5652","This series contains records that were donated or transferred to the Library by a Vice Regent or their family members. These papers were often created by individual Vice Regents during the course of their duties as MVLA members, but were not held in files at Mount Vernon. Some folders may contain personal papers. A wide range of material is represented including correspondence, subject research files, reports, articles, printed material, memos, speeches, programs, invitations, memorabilia, and ephemera. Vice Regents often collected papers concerning specific projects or committees on which they worked.","Includes letters concerning Dodge's memoirs and the tree planted by the Prince of Wales.","Includes letters concerning the Anti-Fee Association and the Powel Coach.","Includes clippings on a Mount Vernon replica in New York and a visit to Mount Vernon by a British man.","Includes a Standard Guide map of Washington, D.C., \"Washington Visits to Rhode Island,\" \"George Washington and Rhode Island,\" and \"Autograph Letters and Documents of George Washington Now in Rhode Island Collections.\"","These files were kept by staff members at Mount Vernon, most often by the Secretary to the Board, to document the lives and work of individual Vice Regents. Some items were given directly by the Vice Regents to be placed in their files, while other documents were located or collected by staff and interfiled at a later time. Types of material include mostly correspondence, clippings, obituaries, resumes, tributes and memorials, notes, memos, and ephemera.","Biographical notes dated 1952 and 1954","George Washington Biography Lesson, 1995-2005","Questionnaire for the Records, correspondence 1979-1989, play written for George Washington's birthday","Skit or play performed for a Washington birthday event, written by Captain and Hope Powel Alexander, the Vice Regent for Rhode Island, February 22, 1988.","Correspondence, 1990-1999","Correspondence, 1990-1999, booklet- George Washington in Rhode Island, Words of Washington during the Revolution","Oral history interview by Sandra Robinette","Obituary, 1904; Biographical letter by her daughter; Invitation for subscription to the Peace Dance","Biographical information, Garden Club of America, obituaries for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson","Correspondence, 1967-1979, opening remarks to Mount Vernon film, 1976","Correspondence, 1980-1989, Mount Vernon, The Texas Connection","Correspondence, 1990-1999, The Mount Vernon File, Memorabilia of Washington County's Second County Seat, Questionnaire for the Records","Correspondence 1948-1960, Mount Vernon in Virginia list","Correspondence, 1919-1939","Signed by the Regent, Harriet Comegys.","Biographical note on the service of Anne Page Wilder Anderson in the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.","Correspondence 1940-1954","Correspondence, photographs","Obituaries, 2016","Correspondence, clippings, biographical and memorial information, Questionnaire for the Records","Correspondence, biographical information","Correspondence (Includes correspondence with U.S. Senator Bob Graham), biographical information","Obituary; descriptions of Florida Vice Regents","Biographical information; diary from 1863; census information; photograph of painting of Mrs. Balfour","Biographical information; Memorial tribute; Letter from the Governor of Virginia concerning a daguerreotype of Mrs. Ball; Copyright certificate for a Mount Vernon publication; Article about Mount Vernon","Obituary; minutes of Council from 1912 announcing her death","\"In Memoriam\" from Council Minutes; genealogy","Correspondence 1938-1955, obituaries, memorial from the minutes","Booklet, biographical information and memorial from minutes","Correspondence; gift annuity agreement; Questionnaire for the Records","Summary of Auction Activities, 1997","Correspondence, 1937-1942","Correspondence and biographical information, 1943-1975; list of gifts to Mount Vernon","Correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, and clippings, resolution to Council on her death, listing of her descendants, Questionnaire","Biographical information, obituaries, and correspondence (Includes letter from Mamie D. Eisenhower), Questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes some poetry and other writings, and a list of \"Association Papers Returned to Mount Vernon\"), Obituary, list of committee assignments, in memoriam, listing of Maine bedroom furniture","Correspondence, 1927-1954","Articles about house tour, obituary, Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute to her","Correspondence 1977-1989, Questionnaire, 1982 GW's 250th birthday calendar done by Oregon school children","Correspondence as Regent (Includes photocopies of letters from President and First Lady Bush), articles","Correspondence (Includes Memorial booklet, 2007; List \"Shingles – For Mrs. Bishop\")","Publications concerning Mount Vernon visit of Queen Elizabeth, 1991","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial","In memoriam; articles; questionnaire; correspondence","Clippings, biographical information, memorial information; Guide to Mrs. Bolton's Papers (Western Reserve Historical Society)","Clippings, Laminated notebook of news clippings","Congressional newsletters by Mrs. Bolton, Campaign material","Congressional Records, September 1965 and March 1977; Booklet – \"Letters from Africa\"; Newsletters to constituents","Correspondence 1938-1960, Questionnaire, biographical data","Correspondence 1961-1977","Questionnaire, correspondence","Correspondence, email 2004-2005","Correspondence and biographical information","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and memorial information, 1925-1942","Letter from the assistant superintendent, James Young, to Mary Bradford, Vice Regent for New Jersey, April 2, 1931. In regards to a grey silk needlework bag reported to have been given by Martha Washington to Mrs. Peale.","Newspaper obituary","Correspondence, 1955-1994; Booklet, \"Annals of Iowa,\" (info on Vice Regents from Iowa), condolence letter","Questionnaire, correspondence, husband's obituary, Annals of Iowa book","Biographical information, magazine article copies","Correspondence, articles","Letter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Anne Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, March 13, 1920. Mentions the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and encloses a clipping with a photograph of the Prince, superintendent Harrison Dodge, and Tomb guard Charles Simms at Washington's Tomb. Evarts also discusses the recent death of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for New York, and the poor health of Elizabeth Pringle, Vice Regent for South Carolina.","Correspondence","Obituary, wedding announcement","Questionnaire, correspondence, articles","Questionnaire, correspondence, note cards","Correspondence, death announcement","Correspondence, clippings, Questionnaire, death announcement","Correspondence, certificate as Vice Regent","Correspondence 1942-1955","Correspondence, obituaries","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence 1960-1969, Memorial information and booklet","Letter from Samuel Cabot, son of Nancy Cabot, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, to Hope Harkness, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, June 10, 1969. Gives biographical information about his mother after her passing.","Correspondence, Questionnaire","L.A. Alive Magazine; correspondence; Questionnaire","Articles, Campbell House Museum info","Correspondence, Certificate of appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence; Article, \"The Regents of Mount Vernon\"; Watercolor of Mount Vernon by Marie Blanke; Bylaws of the MVLA","Correspondence and \"Reminiscences\"","\"Returned Papers\" of Mrs. Carpenter, correspondence and MVLA publications","Resume; correspondence","Prospective form; correspondence; Questionnaire; Organizational Capacity Survey, and biographical information","Biographical information; letter verifying she met Washington","Questionnaire; correspondence","Biographical note","Correspondence and clippings, articles about husband's political campaigns","Clippings, manuscript and paper copy of article on the origin of the MVLA, correspondence","Biographical sketch and personal details, excerpts of state reports and letters","In Memoriam booklet and obituary, 1914; Reference letter from MV Librarian","Correspondence 1946-1953","Correspondence 1954-1959","Correspondence; articles; paper on the traditions of the MVLA","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac and letter from Pat Nixon); Program on commissioning ship Mount Vernon","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and list of donors from New Jersey)","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and family history for the Throckmortons)","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign)","Correspondence and memorial information","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence","Note about her death","Prospective form; correspondence; Questionnaire","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence, includes letter by Governor Colgate Darden of Virginia","Newspaper clippings; manuscript of speech; resignation letter; reminiscences; in memoriam; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent; biographical piece; correspondence after her resignation","Questionnaire; correspondence; letter of resignation; notes written in tribute to her","Correspondence","Obituaries; tributes; correspondence; Questionnaire","List of MVLA history; correspondence; copy of photograph","Questionnaire; correspondence; tribute on her resignation","Biographical information","Biographical information; memoir written by her husband","Resume; correspondence; in memoriam","Article on the history of Detroit, biographical information","Correspondence; news clippings","Biographical information; article about her life","Obituary or memorial for the first MVLA Vice Regent for Georgia, Philoclea Eve. Typed on December 23, 1952 for her file. Note the appointment date at the top is incorrect. Eve was appointed Vice Regent in 1858.","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence, news clippings, biographical article","Correspondence, biographical information, committee work, research on former Minnesota Vice Regents; prospective Vice Regent form; copy of historical magazine of MN; development information","Biographical information","Biographical information","Correspondence; list of MVLA service","Memo, bio note","Clippings, biographical and memorial information","Correspondence; memorials; Questionnaire; report on outbuildings","Memorial information","Correspondence and memorial information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information","Correspondence as Regent","Correspondence to Mrs. Gaines as Regent","Biographical information; tributes to her service; correspondence; Questionnaire","Correspondence; letter from Sen. Trent Lott; biographical sketch; notes for talk","Obituary; correspondence; Questionnaire","News clippings","Biography of her husband; research on her as first VR from Connecticut","Biographical information, correspondence","Transcription of letter, 1858","Correspondence, Questionnaire, resume","Questionnaire, correspondence, tributes","Correspondence","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, memorial service info, Questionnaire","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial service info","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, description of dinner for The Washington Antique Show; description of reception at French Embassy; other special events invitations; obituary","Correspondence and clippings","Correspondence, Donation of Willard scrapbook","Correspondence","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and Memorial information","Booklet, \"In Memory of Sarah King Hale\" and biographical information","Obituary, letter to Mr. Townley Esq., and transcription of letter (RM 1206)","Biographical information and transcriptions of letters, correspondence","Correspondence; prospective Vice Regent form","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial info","Correspondence; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1940-1949; List of documents acquired at the sale of the Armstrong Collections","Correspondence","Obituary","Correspondence and biographical information","Letters from correspondence file of Hetty Harrison, Vice Regent for Virginia, including letters to and from, date range 1924-1936. Letters mostly concern Mansion furnishings, wallpaper, and similar topics.","Correspondence","Correspondence, article","Correspondence; questionnaire; obituary; memorials","Photocopies of correspondence, Bancroft Library material, University of California at Berkeley","Research file with biographical and legacy information; clippings; List of gifts to Mount Vernon; correspondence; obituaries and tributes","Questionnaire; prospective Vice Regent form; correspondence, includes 2018-A-020","Biography; obituary","Correspondence, 1937-1955; Accession lists, 1949-1951; Descriptions for Mount Vernon slides","Correspondence, 1955-1966; Library reports and accessions","Correspondence, 1966-1970; Library reports and accessions","Correspondence and Memorial information, 1971-1979; clippings","Correspondence; program from commissioning of US Ship Mount Vernon; Questionnaire","Correspondence","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and memorial information, 1963-1971; clippings","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Booklet, \"Washington's House\" by Mrs. Hudson; Biographical note, 1980; Correspondence (Connecticut Room), correspondence with Mrs. Hudson's niece Miss Carmalt (RM-1132); photographs (copies) of Susan Hudson and her husband, photograph of a portrait of William Dunlap and note by descendant.","Biographical information","Biographical and Memorial information; \"Notes for Talks on Mount Vernon,\" correspondence","Biographical information; transcript of letter from APC appointing her; obituary","Biographical note on Ella Hutchins Sydnor, the first Vice Regent for Texas, with accompanying transcription and news clipping.","One sheet reference to an MVLA book she is listed in","Correspondence; blueprint of traffic circle from Virginia Electric","Correspondence and clippings (Includes correspondence with Congressmen and Letitia Baldridge, First Lady Jackie Kennedy's secretary, concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)","Correspondence, 1966-1990; Script to slide presentation on Washington's china","Clipping of poem about Washington by Mrs. Jeffrey","Correspondence (includes two letters by William Taft)","Correspondence (includes two letters by William Taft)","Correspondence, 1938-1939; Letter concerning Miss Jennings from President William H. Taft, 1914; Memorial information; Booklet – \"Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House\"","Obituary","Correspondence, 1925-1932; Memorial information and booklet, 1934; Biographical information","Letter from Elizabeth Johnston, Vice Regent for Alabama, to her children. Written to be opened upon her death, reflecting on her life. Circa 1934.","Correspondence; memorial info, obituary of her sister, Grace King","Correspondence, 1944-1985; Family history; Memorial information; Questionnaire","Correspondence; list of committees; tribute; obituary","Prayer for Council 2006","Obituaries and news clippings","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence, 1925-1933; Information on Mount Vernon replica; clippings; information from NSDAR about Rainier chapter house; and obituaries","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, biographical and memorial information","Oral history transcript","Photocopies of letters and obituary","Biography; copy of poem for her by Poe; sketch; poem in tribute; Copy of Mobile Bay magazine, January 2024 issue with article \"Saving Washington's Mount Vernon,\" by Mount Vernon staff member Breck Pappas.","Correspondence, 1942-1951","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1955-1959; Clippings and information on Mr. Wilmarth Lewis; Memorial booklet; CD with content from the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University; transcript of interview recording of Mrs. Lewis; Two copies of booklet for the exhibition \"Dancing on a sunny plain: The life of Annie Burr Auchincloss Lewis\" by Yale University.","Correspondence","Correspondence; article about proposed sewer project near MV","Correspondence to and from Miss Longfellow; Letters from family concerning Miss Longfellow; Postcards of Longfellow House; Clippings; Paper \"The Shrine of Mount Vernon\"","Letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana to the Vice Regent for Connecticut, Annie Burr Jennings, January 31, 1930. Thanks her for the copy she sent of the MVLA Annual Report, speaks of his aunt Alice Longfellow who recently died, and mentions other MVLA matters.","Correspondence (Includes letter from U.S. Senator Arthur Capper)","Correspondence and obituaries","Correspondence, 1932-1941; Pamphlets on Historic Restoration in Arkansas","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1951-1963; Clippings and obituaries; Reminiscences from a trip to the Soviet Union; Information on Historic Preservation work in Arkansas","Correspondence; biography; obituary","Correspondence, biographical information, and retirement tributes","Biographical information","Correspondence, 1896-1954; Clippings; \"Washington's First Defeat\"; Biographical information; certificate of appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire","List of items from the Early Records Collection, Biography, listing of MV activities","Correspondence, Portrait information (MFA Boston)","Letter from Martha Mercer, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania, to Harrison Dodge, superintendent, undated (October 7). She has received the tree report and thinks he must be very happy with it. The next step is to do the work. Autograph letter signed.","Biographical information; List of items from Early Records Collection","Correspondence, resume, prospective VR form, Questionnaire","Questionnaire, correspondence","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire, letter from Senator Bob Graham, FL","Biographical information, original certificate of appointment signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham","Biographical information","Correspondence","Correspondence, tributes, Questionnaire, customs and practices of the MVLA","Questionnaire, correspondence, measured drawing of walkway to administration building by Dean Norton, 1985, tribute to her service","Correspondence and clippings, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","List of items in the Early Records Collection; Biographical information","Questionnaire, correspondence, resignation letter, articles","Correspondence","Correspondence, biographical information","Correspondence, 1980-1990, Clippings, Publication, \"The Ghost Ranch Story\" by Arthur Pack, Questionnaire","Letter to her mother (with letter of provenance, 1937)","Photostats from a Cincinnati Enquirer story about her family (with letter of provenance, 1964)","Correspondence, obituary","Obituary, 1938 (retrieved 2022)","Correspondence, obituary","Correspondence, articles, and other writings, Questionnaire","Biographical information; Clippings; Confederate 100 dollar note with her likeness; Booklet – \"Charleston, S.C. and Mount Vernon\"","Correspondence, obituary, memorial","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence with Charles C. Wall","Memorial information, clippings, and writings","Speeches and presentations","Correspondence","Correspondence, memorial","Clippings and biographical information","Writings on Mount Vernon; Booklets, \"The Mount Vernon Society of Detroit Michigan,\" and \"What Michigan Has Done for Mount Vernon\"","Letter regarding visit of dignitaries to Mount Vernon, 1917; Clipping regarding the visit of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt","Memoir written one day after the event of the French and British missions visit to Mount Vernon on April 29, 1917. Written by the Vice Regent for Maine (later Regent), Alice Richards.","Memorial booklet printed after the death of MVLA Regent Alice Richards. Gives details and information about her life and work.","Certificate as Vice Regent, clippings","Correspondence, biographical information, events, remarks, articles, photobook","Letter written about her in 1952","Letter from Miss Riggs to Mrs. Towner, undated; Letter informing of the death of Miss Riggs, 1930; List of items in the Early Records Collection","Biographical information and clippings; Thesis \"Anna Cora Mowatt and Her Audience,\" by Imogene McCarthy","Correspondence and biographical information","Correspondence, 1915-1918","Correspondence, 1918-1925","Correspondence, 1926-1931","Correspondence, memorial information","Genealogical information","Obituary, 1910, retrieved 2022","Correspondence, clippings, paper read by her at Colonial Dames meeting","Correspondence; copy of letter from Barbara Bush; Customs and Practice of MVLA, April 1986; questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes letters from President George Bush, Sr., Barbara Bush, Richard Nixon, and Sandra Day O'Connor)","Program with menu, event information, and itinerary for a dinner on Washington's birthday for the benefit of the MVLA.","Personal memoir of her trip to Paris for the bicentennial of the French Revolution and loan of the key to the Bastille, July 1989.","Memorandum by Eugenia Seamans, Regent, to the Vice Regents and staff thanking them for contributing to the success of their commemoration of the bicentennial of George Washington's inauguration.","A thank you letter from President Richard Nixon to Eugenia Seamans, Regent, May 9, 1989. Autograph letter signed.","A thank you letter from President Bush to the Regent for his tour of Mount Vernon with King Hussein. Autograph letter signed.","The First Lady thanks the Regent for coming to tea with the other Vice Regents at the White House. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, Tribute","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Biographical information; List and photocopies of items from the Early Records Collection","Prospective form, tribute, Questionnaire, correspondence","Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute, articles about Washington","Correspondence, Questionnaire, Garden Committee reports","Correspondence 1970-1979, Garden Committee reports, Articles, committee assignments, letter of resignation","Correspondence, remarks","Correspondence, donations, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches, Questionnaire, resume","Correspondence, Memorial information, Questionnaire, obituaries","Transcriptions of letters, 1877; Correspondence, 1898-1900; Paper – \"A Chapter in the History of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association,\" 1905; Address – \"The National University and the George Washington Memorial\"","Correspondence and biographical information (Includes letters from Wyoming Senators and Congressmen)","Correspondence, Questionnaire, articles, and Memorial information","Correspondence","Would like him to send information on fire protection at Mount Vernon. Discusses Washington's books with the Boston Athenaeum. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence and biographical information","Questionnaire, correspondence, obituary","Articles and other writings; Clippings; Memorial information","Correspondence (Includes letters to and from President Franklin Roosevelt), publication about Mount Vernon written by Mrs. Towner","Personal notebooks on Mount Vernon and bookplates","Obituary","Biographical information; Transcriptions of letters","Correspondence","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the 100th Anniversary Committee; Memorial information; Personal inscribed copy of \"Mount Vernon China\"); Questionnaire","Correspondence, appeal, \"Washington Portraits,\" calling cards","Correspondence, 1919-1956, paper detailing Tennessee involvement with Mount Vernon, obituary, Questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes letters on the donation of the Vaughan journal and manuscripts), Questionnaire","Tells her she has been elected as a Vice Regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Gives information about being a Vice Regent. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence","Obituary, 1908; Biographical note","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information","Oral history transcript, 2009","Booklet, \"Bit of Mount Vernon History: Taken from the Records of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Brought before Council of 1898 by Record Committee and Ordered Printed,\" by Mrs. Ward, 1899; Appeal to Teachers and Students of the Schools of Kansas to donate to Mount Vernon, undated; Obituary","Correspondence","Committee assignments; biography; correspondence; obituary","Journal; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent, signed by APC; obituary","Correspondence, speech, etc.","Correspondence; prospective VR form; articles","Correspondence, events programs, obituary, Questionnaire","Questionnaire, resume, prospective VR form, correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence and resume","Questionnaire, memorial information","Correspondence 1964-1970","Correspondence, 1971-1977","Correspondence, 1978-1982; Article \"George Washington, The Man, Creator of Mount Vernon, Farmer, Family Man, Christian, Ecumenist\"","Correspondence, 1983-1993; Memorial information","Correspondence as Corresponding Secretary","Correspondence, committee listings, funeral program, Questionnaire","Biographical note, Letter accepting position as Vice Regent","Letter from Georgia Wilder, Vice Regent for Georgia, to Lily Laughton, Regent, May 27, 1891. Wilder accepts her appointment as Vice Regent for Georgia in the MVLA. Autograph letter signed.","Signed by the Regent, Justine Townsend with note, \"appointed by the previous Regent Mrs. L.L.M. Laughton who was prevented by illness from signing this certificate.\"","Biographical note or obituary about Georgia Page King Smith Wilder, d. 1914, who served as the Vice Regent for Georgia 1891-1914.","Questionnaire, correspondence","Small journal with information on gifts to Mount Vernon, 1891-1896; Certificate as Vice Regent","Correspondence, 1931-1940","Correspondence, 1941-1959; Obituary","Articles, biographical information","Biographical information, mostly about her service as VR","An addition was made in August 2023, containing material given by Vice Regents and the Board Secretary in recent years.","Correspondence and biographical info, letters about Mount Vernon miniature","Correspondence","Biographical info, articles, tribute, correspondence, nomination info","Correspondence and memorial information","Biographical info, article","Correspondence, biographical info, remarks","Correspondence, Questionnaire, bio info","Correspondence, Questionnaire, photographs, bio info, Tribute","Biographical info, nomination info, correspondence","Black and white photograph showing several MVLA members greeting the Governor of Virginia in the New Room of the Mansion during an event, 1953 (2183-F)","Black and white photograph showing the restoration of the outside of the Mansion, circa 1956; Two black and white photos showing work being done to an outbuilding/colonnade, 1955","Two black and white photographs showing horses preparing a field at Mount Vernon, 1939","Black and white photograph postcard of a garden bench, no date","Series of color and black and white photographs showing the construction of Mount Vernon's sanitary sewer system, 1972","Black and white photographs on scrapbook pages taken by Charles Goodwin, February 1911. Caption on one page reads \"Trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, George Senior with Charles and Spencer Goodwin, Photos by C.A.G. Feb. 1911.\" Photos include images of the exterior of Mount Vernon mansion, outbuildings, and scenic views.","1 black and white photograph of a wall sconce (probably in the Mansion); three identical black and white photos of the entrance door and step to an estate building, no dates","10 black and white photograph prints showing the State Dinner event. President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Mrs. Beirne, and other are seen in the images","Color photograph of the East Lawn with men dressed as Revolutionary War soldiers posed with flags, ca. 1970; Color photograph of a fireplace with a portrait painting of Ann Pamela Cunningham over the hearth, ca. 1971","Black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting an award to the Honorable John Taylor","One color photograph showing Mrs. Cooke at the White House posed with the French ambassador, President Richard Nixon, Mrs. Anne Armstrong (Counsellor to the President) and Mr. John W. Warner (Administrator, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration), July 10, 1974","1 color photograph of George Washington's coach or carriage, 1971","1 color photograph of Mrs. Pack in the flight deck of a Boeing 727","1 artist's rendition in color of new administrative buildings, 1980s","One color photograph print of a furniture detail from the Mount Vernon in Miniature project; one slide and several lengths of negatives showing the miniature details, 1994.","6 black and white photographs showing restoration work done to the Ice House Vault, 1939 and the Stable Underpinning 1938-1939; 5 black and white photographs showing the cottage at the West Gate including \"View from the gate,\" \"Construction details,\" \"New site before development,\" \"In transit,\" and \"The abandoned site\"","6 black and white photos showing an area of dug-up earth and two cars, 1938","5 photograph prints from Neg. 2903-1, 2903-2, 2903-3, 2904-1, 2904-2 – all views of the Family Kitchen – rear of fireplace and oven, 1950, taken by Robert Fisher; Black and white photograph showing two areas of different texture (labeled A and B) on the wall of the Family Kitchen, ca 1950","4 black and white photograph prints of Neg. 2930-2, 2930-3, 2930-5, 2930-7 relating to the brick foundations of the Greenhouse","1 black and white photograph of the ruined wall of the Greenhouse and slave quarters","1 black and white photograph of the Summer House","Strip of 5 black and white photographs labeled \"Wash House, Stove foundation and flue connection, June 1945\"","2 black and white photographs taped to board with descriptions; shows the fireplace in Washington's Bedroom after the removal of the wood paneling; Black and white photographs taped to two boards with description; shows the North Closet section of Washington's Bedroom during restoration","Black and white photograph of the Well House with a woman inside at the well with a bucket. Reverse side reads Neg. #2260 from a photograph by Fr. B. Johnston circa 1890","1 black and white photograph print on thin paper of a man, possible John Carter Brown, with notation on the reverse, \"J.C.B. June 11, '96, 1:30 p.m., 12 Benevolent St.\" Also, 1 black and white photo print with notation on the reverse, \"Lake Tahoe taken from the California side of the Lake. June 9, 1940.\"","2 black and white photographs of an MVLA sideboard with its measurements on the back","1 black and white photograph of people looking at Mount Vernon's view of the Potomac from the East Lawn, ca. 1965; 1 drawing of the Potomac River by Mount Vernon and the Piscataway Bay, ca. 1965","Black and white photographs with captions from \"Washington's Mount Vernon\"","2 color photographs of an historic oak tree at Mount Vernon; 1 shows a little boy by the tree, the other shows the stump after it had been cut down because of disease, 1983","2 color photographs of an information kiosk at the front entrance of Mount Vernon, 1967","1 black and white photograph of the wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Ann Pamela Cunningham with Regent Mrs. Cooke, Mr. Wall, and Mrs. Hollis, 1975","4 color Polaroid photographs showing the Gift Shop salesroom, 1979","1 black and white photograph of a fireplace in the Mansion with the \"GW\" script","3 small color photographs of different rooms in the Mansion, 1961","1 black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association members in front of Mount Vernon; 2 small color photographs of the painting \"The West Front\" attributed to Edward Savage; 2 black and white photographs of a bedroom in the Mansion, no date","1 black and white photograph of the Upper Garden with covers over the beds","Color photograph of Mrs. Labouisse and Mrs. Bolton in front of the Mansion, 1953. In a card holder inscribed by Mrs.Powel.","1 black and white photograph of the Small Dining Room in the Mansion, no date","1 color slide labeled \"Page Platt – Natl Col Farm Oct 1978 Admin Bldg. Barn\"","Color print photograph of First Lady Barbara Bush and Mrs. Smith, group Council photographs from 1985-1989, and two photos (one signed to Mrs. Smith) from an event at Mount Vernon, undated.","Series of color Polaroid photographs showing the construction of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building and complex, 1982","Color photograph of Mrs. Sullivan on the piazza of the Mansion with the Vice Regents from Arizona and Maine, May 1983","Two black and white photographs of a chair with a reproduction chair cushion, 1966","Two black and white photographs of members of the MVLA welcoming guests to the reception in the New Room or Large Dining Room, 1953","Color photographs of Mrs. Sullivan with other MVLA Vice Regents, 1965, 1967; Black and white photographs showing different views of Mount Vernon","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a parade event at Mount Vernon, no date","1 black and white proof sheet with photographs of a Ford fire engine; 2 color Polaroid photographs of the Ford fire engine, one with two men; 7 color 8\" x 10\" of Ford Motor Company's visit to Mount Vernon to donate a fire engine, August 1981.","2 color photograph prints showing Vice Regents Emerita at Mount Vernon, c. 2000s","5 black and white photographs of Mrs. Anderson and other MVLA members on the piazza of the Mansion, ca 1940s","2 black and white photographs of Mrs. Beirne with Superintendent Charles Wall and another woman","19 color photographs of an Honorary Dinner for Mrs. Billups in 1961 with other Ladies of the Council (identified on the reverse of several prints) – some are duplicates","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of Mr. Thomas D. Taylor","1 black and white photograph of the 1970 Council on the lawn in front of the Mansion; 1 black and white photograph of several Ladies with Mount Vernon employees, 1972; 1 color photograph in the original holder showing Mrs. Bolton and Mrs. Labouisse in front of the Mansion","Two Christmas cards with color photographs, one showing Mrs. Bolton, ca. 1980s","2 small color photograph prints of Vice Regent Nancy Call, undated","Two color Polaroids of a framed certificate; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting at the Sound and Light show with President Ford and French President D'Estaing; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke standing by portraits of George and Martha Washington, ca. 1970s","Formal presentation of the Bicentennial gift of the French Republic to the United States at Mount Vernon - a sound and light production recounting some of the memorable events of the Revolution, from Patrick Henry's speech to the Battle of Yorktown as recollected by General Washington reflecting on the past after his retirement to Mount Vernon. French President d'Estaing presents the gift to President Ford who in turn gifted the production to Mount Vernon accepted by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Regent Mrs. Cooke. The program debuted that evening to hundreds of special guests in attendance for the outdoor event.","8\" x 10\" color photograph of Mrs. Cooke with a United States Flag, ca. 1990s","Color photograph print of Mrs. Crumpacker with James Crumpacker and Elizabeth Swindells, undated","1 black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Cubbedge, 1964","3 color photograph prints showing Mrs. Davis and her family, various dates","1 color photograph print on a Christmas card showing Mrs. Gaines with her husband and grandchildren, 2004","1 black and white photograph of Vice Regent Beatrice Guthrie","1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Haldeman","Color photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies","5 color photographs of the US Navy ceremony for the USS Mount Vernon, Mrs. Holden is in attendance, May 13, 1972","1 black and white photograph of the MVLA Board posed in front of the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, no date; 1 black and white photograph of an aerial view of the Mount Vernon estate, no date; 2 black and white prints on paper showing the small dining room in the Mansion","1 color photograph print with original negative of Mrs. Lee in front of the Mansion; one page with two color photograph prints of Mrs. Lee's family adhered as a Christmas card, 1997","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a portrait painting of Mme. Le Vert","Five color postcards of different views of Mount Vernon, c. 1934 MVLA","3 black and white photographs, and 3 sepia tinted photographs of Mrs. Loughborough and different scenes and items at Mount Vernon estate","1 color portrait-style photograph print of Adrienne Mars","6 color photographs of an event at Mount Vernon with a Pipe and Drum band, no date","1 black and white matted photograph captioned \"The Ave. of Oaks planted by our dear Father at Retreat\" no date; 2 identical black and white postcard photographs of Page Randolph Anderson (later Platt) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1910; 2 sepia photograph cabinet cards of Page Wilder (later Anderson) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1885","1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Seamans","Series of color photographs showing a tree-planting event at Mount Vernon with three Vice Regents and others, ca. 1980s","Color photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies","Series of color portrait-style photographs of Mrs. Walton, ca. 2000","One black and white photo of Mrs. West, 6 color photos of her visit to Sulgrave Manor featuring Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher","Black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Wiener, ca 1960s in original holder","Set of color prints taken from the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Also includes one print photo of Jim Rees, Lynn Gammill, and Gay Gaines, undated.","Also includes 3 Council photographs, New Room, undated","Architectural drawing – Key to the Upper Garden plantings, 1980 by Dean Norton","1 blueprint titled Sketch Showing Progressive Development of Plan of Green House at Mount Vernon, Virginia, Walter Macomber; 2 architectural drawings concerning the Greenhouse: 1 showing the Elevations of the Proposed Service Greenhouse, October 1950; 1 titled Plan for Greenhouse, Nursery Area, October, 1950","1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault Restoration, 1938; 1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault – Measured Drawing, 1938; Blueprint titled Proposed Restoration of Ice House Vault, Cleverdon, Varney \u0026 Pike Consulting Engineers, 1938","Blueprint titled Heating Tunnel Layout, Drawing 101, 1935 by Geo. A. Weschler, Consulting Engineer; Blueprint titled Section of Tunnel, no date","2 blueprints – 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Alterations to End Sections of Building, 1936; 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Radiator Locations, 1936","5 blueprints: Sheet A – Stable Explorations, Plan and Sections Showing Extent of Excavated Trenches and Evidence of an Older Stable, 1939; Sheet B – Stable Measurements, 1936; Sheet C – Stable Measurements, Plan of Barn and Mule Stable, 1936; Sheet D – Stable Measurements, Rafter Plan and Details, 1936; Sheet E – Stable Excavations –Trenches D and F","1 architectural drawing titles \"Sketch Showing Hot Water Stove Restoration for Wash House\"","Drawing – Flower Garden detail, Area in front of Greenhouse, 1952; Drawing – Sketch Showing Re-arrangement of Designs in East and West Parterres in Flower Garden, Walter Macomber, no date; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, West End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, East End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Grouping of 17 small blueprints – Flower gardens, 1938","Architectural drawings, blueprints – Scale Detail Garden Wall Palisade, 1962; Elevation of a hood for the Director's House, 1963; Office building, no date; Interior Elevation, Main Gate, Mount Vernon, 1964; Blueprint, Elevation of Wall from Stable Yard \u0026 Laundry Yard, Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, December 12, 1955","Drawing of the bed hangings and curtains for the Lafayette Bedchamber, August 1975, Ethel Pilson Warren Interior Planning","Sketched architectural diagrams showing possible floor plans for the proposed new Administration Building, 1978","1 architectural drawing of the Interior Elevation of the Main Gate (Texas Gate) at Mount Vernon, by Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, October 22, 1964; 1 architectural drawing of the Grounds Section Facility, no date","Includes Mrs. Sweat's annotations, sketches, and inserts.","Statement to reactivate the Second Continental Light Dragoons in celebration of Washington's 279th birthday.","Award certificate to the MVLA.","Also includes printed list of members and RSVP mailing.","Includes letter from President Bush, news clippings, and bound manuscript copy of the remarks by David McCullough, \"The Ties that Bind: America and France.\"","Includes clippings, printed material, and correspondence.","Compiled engravings, photos, and prints including a cabinet card photograph of Nellie Custis Lewis. Several images from the collection of Vice Regent Annie Jennings of Connecticut","Empty of photographs","A note dated 1937 inside the portfolio by Vice Regent Helen Sargent states that the portfolio belonged to MVLA Regent Alice Richards.","Signed by several Congressmen including Robert Byrd and Thomas Foley. Possible signature of President Bill Clinton. Framed, 10 ¾\" x 15 ¾\"","Belonged to Helen Louise Sargent, Vice Regent for the District of Columbia, undated. Matted but not framed. 13 ½\" x 17 ¼\"","Tributes included are for James Rees, Mount Vernon employees, and Gay Hart Gaines.","Signed list of Rhode Island Vice Regents on the front inside page. The S.S. Teacher's Edition of the Holy Bible. Oxford University Press: London. Book cover reads \"Mount Vernon, Rhode Island Room 1898.\" Several inserts and annotations.","Signed on front inside page \"Pro Deo et Patria! The gift of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for the State of New York, For the use of Vice Regents of the State of New York. March 29, 1900.\" The Holy Bible, The American Bible Society: New York, 1897. One insert.","Bound volume listing subscriptions or donations to Mount Vernon's fund to rebuild the \"servant's quarters\" destroyed by fire in 1835. The Vice Regent of Kansas, Jennie Ward, reported she raised enough by fundraising in Kansas schools ($1,000) The reconstruction was \"rebuilt along the lines of the old ruin,\" and in what was believed to be the original location.  It was completed in 1891.","Certificate of membership for Justine Van Resselaer Townsend for membership in the Daughters of the Cincinnati. Also signed by Townsend as President of the organization.","Wood panel with painted coat of arms; reverse reads \"A facsimile of a bronze tablet on the monument to Ann Pamela Cunningham in Columbia, S. Carolina, A.J. Robertson, May 1904\"","Objects related to the Dedication of the 16-Sided Barn, September 27, 1996. Includes souvenir satchel pouch with fact sheets and information, American flags on tissue paper, programs, and guest lists","Tabletop decoration used for the Bicentennial of the Inauguration of Washington dinner, 1989.","With bust of Washington, from the North Carolina Museum of History","Includes MVLA seal.","Labeled \"Cyndi Invest.\" and \"Bob's Invest.\" and numbered 1-3. Two are unlabeled but thought to be from the same series. Most likely recorded by Cyndi Lints, Administrative Assistant, and Bob McCarthy, Controller.","With management consultant Edie Seashore","At least one tape may have contributions by management consultant, Edie Seashore.","Meeting with management consultant Edie Seashore.","Time 5:40, produced by Goettler Associates, Inc. Columbus, Ohio","C-SPAN Archives, Tape 1 – 118 min., Tape 2 – 84 min. Copyright restricted"],"names_ssim":["Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Black Women United for Action","Wall, Charles Cecil, 1903-1995","Townsend, Justine Van Rensselaer, 1828-1912","Comegys, Harriet Clayton, 1840-1927","Richards, Alice Haliburton King, 1860-1936","Towner, Harriet C. (Harriet Cole), 1869-1942","Hanks, Mary Esther Vilas, 1873-1959","Harkness, Hope Hodgman Powel, 1889-1974","Beirne, Rosamond Randall, 1894-1969","Cooke, Elizabeth Throckmorton, 1897-1993","Guy, Frances Claiborne, 1921-2016","Anderson, Helen Sharp, 1916-2013","Seamans, Eugenia Merrill, 1922-2010","Bishop, Mabel Livingstone, 1925-2007","Morrissette, Laura Vaughan Inge, 1933-","Lee, Jane Carew, 1931-2019","Walton, Ellen Carroll","Gaines, Gay Hart","Ansley, Boyce Lineberger, 1946-2016","Bookout, Ann Haunschild","Lucas, Barbara Bourgeois","Allison, Margaret Appleton","Berry, Violetta Lansdale, 1883-1971","Bolton, Mary Peters","Brown, Anne Crawford Allen, 1848-1936","Burdick, Alison Ward, 1912-2007","Carpenter, Harriet Isham, 1869-1948","Coolidge, Mary Abigail Parsons, 1878-1964","Cubbedge, Margaret Ellis, 1896-1985","Gammill, Lynn Crosby, 1936-","Hagner, Adlumia Sterrett, 1916-2007","Herbert, Leila","Holderness, Eunice Jackson, 1917-2007","Hollis, Margaret Belser, 1924-2015","Labouisse, Sally (Sarah Cameron), 1903-1985","Fisher, Robert B.","Morse, Frank","Neal, Anne D.","Platt, Page Anderson, 1899-1984","Dodge, Harrison Howell, 1852-1937","Rathbone, Elizabeth Adams, 1837-1923","Richardson, Melody Sawyer","Smith, Gene Smith","Strachan, Rose Forsyth, 1915-2000","Sullivan, Priscilla Manning, 1911-1994","Symmes, Harrison M., 1921-2010","Woodbury, Charlotte, 1873-1966","Todd, Frances Packette, 1901-1987","Tyler, Constance Ellen, 1911-1963","Wiener, Ellanore Brown","Abrahams, Meliora Hambleton","Alexander, Hope Powel, 1925-2019","Ames, Anne Carrington Dwight, 1849-1904","Anderson, Isabel Scott, 1899-1994","Anderson, Anne Page Wilder, 1873-1956","Andrews, Julia Johnston, 1846-1915","Armour, Mary Gooch, 1942-","Aurell, Jane Collins","Baker, Fannie Gilchrist, 1838-1901","Balfour, Emma Harrison Warren, 1818-1887","Ball, Emma R., 1838-1918","Barnes, Mary Fauntleroy, 1824-1912","Barret, Margaretta Mason Brown, 1839-1920","Barret, Rosa Robinson, 1881-1955","Barry, Elizabeth Willard, 1814-1883","Battle, Charlotte Timberlake","Bayard, Elizabeth du Pont, 1880-1975","Bennett, Jamie Armstrong, 1881-1963","Billups, Mary Govan, 1874-1971","Blackburn, Alpha Coles","Bockstoce, Elizabeth Roberts, 1918-1995","Bolton, Frances Payne Bingham, 1885-1977","Borthwick, Maribeth Armstrong","Bowlin, Ruth Price","Bradford, Helen MacKay, 1940-2004","Bradford, Mary Conover","Young , James","Broadwell, Elizabeth Lytle","Brockett, Marcella Powell Gibson","Brooks, Mary Cunningham Randolph, 1816-1882","Evarts, Mary, 1854-1928","Brown, Caroline Hinman Clement","Brown, Cynthia Pillow Saunders, 1810-1892","Buchanan, Frances Rogers","Bush, Margaret Gage","Butler, Sarah Duncan","Cabot, Nancy Graves, 1889-1969","Cain, Talbot deButts, 1941-2013","Call, Nancy Banning","Campbell, Virginia Kyle, 1822-1882","Carson, Dana Porter","Chapin, Betsy (Elizabeth M.)","Chesnut, Mary, 1775-1864","Chisholm, Katherine Crutcher, 1929-2016","Collins, Mary Call Darby, 1911-2009","Comegys, Margaret Douglass, 1816-1888","Conover, Helen Field, 1833-1914","Cox, Katherine Cabell Claiborne, 1854-1925","Crumpacker, Anne Finkbeiner (Elizabeth Anne Finkbeiner)","Danforth, Edwine Evans, 1863-1961","Davis, Florence Stumb","De Forest, Elizabeth Kellam","Denham, Mary Simkins, 1868-1950","Dewey, Ruth Harrington, 1918-2016","Dickinson, Alice London, 1814-1881","Dillon, Anna Price, 1835-1898","Du Pont, Elizabeth N.","Emory, Matilda Bache, 1819-1900","Eve, Philoclea Edgeworth Casey, 1813-1889","Failing, Mary Forbush, 1862-1947","Fauth, Geren Watson","Fitch, Harriet Satterlee","Fogg, Francis B., Mrs., 1800-1872","Foster, Victorine Du Pont, 1849-1934","Freeman, Margaret Walthall","Furness, Anna Ramsey, 1876-1964","Furness, Marion Ramsey, 1853-1935","Gilchrist, Gene Robin","Goldsborough, Eleanor Rogers, 1822-1906","Goodrich, Mary Boott, 1807-1868","Graham, Christine Blair, 1852-1915","Greenough, Louisa Ingersoll, 1813-1891","Guthrie, Beatrice Holden","Hagood, Derrill Maybank","Haldeman, Jane Norton, 1909-1984","Hale, Sarah King, 1798-1865","Halsted, Nancy Marsh, 1817-1891","Schuyler, Mary Morris Hamilton, 1818-1877","McAdoo, Mary Cheston (formerly Mary Hancock)","Hanks, Lorelai Jackson, 1929-2006","Harper, Emily L. 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Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items from this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been digitized as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as JPG or PDF. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","An item from this folder has been scanned as a JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items from this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items from this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items from this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in Mrs. Walton's folders have been scanned as JPG or PDF. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in Mrs. Walton's folders have been scanned as JPG or PDF. Please contact library staff for more details.","Some items in this folder have been scanned as PDF or JPG. Please contact library staff for details.","copy in Photographs addenda","copy in Series 6.1","The Papers of the MVLA is divided into six series, one of which has been further split into two subseries. The majority of material is organized alphabetically, however each series has an arrangement note to explain unique caveats to the organizational structure. The series and subseries are arranged as follows:","Series 1. Committee Files\nSeries 2. Council Files\nSeries 3. Minutes of the Council, original\nSeries 4. Regent's Files\nSeries 5. Papers of the Vice Regents\nSeries 6. Vice Regents Files","Series 6.1. General","Series 6.2. Alphabetical","Alphabetically by committee and folder title, then chronologically.","Chronologically by Council date, then alphabetically by folder title.","Chronological.","Chronologically by Regent, then alphabetically by folder title.","Alphabetically by Vice Regent, then alphabetically by folder title.","Subseries \n6.1 Vice Regents Files – General \n6.2 Vice Regents Files – Alphabetical","Alphabetically by Vice Regent.","An addition with multiple accession numbers was processed in 2023 following the same series order, and is described in full at the end of the collection. Further additions may be processed separately and will include born digital files.","The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union was founded in 1853 by Ann Pamela Cunningham. The purpose of the Association was to purchase Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, in order to restore the property and open the grounds to visitors and admirers who desired to see Washington's house and tomb. Ann Pamela Cunningham became interested in the preservation of Mount Vernon when her mother, traveling down the Potomac River in 1853, saw the house in its neglected and dilapidated state and wrote to her daughter of its condition. Both women thought it shameful to allow the first President's home to fall into ruin. A determined Ann Pamela Cunningham assembled twenty-two women of like mind together to raise money to purchase the property, pay off all debt, and return the gardens and grounds to the condition in which they were left by Washington himself. John Augustine Washington III, George Washington's great-grandnephew and the owner of Mount Vernon at the time, delayed several years in selling the home to the Ladies' Association. He preferred a sale to the State of Virginia or the federal government, both of which declined purchase. In 1858 he finally agreed to sell Mount Vernon to Ann Pamela Cunningham and the MVLA for $200,000. \nThe MVLA is the owner and executive board of Mount Vernon. Membership is made up of one Regent and 20-30 Vice Regents, each from a different state. All MVLA members assemble twice a year in April and October for Council, where they hear motions and reports concerning projects or issues at the estate. The Vice Regents also divide into committees focused on different functions and operations, and rotate members every few years. Today the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association is remembered as the first organization dedicated to historic preservation in the United States, and as innovators in the field of preservation. The Association remains loyal to its original goals, the restoration and care of Mount Vernon, and educating people all over the world about George Washington's life and legacy. Mount Vernon is open to visitors 365 days a year. The estate now consists of not only the Mansion and tomb of Washington, but restored gardens, outbuildings, Pioneer Farm, Gristmill, Distillery, museum and orientation center, the National Library for the Study of George Washington, gift shops, food pavilion, and the Mount Vernon Inn restaurant. \nList of Regents of the MVLA: \n•\tAnn Pamela Cunningham, 1853-1874 resigned 1874, died 1875\n•\tLily Macalester Berghmans Laughton, 1874-1891, died 1891\n•\tJustine Van Rensselaer Townsend, 1891-1909, died 1912\n•\tHarriet Clayton Comegys, 1909-1927, died 1927\n•\tAlice Haliburton King Richards, 1927-1936, died 1936\n•\tHarriet Cole Towner, 1937-1942, died 1942\n•\tMary Vilas Hanks, 1943-1948, died 1959\n•\tHope Hodgman Harkness (formerly Hope H. Powel), 1948-1958, died 1974\n•\tRosamond Harding Randall Beirne, 1958-1968, died 1968\n•\tElizabeth Throckmorton Cooke, 1968-1976, died 1993\n•\tFrances Claiborne Guy, Jr., 1976-1982\n•\tHelen Sharp Anderson, 1982-1986, died 2013\n•\tEugenia Ayer Merrill Seamans, Jr., 1986-1990, died 2010\n•\tMabel Alleyne Livingstone Bishop, 1990-1993, died 2007\n•\tLaura Vaughan Inge Morrissette, 1993-1996\n•\tJane Carew Lee, 1996-1999\n•\tEllen Carroll Walton, 1999-2004\n•\tGay Hart Gaines, 2004-2007\n•\tBoyce Lineberger Ansley, 2007-2010, died 2016\n•\tAnn Haunschild Bookout III, 2010-2013\n•\tBarbara Bourgeois Lucas II, 2013-2016\n•\tSarah Miller Coulson, 2016-","Mrs. John Vanneman Abrahams","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. Richard C. Alexander","Mrs. William Ames","Mrs. Thomas Dunaway Anderson","Mrs. Thomas Dunaway Anderson","Mrs. Thomas Dunaway Anderson","Mrs. Thomas Dunaway Anderson","Mrs. Edward Clifford Anderson","Mrs. Jefferson Randolph Anderson","Mrs. Jefferson Randolph Anderson","Mrs. Alexander Boyd Andrews","Mrs. Shepard Bryan Ansley","Mrs. Shepard Bryan Ansley","Mrs. Andrew W. Armour IV","Mrs. John Karl Aurell","Mrs. James McNair Baker","Mrs. William Balfour","Mrs. Charles Burgess Ball","Mrs. Joseph K. Barnes","Mrs. William Francis Barret","Mrs. Mason Brown Barret","Mrs. William Barry","Mrs. Thomas B. Battle","Mrs. Thomas B. Battle","Mrs. Thomas Francis","Mrs. Thomas Francis Bayard","Mrs. Francis Foulke Beirne","Mrs. John Mirza Bennett","Mrs. Harold Lee Berry","Mrs. Clarence Morton Bishop, Jr.","Mrs. Clarence Morton Bishop, Jr.","Mrs. Clarence Morton Bishop, Jr.","Mrs. Clarence Morton Bishop, Jr.","Mrs. Clifton McCausland Bockstoce","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Chester Castle Bolton","Mrs. Kenyon Castle Bolton","Mrs. William Harold Borthwick","Mrs. David L. Bowlin","Mrs. David Bradford","Mrs. Willard Hall","Mrs. Samuel J. Broadwell","Mrs. Charles Brockett","Mrs. Charles Brockett","Mrs. James Brooks","Mrs. John Carter Brown II","Mrs. Horace Brown","Mrs. Aaron Venable Brown","Mrs. Sam Buchanan","Mrs. Charles Lalor Burdick","Mrs. Charles Lalor Burdick","Mrs. Morris Williams Bush","Mrs. Richard Cabot","Mrs. Samuel Cabot","Mrs. Tyler R. Cain","Mrs. Richard W. Call","Mrs. Robert Campbell","Mrs. George Albert Carpenter","Mrs. George Albert Carpenter","Mrs. George Albert Carpenter","Mrs. George Albert Carpenter","Mrs. Everett B. Carson","Mrs. James Chesnut","Mrs. Frank Anderson Chisholm","Mrs. Robert Goodloe Harper Clarkson","Mrs. Thomas LeRoy Collins","Mrs. Francis Stevens Conover","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. Thomas Turner Cooke","Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge","Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge","Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge","Mrs. William Ruffin Cox","Mrs. James F. Crumpacker","Mrs. Beaufort Barnwell Cubbedge","Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth","Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth","Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth","Mrs. Henry Gold Danforth","Mrs. William Lipscomb Davis","Mrs. Lockwood De Forest","Mrs. Lockwood De Forest","Mrs. Thomas Palmer Denham","Mrs. Arthur J. Dewey, Jr.","Mrs. Platt Ketcham Dickinson","Mrs. John Forest Dillon","Mrs. William Hemsley Emory","Mrs. William Joseph Eve","Mrs. J. Hap Fauth","Mrs. Graham Newell Fitch","Mrs. Francis Brinley Fogg","Mrs. Antoine Lentilhon Foster","Mrs. George Russell Freeman","Mrs. Charles Eliot Furness","Mrs. Stanley Noyes Gaines","Mrs. Stanley Noyes Gaines","Mrs. Stanley Noyes Gaines","Mrs. Stanley Noyes Gaines","Mrs. Stewart Gammill III","Mrs. Stewart Gammill III","Mrs. Stewart J. Gilchrist","Mrs. George Robins Goldsborough","Mrs. Samuel Griswold Goodrich","Mrs. Benjamin Brown Graham","Mrs. Horatio Greenough","Mrs. Randolph Hobson Guthrie","Mrs. John Henry Guy","Mrs. John Henry Guy","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Randall H. Hagner","Mrs. Benjamin Ambler Hagood","Mrs. Walter Newman Haldeman","Mrs. Salma Hale","Mrs. Nathaniel Norris Halsted","Later Mrs. George Lee Schuyler","Mrs. F. Woodson Hancock, Jr.","Mrs. William Vilas Hanks","Mrs. Lucien Mason Hanks","Mrs. Lucien Mason Hanks","Mrs. Lucien Mason Hanks","Mrs. Lucien Mason Hanks","Mrs. Albert Harkness, previously Mrs. Thomas Ives Hare Powel","Mrs. Albert Harkness, previously Mrs. Thomas Ives Hare Powel","Mrs. Albert Harkness, previously Mrs. Thomas Ives Hare Powel","Mrs. Fairfax Harrison","Mrs. Fairfax Harrison","Mrs. Fairfax Harrison","Mrs. Preston Hampton Haskell","Mrs. George Hearst","Mrs. George Hearst","Mrs. Frank X. Henke III","Mrs. Nathaniel Peter Hill","Mrs. Benjamin Dickson Hitz","Mrs. Benjamin Dickson Hitz","Mrs. Benjamin Dickson Hitz","Mrs. Benjamin Dickson Hitz","Mrs. Arthur John Holden","Mrs. Marvin Early Holderness","Mrs. Marvin Early Holderness","Mrs. Marvin Early Holderness","Mrs. Henry Hollenberg","Mrs. Daniel Walker Hollis","Mrs. William Henry Hudson","Mrs. Wilson Price Hunt","later Mrs. Seabrook W. Sydnor","Mrs. Lewis M. Irwin","Mrs. Henry Porter Isham","Mrs. Henry Porter Isham","Mrs. Henry Porter Isham","Mrs. Henry Porter Isham","Mrs. Alexander Jeffrey","Mrs. Robert Ward Johnson","Mrs. Robert Daniel Johnston","Mrs. John Witherspoon Labouisse","Mrs. Thomas Stilwell Branscombe","Mrs. Charles G. Lane","Mrs. John Scott Laughton, previously Mme. Alfred Berghmans","Mrs Robert W. Lawson III","Mrs. John Leary","Mrs. Robert E. Lee IV, previously Mrs. Cotton Rice","Mrs. Robert E. Lee IV, previously Mrs. Cotton Rice","Mrs. Robert E. Lee IV, previously Mrs. Cotton Rice","Mrs. Robert E. Lee IV, previously Mrs. Cotton Rice","Mrs. Levi Zeigler Leiter","Mrs. Henry S. Le Vert","Mrs. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis","Mrs. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis","Mrs. Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis","Mrs. Charles Jacob","Mrs. John Cunningham Lobb","Mrs. Earl King Lord","Mrs. Earl King Lord","Mrs. James Fairfax Loughborough","Mrs. James Fairfax Loughborough","Mrs. James Fairfax Loughborough","Mrs. Stanley David Lyle","Mrs. John F. Mars","Later Mrs. Edwin Holland Terrell","Mrs. Thomas Sheldon Maxey","Mrs. J. Craig McIlvain","Mrs. William McWillie","Mrs. William Robert Mercer, Jr.","Mrs. Alexander Mitchell","Mrs. P. William Moore, Jr.","Mrs. Benjamin Allston Moore","Mrs. Hiram Taylor Morrissette","Mrs. Isaac Edward Morse","Mme. Achille Murat","Mrs. Charles Nagel","Mrs. Donald J. Nalty","Mrs. James T. Neal","Mrs. Robert Neill, Jr.","Mrs. Phillip B. Newman III","Mrs. Carl J. Olander, Vice Regent for Kansas 1970-1986, Vice Regent for Colorado 1986-1995","Mrs. Arthur Newton Pack","Mrs. Arthur Newton Pack","Mrs. Arthur Newton Pack","Mrs. Edward Horatio Parker","Later Mrs. John Rutledge Abney","Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Pepper","Mrs. Celsus Price Perrie","Mrs. David A. Pfaelzer","Mrs. Francis Wilkinson Pickens","Mrs. Alex Pirtle, Jr.","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Henry Norris Platt","Mrs. Horton Pope","Mrs. John Julius Pringle","Mrs. Joshua Henry Rathbone","Mrs. James Gore King Richards","Mrs. Tobias Gibson Richardson","Mrs. Benjamin Sherrod Ricks","Mrs. William Foushee Ritchie","Mrs. Henry Woodward Rogers","Mrs. Henry Woodward Rogers","Mrs. Henry Woodward Rogers","Mrs. Henry Woodward Rogers","Mrs. Philip Schuyler","Mrs. Charles Gordon Scott","Mrs. Douglas Seaman","Mrs. Robert Seamans (Dr. Robert Channing Seamans, Jr.)","Mrs. Robert Seamans (Dr. Robert Channing Seamans, Jr.)","Mrs. Lloyd A. Semple","Mrs. John Reynolds Shelton. Mistakenly written as Harriet Handy Shelton in multiple publications, but Harriet Shelton was John Shelton's first wife who died in 1922. Clara Francis Shelton, his second wife, was the MVLA Vice Regent.","Mrs. Nelson Turner Shields III","Mrs. William Ewen Shipp","Mrs. Henry Hastings Sibley","Mrs. Richard R. Simplot","Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Jr.","Mrs. Frank Garden Strachan","Mrs. Frank Garden Strachan","Mrs. Frank Garden Strachan","Mrs. Frank Garden Strachan","Mrs. Richard H. Streeter","Mrs. John Lawrence Sullivan","Mrs. Lorenzo de Medici Sweat","Mrs. Thomas Seddon Taliaferro, Jr.","Mrs. Russell Story Tarr","Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer III","Mrs. De Courcy Wright Thom","Mrs. Augustine Jaquelin Todd","Mrs. Horace Mann Towner","Mrs. Horace Mann Towner","Mrs. Horace Mann Towner","Mrs. Howard Townsend","Mrs. Alexander C. Troup","Mrs. Verplanck Van Antwerp","Mrs. Horace Van Deventer","Mrs. William Loring Vaughan","Mrs. Benjamin Doolittle Walcott","Mrs. William Richmond Walker","Mrs. James M. Walton","Mrs. James M. Walton","Mrs. James M. Walton","Mrs. Milan Lester Ward","Mrs. Benjamin Streeter Warren","Mrs. Benjamin Streeter Warren","Mrs. Lewis William Washington","Mrs. W. Temple Webber, Jr.","Mrs. Charles D. Weller","Mrs. Stephen K. West","Mrs. Frederick H. West","Mrs. Charles Stetson Wheeler","Mrs. Calhoun W. Wick","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Alexander Loder Wiener","Mrs. Erskine Phelps Wilder, Jr.","Mrs. Joseph John Wilder","Mrs. Douglas Williams","Mrs. Williams A. Winder","Mrs. Gordon Woodbury","Mrs. Gordon Woodbury","Mrs. George Washington Woodward","Mrs. David Levy Yulee","A letter from this file is available digitally - DA_000262\n(Letter from Esther S. Fraser to Charles C. Wall concerning wallpaper, August 1, 1934)","Accession number 2015-A-074","1 letter from this folder is available digitally - DA_000202","Letter from the Superintendent to Mrs. Bradford concerning a grey silk needlework","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000261\n(Letter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Mrs. John Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, concerning the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and Washington's tomb, March 13, 1920. Also includes a news clipping showing the Prince at the tomb with a guard and Mr. Dodge.)","Digital copies of some items in this folder are available - DA_000201","RL-6497","Gold lettering on cover reads \"Mount Vernon, from the American Bible Society.\"","RP-691, Misc. 4845 and RP-692, Misc. 4846.","RM-949, MS-5501","Includes program for awards dinner.","Small leather book.","Includes news clippings, extracts from letters, and notes. Scrapbook of clippings compiled by Vice Regent Mrs. Sweat, 1850s-1898. RL-474.","RL-474.","Fragile.","RL-1108","2016-A-015","An item in this scrapbook is available digitally - DA_000225\n(1 black and white photograph showing the opening remarks taken during the premiere; MVLA Regent Mrs. Cook, President Ford, and French President d'Estaing are visible in the image, 1976)","Gift of Elizabeth Barry, Vice Regent from Illinois.","Presented to the MVLA. Framed, 14 ¾\" x 17 ¾\"","Signed by the Governor. Framed, 15\" x 20 ¼\".","Commemorative medal – large bronze medal with relief sculpture of Stenton Mansion on the front; reverse reads \"The Garden Club of America Preservation of Historic Gardens and Buildings,\" with engraving that reads \"Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 2010.\" 2006 Medallic Art Co., Dayton, NV","Provenance unknown.","Waterbury Button Co., Conn. (provenance unknown)","Used in publications.","Designs and images include Washington's swords, carriage, coat of arms, tools, Mount Vernon cornerstone, etc.","Notepad given away as a gift bag item for the Grand Opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center, 2006. Images of the George Washington wax figures and the Savage painting appear on the sides of the notepad.","Provenance unknown.","some unlabeled","This certificate has a fragile wax seal. Please do not place folders on top of this one.","Many of these files, especially from the earlier years of the MVLA, were previously arranged in filing cabinets in the old Mount Vernon Library in the basement of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building. When possible, the original order of these files and their file names were kept during arrangement and description in this finding aid. All series in this collection are currently open-ended and small accruals will be added from time to time. Series 6 is especially fluid, as single items are often added to a specific Vice Regent's folder (such as an obituary or retirement tribute).","For original minutes dated 1860-1887, please see Box 91, 92, or 100. These minutes were located and added to the collection after initial processing.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","These photographs were loose and/or were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","disassembled scrapbook","Note: These items were removed from folders within the collection because of size and for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn items.","(Received from the Curatorial department, 1992)","- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, 1850-1996\n- Bound Volumes of the Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports\n- Papers of James Rees","This collection documents the care and management of Mount Vernon through the work of the MVLA. Types of material include correspondence, reports, memos, notes, personal and biographical information, news clippings, meeting agendas, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Several highlights of the collection include the original minutes of Council meetings, scrapbooks and ledgers created by Vice Regents, and early correspondence with Regents and Vice Regents. While the library's collection \"Early Records of the MVLA\" documents the founding and early years of the organization, the Papers of the MVLA continues where that collection ended and preserves the ongoing story of these women and the fulfillment of their mission. Creators of the collection are largely the board members themselves, along with staff and employees who worked directly with them. Scope notes have been added before the content list of each series to better describe its specific provenance and content. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s to the 1990s, however there is a very wide range represented overall, 1858-2016.","This series contains records created and collected by various committees within the MVLA. Correspondence, reports, and meeting agendas make up the majority of material.","Letter (copy) from Esther S. Fraser, Hall Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to assistant superintendent Charles Cecil Wall, August 1, 1934. Regarding analysis of Mount Vernon's wallpaper.","During the early 1980s, MVLA members agreed the process and procedures of Council needed to be updated. One suggestion made by Resident Director John Castellani was to create a notebook for each Council organized by schedule and activity. This resulted in the organized collection of reports, itineraries, minutes, and event plans for every Council, represented in these files. This practice continues, to some degree, up to the present time.","Original minutes taken for Council meetings, 1887-1994. The earliest versions were handwritten. Later copies were cleaned up and typed for preparation to be printed. Most of the minutes are loose papers in folders, but the years 1912 through 1927 are in bound/book form. Years 1928 through 1936 are in both formats, loose and bound.","A large majority of the Regent's Files contain correspondence to and from the Regent, sometimes organized by subject. Files for more recent Regents often contain event programs or invitations, speeches, clippings, reports, printed material, and other miscellaneous items. Letters to or from VIP guests or dignitaries have been noted when possible.","Includes RM-1024, MS-5652","This series contains records that were donated or transferred to the Library by a Vice Regent or their family members. These papers were often created by individual Vice Regents during the course of their duties as MVLA members, but were not held in files at Mount Vernon. Some folders may contain personal papers. A wide range of material is represented including correspondence, subject research files, reports, articles, printed material, memos, speeches, programs, invitations, memorabilia, and ephemera. Vice Regents often collected papers concerning specific projects or committees on which they worked.","Includes letters concerning Dodge's memoirs and the tree planted by the Prince of Wales.","Includes letters concerning the Anti-Fee Association and the Powel Coach.","Includes clippings on a Mount Vernon replica in New York and a visit to Mount Vernon by a British man.","Includes a Standard Guide map of Washington, D.C., \"Washington Visits to Rhode Island,\" \"George Washington and Rhode Island,\" and \"Autograph Letters and Documents of George Washington Now in Rhode Island Collections.\"","These files were kept by staff members at Mount Vernon, most often by the Secretary to the Board, to document the lives and work of individual Vice Regents. Some items were given directly by the Vice Regents to be placed in their files, while other documents were located or collected by staff and interfiled at a later time. Types of material include mostly correspondence, clippings, obituaries, resumes, tributes and memorials, notes, memos, and ephemera.","Biographical notes dated 1952 and 1954","George Washington Biography Lesson, 1995-2005","Questionnaire for the Records, correspondence 1979-1989, play written for George Washington's birthday","Skit or play performed for a Washington birthday event, written by Captain and Hope Powel Alexander, the Vice Regent for Rhode Island, February 22, 1988.","Correspondence, 1990-1999","Correspondence, 1990-1999, booklet- George Washington in Rhode Island, Words of Washington during the Revolution","Oral history interview by Sandra Robinette","Obituary, 1904; Biographical letter by her daughter; Invitation for subscription to the Peace Dance","Biographical information, Garden Club of America, obituaries for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson","Correspondence, 1967-1979, opening remarks to Mount Vernon film, 1976","Correspondence, 1980-1989, Mount Vernon, The Texas Connection","Correspondence, 1990-1999, The Mount Vernon File, Memorabilia of Washington County's Second County Seat, Questionnaire for the Records","Correspondence 1948-1960, Mount Vernon in Virginia list","Correspondence, 1919-1939","Signed by the Regent, Harriet Comegys.","Biographical note on the service of Anne Page Wilder Anderson in the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.","Correspondence 1940-1954","Correspondence, photographs","Obituaries, 2016","Correspondence, clippings, biographical and memorial information, Questionnaire for the Records","Correspondence, biographical information","Correspondence (Includes correspondence with U.S. Senator Bob Graham), biographical information","Obituary; descriptions of Florida Vice Regents","Biographical information; diary from 1863; census information; photograph of painting of Mrs. Balfour","Biographical information; Memorial tribute; Letter from the Governor of Virginia concerning a daguerreotype of Mrs. Ball; Copyright certificate for a Mount Vernon publication; Article about Mount Vernon","Obituary; minutes of Council from 1912 announcing her death","\"In Memoriam\" from Council Minutes; genealogy","Correspondence 1938-1955, obituaries, memorial from the minutes","Booklet, biographical information and memorial from minutes","Correspondence; gift annuity agreement; Questionnaire for the Records","Summary of Auction Activities, 1997","Correspondence, 1937-1942","Correspondence and biographical information, 1943-1975; list of gifts to Mount Vernon","Correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, and clippings, resolution to Council on her death, listing of her descendants, Questionnaire","Biographical information, obituaries, and correspondence (Includes letter from Mamie D. Eisenhower), Questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes some poetry and other writings, and a list of \"Association Papers Returned to Mount Vernon\"), Obituary, list of committee assignments, in memoriam, listing of Maine bedroom furniture","Correspondence, 1927-1954","Articles about house tour, obituary, Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute to her","Correspondence 1977-1989, Questionnaire, 1982 GW's 250th birthday calendar done by Oregon school children","Correspondence as Regent (Includes photocopies of letters from President and First Lady Bush), articles","Correspondence (Includes Memorial booklet, 2007; List \"Shingles – For Mrs. Bishop\")","Publications concerning Mount Vernon visit of Queen Elizabeth, 1991","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial","In memoriam; articles; questionnaire; correspondence","Clippings, biographical information, memorial information; Guide to Mrs. Bolton's Papers (Western Reserve Historical Society)","Clippings, Laminated notebook of news clippings","Congressional newsletters by Mrs. Bolton, Campaign material","Congressional Records, September 1965 and March 1977; Booklet – \"Letters from Africa\"; Newsletters to constituents","Correspondence 1938-1960, Questionnaire, biographical data","Correspondence 1961-1977","Questionnaire, correspondence","Correspondence, email 2004-2005","Correspondence and biographical information","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and memorial information, 1925-1942","Letter from the assistant superintendent, James Young, to Mary Bradford, Vice Regent for New Jersey, April 2, 1931. In regards to a grey silk needlework bag reported to have been given by Martha Washington to Mrs. Peale.","Newspaper obituary","Correspondence, 1955-1994; Booklet, \"Annals of Iowa,\" (info on Vice Regents from Iowa), condolence letter","Questionnaire, correspondence, husband's obituary, Annals of Iowa book","Biographical information, magazine article copies","Correspondence, articles","Letter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Anne Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, March 13, 1920. Mentions the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and encloses a clipping with a photograph of the Prince, superintendent Harrison Dodge, and Tomb guard Charles Simms at Washington's Tomb. Evarts also discusses the recent death of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for New York, and the poor health of Elizabeth Pringle, Vice Regent for South Carolina.","Correspondence","Obituary, wedding announcement","Questionnaire, correspondence, articles","Questionnaire, correspondence, note cards","Correspondence, death announcement","Correspondence, clippings, Questionnaire, death announcement","Correspondence, certificate as Vice Regent","Correspondence 1942-1955","Correspondence, obituaries","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence 1960-1969, Memorial information and booklet","Letter from Samuel Cabot, son of Nancy Cabot, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, to Hope Harkness, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, June 10, 1969. Gives biographical information about his mother after her passing.","Correspondence, Questionnaire","L.A. Alive Magazine; correspondence; Questionnaire","Articles, Campbell House Museum info","Correspondence, Certificate of appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence; Article, \"The Regents of Mount Vernon\"; Watercolor of Mount Vernon by Marie Blanke; Bylaws of the MVLA","Correspondence and \"Reminiscences\"","\"Returned Papers\" of Mrs. Carpenter, correspondence and MVLA publications","Resume; correspondence","Prospective form; correspondence; Questionnaire; Organizational Capacity Survey, and biographical information","Biographical information; letter verifying she met Washington","Questionnaire; correspondence","Biographical note","Correspondence and clippings, articles about husband's political campaigns","Clippings, manuscript and paper copy of article on the origin of the MVLA, correspondence","Biographical sketch and personal details, excerpts of state reports and letters","In Memoriam booklet and obituary, 1914; Reference letter from MV Librarian","Correspondence 1946-1953","Correspondence 1954-1959","Correspondence; articles; paper on the traditions of the MVLA","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac and letter from Pat Nixon); Program on commissioning ship Mount Vernon","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and list of donors from New Jersey)","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and family history for the Throckmortons)","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign)","Correspondence and memorial information","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence","Note about her death","Prospective form; correspondence; Questionnaire","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence, includes letter by Governor Colgate Darden of Virginia","Newspaper clippings; manuscript of speech; resignation letter; reminiscences; in memoriam; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent; biographical piece; correspondence after her resignation","Questionnaire; correspondence; letter of resignation; notes written in tribute to her","Correspondence","Obituaries; tributes; correspondence; Questionnaire","List of MVLA history; correspondence; copy of photograph","Questionnaire; correspondence; tribute on her resignation","Biographical information","Biographical information; memoir written by her husband","Resume; correspondence; in memoriam","Article on the history of Detroit, biographical information","Correspondence; news clippings","Biographical information; article about her life","Obituary or memorial for the first MVLA Vice Regent for Georgia, Philoclea Eve. Typed on December 23, 1952 for her file. Note the appointment date at the top is incorrect. Eve was appointed Vice Regent in 1858.","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence, news clippings, biographical article","Correspondence, biographical information, committee work, research on former Minnesota Vice Regents; prospective Vice Regent form; copy of historical magazine of MN; development information","Biographical information","Biographical information","Correspondence; list of MVLA service","Memo, bio note","Clippings, biographical and memorial information","Correspondence; memorials; Questionnaire; report on outbuildings","Memorial information","Correspondence and memorial information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information","Correspondence as Regent","Correspondence to Mrs. Gaines as Regent","Biographical information; tributes to her service; correspondence; Questionnaire","Correspondence; letter from Sen. Trent Lott; biographical sketch; notes for talk","Obituary; correspondence; Questionnaire","News clippings","Biography of her husband; research on her as first VR from Connecticut","Biographical information, correspondence","Transcription of letter, 1858","Correspondence, Questionnaire, resume","Questionnaire, correspondence, tributes","Correspondence","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, memorial service info, Questionnaire","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial service info","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, description of dinner for The Washington Antique Show; description of reception at French Embassy; other special events invitations; obituary","Correspondence and clippings","Correspondence, Donation of Willard scrapbook","Correspondence","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and Memorial information","Booklet, \"In Memory of Sarah King Hale\" and biographical information","Obituary, letter to Mr. Townley Esq., and transcription of letter (RM 1206)","Biographical information and transcriptions of letters, correspondence","Correspondence; prospective Vice Regent form","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial info","Correspondence; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1940-1949; List of documents acquired at the sale of the Armstrong Collections","Correspondence","Obituary","Correspondence and biographical information","Letters from correspondence file of Hetty Harrison, Vice Regent for Virginia, including letters to and from, date range 1924-1936. Letters mostly concern Mansion furnishings, wallpaper, and similar topics.","Correspondence","Correspondence, article","Correspondence; questionnaire; obituary; memorials","Photocopies of correspondence, Bancroft Library material, University of California at Berkeley","Research file with biographical and legacy information; clippings; List of gifts to Mount Vernon; correspondence; obituaries and tributes","Questionnaire; prospective Vice Regent form; correspondence, includes 2018-A-020","Biography; obituary","Correspondence, 1937-1955; Accession lists, 1949-1951; Descriptions for Mount Vernon slides","Correspondence, 1955-1966; Library reports and accessions","Correspondence, 1966-1970; Library reports and accessions","Correspondence and Memorial information, 1971-1979; clippings","Correspondence; program from commissioning of US Ship Mount Vernon; Questionnaire","Correspondence","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and memorial information, 1963-1971; clippings","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Booklet, \"Washington's House\" by Mrs. Hudson; Biographical note, 1980; Correspondence (Connecticut Room), correspondence with Mrs. Hudson's niece Miss Carmalt (RM-1132); photographs (copies) of Susan Hudson and her husband, photograph of a portrait of William Dunlap and note by descendant.","Biographical information","Biographical and Memorial information; \"Notes for Talks on Mount Vernon,\" correspondence","Biographical information; transcript of letter from APC appointing her; obituary","Biographical note on Ella Hutchins Sydnor, the first Vice Regent for Texas, with accompanying transcription and news clipping.","One sheet reference to an MVLA book she is listed in","Correspondence; blueprint of traffic circle from Virginia Electric","Correspondence and clippings (Includes correspondence with Congressmen and Letitia Baldridge, First Lady Jackie Kennedy's secretary, concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)","Correspondence, 1966-1990; Script to slide presentation on Washington's china","Clipping of poem about Washington by Mrs. Jeffrey","Correspondence (includes two letters by William Taft)","Correspondence (includes two letters by William Taft)","Correspondence, 1938-1939; Letter concerning Miss Jennings from President William H. Taft, 1914; Memorial information; Booklet – \"Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House\"","Obituary","Correspondence, 1925-1932; Memorial information and booklet, 1934; Biographical information","Letter from Elizabeth Johnston, Vice Regent for Alabama, to her children. Written to be opened upon her death, reflecting on her life. Circa 1934.","Correspondence; memorial info, obituary of her sister, Grace King","Correspondence, 1944-1985; Family history; Memorial information; Questionnaire","Correspondence; list of committees; tribute; obituary","Prayer for Council 2006","Obituaries and news clippings","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence, 1925-1933; Information on Mount Vernon replica; clippings; information from NSDAR about Rainier chapter house; and obituaries","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, biographical and memorial information","Oral history transcript","Photocopies of letters and obituary","Biography; copy of poem for her by Poe; sketch; poem in tribute; Copy of Mobile Bay magazine, January 2024 issue with article \"Saving Washington's Mount Vernon,\" by Mount Vernon staff member Breck Pappas.","Correspondence, 1942-1951","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1955-1959; Clippings and information on Mr. Wilmarth Lewis; Memorial booklet; CD with content from the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University; transcript of interview recording of Mrs. Lewis; Two copies of booklet for the exhibition \"Dancing on a sunny plain: The life of Annie Burr Auchincloss Lewis\" by Yale University.","Correspondence","Correspondence; article about proposed sewer project near MV","Correspondence to and from Miss Longfellow; Letters from family concerning Miss Longfellow; Postcards of Longfellow House; Clippings; Paper \"The Shrine of Mount Vernon\"","Letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana to the Vice Regent for Connecticut, Annie Burr Jennings, January 31, 1930. Thanks her for the copy she sent of the MVLA Annual Report, speaks of his aunt Alice Longfellow who recently died, and mentions other MVLA matters.","Correspondence (Includes letter from U.S. Senator Arthur Capper)","Correspondence and obituaries","Correspondence, 1932-1941; Pamphlets on Historic Restoration in Arkansas","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1951-1963; Clippings and obituaries; Reminiscences from a trip to the Soviet Union; Information on Historic Preservation work in Arkansas","Correspondence; biography; obituary","Correspondence, biographical information, and retirement tributes","Biographical information","Correspondence, 1896-1954; Clippings; \"Washington's First Defeat\"; Biographical information; certificate of appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire","List of items from the Early Records Collection, Biography, listing of MV activities","Correspondence, Portrait information (MFA Boston)","Letter from Martha Mercer, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania, to Harrison Dodge, superintendent, undated (October 7). She has received the tree report and thinks he must be very happy with it. The next step is to do the work. Autograph letter signed.","Biographical information; List of items from Early Records Collection","Correspondence, resume, prospective VR form, Questionnaire","Questionnaire, correspondence","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire, letter from Senator Bob Graham, FL","Biographical information, original certificate of appointment signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham","Biographical information","Correspondence","Correspondence, tributes, Questionnaire, customs and practices of the MVLA","Questionnaire, correspondence, measured drawing of walkway to administration building by Dean Norton, 1985, tribute to her service","Correspondence and clippings, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","List of items in the Early Records Collection; Biographical information","Questionnaire, correspondence, resignation letter, articles","Correspondence","Correspondence, biographical information","Correspondence, 1980-1990, Clippings, Publication, \"The Ghost Ranch Story\" by Arthur Pack, Questionnaire","Letter to her mother (with letter of provenance, 1937)","Photostats from a Cincinnati Enquirer story about her family (with letter of provenance, 1964)","Correspondence, obituary","Obituary, 1938 (retrieved 2022)","Correspondence, obituary","Correspondence, articles, and other writings, Questionnaire","Biographical information; Clippings; Confederate 100 dollar note with her likeness; Booklet – \"Charleston, S.C. and Mount Vernon\"","Correspondence, obituary, memorial","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence with Charles C. Wall","Memorial information, clippings, and writings","Speeches and presentations","Correspondence","Correspondence, memorial","Clippings and biographical information","Writings on Mount Vernon; Booklets, \"The Mount Vernon Society of Detroit Michigan,\" and \"What Michigan Has Done for Mount Vernon\"","Letter regarding visit of dignitaries to Mount Vernon, 1917; Clipping regarding the visit of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt","Memoir written one day after the event of the French and British missions visit to Mount Vernon on April 29, 1917. Written by the Vice Regent for Maine (later Regent), Alice Richards.","Memorial booklet printed after the death of MVLA Regent Alice Richards. Gives details and information about her life and work.","Certificate as Vice Regent, clippings","Correspondence, biographical information, events, remarks, articles, photobook","Letter written about her in 1952","Letter from Miss Riggs to Mrs. Towner, undated; Letter informing of the death of Miss Riggs, 1930; List of items in the Early Records Collection","Biographical information and clippings; Thesis \"Anna Cora Mowatt and Her Audience,\" by Imogene McCarthy","Correspondence and biographical information","Correspondence, 1915-1918","Correspondence, 1918-1925","Correspondence, 1926-1931","Correspondence, memorial information","Genealogical information","Obituary, 1910, retrieved 2022","Correspondence, clippings, paper read by her at Colonial Dames meeting","Correspondence; copy of letter from Barbara Bush; Customs and Practice of MVLA, April 1986; questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes letters from President George Bush, Sr., Barbara Bush, Richard Nixon, and Sandra Day O'Connor)","Program with menu, event information, and itinerary for a dinner on Washington's birthday for the benefit of the MVLA.","Personal memoir of her trip to Paris for the bicentennial of the French Revolution and loan of the key to the Bastille, July 1989.","Memorandum by Eugenia Seamans, Regent, to the Vice Regents and staff thanking them for contributing to the success of their commemoration of the bicentennial of George Washington's inauguration.","A thank you letter from President Richard Nixon to Eugenia Seamans, Regent, May 9, 1989. Autograph letter signed.","A thank you letter from President Bush to the Regent for his tour of Mount Vernon with King Hussein. Autograph letter signed.","The First Lady thanks the Regent for coming to tea with the other Vice Regents at the White House. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, Tribute","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Biographical information; List and photocopies of items from the Early Records Collection","Prospective form, tribute, Questionnaire, correspondence","Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute, articles about Washington","Correspondence, Questionnaire, Garden Committee reports","Correspondence 1970-1979, Garden Committee reports, Articles, committee assignments, letter of resignation","Correspondence, remarks","Correspondence, donations, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches, Questionnaire, resume","Correspondence, Memorial information, Questionnaire, obituaries","Transcriptions of letters, 1877; Correspondence, 1898-1900; Paper – \"A Chapter in the History of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association,\" 1905; Address – \"The National University and the George Washington Memorial\"","Correspondence and biographical information (Includes letters from Wyoming Senators and Congressmen)","Correspondence, Questionnaire, articles, and Memorial information","Correspondence","Would like him to send information on fire protection at Mount Vernon. Discusses Washington's books with the Boston Athenaeum. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence and biographical information","Questionnaire, correspondence, obituary","Articles and other writings; Clippings; Memorial information","Correspondence (Includes letters to and from President Franklin Roosevelt), publication about Mount Vernon written by Mrs. Towner","Personal notebooks on Mount Vernon and bookplates","Obituary","Biographical information; Transcriptions of letters","Correspondence","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the 100th Anniversary Committee; Memorial information; Personal inscribed copy of \"Mount Vernon China\"); Questionnaire","Correspondence, appeal, \"Washington Portraits,\" calling cards","Correspondence, 1919-1956, paper detailing Tennessee involvement with Mount Vernon, obituary, Questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes letters on the donation of the Vaughan journal and manuscripts), Questionnaire","Tells her she has been elected as a Vice Regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Gives information about being a Vice Regent. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence","Obituary, 1908; Biographical note","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information","Oral history transcript, 2009","Booklet, \"Bit of Mount Vernon History: Taken from the Records of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Brought before Council of 1898 by Record Committee and Ordered Printed,\" by Mrs. Ward, 1899; Appeal to Teachers and Students of the Schools of Kansas to donate to Mount Vernon, undated; Obituary","Correspondence","Committee assignments; biography; correspondence; obituary","Journal; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent, signed by APC; obituary","Correspondence, speech, etc.","Correspondence; prospective VR form; articles","Correspondence, events programs, obituary, Questionnaire","Questionnaire, resume, prospective VR form, correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence and resume","Questionnaire, memorial information","Correspondence 1964-1970","Correspondence, 1971-1977","Correspondence, 1978-1982; Article \"George Washington, The Man, Creator of Mount Vernon, Farmer, Family Man, Christian, Ecumenist\"","Correspondence, 1983-1993; Memorial information","Correspondence as Corresponding Secretary","Correspondence, committee listings, funeral program, Questionnaire","Biographical note, Letter accepting position as Vice Regent","Letter from Georgia Wilder, Vice Regent for Georgia, to Lily Laughton, Regent, May 27, 1891. Wilder accepts her appointment as Vice Regent for Georgia in the MVLA. Autograph letter signed.","Signed by the Regent, Justine Townsend with note, \"appointed by the previous Regent Mrs. L.L.M. Laughton who was prevented by illness from signing this certificate.\"","Biographical note or obituary about Georgia Page King Smith Wilder, d. 1914, who served as the Vice Regent for Georgia 1891-1914.","Questionnaire, correspondence","Small journal with information on gifts to Mount Vernon, 1891-1896; Certificate as Vice Regent","Correspondence, 1931-1940","Correspondence, 1941-1959; Obituary","Articles, biographical information","Biographical information, mostly about her service as VR","An addition was made in August 2023, containing material given by Vice Regents and the Board Secretary in recent years.","Correspondence and biographical info, letters about Mount Vernon miniature","Correspondence","Biographical info, articles, tribute, correspondence, nomination info","Correspondence and memorial information","Biographical info, article","Correspondence, biographical info, remarks","Correspondence, Questionnaire, bio info","Correspondence, Questionnaire, photographs, bio info, Tribute","Biographical info, nomination info, correspondence","Black and white photograph showing several MVLA members greeting the Governor of Virginia in the New Room of the Mansion during an event, 1953 (2183-F)","Black and white photograph showing the restoration of the outside of the Mansion, circa 1956; Two black and white photos showing work being done to an outbuilding/colonnade, 1955","Two black and white photographs showing horses preparing a field at Mount Vernon, 1939","Black and white photograph postcard of a garden bench, no date","Series of color and black and white photographs showing the construction of Mount Vernon's sanitary sewer system, 1972","Black and white photographs on scrapbook pages taken by Charles Goodwin, February 1911. Caption on one page reads \"Trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, George Senior with Charles and Spencer Goodwin, Photos by C.A.G. Feb. 1911.\" Photos include images of the exterior of Mount Vernon mansion, outbuildings, and scenic views.","1 black and white photograph of a wall sconce (probably in the Mansion); three identical black and white photos of the entrance door and step to an estate building, no dates","10 black and white photograph prints showing the State Dinner event. President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Mrs. Beirne, and other are seen in the images","Color photograph of the East Lawn with men dressed as Revolutionary War soldiers posed with flags, ca. 1970; Color photograph of a fireplace with a portrait painting of Ann Pamela Cunningham over the hearth, ca. 1971","Black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting an award to the Honorable John Taylor","One color photograph showing Mrs. Cooke at the White House posed with the French ambassador, President Richard Nixon, Mrs. Anne Armstrong (Counsellor to the President) and Mr. John W. Warner (Administrator, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration), July 10, 1974","1 color photograph of George Washington's coach or carriage, 1971","1 color photograph of Mrs. Pack in the flight deck of a Boeing 727","1 artist's rendition in color of new administrative buildings, 1980s","One color photograph print of a furniture detail from the Mount Vernon in Miniature project; one slide and several lengths of negatives showing the miniature details, 1994.","6 black and white photographs showing restoration work done to the Ice House Vault, 1939 and the Stable Underpinning 1938-1939; 5 black and white photographs showing the cottage at the West Gate including \"View from the gate,\" \"Construction details,\" \"New site before development,\" \"In transit,\" and \"The abandoned site\"","6 black and white photos showing an area of dug-up earth and two cars, 1938","5 photograph prints from Neg. 2903-1, 2903-2, 2903-3, 2904-1, 2904-2 – all views of the Family Kitchen – rear of fireplace and oven, 1950, taken by Robert Fisher; Black and white photograph showing two areas of different texture (labeled A and B) on the wall of the Family Kitchen, ca 1950","4 black and white photograph prints of Neg. 2930-2, 2930-3, 2930-5, 2930-7 relating to the brick foundations of the Greenhouse","1 black and white photograph of the ruined wall of the Greenhouse and slave quarters","1 black and white photograph of the Summer House","Strip of 5 black and white photographs labeled \"Wash House, Stove foundation and flue connection, June 1945\"","2 black and white photographs taped to board with descriptions; shows the fireplace in Washington's Bedroom after the removal of the wood paneling; Black and white photographs taped to two boards with description; shows the North Closet section of Washington's Bedroom during restoration","Black and white photograph of the Well House with a woman inside at the well with a bucket. Reverse side reads Neg. #2260 from a photograph by Fr. B. Johnston circa 1890","1 black and white photograph print on thin paper of a man, possible John Carter Brown, with notation on the reverse, \"J.C.B. June 11, '96, 1:30 p.m., 12 Benevolent St.\" Also, 1 black and white photo print with notation on the reverse, \"Lake Tahoe taken from the California side of the Lake. June 9, 1940.\"","2 black and white photographs of an MVLA sideboard with its measurements on the back","1 black and white photograph of people looking at Mount Vernon's view of the Potomac from the East Lawn, ca. 1965; 1 drawing of the Potomac River by Mount Vernon and the Piscataway Bay, ca. 1965","Black and white photographs with captions from \"Washington's Mount Vernon\"","2 color photographs of an historic oak tree at Mount Vernon; 1 shows a little boy by the tree, the other shows the stump after it had been cut down because of disease, 1983","2 color photographs of an information kiosk at the front entrance of Mount Vernon, 1967","1 black and white photograph of the wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Ann Pamela Cunningham with Regent Mrs. Cooke, Mr. Wall, and Mrs. Hollis, 1975","4 color Polaroid photographs showing the Gift Shop salesroom, 1979","1 black and white photograph of a fireplace in the Mansion with the \"GW\" script","3 small color photographs of different rooms in the Mansion, 1961","1 black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association members in front of Mount Vernon; 2 small color photographs of the painting \"The West Front\" attributed to Edward Savage; 2 black and white photographs of a bedroom in the Mansion, no date","1 black and white photograph of the Upper Garden with covers over the beds","Color photograph of Mrs. Labouisse and Mrs. Bolton in front of the Mansion, 1953. In a card holder inscribed by Mrs.Powel.","1 black and white photograph of the Small Dining Room in the Mansion, no date","1 color slide labeled \"Page Platt – Natl Col Farm Oct 1978 Admin Bldg. Barn\"","Color print photograph of First Lady Barbara Bush and Mrs. Smith, group Council photographs from 1985-1989, and two photos (one signed to Mrs. Smith) from an event at Mount Vernon, undated.","Series of color Polaroid photographs showing the construction of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building and complex, 1982","Color photograph of Mrs. Sullivan on the piazza of the Mansion with the Vice Regents from Arizona and Maine, May 1983","Two black and white photographs of a chair with a reproduction chair cushion, 1966","Two black and white photographs of members of the MVLA welcoming guests to the reception in the New Room or Large Dining Room, 1953","Color photographs of Mrs. Sullivan with other MVLA Vice Regents, 1965, 1967; Black and white photographs showing different views of Mount Vernon","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a parade event at Mount Vernon, no date","1 black and white proof sheet with photographs of a Ford fire engine; 2 color Polaroid photographs of the Ford fire engine, one with two men; 7 color 8\" x 10\" of Ford Motor Company's visit to Mount Vernon to donate a fire engine, August 1981.","2 color photograph prints showing Vice Regents Emerita at Mount Vernon, c. 2000s","5 black and white photographs of Mrs. Anderson and other MVLA members on the piazza of the Mansion, ca 1940s","2 black and white photographs of Mrs. Beirne with Superintendent Charles Wall and another woman","19 color photographs of an Honorary Dinner for Mrs. Billups in 1961 with other Ladies of the Council (identified on the reverse of several prints) – some are duplicates","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of Mr. Thomas D. Taylor","1 black and white photograph of the 1970 Council on the lawn in front of the Mansion; 1 black and white photograph of several Ladies with Mount Vernon employees, 1972; 1 color photograph in the original holder showing Mrs. Bolton and Mrs. Labouisse in front of the Mansion","Two Christmas cards with color photographs, one showing Mrs. Bolton, ca. 1980s","2 small color photograph prints of Vice Regent Nancy Call, undated","Two color Polaroids of a framed certificate; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting at the Sound and Light show with President Ford and French President D'Estaing; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke standing by portraits of George and Martha Washington, ca. 1970s","Formal presentation of the Bicentennial gift of the French Republic to the United States at Mount Vernon - a sound and light production recounting some of the memorable events of the Revolution, from Patrick Henry's speech to the Battle of Yorktown as recollected by General Washington reflecting on the past after his retirement to Mount Vernon. French President d'Estaing presents the gift to President Ford who in turn gifted the production to Mount Vernon accepted by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Regent Mrs. Cooke. The program debuted that evening to hundreds of special guests in attendance for the outdoor event.","8\" x 10\" color photograph of Mrs. Cooke with a United States Flag, ca. 1990s","Color photograph print of Mrs. Crumpacker with James Crumpacker and Elizabeth Swindells, undated","1 black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Cubbedge, 1964","3 color photograph prints showing Mrs. Davis and her family, various dates","1 color photograph print on a Christmas card showing Mrs. Gaines with her husband and grandchildren, 2004","1 black and white photograph of Vice Regent Beatrice Guthrie","1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Haldeman","Color photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies","5 color photographs of the US Navy ceremony for the USS Mount Vernon, Mrs. Holden is in attendance, May 13, 1972","1 black and white photograph of the MVLA Board posed in front of the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, no date; 1 black and white photograph of an aerial view of the Mount Vernon estate, no date; 2 black and white prints on paper showing the small dining room in the Mansion","1 color photograph print with original negative of Mrs. Lee in front of the Mansion; one page with two color photograph prints of Mrs. Lee's family adhered as a Christmas card, 1997","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a portrait painting of Mme. Le Vert","Five color postcards of different views of Mount Vernon, c. 1934 MVLA","3 black and white photographs, and 3 sepia tinted photographs of Mrs. Loughborough and different scenes and items at Mount Vernon estate","1 color portrait-style photograph print of Adrienne Mars","6 color photographs of an event at Mount Vernon with a Pipe and Drum band, no date","1 black and white matted photograph captioned \"The Ave. of Oaks planted by our dear Father at Retreat\" no date; 2 identical black and white postcard photographs of Page Randolph Anderson (later Platt) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1910; 2 sepia photograph cabinet cards of Page Wilder (later Anderson) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1885","1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Seamans","Series of color photographs showing a tree-planting event at Mount Vernon with three Vice Regents and others, ca. 1980s","Color photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies","Series of color portrait-style photographs of Mrs. Walton, ca. 2000","One black and white photo of Mrs. West, 6 color photos of her visit to Sulgrave Manor featuring Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher","Black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Wiener, ca 1960s in original holder","Set of color prints taken from the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Also includes one print photo of Jim Rees, Lynn Gammill, and Gay Gaines, undated.","Also includes 3 Council photographs, New Room, undated","Architectural drawing – Key to the Upper Garden plantings, 1980 by Dean Norton","1 blueprint titled Sketch Showing Progressive Development of Plan of Green House at Mount Vernon, Virginia, Walter Macomber; 2 architectural drawings concerning the Greenhouse: 1 showing the Elevations of the Proposed Service Greenhouse, October 1950; 1 titled Plan for Greenhouse, Nursery Area, October, 1950","1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault Restoration, 1938; 1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault – Measured Drawing, 1938; Blueprint titled Proposed Restoration of Ice House Vault, Cleverdon, Varney \u0026 Pike Consulting Engineers, 1938","Blueprint titled Heating Tunnel Layout, Drawing 101, 1935 by Geo. A. Weschler, Consulting Engineer; Blueprint titled Section of Tunnel, no date","2 blueprints – 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Alterations to End Sections of Building, 1936; 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Radiator Locations, 1936","5 blueprints: Sheet A – Stable Explorations, Plan and Sections Showing Extent of Excavated Trenches and Evidence of an Older Stable, 1939; Sheet B – Stable Measurements, 1936; Sheet C – Stable Measurements, Plan of Barn and Mule Stable, 1936; Sheet D – Stable Measurements, Rafter Plan and Details, 1936; Sheet E – Stable Excavations –Trenches D and F","1 architectural drawing titles \"Sketch Showing Hot Water Stove Restoration for Wash House\"","Drawing – Flower Garden detail, Area in front of Greenhouse, 1952; Drawing – Sketch Showing Re-arrangement of Designs in East and West Parterres in Flower Garden, Walter Macomber, no date; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, West End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, East End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Grouping of 17 small blueprints – Flower gardens, 1938","Architectural drawings, blueprints – Scale Detail Garden Wall Palisade, 1962; Elevation of a hood for the Director's House, 1963; Office building, no date; Interior Elevation, Main Gate, Mount Vernon, 1964; Blueprint, Elevation of Wall from Stable Yard \u0026 Laundry Yard, Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, December 12, 1955","Drawing of the bed hangings and curtains for the Lafayette Bedchamber, August 1975, Ethel Pilson Warren Interior Planning","Sketched architectural diagrams showing possible floor plans for the proposed new Administration Building, 1978","1 architectural drawing of the Interior Elevation of the Main Gate (Texas Gate) at Mount Vernon, by Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, October 22, 1964; 1 architectural drawing of the Grounds Section Facility, no date","Includes Mrs. Sweat's annotations, sketches, and inserts.","Statement to reactivate the Second Continental Light Dragoons in celebration of Washington's 279th birthday.","Award certificate to the MVLA.","Also includes printed list of members and RSVP mailing.","Includes letter from President Bush, news clippings, and bound manuscript copy of the remarks by David McCullough, \"The Ties that Bind: America and France.\"","Includes clippings, printed material, and correspondence.","Compiled engravings, photos, and prints including a cabinet card photograph of Nellie Custis Lewis. Several images from the collection of Vice Regent Annie Jennings of Connecticut","Empty of photographs","A note dated 1937 inside the portfolio by Vice Regent Helen Sargent states that the portfolio belonged to MVLA Regent Alice Richards.","Signed by several Congressmen including Robert Byrd and Thomas Foley. Possible signature of President Bill Clinton. Framed, 10 ¾\" x 15 ¾\"","Belonged to Helen Louise Sargent, Vice Regent for the District of Columbia, undated. Matted but not framed. 13 ½\" x 17 ¼\"","Tributes included are for James Rees, Mount Vernon employees, and Gay Hart Gaines.","Signed list of Rhode Island Vice Regents on the front inside page. The S.S. Teacher's Edition of the Holy Bible. Oxford University Press: London. Book cover reads \"Mount Vernon, Rhode Island Room 1898.\" Several inserts and annotations.","Signed on front inside page \"Pro Deo et Patria! The gift of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for the State of New York, For the use of Vice Regents of the State of New York. March 29, 1900.\" The Holy Bible, The American Bible Society: New York, 1897. One insert.","Bound volume listing subscriptions or donations to Mount Vernon's fund to rebuild the \"servant's quarters\" destroyed by fire in 1835. The Vice Regent of Kansas, Jennie Ward, reported she raised enough by fundraising in Kansas schools ($1,000) The reconstruction was \"rebuilt along the lines of the old ruin,\" and in what was believed to be the original location.  It was completed in 1891.","Certificate of membership for Justine Van Resselaer Townsend for membership in the Daughters of the Cincinnati. Also signed by Townsend as President of the organization.","Wood panel with painted coat of arms; reverse reads \"A facsimile of a bronze tablet on the monument to Ann Pamela Cunningham in Columbia, S. Carolina, A.J. 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The purpose of the Association was to purchase Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, in order to restore the property and open the grounds to visitors and admirers who desired to see Washington's house and tomb. Ann Pamela Cunningham became interested in the preservation of Mount Vernon when her mother, traveling down the Potomac River in 1853, saw the house in its neglected and dilapidated state and wrote to her daughter of its condition. Both women thought it shameful to allow the first President's home to fall into ruin. A determined Ann Pamela Cunningham assembled twenty-two women of like mind together to raise money to purchase the property, pay off all debt, and return the gardens and grounds to the condition in which they were left by Washington himself. John Augustine Washington III, George Washington's great-grandnephew and the owner of Mount Vernon at the time, delayed several years in selling the home to the Ladies' Association. He preferred a sale to the State of Virginia or the federal government, both of which declined purchase. In 1858 he finally agreed to sell Mount Vernon to Ann Pamela Cunningham and the MVLA for $200,000. \nThe MVLA is the owner and executive board of Mount Vernon. Membership is made up of one Regent and 20-30 Vice Regents, each from a different state. All MVLA members assemble twice a year in April and October for Council, where they hear motions and reports concerning projects or issues at the estate. The Vice Regents also divide into committees focused on different functions and operations, and rotate members every few years. Today the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association is remembered as the first organization dedicated to historic preservation in the United States, and as innovators in the field of preservation. The Association remains loyal to its original goals, the restoration and care of Mount Vernon, and educating people all over the world about George Washington's life and legacy. Mount Vernon is open to visitors 365 days a year. The estate now consists of not only the Mansion and tomb of Washington, but restored gardens, outbuildings, Pioneer Farm, Gristmill, Distillery, museum and orientation center, the National Library for the Study of George Washington, gift shops, food pavilion, and the Mount Vernon Inn restaurant. \nList of Regents of the MVLA: \n•\tAnn Pamela Cunningham, 1853-1874 resigned 1874, died 1875\n•\tLily Macalester Berghmans Laughton, 1874-1891, died 1891\n•\tJustine Van Rensselaer Townsend, 1891-1909, died 1912\n•\tHarriet Clayton Comegys, 1909-1927, died 1927\n•\tAlice Haliburton King Richards, 1927-1936, died 1936\n•\tHarriet Cole Towner, 1937-1942, died 1942\n•\tMary Vilas Hanks, 1943-1948, died 1959\n•\tHope Hodgman Harkness (formerly Hope H. 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RL-474.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRL-474.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFragile.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRL-1108\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2016-A-015\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn item in this scrapbook is available digitally - DA_000225\n(1 black and white photograph showing the opening remarks taken during the premiere; MVLA Regent Mrs. Cook, President Ford, and French President d'Estaing are visible in the image, 1976)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGift of Elizabeth Barry, Vice Regent from Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresented to the MVLA. Framed, 14 ¾\" x 17 ¾\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by the Governor. Framed, 15\" x 20 ¼\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommemorative medal – large bronze medal with relief sculpture of Stenton Mansion on the front; reverse reads \"The Garden Club of America Preservation of Historic Gardens and Buildings,\" with engraving that reads \"Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 2010.\" 2006 Medallic Art Co., Dayton, NV\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvenance unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWaterbury Button Co., Conn. (provenance unknown)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsed in publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesigns and images include Washington's swords, carriage, coat of arms, tools, Mount Vernon cornerstone, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotepad given away as a gift bag item for the Grand Opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center, 2006. Images of the George Washington wax figures and the Savage painting appear on the sides of the notepad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvenance unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esome unlabeled\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General","General"],"odd_tesim":["A letter from this file is available digitally - DA_000262\n(Letter from Esther S. Fraser to Charles C. Wall concerning wallpaper, August 1, 1934)","Accession number 2015-A-074","1 letter from this folder is available digitally - DA_000202","Letter from the Superintendent to Mrs. Bradford concerning a grey silk needlework","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000261\n(Letter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Mrs. John Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, concerning the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and Washington's tomb, March 13, 1920. Also includes a news clipping showing the Prince at the tomb with a guard and Mr. Dodge.)","Digital copies of some items in this folder are available - DA_000201","RL-6497","Gold lettering on cover reads \"Mount Vernon, from the American Bible Society.\"","RP-691, Misc. 4845 and RP-692, Misc. 4846.","RM-949, MS-5501","Includes program for awards dinner.","Small leather book.","Includes news clippings, extracts from letters, and notes. Scrapbook of clippings compiled by Vice Regent Mrs. Sweat, 1850s-1898. RL-474.","RL-474.","Fragile.","RL-1108","2016-A-015","An item in this scrapbook is available digitally - DA_000225\n(1 black and white photograph showing the opening remarks taken during the premiere; MVLA Regent Mrs. Cook, President Ford, and French President d'Estaing are visible in the image, 1976)","Gift of Elizabeth Barry, Vice Regent from Illinois.","Presented to the MVLA. Framed, 14 ¾\" x 17 ¾\"","Signed by the Governor. Framed, 15\" x 20 ¼\".","Commemorative medal – large bronze medal with relief sculpture of Stenton Mansion on the front; reverse reads \"The Garden Club of America Preservation of Historic Gardens and Buildings,\" with engraving that reads \"Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 2010.\" 2006 Medallic Art Co., Dayton, NV","Provenance unknown.","Waterbury Button Co., Conn. (provenance unknown)","Used in publications.","Designs and images include Washington's swords, carriage, coat of arms, tools, Mount Vernon cornerstone, etc.","Notepad given away as a gift bag item for the Grand Opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center, 2006. Images of the George Washington wax figures and the Savage painting appear on the sides of the notepad.","Provenance unknown.","some unlabeled"],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis certificate has a fragile wax seal. Please do not place folders on top of this one.\u003c/p\u003e"],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements"],"phystech_tesim":["This certificate has a fragile wax seal. Please do not place folders on top of this one."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], Papers of the MVLA, [Series, Folder], Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples. \u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name and date of item], Papers of the MVLA, [Series, Folder], Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia ","See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples. "],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMany of these files, especially from the earlier years of the MVLA, were previously arranged in filing cabinets in the old Mount Vernon Library in the basement of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building. When possible, the original order of these files and their file names were kept during arrangement and description in this finding aid. All series in this collection are currently open-ended and small accruals will be added from time to time. Series 6 is especially fluid, as single items are often added to a specific Vice Regent's folder (such as an obituary or retirement tribute).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor original minutes dated 1860-1887, please see Box 91, 92, or 100. These minutes were located and added to the collection after initial processing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs were loose and/or were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003edisassembled scrapbook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote: These items were removed from folders within the collection because of size and for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Received from the Curatorial department, 1992)\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information","Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["Many of these files, especially from the earlier years of the MVLA, were previously arranged in filing cabinets in the old Mount Vernon Library in the basement of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building. When possible, the original order of these files and their file names were kept during arrangement and description in this finding aid. All series in this collection are currently open-ended and small accruals will be added from time to time. Series 6 is especially fluid, as single items are often added to a specific Vice Regent's folder (such as an obituary or retirement tribute).","For original minutes dated 1860-1887, please see Box 91, 92, or 100. These minutes were located and added to the collection after initial processing.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","These photographs were loose and/or were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","disassembled scrapbook","Note: These items were removed from folders within the collection because of size and for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn items.","(Received from the Curatorial department, 1992)"],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, 1850-1996\n- Bound Volumes of the Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports\n- Papers of James Rees\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, 1850-1996\n- Bound Volumes of the Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports\n- Papers of James Rees"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection documents the care and management of Mount Vernon through the work of the MVLA. Types of material include correspondence, reports, memos, notes, personal and biographical information, news clippings, meeting agendas, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Several highlights of the collection include the original minutes of Council meetings, scrapbooks and ledgers created by Vice Regents, and early correspondence with Regents and Vice Regents. While the library's collection \"Early Records of the MVLA\" documents the founding and early years of the organization, the Papers of the MVLA continues where that collection ended and preserves the ongoing story of these women and the fulfillment of their mission. Creators of the collection are largely the board members themselves, along with staff and employees who worked directly with them. Scope notes have been added before the content list of each series to better describe its specific provenance and content. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s to the 1990s, however there is a very wide range represented overall, 1858-2016.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records created and collected by various committees within the MVLA. Correspondence, reports, and meeting agendas make up the majority of material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter (copy) from Esther S. Fraser, Hall Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to assistant superintendent Charles Cecil Wall, August 1, 1934. Regarding analysis of Mount Vernon's wallpaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the early 1980s, MVLA members agreed the process and procedures of Council needed to be updated. One suggestion made by Resident Director John Castellani was to create a notebook for each Council organized by schedule and activity. This resulted in the organized collection of reports, itineraries, minutes, and event plans for every Council, represented in these files. This practice continues, to some degree, up to the present time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal minutes taken for Council meetings, 1887-1994. The earliest versions were handwritten. Later copies were cleaned up and typed for preparation to be printed. Most of the minutes are loose papers in folders, but the years 1912 through 1927 are in bound/book form. Years 1928 through 1936 are in both formats, loose and bound.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA large majority of the Regent's Files contain correspondence to and from the Regent, sometimes organized by subject. Files for more recent Regents often contain event programs or invitations, speeches, clippings, reports, printed material, and other miscellaneous items. Letters to or from VIP guests or dignitaries have been noted when possible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes RM-1024, MS-5652\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains records that were donated or transferred to the Library by a Vice Regent or their family members. These papers were often created by individual Vice Regents during the course of their duties as MVLA members, but were not held in files at Mount Vernon. Some folders may contain personal papers. A wide range of material is represented including correspondence, subject research files, reports, articles, printed material, memos, speeches, programs, invitations, memorabilia, and ephemera. Vice Regents often collected papers concerning specific projects or committees on which they worked.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters concerning Dodge's memoirs and the tree planted by the Prince of Wales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters concerning the Anti-Fee Association and the Powel Coach.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clippings on a Mount Vernon replica in New York and a visit to Mount Vernon by a British man.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a Standard Guide map of Washington, D.C., \"Washington Visits to Rhode Island,\" \"George Washington and Rhode Island,\" and \"Autograph Letters and Documents of George Washington Now in Rhode Island Collections.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese files were kept by staff members at Mount Vernon, most often by the Secretary to the Board, to document the lives and work of individual Vice Regents. Some items were given directly by the Vice Regents to be placed in their files, while other documents were located or collected by staff and interfiled at a later time. Types of material include mostly correspondence, clippings, obituaries, resumes, tributes and memorials, notes, memos, and ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical notes dated 1952 and 1954\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington Biography Lesson, 1995-2005\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire for the Records, correspondence 1979-1989, play written for George Washington's birthday\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkit or play performed for a Washington birthday event, written by Captain and Hope Powel Alexander, the Vice Regent for Rhode Island, February 22, 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1990-1999\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1990-1999, booklet- George Washington in Rhode Island, Words of Washington during the Revolution\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOral history interview by Sandra Robinette\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, 1904; Biographical letter by her daughter; Invitation for subscription to the Peace Dance\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, Garden Club of America, obituaries for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1967-1979, opening remarks to Mount Vernon film, 1976\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1980-1989, Mount Vernon, The Texas Connection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1990-1999, The Mount Vernon File, Memorabilia of Washington County's Second County Seat, Questionnaire for the Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1948-1960, Mount Vernon in Virginia list\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1919-1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by the Regent, Harriet Comegys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note on the service of Anne Page Wilder Anderson in the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1940-1954\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, photographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituaries, 2016\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, clippings, biographical and memorial information, Questionnaire for the Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes correspondence with U.S. Senator Bob Graham), biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary; descriptions of Florida Vice Regents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; diary from 1863; census information; photograph of painting of Mrs. Balfour\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; Memorial tribute; Letter from the Governor of Virginia concerning a daguerreotype of Mrs. Ball; Copyright certificate for a Mount Vernon publication; Article about Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary; minutes of Council from 1912 announcing her death\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"In Memoriam\" from Council Minutes; genealogy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1938-1955, obituaries, memorial from the minutes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, biographical information and memorial from minutes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; gift annuity agreement; Questionnaire for the Records\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummary of Auction Activities, 1997\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1937-1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, 1943-1975; list of gifts to Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical and genealogical information, and clippings, resolution to Council on her death, listing of her descendants, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, obituaries, and correspondence (Includes letter from Mamie D. Eisenhower), Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes some poetry and other writings, and a list of \"Association Papers Returned to Mount Vernon\"), Obituary, list of committee assignments, in memoriam, listing of Maine bedroom furniture\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1927-1954\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles about house tour, obituary, Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute to her\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1977-1989, Questionnaire, 1982 GW's 250th birthday calendar done by Oregon school children\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence as Regent (Includes photocopies of letters from President and First Lady Bush), articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes Memorial booklet, 2007; List \"Shingles – For Mrs. Bishop\")\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublications concerning Mount Vernon visit of Queen Elizabeth, 1991\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn memoriam; articles; questionnaire; correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings, biographical information, memorial information; Guide to Mrs. Bolton's Papers (Western Reserve Historical Society)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings, Laminated notebook of news clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressional newsletters by Mrs. Bolton, Campaign material\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongressional Records, September 1965 and March 1977; Booklet – \"Letters from Africa\"; Newsletters to constituents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1938-1960, Questionnaire, biographical data\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1961-1977\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, email 2004-2005\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information, 1925-1942\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the assistant superintendent, James Young, to Mary Bradford, Vice Regent for New Jersey, April 2, 1931. In regards to a grey silk needlework bag reported to have been given by Martha Washington to Mrs. Peale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1955-1994; Booklet, \"Annals of Iowa,\" (info on Vice Regents from Iowa), condolence letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, husband's obituary, Annals of Iowa book\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, magazine article copies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Anne Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, March 13, 1920. Mentions the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and encloses a clipping with a photograph of the Prince, superintendent Harrison Dodge, and Tomb guard Charles Simms at Washington's Tomb. Evarts also discusses the recent death of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for New York, and the poor health of Elizabeth Pringle, Vice Regent for South Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, wedding announcement\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, note cards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, death announcement\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, clippings, Questionnaire, death announcement\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, certificate as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1942-1955\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, obituaries\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1960-1969, Memorial information and booklet\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Samuel Cabot, son of Nancy Cabot, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, to Hope Harkness, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, June 10, 1969. Gives biographical information about his mother after her passing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.A. Alive Magazine; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, Campbell House Museum info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Certificate of appointment as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; Article, \"The Regents of Mount Vernon\"; Watercolor of Mount Vernon by Marie Blanke; Bylaws of the MVLA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and \"Reminiscences\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Returned Papers\" of Mrs. Carpenter, correspondence and MVLA publications\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResume; correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProspective form; correspondence; Questionnaire; Organizational Capacity Survey, and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; letter verifying she met Washington\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire; correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and clippings, articles about husband's political campaigns\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings, manuscript and paper copy of article on the origin of the MVLA, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketch and personal details, excerpts of state reports and letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Memoriam booklet and obituary, 1914; Reference letter from MV Librarian\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1946-1953\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1954-1959\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; articles; paper on the traditions of the MVLA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac and letter from Pat Nixon); Program on commissioning ship Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and list of donors from New Jersey)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and family history for the Throckmortons)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote about her death\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProspective form; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, includes letter by Governor Colgate Darden of Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper clippings; manuscript of speech; resignation letter; reminiscences; in memoriam; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent; biographical piece; correspondence after her resignation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire; correspondence; letter of resignation; notes written in tribute to her\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituaries; tributes; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of MVLA history; correspondence; copy of photograph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire; correspondence; tribute on her resignation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; memoir written by her husband\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResume; correspondence; in memoriam\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle on the history of Detroit, biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; news clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; article about her life\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary or memorial for the first MVLA Vice Regent for Georgia, Philoclea Eve. Typed on December 23, 1952 for her file. Note the appointment date at the top is incorrect. Eve was appointed Vice Regent in 1858.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, news clippings, biographical article\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information, committee work, research on former Minnesota Vice Regents; prospective Vice Regent form; copy of historical magazine of MN; development information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; list of MVLA service\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo, bio note\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings, biographical and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; memorials; Questionnaire; report on outbuildings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence as Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence to Mrs. Gaines as Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; tributes to her service; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; letter from Sen. Trent Lott; biographical sketch; notes for talk\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary; correspondence; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography of her husband; research on her as first VR from Connecticut\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscription of letter, 1858\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, resume\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, tributes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, memorial service info, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial service info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, description of dinner for The Washington Antique Show; description of reception at French Embassy; other special events invitations; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Donation of Willard scrapbook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, \"In Memory of Sarah King Hale\" and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, letter to Mr. Townley Esq., and transcription of letter (RM 1206)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information and transcriptions of letters, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; prospective Vice Regent form\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1940-1949; List of documents acquired at the sale of the Armstrong Collections\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from correspondence file of Hetty Harrison, Vice Regent for Virginia, including letters to and from, date range 1924-1936. Letters mostly concern Mansion furnishings, wallpaper, and similar topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, article\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; questionnaire; obituary; memorials\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of correspondence, Bancroft Library material, University of California at Berkeley\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResearch file with biographical and legacy information; clippings; List of gifts to Mount Vernon; correspondence; obituaries and tributes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire; prospective Vice Regent form; correspondence, includes 2018-A-020\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1937-1955; Accession lists, 1949-1951; Descriptions for Mount Vernon slides\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1955-1966; Library reports and accessions\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1966-1970; Library reports and accessions\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information, 1971-1979; clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; program from commissioning of US Ship Mount Vernon; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information, 1963-1971; clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, \"Washington's House\" by Mrs. Hudson; Biographical note, 1980; Correspondence (Connecticut Room), correspondence with Mrs. Hudson's niece Miss Carmalt (RM-1132); photographs (copies) of Susan Hudson and her husband, photograph of a portrait of William Dunlap and note by descendant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical and Memorial information; \"Notes for Talks on Mount Vernon,\" correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; transcript of letter from APC appointing her; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note on Ella Hutchins Sydnor, the first Vice Regent for Texas, with accompanying transcription and news clipping.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne sheet reference to an MVLA book she is listed in\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; blueprint of traffic circle from Virginia Electric\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and clippings (Includes correspondence with Congressmen and Letitia Baldridge, First Lady Jackie Kennedy's secretary, concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1966-1990; Script to slide presentation on Washington's china\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipping of poem about Washington by Mrs. Jeffrey\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (includes two letters by William Taft)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (includes two letters by William Taft)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1938-1939; Letter concerning Miss Jennings from President William H. Taft, 1914; Memorial information; Booklet – \"Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1925-1932; Memorial information and booklet, 1934; Biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Elizabeth Johnston, Vice Regent for Alabama, to her children. Written to be opened upon her death, reflecting on her life. Circa 1934.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; memorial info, obituary of her sister, Grace King\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1944-1985; Family history; Memorial information; Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; list of committees; tribute; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrayer for Council 2006\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituaries and news clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1925-1933; Information on Mount Vernon replica; clippings; information from NSDAR about Rainier chapter house; and obituaries\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, biographical and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOral history transcript\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopies of letters and obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiography; copy of poem for her by Poe; sketch; poem in tribute; Copy of Mobile Bay magazine, January 2024 issue with article \"Saving Washington's Mount Vernon,\" by Mount Vernon staff member Breck Pappas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1942-1951\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1955-1959; Clippings and information on Mr. Wilmarth Lewis; Memorial booklet; CD with content from the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University; transcript of interview recording of Mrs. Lewis; Two copies of booklet for the exhibition \"Dancing on a sunny plain: The life of Annie Burr Auchincloss Lewis\" by Yale University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; article about proposed sewer project near MV\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence to and from Miss Longfellow; Letters from family concerning Miss Longfellow; Postcards of Longfellow House; Clippings; Paper \"The Shrine of Mount Vernon\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana to the Vice Regent for Connecticut, Annie Burr Jennings, January 31, 1930. Thanks her for the copy she sent of the MVLA Annual Report, speaks of his aunt Alice Longfellow who recently died, and mentions other MVLA matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes letter from U.S. Senator Arthur Capper)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and obituaries\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1932-1941; Pamphlets on Historic Restoration in Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1951-1963; Clippings and obituaries; Reminiscences from a trip to the Soviet Union; Information on Historic Preservation work in Arkansas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; biography; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information, and retirement tributes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1896-1954; Clippings; \"Washington's First Defeat\"; Biographical information; certificate of appointment as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items from the Early Records Collection, Biography, listing of MV activities\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Portrait information (MFA Boston)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Martha Mercer, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania, to Harrison Dodge, superintendent, undated (October 7). She has received the tree report and thinks he must be very happy with it. The next step is to do the work. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; List of items from Early Records Collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, resume, prospective VR form, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire, letter from Senator Bob Graham, FL\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, original certificate of appointment signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, tributes, Questionnaire, customs and practices of the MVLA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, measured drawing of walkway to administration building by Dean Norton, 1985, tribute to her service\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and clippings, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items in the Early Records Collection; Biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, resignation letter, articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1980-1990, Clippings, Publication, \"The Ghost Ranch Story\" by Arthur Pack, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to her mother (with letter of provenance, 1937)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostats from a Cincinnati Enquirer story about her family (with letter of provenance, 1964)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, 1938 (retrieved 2022)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, articles, and other writings, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; Clippings; Confederate 100 dollar note with her likeness; Booklet – \"Charleston, S.C. and Mount Vernon\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, obituary, memorial\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Charles C. Wall\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorial information, clippings, and writings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeeches and presentations\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, memorial\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClippings and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritings on Mount Vernon; Booklets, \"The Mount Vernon Society of Detroit Michigan,\" and \"What Michigan Has Done for Mount Vernon\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding visit of dignitaries to Mount Vernon, 1917; Clipping regarding the visit of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemoir written one day after the event of the French and British missions visit to Mount Vernon on April 29, 1917. Written by the Vice Regent for Maine (later Regent), Alice Richards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorial booklet printed after the death of MVLA Regent Alice Richards. Gives details and information about her life and work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate as Vice Regent, clippings\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical information, events, remarks, articles, photobook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written about her in 1952\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Miss Riggs to Mrs. Towner, undated; Letter informing of the death of Miss Riggs, 1930; List of items in the Early Records Collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information and clippings; Thesis \"Anna Cora Mowatt and Her Audience,\" by Imogene McCarthy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1915-1918\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1918-1925\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1926-1931\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, 1910, retrieved 2022\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, clippings, paper read by her at Colonial Dames meeting\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; copy of letter from Barbara Bush; Customs and Practice of MVLA, April 1986; questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes letters from President George Bush, Sr., Barbara Bush, Richard Nixon, and Sandra Day O'Connor)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram with menu, event information, and itinerary for a dinner on Washington's birthday for the benefit of the MVLA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal memoir of her trip to Paris for the bicentennial of the French Revolution and loan of the key to the Bastille, July 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum by Eugenia Seamans, Regent, to the Vice Regents and staff thanking them for contributing to the success of their commemoration of the bicentennial of George Washington's inauguration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA thank you letter from President Richard Nixon to Eugenia Seamans, Regent, May 9, 1989. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA thank you letter from President Bush to the Regent for his tour of Mount Vernon with King Hussein. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe First Lady thanks the Regent for coming to tea with the other Vice Regents at the White House. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, Tribute\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; List and photocopies of items from the Early Records Collection\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProspective form, tribute, Questionnaire, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, tribute, articles about Washington\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, Garden Committee reports\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1970-1979, Garden Committee reports, Articles, committee assignments, letter of resignation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, remarks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, donations, and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speeches, Questionnaire, resume\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Memorial information, Questionnaire, obituaries\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscriptions of letters, 1877; Correspondence, 1898-1900; Paper – \"A Chapter in the History of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association,\" 1905; Address – \"The National University and the George Washington Memorial\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information (Includes letters from Wyoming Senators and Congressmen)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, articles, and Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like him to send information on fire protection at Mount Vernon. Discusses Washington's books with the Boston Athenaeum. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence, obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles and other writings; Clippings; Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes letters to and from President Franklin Roosevelt), publication about Mount Vernon written by Mrs. Towner\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal notebooks on Mount Vernon and bookplates\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information; Transcriptions of letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes correspondence concerning the 100th Anniversary Committee; Memorial information; Personal inscribed copy of \"Mount Vernon China\"); Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, appeal, \"Washington Portraits,\" calling cards\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1919-1956, paper detailing Tennessee involvement with Mount Vernon, obituary, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence (Includes letters on the donation of the Vaughan journal and manuscripts), Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her she has been elected as a Vice Regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Gives information about being a Vice Regent. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObituary, 1908; Biographical note\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOral history transcript, 2009\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooklet, \"Bit of Mount Vernon History: Taken from the Records of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Brought before Council of 1898 by Record Committee and Ordered Printed,\" by Mrs. Ward, 1899; Appeal to Teachers and Students of the Schools of Kansas to donate to Mount Vernon, undated; Obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommittee assignments; biography; correspondence; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJournal; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent, signed by APC; obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, speech, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence; prospective VR form; articles\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, events programs, obituary, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, resume, prospective VR form, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and resume\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence 1964-1970\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1971-1977\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1978-1982; Article \"George Washington, The Man, Creator of Mount Vernon, Farmer, Family Man, Christian, Ecumenist\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1983-1993; Memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence as Corresponding Secretary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, committee listings, funeral program, Questionnaire\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note, Letter accepting position as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Georgia Wilder, Vice Regent for Georgia, to Lily Laughton, Regent, May 27, 1891. Wilder accepts her appointment as Vice Regent for Georgia in the MVLA. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by the Regent, Justine Townsend with note, \"appointed by the previous Regent Mrs. L.L.M. Laughton who was prevented by illness from signing this certificate.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical note or obituary about Georgia Page King Smith Wilder, d. 1914, who served as the Vice Regent for Georgia 1891-1914.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestionnaire, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall journal with information on gifts to Mount Vernon, 1891-1896; Certificate as Vice Regent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1931-1940\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1941-1959; Obituary\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles, biographical information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical information, mostly about her service as VR\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn addition was made in August 2023, containing material given by Vice Regents and the Board Secretary in recent years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and biographical info, letters about Mount Vernon miniature\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical info, articles, tribute, correspondence, nomination info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence and memorial information\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical info, article\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, biographical info, remarks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, bio info\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, Questionnaire, photographs, bio info, Tribute\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBiographical info, nomination info, correspondence\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph showing several MVLA members greeting the Governor of Virginia in the New Room of the Mansion during an event, 1953 (2183-F)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph showing the restoration of the outside of the Mansion, circa 1956; Two black and white photos showing work being done to an outbuilding/colonnade, 1955\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo black and white photographs showing horses preparing a field at Mount Vernon, 1939\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph postcard of a garden bench, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries of color and black and white photographs showing the construction of Mount Vernon's sanitary sewer system, 1972\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographs on scrapbook pages taken by Charles Goodwin, February 1911. Caption on one page reads \"Trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, George Senior with Charles and Spencer Goodwin, Photos by C.A.G. Feb. 1911.\" Photos include images of the exterior of Mount Vernon mansion, outbuildings, and scenic views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of a wall sconce (probably in the Mansion); three identical black and white photos of the entrance door and step to an estate building, no dates\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 black and white photograph prints showing the State Dinner event. President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Mrs. Beirne, and other are seen in the images\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph of the East Lawn with men dressed as Revolutionary War soldiers posed with flags, ca. 1970; Color photograph of a fireplace with a portrait painting of Ann Pamela Cunningham over the hearth, ca. 1971\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting an award to the Honorable John Taylor\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne color photograph showing Mrs. Cooke at the White House posed with the French ambassador, President Richard Nixon, Mrs. Anne Armstrong (Counsellor to the President) and Mr. John W. Warner (Administrator, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration), July 10, 1974\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color photograph of George Washington's coach or carriage, 1971\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color photograph of Mrs. Pack in the flight deck of a Boeing 727\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 artist's rendition in color of new administrative buildings, 1980s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne color photograph print of a furniture detail from the Mount Vernon in Miniature project; one slide and several lengths of negatives showing the miniature details, 1994.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 black and white photographs showing restoration work done to the Ice House Vault, 1939 and the Stable Underpinning 1938-1939; 5 black and white photographs showing the cottage at the West Gate including \"View from the gate,\" \"Construction details,\" \"New site before development,\" \"In transit,\" and \"The abandoned site\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 black and white photos showing an area of dug-up earth and two cars, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 photograph prints from Neg. 2903-1, 2903-2, 2903-3, 2904-1, 2904-2 – all views of the Family Kitchen – rear of fireplace and oven, 1950, taken by Robert Fisher; Black and white photograph showing two areas of different texture (labeled A and B) on the wall of the Family Kitchen, ca 1950\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 black and white photograph prints of Neg. 2930-2, 2930-3, 2930-5, 2930-7 relating to the brick foundations of the Greenhouse\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the ruined wall of the Greenhouse and slave quarters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the Summer House\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStrip of 5 black and white photographs labeled \"Wash House, Stove foundation and flue connection, June 1945\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 black and white photographs taped to board with descriptions; shows the fireplace in Washington's Bedroom after the removal of the wood paneling; Black and white photographs taped to two boards with description; shows the North Closet section of Washington's Bedroom during restoration\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of the Well House with a woman inside at the well with a bucket. Reverse side reads Neg. #2260 from a photograph by Fr. B. Johnston circa 1890\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph print on thin paper of a man, possible John Carter Brown, with notation on the reverse, \"J.C.B. June 11, '96, 1:30 p.m., 12 Benevolent St.\" Also, 1 black and white photo print with notation on the reverse, \"Lake Tahoe taken from the California side of the Lake. June 9, 1940.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 black and white photographs of an MVLA sideboard with its measurements on the back\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of people looking at Mount Vernon's view of the Potomac from the East Lawn, ca. 1965; 1 drawing of the Potomac River by Mount Vernon and the Piscataway Bay, ca. 1965\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographs with captions from \"Washington's Mount Vernon\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 color photographs of an historic oak tree at Mount Vernon; 1 shows a little boy by the tree, the other shows the stump after it had been cut down because of disease, 1983\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 color photographs of an information kiosk at the front entrance of Mount Vernon, 1967\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Ann Pamela Cunningham with Regent Mrs. Cooke, Mr. Wall, and Mrs. Hollis, 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 color Polaroid photographs showing the Gift Shop salesroom, 1979\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of a fireplace in the Mansion with the \"GW\" script\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 small color photographs of different rooms in the Mansion, 1961\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association members in front of Mount Vernon; 2 small color photographs of the painting \"The West Front\" attributed to Edward Savage; 2 black and white photographs of a bedroom in the Mansion, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the Upper Garden with covers over the beds\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph of Mrs. Labouisse and Mrs. Bolton in front of the Mansion, 1953. In a card holder inscribed by Mrs.Powel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the Small Dining Room in the Mansion, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color slide labeled \"Page Platt – Natl Col Farm Oct 1978 Admin Bldg. Barn\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor print photograph of First Lady Barbara Bush and Mrs. Smith, group Council photographs from 1985-1989, and two photos (one signed to Mrs. Smith) from an event at Mount Vernon, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries of color Polaroid photographs showing the construction of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building and complex, 1982\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph of Mrs. Sullivan on the piazza of the Mansion with the Vice Regents from Arizona and Maine, May 1983\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo black and white photographs of a chair with a reproduction chair cushion, 1966\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo black and white photographs of members of the MVLA welcoming guests to the reception in the New Room or Large Dining Room, 1953\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photographs of Mrs. Sullivan with other MVLA Vice Regents, 1965, 1967; Black and white photographs showing different views of Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a parade event at Mount Vernon, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white proof sheet with photographs of a Ford fire engine; 2 color Polaroid photographs of the Ford fire engine, one with two men; 7 color 8\" x 10\" of Ford Motor Company's visit to Mount Vernon to donate a fire engine, August 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 color photograph prints showing Vice Regents Emerita at Mount Vernon, c. 2000s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 black and white photographs of Mrs. Anderson and other MVLA members on the piazza of the Mansion, ca 1940s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 black and white photographs of Mrs. Beirne with Superintendent Charles Wall and another woman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e19 color photographs of an Honorary Dinner for Mrs. Billups in 1961 with other Ladies of the Council (identified on the reverse of several prints) – some are duplicates\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of Mr. Thomas D. Taylor\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the 1970 Council on the lawn in front of the Mansion; 1 black and white photograph of several Ladies with Mount Vernon employees, 1972; 1 color photograph in the original holder showing Mrs. Bolton and Mrs. Labouisse in front of the Mansion\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo Christmas cards with color photographs, one showing Mrs. Bolton, ca. 1980s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 small color photograph prints of Vice Regent Nancy Call, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo color Polaroids of a framed certificate; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting at the Sound and Light show with President Ford and French President D'Estaing; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke standing by portraits of George and Martha Washington, ca. 1970s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormal presentation of the Bicentennial gift of the French Republic to the United States at Mount Vernon - a sound and light production recounting some of the memorable events of the Revolution, from Patrick Henry's speech to the Battle of Yorktown as recollected by General Washington reflecting on the past after his retirement to Mount Vernon. French President d'Estaing presents the gift to President Ford who in turn gifted the production to Mount Vernon accepted by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Regent Mrs. Cooke. The program debuted that evening to hundreds of special guests in attendance for the outdoor event.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8\" x 10\" color photograph of Mrs. Cooke with a United States Flag, ca. 1990s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph print of Mrs. Crumpacker with James Crumpacker and Elizabeth Swindells, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Cubbedge, 1964\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 color photograph prints showing Mrs. Davis and her family, various dates\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color photograph print on a Christmas card showing Mrs. Gaines with her husband and grandchildren, 2004\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of Vice Regent Beatrice Guthrie\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Haldeman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 color photographs of the US Navy ceremony for the USS Mount Vernon, Mrs. Holden is in attendance, May 13, 1972\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of the MVLA Board posed in front of the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, no date; 1 black and white photograph of an aerial view of the Mount Vernon estate, no date; 2 black and white prints on paper showing the small dining room in the Mansion\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color photograph print with original negative of Mrs. Lee in front of the Mansion; one page with two color photograph prints of Mrs. Lee's family adhered as a Christmas card, 1997\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a portrait painting of Mme. Le Vert\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive color postcards of different views of Mount Vernon, c. 1934 MVLA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 black and white photographs, and 3 sepia tinted photographs of Mrs. Loughborough and different scenes and items at Mount Vernon estate\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 color portrait-style photograph print of Adrienne Mars\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 color photographs of an event at Mount Vernon with a Pipe and Drum band, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white matted photograph captioned \"The Ave. of Oaks planted by our dear Father at Retreat\" no date; 2 identical black and white postcard photographs of Page Randolph Anderson (later Platt) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1910; 2 sepia photograph cabinet cards of Page Wilder (later Anderson) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1885\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Seamans\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries of color photographs showing a tree-planting event at Mount Vernon with three Vice Regents and others, ca. 1980s\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries of color portrait-style photographs of Mrs. Walton, ca. 2000\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne black and white photo of Mrs. West, 6 color photos of her visit to Sulgrave Manor featuring Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Wiener, ca 1960s in original holder\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSet of color prints taken from the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Also includes one print photo of Jim Rees, Lynn Gammill, and Gay Gaines, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes 3 Council photographs, New Room, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchitectural drawing – Key to the Upper Garden plantings, 1980 by Dean Norton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 blueprint titled Sketch Showing Progressive Development of Plan of Green House at Mount Vernon, Virginia, Walter Macomber; 2 architectural drawings concerning the Greenhouse: 1 showing the Elevations of the Proposed Service Greenhouse, October 1950; 1 titled Plan for Greenhouse, Nursery Area, October, 1950\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault Restoration, 1938; 1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault – Measured Drawing, 1938; Blueprint titled Proposed Restoration of Ice House Vault, Cleverdon, Varney \u0026amp; Pike Consulting Engineers, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlueprint titled Heating Tunnel Layout, Drawing 101, 1935 by Geo. A. Weschler, Consulting Engineer; Blueprint titled Section of Tunnel, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 blueprints – 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Alterations to End Sections of Building, 1936; 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Radiator Locations, 1936\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 blueprints: Sheet A – Stable Explorations, Plan and Sections Showing Extent of Excavated Trenches and Evidence of an Older Stable, 1939; Sheet B – Stable Measurements, 1936; Sheet C – Stable Measurements, Plan of Barn and Mule Stable, 1936; Sheet D – Stable Measurements, Rafter Plan and Details, 1936; Sheet E – Stable Excavations –Trenches D and F\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 architectural drawing titles \"Sketch Showing Hot Water Stove Restoration for Wash House\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing – Flower Garden detail, Area in front of Greenhouse, 1952; Drawing – Sketch Showing Re-arrangement of Designs in East and West Parterres in Flower Garden, Walter Macomber, no date; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, West End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, East End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Grouping of 17 small blueprints – Flower gardens, 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArchitectural drawings, blueprints – Scale Detail Garden Wall Palisade, 1962; Elevation of a hood for the Director's House, 1963; Office building, no date; Interior Elevation, Main Gate, Mount Vernon, 1964; Blueprint, Elevation of Wall from Stable Yard \u0026amp; Laundry Yard, Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, December 12, 1955\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the bed hangings and curtains for the Lafayette Bedchamber, August 1975, Ethel Pilson Warren Interior Planning\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSketched architectural diagrams showing possible floor plans for the proposed new Administration Building, 1978\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 architectural drawing of the Interior Elevation of the Main Gate (Texas Gate) at Mount Vernon, by Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, October 22, 1964; 1 architectural drawing of the Grounds Section Facility, no date\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Mrs. Sweat's annotations, sketches, and inserts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement to reactivate the Second Continental Light Dragoons in celebration of Washington's 279th birthday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAward certificate to the MVLA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes printed list of members and RSVP mailing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter from President Bush, news clippings, and bound manuscript copy of the remarks by David McCullough, \"The Ties that Bind: America and France.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clippings, printed material, and correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCompiled engravings, photos, and prints including a cabinet card photograph of Nellie Custis Lewis. Several images from the collection of Vice Regent Annie Jennings of Connecticut\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmpty of photographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note dated 1937 inside the portfolio by Vice Regent Helen Sargent states that the portfolio belonged to MVLA Regent Alice Richards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by several Congressmen including Robert Byrd and Thomas Foley. Possible signature of President Bill Clinton. Framed, 10 ¾\" x 15 ¾\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelonged to Helen Louise Sargent, Vice Regent for the District of Columbia, undated. Matted but not framed. 13 ½\" x 17 ¼\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTributes included are for James Rees, Mount Vernon employees, and Gay Hart Gaines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned list of Rhode Island Vice Regents on the front inside page. The S.S. Teacher's Edition of the Holy Bible. Oxford University Press: London. Book cover reads \"Mount Vernon, Rhode Island Room 1898.\" Several inserts and annotations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned on front inside page \"Pro Deo et Patria! The gift of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for the State of New York, For the use of Vice Regents of the State of New York. March 29, 1900.\" The Holy Bible, The American Bible Society: New York, 1897. One insert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBound volume listing subscriptions or donations to Mount Vernon's fund to rebuild the \"servant's quarters\" destroyed by fire in 1835. The Vice Regent of Kansas, Jennie Ward, reported she raised enough by fundraising in Kansas schools ($1,000) The reconstruction was \"rebuilt along the lines of the old ruin,\" and in what was believed to be the original location.  It was completed in 1891.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate of membership for Justine Van Resselaer Townsend for membership in the Daughters of the Cincinnati. Also signed by Townsend as President of the organization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWood panel with painted coat of arms; reverse reads \"A facsimile of a bronze tablet on the monument to Ann Pamela Cunningham in Columbia, S. Carolina, A.J. Robertson, May 1904\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObjects related to the Dedication of the 16-Sided Barn, September 27, 1996. Includes souvenir satchel pouch with fact sheets and information, American flags on tissue paper, programs, and guest lists\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabletop decoration used for the Bicentennial of the Inauguration of Washington dinner, 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith bust of Washington, from the North Carolina Museum of History\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes MVLA seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLabeled \"Cyndi Invest.\" and \"Bob's Invest.\" and numbered 1-3. Two are unlabeled but thought to be from the same series. Most likely recorded by Cyndi Lints, Administrative Assistant, and Bob McCarthy, Controller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith management consultant Edie Seashore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt least one tape may have contributions by management consultant, Edie Seashore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeeting with management consultant Edie Seashore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTime 5:40, produced by Goettler Associates, Inc. Columbus, Ohio\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC-SPAN Archives, Tape 1 – 118 min., Tape 2 – 84 min. 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Types of material include correspondence, reports, memos, notes, personal and biographical information, news clippings, meeting agendas, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Several highlights of the collection include the original minutes of Council meetings, scrapbooks and ledgers created by Vice Regents, and early correspondence with Regents and Vice Regents. While the library's collection \"Early Records of the MVLA\" documents the founding and early years of the organization, the Papers of the MVLA continues where that collection ended and preserves the ongoing story of these women and the fulfillment of their mission. Creators of the collection are largely the board members themselves, along with staff and employees who worked directly with them. Scope notes have been added before the content list of each series to better describe its specific provenance and content. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s to the 1990s, however there is a very wide range represented overall, 1858-2016.","This series contains records created and collected by various committees within the MVLA. Correspondence, reports, and meeting agendas make up the majority of material.","Letter (copy) from Esther S. Fraser, Hall Tavern in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to assistant superintendent Charles Cecil Wall, August 1, 1934. Regarding analysis of Mount Vernon's wallpaper.","During the early 1980s, MVLA members agreed the process and procedures of Council needed to be updated. One suggestion made by Resident Director John Castellani was to create a notebook for each Council organized by schedule and activity. This resulted in the organized collection of reports, itineraries, minutes, and event plans for every Council, represented in these files. This practice continues, to some degree, up to the present time.","Original minutes taken for Council meetings, 1887-1994. The earliest versions were handwritten. Later copies were cleaned up and typed for preparation to be printed. Most of the minutes are loose papers in folders, but the years 1912 through 1927 are in bound/book form. Years 1928 through 1936 are in both formats, loose and bound.","A large majority of the Regent's Files contain correspondence to and from the Regent, sometimes organized by subject. Files for more recent Regents often contain event programs or invitations, speeches, clippings, reports, printed material, and other miscellaneous items. Letters to or from VIP guests or dignitaries have been noted when possible.","Includes RM-1024, MS-5652","This series contains records that were donated or transferred to the Library by a Vice Regent or their family members. These papers were often created by individual Vice Regents during the course of their duties as MVLA members, but were not held in files at Mount Vernon. Some folders may contain personal papers. A wide range of material is represented including correspondence, subject research files, reports, articles, printed material, memos, speeches, programs, invitations, memorabilia, and ephemera. Vice Regents often collected papers concerning specific projects or committees on which they worked.","Includes letters concerning Dodge's memoirs and the tree planted by the Prince of Wales.","Includes letters concerning the Anti-Fee Association and the Powel Coach.","Includes clippings on a Mount Vernon replica in New York and a visit to Mount Vernon by a British man.","Includes a Standard Guide map of Washington, D.C., \"Washington Visits to Rhode Island,\" \"George Washington and Rhode Island,\" and \"Autograph Letters and Documents of George Washington Now in Rhode Island Collections.\"","These files were kept by staff members at Mount Vernon, most often by the Secretary to the Board, to document the lives and work of individual Vice Regents. Some items were given directly by the Vice Regents to be placed in their files, while other documents were located or collected by staff and interfiled at a later time. Types of material include mostly correspondence, clippings, obituaries, resumes, tributes and memorials, notes, memos, and ephemera.","Biographical notes dated 1952 and 1954","George Washington Biography Lesson, 1995-2005","Questionnaire for the Records, correspondence 1979-1989, play written for George Washington's birthday","Skit or play performed for a Washington birthday event, written by Captain and Hope Powel Alexander, the Vice Regent for Rhode Island, February 22, 1988.","Correspondence, 1990-1999","Correspondence, 1990-1999, booklet- George Washington in Rhode Island, Words of Washington during the Revolution","Oral history interview by Sandra Robinette","Obituary, 1904; Biographical letter by her daughter; Invitation for subscription to the Peace Dance","Biographical information, Garden Club of America, obituaries for Mr. and Mrs. Anderson","Correspondence, 1967-1979, opening remarks to Mount Vernon film, 1976","Correspondence, 1980-1989, Mount Vernon, The Texas Connection","Correspondence, 1990-1999, The Mount Vernon File, Memorabilia of Washington County's Second County Seat, Questionnaire for the Records","Correspondence 1948-1960, Mount Vernon in Virginia list","Correspondence, 1919-1939","Signed by the Regent, Harriet Comegys.","Biographical note on the service of Anne Page Wilder Anderson in the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.","Correspondence 1940-1954","Correspondence, photographs","Obituaries, 2016","Correspondence, clippings, biographical and memorial information, Questionnaire for the Records","Correspondence, biographical information","Correspondence (Includes correspondence with U.S. Senator Bob Graham), biographical information","Obituary; descriptions of Florida Vice Regents","Biographical information; diary from 1863; census information; photograph of painting of Mrs. Balfour","Biographical information; Memorial tribute; Letter from the Governor of Virginia concerning a daguerreotype of Mrs. Ball; Copyright certificate for a Mount Vernon publication; Article about Mount Vernon","Obituary; minutes of Council from 1912 announcing her death","\"In Memoriam\" from Council Minutes; genealogy","Correspondence 1938-1955, obituaries, memorial from the minutes","Booklet, biographical information and memorial from minutes","Correspondence; gift annuity agreement; Questionnaire for the Records","Summary of Auction Activities, 1997","Correspondence, 1937-1942","Correspondence and biographical information, 1943-1975; list of gifts to Mount Vernon","Correspondence, biographical and genealogical information, and clippings, resolution to Council on her death, listing of her descendants, Questionnaire","Biographical information, obituaries, and correspondence (Includes letter from Mamie D. Eisenhower), Questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes some poetry and other writings, and a list of \"Association Papers Returned to Mount Vernon\"), Obituary, list of committee assignments, in memoriam, listing of Maine bedroom furniture","Correspondence, 1927-1954","Articles about house tour, obituary, Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute to her","Correspondence 1977-1989, Questionnaire, 1982 GW's 250th birthday calendar done by Oregon school children","Correspondence as Regent (Includes photocopies of letters from President and First Lady Bush), articles","Correspondence (Includes Memorial booklet, 2007; List \"Shingles – For Mrs. Bishop\")","Publications concerning Mount Vernon visit of Queen Elizabeth, 1991","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial","In memoriam; articles; questionnaire; correspondence","Clippings, biographical information, memorial information; Guide to Mrs. Bolton's Papers (Western Reserve Historical Society)","Clippings, Laminated notebook of news clippings","Congressional newsletters by Mrs. Bolton, Campaign material","Congressional Records, September 1965 and March 1977; Booklet – \"Letters from Africa\"; Newsletters to constituents","Correspondence 1938-1960, Questionnaire, biographical data","Correspondence 1961-1977","Questionnaire, correspondence","Correspondence, email 2004-2005","Correspondence and biographical information","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and memorial information, 1925-1942","Letter from the assistant superintendent, James Young, to Mary Bradford, Vice Regent for New Jersey, April 2, 1931. In regards to a grey silk needlework bag reported to have been given by Martha Washington to Mrs. Peale.","Newspaper obituary","Correspondence, 1955-1994; Booklet, \"Annals of Iowa,\" (info on Vice Regents from Iowa), condolence letter","Questionnaire, correspondence, husband's obituary, Annals of Iowa book","Biographical information, magazine article copies","Correspondence, articles","Letter from Mary Evarts, Vice Regent for Vermont, to Anne Brown, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, March 13, 1920. Mentions the visit of the Prince of Wales to Mount Vernon and encloses a clipping with a photograph of the Prince, superintendent Harrison Dodge, and Tomb guard Charles Simms at Washington's Tomb. Evarts also discusses the recent death of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for New York, and the poor health of Elizabeth Pringle, Vice Regent for South Carolina.","Correspondence","Obituary, wedding announcement","Questionnaire, correspondence, articles","Questionnaire, correspondence, note cards","Correspondence, death announcement","Correspondence, clippings, Questionnaire, death announcement","Correspondence, certificate as Vice Regent","Correspondence 1942-1955","Correspondence, obituaries","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence 1960-1969, Memorial information and booklet","Letter from Samuel Cabot, son of Nancy Cabot, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, to Hope Harkness, Vice Regent for Rhode Island, June 10, 1969. Gives biographical information about his mother after her passing.","Correspondence, Questionnaire","L.A. Alive Magazine; correspondence; Questionnaire","Articles, Campbell House Museum info","Correspondence, Certificate of appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence; Article, \"The Regents of Mount Vernon\"; Watercolor of Mount Vernon by Marie Blanke; Bylaws of the MVLA","Correspondence and \"Reminiscences\"","\"Returned Papers\" of Mrs. Carpenter, correspondence and MVLA publications","Resume; correspondence","Prospective form; correspondence; Questionnaire; Organizational Capacity Survey, and biographical information","Biographical information; letter verifying she met Washington","Questionnaire; correspondence","Biographical note","Correspondence and clippings, articles about husband's political campaigns","Clippings, manuscript and paper copy of article on the origin of the MVLA, correspondence","Biographical sketch and personal details, excerpts of state reports and letters","In Memoriam booklet and obituary, 1914; Reference letter from MV Librarian","Correspondence 1946-1953","Correspondence 1954-1959","Correspondence; articles; paper on the traditions of the MVLA","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac and letter from Pat Nixon); Program on commissioning ship Mount Vernon","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and list of donors from New Jersey)","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign and family history for the Throckmortons)","Correspondence (Includes information on donations and contributions for the Capital Campaign)","Correspondence and memorial information","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence","Note about her death","Prospective form; correspondence; Questionnaire","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence, includes letter by Governor Colgate Darden of Virginia","Newspaper clippings; manuscript of speech; resignation letter; reminiscences; in memoriam; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent; biographical piece; correspondence after her resignation","Questionnaire; correspondence; letter of resignation; notes written in tribute to her","Correspondence","Obituaries; tributes; correspondence; Questionnaire","List of MVLA history; correspondence; copy of photograph","Questionnaire; correspondence; tribute on her resignation","Biographical information","Biographical information; memoir written by her husband","Resume; correspondence; in memoriam","Article on the history of Detroit, biographical information","Correspondence; news clippings","Biographical information; article about her life","Obituary or memorial for the first MVLA Vice Regent for Georgia, Philoclea Eve. Typed on December 23, 1952 for her file. Note the appointment date at the top is incorrect. Eve was appointed Vice Regent in 1858.","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence, news clippings, biographical article","Correspondence, biographical information, committee work, research on former Minnesota Vice Regents; prospective Vice Regent form; copy of historical magazine of MN; development information","Biographical information","Biographical information","Correspondence; list of MVLA service","Memo, bio note","Clippings, biographical and memorial information","Correspondence; memorials; Questionnaire; report on outbuildings","Memorial information","Correspondence and memorial information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and Questionnaire/biographical information","Correspondence as Regent","Correspondence to Mrs. Gaines as Regent","Biographical information; tributes to her service; correspondence; Questionnaire","Correspondence; letter from Sen. Trent Lott; biographical sketch; notes for talk","Obituary; correspondence; Questionnaire","News clippings","Biography of her husband; research on her as first VR from Connecticut","Biographical information, correspondence","Transcription of letter, 1858","Correspondence, Questionnaire, resume","Questionnaire, correspondence, tributes","Correspondence","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, memorial service info, Questionnaire","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial service info","Correspondence, Founders Committee minutes, biographical information, description of dinner for The Washington Antique Show; description of reception at French Embassy; other special events invitations; obituary","Correspondence and clippings","Correspondence, Donation of Willard scrapbook","Correspondence","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and Memorial information","Booklet, \"In Memory of Sarah King Hale\" and biographical information","Obituary, letter to Mr. Townley Esq., and transcription of letter (RM 1206)","Biographical information and transcriptions of letters, correspondence","Correspondence; prospective Vice Regent form","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, memorial info","Correspondence; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1940-1949; List of documents acquired at the sale of the Armstrong Collections","Correspondence","Obituary","Correspondence and biographical information","Letters from correspondence file of Hetty Harrison, Vice Regent for Virginia, including letters to and from, date range 1924-1936. Letters mostly concern Mansion furnishings, wallpaper, and similar topics.","Correspondence","Correspondence, article","Correspondence; questionnaire; obituary; memorials","Photocopies of correspondence, Bancroft Library material, University of California at Berkeley","Research file with biographical and legacy information; clippings; List of gifts to Mount Vernon; correspondence; obituaries and tributes","Questionnaire; prospective Vice Regent form; correspondence, includes 2018-A-020","Biography; obituary","Correspondence, 1937-1955; Accession lists, 1949-1951; Descriptions for Mount Vernon slides","Correspondence, 1955-1966; Library reports and accessions","Correspondence, 1966-1970; Library reports and accessions","Correspondence and Memorial information, 1971-1979; clippings","Correspondence; program from commissioning of US Ship Mount Vernon; Questionnaire","Correspondence","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence and memorial information, 1963-1971; clippings","Correspondence, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Booklet, \"Washington's House\" by Mrs. Hudson; Biographical note, 1980; Correspondence (Connecticut Room), correspondence with Mrs. Hudson's niece Miss Carmalt (RM-1132); photographs (copies) of Susan Hudson and her husband, photograph of a portrait of William Dunlap and note by descendant.","Biographical information","Biographical and Memorial information; \"Notes for Talks on Mount Vernon,\" correspondence","Biographical information; transcript of letter from APC appointing her; obituary","Biographical note on Ella Hutchins Sydnor, the first Vice Regent for Texas, with accompanying transcription and news clipping.","One sheet reference to an MVLA book she is listed in","Correspondence; blueprint of traffic circle from Virginia Electric","Correspondence and clippings (Includes correspondence with Congressmen and Letitia Baldridge, First Lady Jackie Kennedy's secretary, concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the preservation of the view of the Potomac River or Operation Overview)","Correspondence, 1966-1990; Script to slide presentation on Washington's china","Clipping of poem about Washington by Mrs. Jeffrey","Correspondence (includes two letters by William Taft)","Correspondence (includes two letters by William Taft)","Correspondence, 1938-1939; Letter concerning Miss Jennings from President William H. Taft, 1914; Memorial information; Booklet – \"Seabury Society for the Preservation of the Glebe House\"","Obituary","Correspondence, 1925-1932; Memorial information and booklet, 1934; Biographical information","Letter from Elizabeth Johnston, Vice Regent for Alabama, to her children. Written to be opened upon her death, reflecting on her life. Circa 1934.","Correspondence; memorial info, obituary of her sister, Grace King","Correspondence, 1944-1985; Family history; Memorial information; Questionnaire","Correspondence; list of committees; tribute; obituary","Prayer for Council 2006","Obituaries and news clippings","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence, 1925-1933; Information on Mount Vernon replica; clippings; information from NSDAR about Rainier chapter house; and obituaries","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, biographical and memorial information","Oral history transcript","Photocopies of letters and obituary","Biography; copy of poem for her by Poe; sketch; poem in tribute; Copy of Mobile Bay magazine, January 2024 issue with article \"Saving Washington's Mount Vernon,\" by Mount Vernon staff member Breck Pappas.","Correspondence, 1942-1951","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1955-1959; Clippings and information on Mr. Wilmarth Lewis; Memorial booklet; CD with content from the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University; transcript of interview recording of Mrs. Lewis; Two copies of booklet for the exhibition \"Dancing on a sunny plain: The life of Annie Burr Auchincloss Lewis\" by Yale University.","Correspondence","Correspondence; article about proposed sewer project near MV","Correspondence to and from Miss Longfellow; Letters from family concerning Miss Longfellow; Postcards of Longfellow House; Clippings; Paper \"The Shrine of Mount Vernon\"","Letter from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana to the Vice Regent for Connecticut, Annie Burr Jennings, January 31, 1930. Thanks her for the copy she sent of the MVLA Annual Report, speaks of his aunt Alice Longfellow who recently died, and mentions other MVLA matters.","Correspondence (Includes letter from U.S. Senator Arthur Capper)","Correspondence and obituaries","Correspondence, 1932-1941; Pamphlets on Historic Restoration in Arkansas","Correspondence","Correspondence, 1951-1963; Clippings and obituaries; Reminiscences from a trip to the Soviet Union; Information on Historic Preservation work in Arkansas","Correspondence; biography; obituary","Correspondence, biographical information, and retirement tributes","Biographical information","Correspondence, 1896-1954; Clippings; \"Washington's First Defeat\"; Biographical information; certificate of appointment as Vice Regent","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire","List of items from the Early Records Collection, Biography, listing of MV activities","Correspondence, Portrait information (MFA Boston)","Letter from Martha Mercer, Vice Regent for Pennsylvania, to Harrison Dodge, superintendent, undated (October 7). She has received the tree report and thinks he must be very happy with it. The next step is to do the work. Autograph letter signed.","Biographical information; List of items from Early Records Collection","Correspondence, resume, prospective VR form, Questionnaire","Questionnaire, correspondence","Correspondence, speeches or remarks, and biographical information, Questionnaire, letter from Senator Bob Graham, FL","Biographical information, original certificate of appointment signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham","Biographical information","Correspondence","Correspondence, tributes, Questionnaire, customs and practices of the MVLA","Questionnaire, correspondence, measured drawing of walkway to administration building by Dean Norton, 1985, tribute to her service","Correspondence and clippings, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","List of items in the Early Records Collection; Biographical information","Questionnaire, correspondence, resignation letter, articles","Correspondence","Correspondence, biographical information","Correspondence, 1980-1990, Clippings, Publication, \"The Ghost Ranch Story\" by Arthur Pack, Questionnaire","Letter to her mother (with letter of provenance, 1937)","Photostats from a Cincinnati Enquirer story about her family (with letter of provenance, 1964)","Correspondence, obituary","Obituary, 1938 (retrieved 2022)","Correspondence, obituary","Correspondence, articles, and other writings, Questionnaire","Biographical information; Clippings; Confederate 100 dollar note with her likeness; Booklet – \"Charleston, S.C. and Mount Vernon\"","Correspondence, obituary, memorial","Correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence with Charles C. Wall","Memorial information, clippings, and writings","Speeches and presentations","Correspondence","Correspondence, memorial","Clippings and biographical information","Writings on Mount Vernon; Booklets, \"The Mount Vernon Society of Detroit Michigan,\" and \"What Michigan Has Done for Mount Vernon\"","Letter regarding visit of dignitaries to Mount Vernon, 1917; Clipping regarding the visit of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt","Memoir written one day after the event of the French and British missions visit to Mount Vernon on April 29, 1917. Written by the Vice Regent for Maine (later Regent), Alice Richards.","Memorial booklet printed after the death of MVLA Regent Alice Richards. Gives details and information about her life and work.","Certificate as Vice Regent, clippings","Correspondence, biographical information, events, remarks, articles, photobook","Letter written about her in 1952","Letter from Miss Riggs to Mrs. Towner, undated; Letter informing of the death of Miss Riggs, 1930; List of items in the Early Records Collection","Biographical information and clippings; Thesis \"Anna Cora Mowatt and Her Audience,\" by Imogene McCarthy","Correspondence and biographical information","Correspondence, 1915-1918","Correspondence, 1918-1925","Correspondence, 1926-1931","Correspondence, memorial information","Genealogical information","Obituary, 1910, retrieved 2022","Correspondence, clippings, paper read by her at Colonial Dames meeting","Correspondence; copy of letter from Barbara Bush; Customs and Practice of MVLA, April 1986; questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes letters from President George Bush, Sr., Barbara Bush, Richard Nixon, and Sandra Day O'Connor)","Program with menu, event information, and itinerary for a dinner on Washington's birthday for the benefit of the MVLA.","Personal memoir of her trip to Paris for the bicentennial of the French Revolution and loan of the key to the Bastille, July 1989.","Memorandum by Eugenia Seamans, Regent, to the Vice Regents and staff thanking them for contributing to the success of their commemoration of the bicentennial of George Washington's inauguration.","A thank you letter from President Richard Nixon to Eugenia Seamans, Regent, May 9, 1989. Autograph letter signed.","A thank you letter from President Bush to the Regent for his tour of Mount Vernon with King Hussein. Autograph letter signed.","The First Lady thanks the Regent for coming to tea with the other Vice Regents at the White House. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire, Tribute","Correspondence and Memorial information","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence","Biographical information; List and photocopies of items from the Early Records Collection","Prospective form, tribute, Questionnaire, correspondence","Questionnaire, correspondence, tribute, articles about Washington","Correspondence, Questionnaire, Garden Committee reports","Correspondence 1970-1979, Garden Committee reports, Articles, committee assignments, letter of resignation","Correspondence, remarks","Correspondence, donations, and biographical information","Correspondence, speeches, Questionnaire, resume","Correspondence, Memorial information, Questionnaire, obituaries","Transcriptions of letters, 1877; Correspondence, 1898-1900; Paper – \"A Chapter in the History of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association,\" 1905; Address – \"The National University and the George Washington Memorial\"","Correspondence and biographical information (Includes letters from Wyoming Senators and Congressmen)","Correspondence, Questionnaire, articles, and Memorial information","Correspondence","Would like him to send information on fire protection at Mount Vernon. Discusses Washington's books with the Boston Athenaeum. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence and biographical information","Questionnaire, correspondence, obituary","Articles and other writings; Clippings; Memorial information","Correspondence (Includes letters to and from President Franklin Roosevelt), publication about Mount Vernon written by Mrs. Towner","Personal notebooks on Mount Vernon and bookplates","Obituary","Biographical information; Transcriptions of letters","Correspondence","Correspondence (Includes correspondence concerning the 100th Anniversary Committee; Memorial information; Personal inscribed copy of \"Mount Vernon China\"); Questionnaire","Correspondence, appeal, \"Washington Portraits,\" calling cards","Correspondence, 1919-1956, paper detailing Tennessee involvement with Mount Vernon, obituary, Questionnaire","Correspondence (Includes letters on the donation of the Vaughan journal and manuscripts), Questionnaire","Tells her she has been elected as a Vice Regent for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Gives information about being a Vice Regent. Autograph letter signed.","Correspondence","Obituary, 1908; Biographical note","Correspondence and biographical information, Questionnaire","Correspondence and biographical information","Oral history transcript, 2009","Booklet, \"Bit of Mount Vernon History: Taken from the Records of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Brought before Council of 1898 by Record Committee and Ordered Printed,\" by Mrs. Ward, 1899; Appeal to Teachers and Students of the Schools of Kansas to donate to Mount Vernon, undated; Obituary","Correspondence","Committee assignments; biography; correspondence; obituary","Journal; certificate of her appointment as Vice Regent, signed by APC; obituary","Correspondence, speech, etc.","Correspondence; prospective VR form; articles","Correspondence, events programs, obituary, Questionnaire","Questionnaire, resume, prospective VR form, correspondence","Correspondence","Correspondence and resume","Questionnaire, memorial information","Correspondence 1964-1970","Correspondence, 1971-1977","Correspondence, 1978-1982; Article \"George Washington, The Man, Creator of Mount Vernon, Farmer, Family Man, Christian, Ecumenist\"","Correspondence, 1983-1993; Memorial information","Correspondence as Corresponding Secretary","Correspondence, committee listings, funeral program, Questionnaire","Biographical note, Letter accepting position as Vice Regent","Letter from Georgia Wilder, Vice Regent for Georgia, to Lily Laughton, Regent, May 27, 1891. Wilder accepts her appointment as Vice Regent for Georgia in the MVLA. Autograph letter signed.","Signed by the Regent, Justine Townsend with note, \"appointed by the previous Regent Mrs. L.L.M. Laughton who was prevented by illness from signing this certificate.\"","Biographical note or obituary about Georgia Page King Smith Wilder, d. 1914, who served as the Vice Regent for Georgia 1891-1914.","Questionnaire, correspondence","Small journal with information on gifts to Mount Vernon, 1891-1896; Certificate as Vice Regent","Correspondence, 1931-1940","Correspondence, 1941-1959; Obituary","Articles, biographical information","Biographical information, mostly about her service as VR","An addition was made in August 2023, containing material given by Vice Regents and the Board Secretary in recent years.","Correspondence and biographical info, letters about Mount Vernon miniature","Correspondence","Biographical info, articles, tribute, correspondence, nomination info","Correspondence and memorial information","Biographical info, article","Correspondence, biographical info, remarks","Correspondence, Questionnaire, bio info","Correspondence, Questionnaire, photographs, bio info, Tribute","Biographical info, nomination info, correspondence","Black and white photograph showing several MVLA members greeting the Governor of Virginia in the New Room of the Mansion during an event, 1953 (2183-F)","Black and white photograph showing the restoration of the outside of the Mansion, circa 1956; Two black and white photos showing work being done to an outbuilding/colonnade, 1955","Two black and white photographs showing horses preparing a field at Mount Vernon, 1939","Black and white photograph postcard of a garden bench, no date","Series of color and black and white photographs showing the construction of Mount Vernon's sanitary sewer system, 1972","Black and white photographs on scrapbook pages taken by Charles Goodwin, February 1911. Caption on one page reads \"Trip to Washington and Mt. Vernon, George Senior with Charles and Spencer Goodwin, Photos by C.A.G. Feb. 1911.\" Photos include images of the exterior of Mount Vernon mansion, outbuildings, and scenic views.","1 black and white photograph of a wall sconce (probably in the Mansion); three identical black and white photos of the entrance door and step to an estate building, no dates","10 black and white photograph prints showing the State Dinner event. President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Mrs. Beirne, and other are seen in the images","Color photograph of the East Lawn with men dressed as Revolutionary War soldiers posed with flags, ca. 1970; Color photograph of a fireplace with a portrait painting of Ann Pamela Cunningham over the hearth, ca. 1971","Black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting an award to the Honorable John Taylor","One color photograph showing Mrs. Cooke at the White House posed with the French ambassador, President Richard Nixon, Mrs. Anne Armstrong (Counsellor to the President) and Mr. John W. Warner (Administrator, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration), July 10, 1974","1 color photograph of George Washington's coach or carriage, 1971","1 color photograph of Mrs. Pack in the flight deck of a Boeing 727","1 artist's rendition in color of new administrative buildings, 1980s","One color photograph print of a furniture detail from the Mount Vernon in Miniature project; one slide and several lengths of negatives showing the miniature details, 1994.","6 black and white photographs showing restoration work done to the Ice House Vault, 1939 and the Stable Underpinning 1938-1939; 5 black and white photographs showing the cottage at the West Gate including \"View from the gate,\" \"Construction details,\" \"New site before development,\" \"In transit,\" and \"The abandoned site\"","6 black and white photos showing an area of dug-up earth and two cars, 1938","5 photograph prints from Neg. 2903-1, 2903-2, 2903-3, 2904-1, 2904-2 – all views of the Family Kitchen – rear of fireplace and oven, 1950, taken by Robert Fisher; Black and white photograph showing two areas of different texture (labeled A and B) on the wall of the Family Kitchen, ca 1950","4 black and white photograph prints of Neg. 2930-2, 2930-3, 2930-5, 2930-7 relating to the brick foundations of the Greenhouse","1 black and white photograph of the ruined wall of the Greenhouse and slave quarters","1 black and white photograph of the Summer House","Strip of 5 black and white photographs labeled \"Wash House, Stove foundation and flue connection, June 1945\"","2 black and white photographs taped to board with descriptions; shows the fireplace in Washington's Bedroom after the removal of the wood paneling; Black and white photographs taped to two boards with description; shows the North Closet section of Washington's Bedroom during restoration","Black and white photograph of the Well House with a woman inside at the well with a bucket. Reverse side reads Neg. #2260 from a photograph by Fr. B. Johnston circa 1890","1 black and white photograph print on thin paper of a man, possible John Carter Brown, with notation on the reverse, \"J.C.B. June 11, '96, 1:30 p.m., 12 Benevolent St.\" Also, 1 black and white photo print with notation on the reverse, \"Lake Tahoe taken from the California side of the Lake. June 9, 1940.\"","2 black and white photographs of an MVLA sideboard with its measurements on the back","1 black and white photograph of people looking at Mount Vernon's view of the Potomac from the East Lawn, ca. 1965; 1 drawing of the Potomac River by Mount Vernon and the Piscataway Bay, ca. 1965","Black and white photographs with captions from \"Washington's Mount Vernon\"","2 color photographs of an historic oak tree at Mount Vernon; 1 shows a little boy by the tree, the other shows the stump after it had been cut down because of disease, 1983","2 color photographs of an information kiosk at the front entrance of Mount Vernon, 1967","1 black and white photograph of the wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of Ann Pamela Cunningham with Regent Mrs. Cooke, Mr. Wall, and Mrs. Hollis, 1975","4 color Polaroid photographs showing the Gift Shop salesroom, 1979","1 black and white photograph of a fireplace in the Mansion with the \"GW\" script","3 small color photographs of different rooms in the Mansion, 1961","1 black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association members in front of Mount Vernon; 2 small color photographs of the painting \"The West Front\" attributed to Edward Savage; 2 black and white photographs of a bedroom in the Mansion, no date","1 black and white photograph of the Upper Garden with covers over the beds","Color photograph of Mrs. Labouisse and Mrs. Bolton in front of the Mansion, 1953. In a card holder inscribed by Mrs.Powel.","1 black and white photograph of the Small Dining Room in the Mansion, no date","1 color slide labeled \"Page Platt – Natl Col Farm Oct 1978 Admin Bldg. Barn\"","Color print photograph of First Lady Barbara Bush and Mrs. Smith, group Council photographs from 1985-1989, and two photos (one signed to Mrs. Smith) from an event at Mount Vernon, undated.","Series of color Polaroid photographs showing the construction of the Ann Pamela Cunningham Administration Building and complex, 1982","Color photograph of Mrs. Sullivan on the piazza of the Mansion with the Vice Regents from Arizona and Maine, May 1983","Two black and white photographs of a chair with a reproduction chair cushion, 1966","Two black and white photographs of members of the MVLA welcoming guests to the reception in the New Room or Large Dining Room, 1953","Color photographs of Mrs. Sullivan with other MVLA Vice Regents, 1965, 1967; Black and white photographs showing different views of Mount Vernon","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a parade event at Mount Vernon, no date","1 black and white proof sheet with photographs of a Ford fire engine; 2 color Polaroid photographs of the Ford fire engine, one with two men; 7 color 8\" x 10\" of Ford Motor Company's visit to Mount Vernon to donate a fire engine, August 1981.","2 color photograph prints showing Vice Regents Emerita at Mount Vernon, c. 2000s","5 black and white photographs of Mrs. Anderson and other MVLA members on the piazza of the Mansion, ca 1940s","2 black and white photographs of Mrs. Beirne with Superintendent Charles Wall and another woman","19 color photographs of an Honorary Dinner for Mrs. Billups in 1961 with other Ladies of the Council (identified on the reverse of several prints) – some are duplicates","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of Mr. Thomas D. Taylor","1 black and white photograph of the 1970 Council on the lawn in front of the Mansion; 1 black and white photograph of several Ladies with Mount Vernon employees, 1972; 1 color photograph in the original holder showing Mrs. Bolton and Mrs. Labouisse in front of the Mansion","Two Christmas cards with color photographs, one showing Mrs. Bolton, ca. 1980s","2 small color photograph prints of Vice Regent Nancy Call, undated","Two color Polaroids of a framed certificate; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke presenting at the Sound and Light show with President Ford and French President D'Estaing; 1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Cooke standing by portraits of George and Martha Washington, ca. 1970s","Formal presentation of the Bicentennial gift of the French Republic to the United States at Mount Vernon - a sound and light production recounting some of the memorable events of the Revolution, from Patrick Henry's speech to the Battle of Yorktown as recollected by General Washington reflecting on the past after his retirement to Mount Vernon. French President d'Estaing presents the gift to President Ford who in turn gifted the production to Mount Vernon accepted by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Regent Mrs. Cooke. The program debuted that evening to hundreds of special guests in attendance for the outdoor event.","8\" x 10\" color photograph of Mrs. Cooke with a United States Flag, ca. 1990s","Color photograph print of Mrs. Crumpacker with James Crumpacker and Elizabeth Swindells, undated","1 black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Cubbedge, 1964","3 color photograph prints showing Mrs. Davis and her family, various dates","1 color photograph print on a Christmas card showing Mrs. Gaines with her husband and grandchildren, 2004","1 black and white photograph of Vice Regent Beatrice Guthrie","1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Haldeman","Color photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies","5 color photographs of the US Navy ceremony for the USS Mount Vernon, Mrs. Holden is in attendance, May 13, 1972","1 black and white photograph of the MVLA Board posed in front of the Lansdowne portrait of George Washington, no date; 1 black and white photograph of an aerial view of the Mount Vernon estate, no date; 2 black and white prints on paper showing the small dining room in the Mansion","1 color photograph print with original negative of Mrs. Lee in front of the Mansion; one page with two color photograph prints of Mrs. Lee's family adhered as a Christmas card, 1997","1 black and white 8\" x 10\" photograph of a portrait painting of Mme. Le Vert","Five color postcards of different views of Mount Vernon, c. 1934 MVLA","3 black and white photographs, and 3 sepia tinted photographs of Mrs. Loughborough and different scenes and items at Mount Vernon estate","1 color portrait-style photograph print of Adrienne Mars","6 color photographs of an event at Mount Vernon with a Pipe and Drum band, no date","1 black and white matted photograph captioned \"The Ave. of Oaks planted by our dear Father at Retreat\" no date; 2 identical black and white postcard photographs of Page Randolph Anderson (later Platt) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1910; 2 sepia photograph cabinet cards of Page Wilder (later Anderson) dressed in costume as Martha Washington, 1885","1 black and white photograph of Mrs. Seamans","Series of color photographs showing a tree-planting event at Mount Vernon with three Vice Regents and others, ca. 1980s","Color photograph in paper frame/card of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association medal worn by the Ladies","Series of color portrait-style photographs of Mrs. Walton, ca. 2000","One black and white photo of Mrs. West, 6 color photos of her visit to Sulgrave Manor featuring Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher","Black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Wiener, ca 1960s in original holder","Set of color prints taken from the ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe, Paris. Also includes one print photo of Jim Rees, Lynn Gammill, and Gay Gaines, undated.","Also includes 3 Council photographs, New Room, undated","Architectural drawing – Key to the Upper Garden plantings, 1980 by Dean Norton","1 blueprint titled Sketch Showing Progressive Development of Plan of Green House at Mount Vernon, Virginia, Walter Macomber; 2 architectural drawings concerning the Greenhouse: 1 showing the Elevations of the Proposed Service Greenhouse, October 1950; 1 titled Plan for Greenhouse, Nursery Area, October, 1950","1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault Restoration, 1938; 1 blueprint titled Ice House Vault – Measured Drawing, 1938; Blueprint titled Proposed Restoration of Ice House Vault, Cleverdon, Varney \u0026 Pike Consulting Engineers, 1938","Blueprint titled Heating Tunnel Layout, Drawing 101, 1935 by Geo. A. Weschler, Consulting Engineer; Blueprint titled Section of Tunnel, no date","2 blueprints – 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Alterations to End Sections of Building, 1936; 1 titled Power Plant and Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Radiator Locations, 1936","5 blueprints: Sheet A – Stable Explorations, Plan and Sections Showing Extent of Excavated Trenches and Evidence of an Older Stable, 1939; Sheet B – Stable Measurements, 1936; Sheet C – Stable Measurements, Plan of Barn and Mule Stable, 1936; Sheet D – Stable Measurements, Rafter Plan and Details, 1936; Sheet E – Stable Excavations –Trenches D and F","1 architectural drawing titles \"Sketch Showing Hot Water Stove Restoration for Wash House\"","Drawing – Flower Garden detail, Area in front of Greenhouse, 1952; Drawing – Sketch Showing Re-arrangement of Designs in East and West Parterres in Flower Garden, Walter Macomber, no date; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, West End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Blueprint – Replanting Plan of the Boxwood Parterre, East End of the Flower Garden, 1947; Grouping of 17 small blueprints – Flower gardens, 1938","Architectural drawings, blueprints – Scale Detail Garden Wall Palisade, 1962; Elevation of a hood for the Director's House, 1963; Office building, no date; Interior Elevation, Main Gate, Mount Vernon, 1964; Blueprint, Elevation of Wall from Stable Yard \u0026 Laundry Yard, Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, December 12, 1955","Drawing of the bed hangings and curtains for the Lafayette Bedchamber, August 1975, Ethel Pilson Warren Interior Planning","Sketched architectural diagrams showing possible floor plans for the proposed new Administration Building, 1978","1 architectural drawing of the Interior Elevation of the Main Gate (Texas Gate) at Mount Vernon, by Walter M. Macomber, Architect for Restoration, October 22, 1964; 1 architectural drawing of the Grounds Section Facility, no date","Includes Mrs. Sweat's annotations, sketches, and inserts.","Statement to reactivate the Second Continental Light Dragoons in celebration of Washington's 279th birthday.","Award certificate to the MVLA.","Also includes printed list of members and RSVP mailing.","Includes letter from President Bush, news clippings, and bound manuscript copy of the remarks by David McCullough, \"The Ties that Bind: America and France.\"","Includes clippings, printed material, and correspondence.","Compiled engravings, photos, and prints including a cabinet card photograph of Nellie Custis Lewis. Several images from the collection of Vice Regent Annie Jennings of Connecticut","Empty of photographs","A note dated 1937 inside the portfolio by Vice Regent Helen Sargent states that the portfolio belonged to MVLA Regent Alice Richards.","Signed by several Congressmen including Robert Byrd and Thomas Foley. Possible signature of President Bill Clinton. Framed, 10 ¾\" x 15 ¾\"","Belonged to Helen Louise Sargent, Vice Regent for the District of Columbia, undated. Matted but not framed. 13 ½\" x 17 ¼\"","Tributes included are for James Rees, Mount Vernon employees, and Gay Hart Gaines.","Signed list of Rhode Island Vice Regents on the front inside page. The S.S. Teacher's Edition of the Holy Bible. Oxford University Press: London. Book cover reads \"Mount Vernon, Rhode Island Room 1898.\" Several inserts and annotations.","Signed on front inside page \"Pro Deo et Patria! The gift of Amy Townsend, Vice Regent for the State of New York, For the use of Vice Regents of the State of New York. March 29, 1900.\" The Holy Bible, The American Bible Society: New York, 1897. One insert.","Bound volume listing subscriptions or donations to Mount Vernon's fund to rebuild the \"servant's quarters\" destroyed by fire in 1835. The Vice Regent of Kansas, Jennie Ward, reported she raised enough by fundraising in Kansas schools ($1,000) The reconstruction was \"rebuilt along the lines of the old ruin,\" and in what was believed to be the original location.  It was completed in 1891.","Certificate of membership for Justine Van Resselaer Townsend for membership in the Daughters of the Cincinnati. Also signed by Townsend as President of the organization.","Wood panel with painted coat of arms; reverse reads \"A facsimile of a bronze tablet on the monument to Ann Pamela Cunningham in Columbia, S. Carolina, A.J. Robertson, May 1904\"","Objects related to the Dedication of the 16-Sided Barn, September 27, 1996. Includes souvenir satchel pouch with fact sheets and information, American flags on tissue paper, programs, and guest lists","Tabletop decoration used for the Bicentennial of the Inauguration of Washington dinner, 1989.","With bust of Washington, from the North Carolina Museum of History","Includes MVLA seal.","Labeled \"Cyndi Invest.\" and \"Bob's Invest.\" and numbered 1-3. Two are unlabeled but thought to be from the same series. Most likely recorded by Cyndi Lints, Administrative Assistant, and Bob McCarthy, Controller.","With management consultant Edie Seashore","At least one tape may have contributions by management consultant, Edie Seashore.","Meeting with management consultant Edie Seashore.","Time 5:40, produced by Goettler Associates, Inc. Columbus, Ohio","C-SPAN Archives, Tape 1 – 118 min., Tape 2 – 84 min. Copyright restricted"],"names_ssim":["Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Black Women United for Action","Wall, Charles Cecil, 1903-1995","Townsend, Justine Van Rensselaer, 1828-1912","Comegys, Harriet Clayton, 1840-1927","Richards, Alice Haliburton King, 1860-1936","Towner, Harriet C. (Harriet Cole), 1869-1942","Hanks, Mary Esther Vilas, 1873-1959","Harkness, Hope Hodgman Powel, 1889-1974","Beirne, Rosamond Randall, 1894-1969","Cooke, Elizabeth Throckmorton, 1897-1993","Guy, Frances Claiborne, 1921-2016","Anderson, Helen Sharp, 1916-2013","Seamans, Eugenia Merrill, 1922-2010","Bishop, Mabel Livingstone, 1925-2007","Morrissette, Laura Vaughan Inge, 1933-","Lee, Jane Carew, 1931-2019","Walton, Ellen Carroll","Gaines, Gay Hart","Ansley, Boyce Lineberger, 1946-2016","Bookout, Ann Haunschild","Lucas, Barbara Bourgeois","Allison, Margaret Appleton","Berry, Violetta Lansdale, 1883-1971","Bolton, Mary Peters","Brown, Anne Crawford Allen, 1848-1936","Burdick, Alison Ward, 1912-2007","Carpenter, Harriet Isham, 1869-1948","Coolidge, Mary Abigail Parsons, 1878-1964","Cubbedge, Margaret Ellis, 1896-1985","Gammill, Lynn Crosby, 1936-","Hagner, Adlumia Sterrett, 1916-2007","Herbert, Leila","Holderness, Eunice Jackson, 1917-2007","Hollis, Margaret Belser, 1924-2015","Labouisse, Sally (Sarah Cameron), 1903-1985","Fisher, Robert B.","Morse, Frank","Neal, Anne D.","Platt, Page Anderson, 1899-1984","Dodge, Harrison Howell, 1852-1937","Rathbone, Elizabeth Adams, 1837-1923","Richardson, Melody Sawyer","Smith, Gene Smith","Strachan, Rose Forsyth, 1915-2000","Sullivan, Priscilla Manning, 1911-1994","Symmes, Harrison M., 1921-2010","Woodbury, Charlotte, 1873-1966","Todd, Frances Packette, 1901-1987","Tyler, Constance Ellen, 1911-1963","Wiener, Ellanore Brown","Abrahams, Meliora Hambleton","Alexander, Hope Powel, 1925-2019","Ames, Anne Carrington Dwight, 1849-1904","Anderson, Isabel Scott, 1899-1994","Anderson, Anne Page Wilder, 1873-1956","Andrews, Julia Johnston, 1846-1915","Armour, Mary Gooch, 1942-","Aurell, Jane Collins","Baker, Fannie Gilchrist, 1838-1901","Balfour, Emma Harrison Warren, 1818-1887","Ball, Emma R., 1838-1918","Barnes, Mary Fauntleroy, 1824-1912","Barret, Margaretta Mason Brown, 1839-1920","Barret, Rosa Robinson, 1881-1955","Barry, Elizabeth Willard, 1814-1883","Battle, Charlotte Timberlake","Bayard, Elizabeth du Pont, 1880-1975","Bennett, Jamie Armstrong, 1881-1963","Billups, Mary Govan, 1874-1971","Blackburn, Alpha Coles","Bockstoce, Elizabeth Roberts, 1918-1995","Bolton, Frances Payne Bingham, 1885-1977","Borthwick, Maribeth Armstrong","Bowlin, Ruth Price","Bradford, Helen MacKay, 1940-2004","Bradford, Mary Conover","Young , James","Broadwell, Elizabeth Lytle","Brockett, Marcella Powell Gibson","Brooks, Mary Cunningham Randolph, 1816-1882","Evarts, Mary, 1854-1928","Brown, Caroline Hinman Clement","Brown, Cynthia Pillow Saunders, 1810-1892","Buchanan, Frances Rogers","Bush, Margaret Gage","Butler, Sarah Duncan","Cabot, Nancy Graves, 1889-1969","Cain, Talbot deButts, 1941-2013","Call, Nancy Banning","Campbell, Virginia Kyle, 1822-1882","Carson, Dana Porter","Chapin, Betsy (Elizabeth M.)","Chesnut, Mary, 1775-1864","Chisholm, Katherine Crutcher, 1929-2016","Collins, Mary Call Darby, 1911-2009","Comegys, Margaret Douglass, 1816-1888","Conover, Helen Field, 1833-1914","Cox, Katherine Cabell Claiborne, 1854-1925","Crumpacker, Anne Finkbeiner (Elizabeth Anne Finkbeiner)","Danforth, Edwine Evans, 1863-1961","Davis, Florence Stumb","De Forest, Elizabeth Kellam","Denham, Mary Simkins, 1868-1950","Dewey, Ruth Harrington, 1918-2016","Dickinson, Alice London, 1814-1881","Dillon, Anna Price, 1835-1898","Du Pont, Elizabeth N.","Emory, Matilda Bache, 1819-1900","Eve, Philoclea Edgeworth Casey, 1813-1889","Failing, Mary Forbush, 1862-1947","Fauth, Geren Watson","Fitch, Harriet Satterlee","Fogg, Francis B., Mrs., 1800-1872","Foster, Victorine Du Pont, 1849-1934","Freeman, Margaret Walthall","Furness, Anna Ramsey, 1876-1964","Furness, Marion Ramsey, 1853-1935","Gilchrist, Gene Robin","Goldsborough, Eleanor Rogers, 1822-1906","Goodrich, Mary Boott, 1807-1868","Graham, Christine Blair, 1852-1915","Greenough, Louisa Ingersoll, 1813-1891","Guthrie, Beatrice Holden","Hagood, Derrill Maybank","Haldeman, Jane Norton, 1909-1984","Hale, Sarah King, 1798-1865","Halsted, Nancy Marsh, 1817-1891","Schuyler, Mary Morris Hamilton, 1818-1877","McAdoo, Mary Cheston (formerly Mary Hancock)","Hanks, Lorelai Jackson, 1929-2006","Harper, Emily L. (Emily Louisa), 1812-1892","Harrison, Hetty Cary, 1871-1943","Haskell, Mary Rushton, 1903-1971","Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919","Henke, Bonnie Creekmore (Mary Elizabeth)","Hill, Alice Hale, 1840-1908","Hitz, Elizabeth Holliday, 1894-1979","Holden, Polly Bullard, 1906-2004","Hollenberg, Josephine Heiskell Harrison (Deanie), 1915-2011","Hudson, Susan Edwards Johnson, 1825-1913","Hunt, Anne Lucas, 1796-1879","Huntress, Harriet Lane, 1860-1922","Sydnor, Ella Hutchins, 1844-1913","Irwin, Alice Dandridge, 1855-1916","Isham, Elizabeth Totten","Jeffrey, Rosa Vertner, 1828-1894","Jennings, Annie Burr, 1855-1939","Johnson, Sarah Smith, -1862","Johnston, Elizabeth Johnston Evans, 1851-1934","King, Annie Ragan, 1856-1933","Lamont, Elinor Miner, 1901-1972","Lane, Virginia Dawson","Laughton, Lily Macalester Berghmans, 1832-1891","Lawson, Priscilla Plumb","Leary, Eliza Ferry, 1851-1935","Leiter, Mary Theresa, 1844-1913","Le Vert, Octavia Walton, 1810-1877","Lewis, Annie Burr Auchincloss, 1902-1959","Livingood, Lily Foster","Lobb, Mary Montgomery, 1915-2005","Longfellow, Alice M. 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Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes.","This collection has been divided into 8 series. The first two series contain administrative and subject files that overlap through the terms of multiple Superintendents or Resident Directors. The next six series are in chronological order by service and are named for the corresponding man. Photographs and oversize material are filed at the end of the collection.","List of Series:\nSeries 1. Administrative Files\nSeries 2. Subject Files\nSeries 3. Harrison H. Dodge \nSeries 4. Charles C. Wall\nSeries 5. Harrison Symmes\nSeries 6. John A. Castellani\nSeries 7. John E. Harbour\nSeries 8. Neil W. Horstman","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","The position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. ","After discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.","After Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.","The next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.","The Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations.","Digital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)","This item is available digitally - DA_000263","Items available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)","Digital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)","Monthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206","Digital copies of this file are available - DA_000200","This collection was arranged following the organization in which the material was found. Previous re-foldering and alphabetical arrangement in filing cabinets had been done by former library staff to a large portion of the collection. All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers.","- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection","This collection combines the papers and files of each Superintendent or Resident Director listed under \"Creators,\" as well as their office staff, assistants, and other Mount Vernon personnel. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a wide variety of topics and concerns for operating and maintaining an historic house. The Resident Directors oversaw almost all major projects and events around Mount Vernon such as building and grounds maintenance, restoration, fundraising, collection of historic artifacts, visitor engagement, and administrative functions. Dodge and Wall were both well known for their involvement in even the smallest details of the operation of Mount Vernon and this is reflected in the volume and scope of their files. Later Resident Directors began keeping chronological files which are also a great resource for understanding projects from specific years and periods of Mount Vernon's history. Both Charles Wall and John Castellani were employees of Mount Vernon before they were appointed Resident Director, and their files include material from previous job assignments. The majority of material reflects Charles Wall's tenure as Resident Director, the 1930s to 1970s, however, there is a substantial amount from the other directors as well. Several folders may extend into the term of James (Jim) Rees who served as Resident Director (later President) of Mount Vernon from 1994 to 2012. \nMost of the letters written by Superintendent Harrison Dodge were laminated or adhered to a tissue or paper backing, and bound together into a multiple volume set. These bound volumes, along with the original work diaries kept by Dodge, have been combined into a separate collection, the Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports. A finding aid for this collection is also available.","Includes items from his research on furnishing the greenhouse slave quarters.","Pen and ink drawing to show proposed drainage tunnels that were dug after a landslide in 1903. The tunnels were to prevent future erosion and landslides.","Letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the Regent, Alice Richards, May 1, 1936. Mrs. Roosevelt confirms she will visit Mount Vernon for tea and handwrites a message about the President's attendance at the bottom.","1933 document titled \"How to See Mount Vernon in one day.\"","Letter from President Dwight Eisenhower to Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director, thanking him for his recent visit to Mount Vernon. June 23, 1958.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","6 color Polaroid photos of the emptying of the CO2 tanks in front of the Mansion.","5 small color photographs of gardens adhered to a page and labeled \"Views of the Mount Vernon Garden Replica, American Museum in Britain by Mrs. Labouisse, May 1968.\"","2 color snapshot photographs – 1 shows the author (?) feeding a bird","Black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors, 1939. Image is labeled on the reverse.","Color photographs showing different views of the estate and Mansion rooms, ca. 1984","Black and white photographs of Rosemont, Ann Pamela Cunningham's home, a portrait of Cunningham, and her grave.","Two slides and two transparencies of images from the Garden Book","Black and white photograph of a with wrought iron bench. The letter \"C\" has been written at the center bottom of the image.","Black and white photograph of the well house with a woman inside by the well, circa 1895. Reverse side says that it was taken by photographer Francis B. Johnston.","3 black and white photographs taken in September 1925 of the historic home of Menokin, Virginia","Black and white photographs of the view from Mount Vernon and the Maryland shore, ca. 1960s.","Small black and white or sepia photograph showing the memorial tablet placed at Pohick Church, undated","Group of black and white photographs all stamped \"International News Photo\" on the reverse, showing people touring the Mansion and grounds of Mount Vernon. Many of the tourists are military personnel in uniform, 1940-1944.","Small black and white photograph of people in costume for the Fourth of July at Mount Vernon","Color photographs showing trees cut for lumber and the making of shingles, 1973","Black and white photograph of MVLA Regent, Mrs. Guy with other ceremony participants, laying the wreath on the slave memorial, 1983","3 black and white photographs of the Sound and Light construction, taken by Robert Fisher, October 1975","Black and white and color prints, as well as negatives and transparencies, of the Texas Gate, the Texas Gate plaques, and its \"historic bricks\" given in honor of donor support.","3 color 8 x 10 photos showing a memorial tree planting by Ambassador Brewster at Washington Old Hall in Newcastle, UK. Also, 1 color slide showing a man at Mount Vernon beside the tree seedling, 1977-1978","3 black and white 8 x 10 photographs taken during President Kennedy's party for the President of Pakistan at Mount Vernon, 1961","Small black and white photograph of two men, one guest and one guard, in front of Washington's tomb. Writing beneath the image reads \"Col. William G. Edens and Guard at Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, VA., May 1936.\"","3 small black and white photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, 1956 – subject referred to in letter","Black and white print with two photographs – one image shows painters working on the exterior of the Mansion, the other image shows a newly painted Mansion exterior.","One black and white photo and three black and white postcards showing the exterior of Mount Vernon. The postcards have a caption commemorating GW's Bicentennial, 1932.","15 different sized black and white photograph prints from various dates and events. Subjects include visitors and employees around Mount Vernon estate, and a ceremony at Ann Pamela Cunningham's tomb. These photographs were all included in a folder of Walter Densmore's papers.","Black and white photographic print showing a group of people standing in front of the Little Hatchet Tavern (now the Mount Vernon Inn) with sign and bus in the background. The assitant to the resident director, Walter Densmore, is seen second from left. Stamp on reverse reads \"Photographed by the official photographer Memphis City Beautiful Commission.\" 1955.","Black and white photographic print of the President of Ireland's visit to Mount Vernon, March 18, 1959. Standing on the east lawn with Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director.","Black and white photographic print of the dedication ceremony for a marker or memorial for Ann Pamela Cunningham at the site of Rosemont plantation in Laurens County, South Carolina. Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director appears second to the left. August 15, 1959","Black and white portrait photographs (3) of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director","2 black and white photographs showing Vice Regents and attendees at the Vaughan Party, May 1989","These photographs were loose in a box and were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","Pen and ink drawing of the proposed tunnels for prevention of landslides","Color photograph print reproduction with some hand coloring. Matted with the seal of the State of Virginia, signed by the governor and photographer Frank Dementi, \"To Mr. Charles C. Wall, From the People of Virginia\"","Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Memphis (Tenn.). 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Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["This collection is open to research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. 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Horstman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection has been divided into 8 series. The first two series contain administrative and subject files that overlap through the terms of multiple Superintendents or Resident Directors. The next six series are in chronological order by service and are named for the corresponding man. Photographs and oversize material are filed at the end of the collection.","List of Series:\nSeries 1. Administrative Files\nSeries 2. Subject Files\nSeries 3. Harrison H. Dodge \nSeries 4. Charles C. Wall\nSeries 5. Harrison Symmes\nSeries 6. John A. Castellani\nSeries 7. John E. Harbour\nSeries 8. Neil W. Horstman","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. ","After discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.","After Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.","The next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.","The Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis item is available digitally - DA_000263\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of this file are available - DA_000200\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General","General","General","General","General","General","General"],"odd_tesim":["Digital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)","This item is available digitally - DA_000263","Items available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)","Digital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)","Monthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206","Digital copies of this file are available - DA_000200"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], The Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, [Series, Folder], Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Fred W. 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All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["This collection was arranged following the organization in which the material was found. Previous re-foldering and alphabetical arrangement in filing cabinets had been done by former library staff to a large portion of the collection. All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection combines the papers and files of each Superintendent or Resident Director listed under \"Creators,\" as well as their office staff, assistants, and other Mount Vernon personnel. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a wide variety of topics and concerns for operating and maintaining an historic house. The Resident Directors oversaw almost all major projects and events around Mount Vernon such as building and grounds maintenance, restoration, fundraising, collection of historic artifacts, visitor engagement, and administrative functions. Dodge and Wall were both well known for their involvement in even the smallest details of the operation of Mount Vernon and this is reflected in the volume and scope of their files. Later Resident Directors began keeping chronological files which are also a great resource for understanding projects from specific years and periods of Mount Vernon's history. Both Charles Wall and John Castellani were employees of Mount Vernon before they were appointed Resident Director, and their files include material from previous job assignments. The majority of material reflects Charles Wall's tenure as Resident Director, the 1930s to 1970s, however, there is a substantial amount from the other directors as well. Several folders may extend into the term of James (Jim) Rees who served as Resident Director (later President) of Mount Vernon from 1994 to 2012. \nMost of the letters written by Superintendent Harrison Dodge were laminated or adhered to a tissue or paper backing, and bound together into a multiple volume set. These bound volumes, along with the original work diaries kept by Dodge, have been combined into a separate collection, the Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports. A finding aid for this collection is also available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes items from his research on furnishing the greenhouse slave quarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePen and ink drawing to show proposed drainage tunnels that were dug after a landslide in 1903. The tunnels were to prevent future erosion and landslides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the Regent, Alice Richards, May 1, 1936. Mrs. Roosevelt confirms she will visit Mount Vernon for tea and handwrites a message about the President's attendance at the bottom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1933 document titled \"How to See Mount Vernon in one day.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from President Dwight Eisenhower to Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director, thanking him for his recent visit to Mount Vernon. June 23, 1958.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. 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Many of the tourists are military personnel in uniform, 1940-1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall black and white photograph of people in costume for the Fourth of July at Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photographs showing trees cut for lumber and the making of shingles, 1973\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of MVLA Regent, Mrs. Guy with other ceremony participants, laying the wreath on the slave memorial, 1983\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 black and white photographs of the Sound and Light construction, taken by Robert Fisher, October 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white and color prints, as well as negatives and transparencies, of the Texas Gate, the Texas Gate plaques, and its \"historic bricks\" given in honor of donor support.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 color 8 x 10 photos showing a memorial tree planting by Ambassador Brewster at Washington Old Hall in Newcastle, UK. 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The postcards have a caption commemorating GW's Bicentennial, 1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 different sized black and white photograph prints from various dates and events. Subjects include visitors and employees around Mount Vernon estate, and a ceremony at Ann Pamela Cunningham's tomb. These photographs were all included in a folder of Walter Densmore's papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographic print showing a group of people standing in front of the Little Hatchet Tavern (now the Mount Vernon Inn) with sign and bus in the background. The assitant to the resident director, Walter Densmore, is seen second from left. Stamp on reverse reads \"Photographed by the official photographer Memphis City Beautiful Commission.\" 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographic print of the President of Ireland's visit to Mount Vernon, March 18, 1959. Standing on the east lawn with Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographic print of the dedication ceremony for a marker or memorial for Ann Pamela Cunningham at the site of Rosemont plantation in Laurens County, South Carolina. Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director appears second to the left. August 15, 1959\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white portrait photographs (3) of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 black and white photographs showing Vice Regents and attendees at the Vaughan Party, May 1989\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs were loose in a box and were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePen and ink drawing of the proposed tunnels for prevention of landslides\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photograph print reproduction with some hand coloring. 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The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a wide variety of topics and concerns for operating and maintaining an historic house. The Resident Directors oversaw almost all major projects and events around Mount Vernon such as building and grounds maintenance, restoration, fundraising, collection of historic artifacts, visitor engagement, and administrative functions. Dodge and Wall were both well known for their involvement in even the smallest details of the operation of Mount Vernon and this is reflected in the volume and scope of their files. Later Resident Directors began keeping chronological files which are also a great resource for understanding projects from specific years and periods of Mount Vernon's history. Both Charles Wall and John Castellani were employees of Mount Vernon before they were appointed Resident Director, and their files include material from previous job assignments. The majority of material reflects Charles Wall's tenure as Resident Director, the 1930s to 1970s, however, there is a substantial amount from the other directors as well. Several folders may extend into the term of James (Jim) Rees who served as Resident Director (later President) of Mount Vernon from 1994 to 2012. \nMost of the letters written by Superintendent Harrison Dodge were laminated or adhered to a tissue or paper backing, and bound together into a multiple volume set. These bound volumes, along with the original work diaries kept by Dodge, have been combined into a separate collection, the Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports. A finding aid for this collection is also available.","Includes items from his research on furnishing the greenhouse slave quarters.","Pen and ink drawing to show proposed drainage tunnels that were dug after a landslide in 1903. The tunnels were to prevent future erosion and landslides.","Letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the Regent, Alice Richards, May 1, 1936. Mrs. Roosevelt confirms she will visit Mount Vernon for tea and handwrites a message about the President's attendance at the bottom.","1933 document titled \"How to See Mount Vernon in one day.\"","Letter from President Dwight Eisenhower to Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director, thanking him for his recent visit to Mount Vernon. June 23, 1958.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","6 color Polaroid photos of the emptying of the CO2 tanks in front of the Mansion.","5 small color photographs of gardens adhered to a page and labeled \"Views of the Mount Vernon Garden Replica, American Museum in Britain by Mrs. Labouisse, May 1968.\"","2 color snapshot photographs – 1 shows the author (?) feeding a bird","Black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors, 1939. Image is labeled on the reverse.","Color photographs showing different views of the estate and Mansion rooms, ca. 1984","Black and white photographs of Rosemont, Ann Pamela Cunningham's home, a portrait of Cunningham, and her grave.","Two slides and two transparencies of images from the Garden Book","Black and white photograph of a with wrought iron bench. The letter \"C\" has been written at the center bottom of the image.","Black and white photograph of the well house with a woman inside by the well, circa 1895. Reverse side says that it was taken by photographer Francis B. Johnston.","3 black and white photographs taken in September 1925 of the historic home of Menokin, Virginia","Black and white photographs of the view from Mount Vernon and the Maryland shore, ca. 1960s.","Small black and white or sepia photograph showing the memorial tablet placed at Pohick Church, undated","Group of black and white photographs all stamped \"International News Photo\" on the reverse, showing people touring the Mansion and grounds of Mount Vernon. Many of the tourists are military personnel in uniform, 1940-1944.","Small black and white photograph of people in costume for the Fourth of July at Mount Vernon","Color photographs showing trees cut for lumber and the making of shingles, 1973","Black and white photograph of MVLA Regent, Mrs. Guy with other ceremony participants, laying the wreath on the slave memorial, 1983","3 black and white photographs of the Sound and Light construction, taken by Robert Fisher, October 1975","Black and white and color prints, as well as negatives and transparencies, of the Texas Gate, the Texas Gate plaques, and its \"historic bricks\" given in honor of donor support.","3 color 8 x 10 photos showing a memorial tree planting by Ambassador Brewster at Washington Old Hall in Newcastle, UK. Also, 1 color slide showing a man at Mount Vernon beside the tree seedling, 1977-1978","3 black and white 8 x 10 photographs taken during President Kennedy's party for the President of Pakistan at Mount Vernon, 1961","Small black and white photograph of two men, one guest and one guard, in front of Washington's tomb. Writing beneath the image reads \"Col. William G. Edens and Guard at Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, VA., May 1936.\"","3 small black and white photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, 1956 – subject referred to in letter","Black and white print with two photographs – one image shows painters working on the exterior of the Mansion, the other image shows a newly painted Mansion exterior.","One black and white photo and three black and white postcards showing the exterior of Mount Vernon. The postcards have a caption commemorating GW's Bicentennial, 1932.","15 different sized black and white photograph prints from various dates and events. Subjects include visitors and employees around Mount Vernon estate, and a ceremony at Ann Pamela Cunningham's tomb. These photographs were all included in a folder of Walter Densmore's papers.","Black and white photographic print showing a group of people standing in front of the Little Hatchet Tavern (now the Mount Vernon Inn) with sign and bus in the background. The assitant to the resident director, Walter Densmore, is seen second from left. Stamp on reverse reads \"Photographed by the official photographer Memphis City Beautiful Commission.\" 1955.","Black and white photographic print of the President of Ireland's visit to Mount Vernon, March 18, 1959. Standing on the east lawn with Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director.","Black and white photographic print of the dedication ceremony for a marker or memorial for Ann Pamela Cunningham at the site of Rosemont plantation in Laurens County, South Carolina. Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director appears second to the left. August 15, 1959","Black and white portrait photographs (3) of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director","2 black and white photographs showing Vice Regents and attendees at the Vaughan Party, May 1989","These photographs were loose in a box and were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","Pen and ink drawing of the proposed tunnels for prevention of landslides","Color photograph print reproduction with some hand coloring. Matted with the seal of the State of Virginia, signed by the governor and photographer Frank Dementi, \"To Mr. Charles C. Wall, From the People of Virginia\""],"names_ssim":["Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Memphis (Tenn.). 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Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes."],"date_range_isim":[1984,1985,1986],"language_ssim":["English ."],"containers_ssim":["box 45","folder 14"],"_nest_path_":"/components#6/components#2","timestamp":"2026-05-21T05:50:40.181Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vimtvl_repositories_2_resources_45","ead_ssi":"vimtvl_repositories_2_resources_45","_root_":"vimtvl_repositories_2_resources_45","_nest_parent_":"vimtvl_repositories_2_resources_45","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/MV/repositories_2_resources_45.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director"],"title_tesim":["Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director"],"unitdate_ssm":["1850-1996"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1850-1996"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A.SRD","/repositories/2/resources/45"],"text":["A.SRD","/repositories/2/resources/45","Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director","This collection is open to research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes.","This collection has been divided into 8 series. The first two series contain administrative and subject files that overlap through the terms of multiple Superintendents or Resident Directors. The next six series are in chronological order by service and are named for the corresponding man. Photographs and oversize material are filed at the end of the collection.","List of Series:\nSeries 1. Administrative Files\nSeries 2. Subject Files\nSeries 3. Harrison H. Dodge \nSeries 4. Charles C. Wall\nSeries 5. Harrison Symmes\nSeries 6. John A. Castellani\nSeries 7. John E. Harbour\nSeries 8. Neil W. Horstman","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","The position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. ","After discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.","After Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.","The next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.","The Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations.","Digital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)","This item is available digitally - DA_000263","Items available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)","Digital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)","Monthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206","Digital copies of this file are available - DA_000200","This collection was arranged following the organization in which the material was found. Previous re-foldering and alphabetical arrangement in filing cabinets had been done by former library staff to a large portion of the collection. All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers.","- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection","This collection combines the papers and files of each Superintendent or Resident Director listed under \"Creators,\" as well as their office staff, assistants, and other Mount Vernon personnel. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a wide variety of topics and concerns for operating and maintaining an historic house. The Resident Directors oversaw almost all major projects and events around Mount Vernon such as building and grounds maintenance, restoration, fundraising, collection of historic artifacts, visitor engagement, and administrative functions. Dodge and Wall were both well known for their involvement in even the smallest details of the operation of Mount Vernon and this is reflected in the volume and scope of their files. Later Resident Directors began keeping chronological files which are also a great resource for understanding projects from specific years and periods of Mount Vernon's history. Both Charles Wall and John Castellani were employees of Mount Vernon before they were appointed Resident Director, and their files include material from previous job assignments. The majority of material reflects Charles Wall's tenure as Resident Director, the 1930s to 1970s, however, there is a substantial amount from the other directors as well. Several folders may extend into the term of James (Jim) Rees who served as Resident Director (later President) of Mount Vernon from 1994 to 2012. \nMost of the letters written by Superintendent Harrison Dodge were laminated or adhered to a tissue or paper backing, and bound together into a multiple volume set. These bound volumes, along with the original work diaries kept by Dodge, have been combined into a separate collection, the Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports. A finding aid for this collection is also available.","Includes items from his research on furnishing the greenhouse slave quarters.","Pen and ink drawing to show proposed drainage tunnels that were dug after a landslide in 1903. The tunnels were to prevent future erosion and landslides.","Letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the Regent, Alice Richards, May 1, 1936. Mrs. Roosevelt confirms she will visit Mount Vernon for tea and handwrites a message about the President's attendance at the bottom.","1933 document titled \"How to See Mount Vernon in one day.\"","Letter from President Dwight Eisenhower to Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director, thanking him for his recent visit to Mount Vernon. June 23, 1958.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","6 color Polaroid photos of the emptying of the CO2 tanks in front of the Mansion.","5 small color photographs of gardens adhered to a page and labeled \"Views of the Mount Vernon Garden Replica, American Museum in Britain by Mrs. Labouisse, May 1968.\"","2 color snapshot photographs – 1 shows the author (?) feeding a bird","Black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors, 1939. Image is labeled on the reverse.","Color photographs showing different views of the estate and Mansion rooms, ca. 1984","Black and white photographs of Rosemont, Ann Pamela Cunningham's home, a portrait of Cunningham, and her grave.","Two slides and two transparencies of images from the Garden Book","Black and white photograph of a with wrought iron bench. The letter \"C\" has been written at the center bottom of the image.","Black and white photograph of the well house with a woman inside by the well, circa 1895. Reverse side says that it was taken by photographer Francis B. Johnston.","3 black and white photographs taken in September 1925 of the historic home of Menokin, Virginia","Black and white photographs of the view from Mount Vernon and the Maryland shore, ca. 1960s.","Small black and white or sepia photograph showing the memorial tablet placed at Pohick Church, undated","Group of black and white photographs all stamped \"International News Photo\" on the reverse, showing people touring the Mansion and grounds of Mount Vernon. Many of the tourists are military personnel in uniform, 1940-1944.","Small black and white photograph of people in costume for the Fourth of July at Mount Vernon","Color photographs showing trees cut for lumber and the making of shingles, 1973","Black and white photograph of MVLA Regent, Mrs. Guy with other ceremony participants, laying the wreath on the slave memorial, 1983","3 black and white photographs of the Sound and Light construction, taken by Robert Fisher, October 1975","Black and white and color prints, as well as negatives and transparencies, of the Texas Gate, the Texas Gate plaques, and its \"historic bricks\" given in honor of donor support.","3 color 8 x 10 photos showing a memorial tree planting by Ambassador Brewster at Washington Old Hall in Newcastle, UK. Also, 1 color slide showing a man at Mount Vernon beside the tree seedling, 1977-1978","3 black and white 8 x 10 photographs taken during President Kennedy's party for the President of Pakistan at Mount Vernon, 1961","Small black and white photograph of two men, one guest and one guard, in front of Washington's tomb. Writing beneath the image reads \"Col. William G. Edens and Guard at Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, VA., May 1936.\"","3 small black and white photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, 1956 – subject referred to in letter","Black and white print with two photographs – one image shows painters working on the exterior of the Mansion, the other image shows a newly painted Mansion exterior.","One black and white photo and three black and white postcards showing the exterior of Mount Vernon. The postcards have a caption commemorating GW's Bicentennial, 1932.","15 different sized black and white photograph prints from various dates and events. Subjects include visitors and employees around Mount Vernon estate, and a ceremony at Ann Pamela Cunningham's tomb. These photographs were all included in a folder of Walter Densmore's papers.","Black and white photographic print showing a group of people standing in front of the Little Hatchet Tavern (now the Mount Vernon Inn) with sign and bus in the background. The assitant to the resident director, Walter Densmore, is seen second from left. Stamp on reverse reads \"Photographed by the official photographer Memphis City Beautiful Commission.\" 1955.","Black and white photographic print of the President of Ireland's visit to Mount Vernon, March 18, 1959. Standing on the east lawn with Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director.","Black and white photographic print of the dedication ceremony for a marker or memorial for Ann Pamela Cunningham at the site of Rosemont plantation in Laurens County, South Carolina. Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director appears second to the left. August 15, 1959","Black and white portrait photographs (3) of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director","2 black and white photographs showing Vice Regents and attendees at the Vaughan Party, May 1989","These photographs were loose in a box and were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","Pen and ink drawing of the proposed tunnels for prevention of landslides","Color photograph print reproduction with some hand coloring. Matted with the seal of the State of Virginia, signed by the governor and photographer Frank Dementi, \"To Mr. Charles C. Wall, From the People of Virginia\"","Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Memphis (Tenn.). 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Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["This collection is open to research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection has been divided into 8 series. The first two series contain administrative and subject files that overlap through the terms of multiple Superintendents or Resident Directors. The next six series are in chronological order by service and are named for the corresponding man. Photographs and oversize material are filed at the end of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eList of Series:\nSeries 1. Administrative Files\nSeries 2. Subject Files\nSeries 3. Harrison H. Dodge \nSeries 4. Charles C. Wall\nSeries 5. Harrison Symmes\nSeries 6. John A. Castellani\nSeries 7. John E. Harbour\nSeries 8. Neil W. Horstman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection has been divided into 8 series. The first two series contain administrative and subject files that overlap through the terms of multiple Superintendents or Resident Directors. The next six series are in chronological order by service and are named for the corresponding man. Photographs and oversize material are filed at the end of the collection.","List of Series:\nSeries 1. Administrative Files\nSeries 2. Subject Files\nSeries 3. Harrison H. Dodge \nSeries 4. Charles C. Wall\nSeries 5. Harrison Symmes\nSeries 6. John A. Castellani\nSeries 7. John E. Harbour\nSeries 8. Neil W. Horstman","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. ","After discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.","After Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.","The next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.","The Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis item is available digitally - DA_000263\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of this file are available - DA_000200\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General","General","General","General","General","General","General"],"odd_tesim":["Digital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)","This item is available digitally - DA_000263","Items available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)","Digital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)","Monthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206","Digital copies of this file are available - DA_000200"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], The Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, [Series, Folder], Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Fred W. 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All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["This collection was arranged following the organization in which the material was found. Previous re-foldering and alphabetical arrangement in filing cabinets had been done by former library staff to a large portion of the collection. All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection combines the papers and files of each Superintendent or Resident Director listed under \"Creators,\" as well as their office staff, assistants, and other Mount Vernon personnel. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a wide variety of topics and concerns for operating and maintaining an historic house. The Resident Directors oversaw almost all major projects and events around Mount Vernon such as building and grounds maintenance, restoration, fundraising, collection of historic artifacts, visitor engagement, and administrative functions. Dodge and Wall were both well known for their involvement in even the smallest details of the operation of Mount Vernon and this is reflected in the volume and scope of their files. Later Resident Directors began keeping chronological files which are also a great resource for understanding projects from specific years and periods of Mount Vernon's history. Both Charles Wall and John Castellani were employees of Mount Vernon before they were appointed Resident Director, and their files include material from previous job assignments. The majority of material reflects Charles Wall's tenure as Resident Director, the 1930s to 1970s, however, there is a substantial amount from the other directors as well. Several folders may extend into the term of James (Jim) Rees who served as Resident Director (later President) of Mount Vernon from 1994 to 2012. \nMost of the letters written by Superintendent Harrison Dodge were laminated or adhered to a tissue or paper backing, and bound together into a multiple volume set. These bound volumes, along with the original work diaries kept by Dodge, have been combined into a separate collection, the Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports. A finding aid for this collection is also available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes items from his research on furnishing the greenhouse slave quarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePen and ink drawing to show proposed drainage tunnels that were dug after a landslide in 1903. The tunnels were to prevent future erosion and landslides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the Regent, Alice Richards, May 1, 1936. Mrs. Roosevelt confirms she will visit Mount Vernon for tea and handwrites a message about the President's attendance at the bottom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1933 document titled \"How to See Mount Vernon in one day.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from President Dwight Eisenhower to Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director, thanking him for his recent visit to Mount Vernon. June 23, 1958.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 color Polaroid photos of the emptying of the CO2 tanks in front of the Mansion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 small color photographs of gardens adhered to a page and labeled \"Views of the Mount Vernon Garden Replica, American Museum in Britain by Mrs. Labouisse, May 1968.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 color snapshot photographs – 1 shows the author (?) feeding a bird\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors, 1939. Image is labeled on the reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photographs showing different views of the estate and Mansion rooms, ca. 1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographs of Rosemont, Ann Pamela Cunningham's home, a portrait of Cunningham, and her grave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo slides and two transparencies of images from the Garden Book\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of a with wrought iron bench. The letter \"C\" has been written at the center bottom of the image.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of the well house with a woman inside by the well, circa 1895. Reverse side says that it was taken by photographer Francis B. 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The postcards have a caption commemorating GW's Bicentennial, 1932.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 different sized black and white photograph prints from various dates and events. Subjects include visitors and employees around Mount Vernon estate, and a ceremony at Ann Pamela Cunningham's tomb. These photographs were all included in a folder of Walter Densmore's papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographic print showing a group of people standing in front of the Little Hatchet Tavern (now the Mount Vernon Inn) with sign and bus in the background. The assitant to the resident director, Walter Densmore, is seen second from left. Stamp on reverse reads \"Photographed by the official photographer Memphis City Beautiful Commission.\" 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographic print of the President of Ireland's visit to Mount Vernon, March 18, 1959. 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The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a wide variety of topics and concerns for operating and maintaining an historic house. The Resident Directors oversaw almost all major projects and events around Mount Vernon such as building and grounds maintenance, restoration, fundraising, collection of historic artifacts, visitor engagement, and administrative functions. Dodge and Wall were both well known for their involvement in even the smallest details of the operation of Mount Vernon and this is reflected in the volume and scope of their files. Later Resident Directors began keeping chronological files which are also a great resource for understanding projects from specific years and periods of Mount Vernon's history. Both Charles Wall and John Castellani were employees of Mount Vernon before they were appointed Resident Director, and their files include material from previous job assignments. The majority of material reflects Charles Wall's tenure as Resident Director, the 1930s to 1970s, however, there is a substantial amount from the other directors as well. Several folders may extend into the term of James (Jim) Rees who served as Resident Director (later President) of Mount Vernon from 1994 to 2012. \nMost of the letters written by Superintendent Harrison Dodge were laminated or adhered to a tissue or paper backing, and bound together into a multiple volume set. These bound volumes, along with the original work diaries kept by Dodge, have been combined into a separate collection, the Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports. A finding aid for this collection is also available.","Includes items from his research on furnishing the greenhouse slave quarters.","Pen and ink drawing to show proposed drainage tunnels that were dug after a landslide in 1903. The tunnels were to prevent future erosion and landslides.","Letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the Regent, Alice Richards, May 1, 1936. Mrs. Roosevelt confirms she will visit Mount Vernon for tea and handwrites a message about the President's attendance at the bottom.","1933 document titled \"How to See Mount Vernon in one day.\"","Letter from President Dwight Eisenhower to Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director, thanking him for his recent visit to Mount Vernon. June 23, 1958.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","6 color Polaroid photos of the emptying of the CO2 tanks in front of the Mansion.","5 small color photographs of gardens adhered to a page and labeled \"Views of the Mount Vernon Garden Replica, American Museum in Britain by Mrs. Labouisse, May 1968.\"","2 color snapshot photographs – 1 shows the author (?) feeding a bird","Black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors, 1939. Image is labeled on the reverse.","Color photographs showing different views of the estate and Mansion rooms, ca. 1984","Black and white photographs of Rosemont, Ann Pamela Cunningham's home, a portrait of Cunningham, and her grave.","Two slides and two transparencies of images from the Garden Book","Black and white photograph of a with wrought iron bench. The letter \"C\" has been written at the center bottom of the image.","Black and white photograph of the well house with a woman inside by the well, circa 1895. Reverse side says that it was taken by photographer Francis B. Johnston.","3 black and white photographs taken in September 1925 of the historic home of Menokin, Virginia","Black and white photographs of the view from Mount Vernon and the Maryland shore, ca. 1960s.","Small black and white or sepia photograph showing the memorial tablet placed at Pohick Church, undated","Group of black and white photographs all stamped \"International News Photo\" on the reverse, showing people touring the Mansion and grounds of Mount Vernon. Many of the tourists are military personnel in uniform, 1940-1944.","Small black and white photograph of people in costume for the Fourth of July at Mount Vernon","Color photographs showing trees cut for lumber and the making of shingles, 1973","Black and white photograph of MVLA Regent, Mrs. Guy with other ceremony participants, laying the wreath on the slave memorial, 1983","3 black and white photographs of the Sound and Light construction, taken by Robert Fisher, October 1975","Black and white and color prints, as well as negatives and transparencies, of the Texas Gate, the Texas Gate plaques, and its \"historic bricks\" given in honor of donor support.","3 color 8 x 10 photos showing a memorial tree planting by Ambassador Brewster at Washington Old Hall in Newcastle, UK. Also, 1 color slide showing a man at Mount Vernon beside the tree seedling, 1977-1978","3 black and white 8 x 10 photographs taken during President Kennedy's party for the President of Pakistan at Mount Vernon, 1961","Small black and white photograph of two men, one guest and one guard, in front of Washington's tomb. Writing beneath the image reads \"Col. William G. Edens and Guard at Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, VA., May 1936.\"","3 small black and white photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, 1956 – subject referred to in letter","Black and white print with two photographs – one image shows painters working on the exterior of the Mansion, the other image shows a newly painted Mansion exterior.","One black and white photo and three black and white postcards showing the exterior of Mount Vernon. The postcards have a caption commemorating GW's Bicentennial, 1932.","15 different sized black and white photograph prints from various dates and events. Subjects include visitors and employees around Mount Vernon estate, and a ceremony at Ann Pamela Cunningham's tomb. These photographs were all included in a folder of Walter Densmore's papers.","Black and white photographic print showing a group of people standing in front of the Little Hatchet Tavern (now the Mount Vernon Inn) with sign and bus in the background. The assitant to the resident director, Walter Densmore, is seen second from left. Stamp on reverse reads \"Photographed by the official photographer Memphis City Beautiful Commission.\" 1955.","Black and white photographic print of the President of Ireland's visit to Mount Vernon, March 18, 1959. Standing on the east lawn with Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director.","Black and white photographic print of the dedication ceremony for a marker or memorial for Ann Pamela Cunningham at the site of Rosemont plantation in Laurens County, South Carolina. Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director appears second to the left. August 15, 1959","Black and white portrait photographs (3) of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director","2 black and white photographs showing Vice Regents and attendees at the Vaughan Party, May 1989","These photographs were loose in a box and were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","Pen and ink drawing of the proposed tunnels for prevention of landslides","Color photograph print reproduction with some hand coloring. Matted with the seal of the State of Virginia, signed by the governor and photographer Frank Dementi, \"To Mr. Charles C. Wall, From the People of Virginia\""],"names_ssim":["Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Memphis (Tenn.). 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Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes."],"date_range_isim":[1985],"language_ssim":["English ."],"containers_ssim":["box 59","folder 6"],"_nest_path_":"/components#8/components#1","timestamp":"2026-05-21T05:50:40.181Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vimtvl_repositories_2_resources_45","ead_ssi":"vimtvl_repositories_2_resources_45","_root_":"vimtvl_repositories_2_resources_45","_nest_parent_":"vimtvl_repositories_2_resources_45","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/MV/repositories_2_resources_45.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director"],"title_tesim":["Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director"],"unitdate_ssm":["1850-1996"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1850-1996"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A.SRD","/repositories/2/resources/45"],"text":["A.SRD","/repositories/2/resources/45","Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director","This collection is open to research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes.","This collection has been divided into 8 series. The first two series contain administrative and subject files that overlap through the terms of multiple Superintendents or Resident Directors. The next six series are in chronological order by service and are named for the corresponding man. Photographs and oversize material are filed at the end of the collection.","List of Series:\nSeries 1. Administrative Files\nSeries 2. Subject Files\nSeries 3. Harrison H. Dodge \nSeries 4. Charles C. Wall\nSeries 5. Harrison Symmes\nSeries 6. John A. Castellani\nSeries 7. John E. Harbour\nSeries 8. Neil W. Horstman","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","The position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. ","After discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.","After Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.","The next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.","The Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations.","Digital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)","This item is available digitally - DA_000263","Items available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)","Digital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)","Monthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206","Digital copies of this file are available - DA_000200","This collection was arranged following the organization in which the material was found. Previous re-foldering and alphabetical arrangement in filing cabinets had been done by former library staff to a large portion of the collection. All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers.","- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection","This collection combines the papers and files of each Superintendent or Resident Director listed under \"Creators,\" as well as their office staff, assistants, and other Mount Vernon personnel. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a wide variety of topics and concerns for operating and maintaining an historic house. The Resident Directors oversaw almost all major projects and events around Mount Vernon such as building and grounds maintenance, restoration, fundraising, collection of historic artifacts, visitor engagement, and administrative functions. Dodge and Wall were both well known for their involvement in even the smallest details of the operation of Mount Vernon and this is reflected in the volume and scope of their files. Later Resident Directors began keeping chronological files which are also a great resource for understanding projects from specific years and periods of Mount Vernon's history. Both Charles Wall and John Castellani were employees of Mount Vernon before they were appointed Resident Director, and their files include material from previous job assignments. The majority of material reflects Charles Wall's tenure as Resident Director, the 1930s to 1970s, however, there is a substantial amount from the other directors as well. Several folders may extend into the term of James (Jim) Rees who served as Resident Director (later President) of Mount Vernon from 1994 to 2012. \nMost of the letters written by Superintendent Harrison Dodge were laminated or adhered to a tissue or paper backing, and bound together into a multiple volume set. These bound volumes, along with the original work diaries kept by Dodge, have been combined into a separate collection, the Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports. A finding aid for this collection is also available.","Includes items from his research on furnishing the greenhouse slave quarters.","Pen and ink drawing to show proposed drainage tunnels that were dug after a landslide in 1903. The tunnels were to prevent future erosion and landslides.","Letter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the Regent, Alice Richards, May 1, 1936. Mrs. Roosevelt confirms she will visit Mount Vernon for tea and handwrites a message about the President's attendance at the bottom.","1933 document titled \"How to See Mount Vernon in one day.\"","Letter from President Dwight Eisenhower to Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director, thanking him for his recent visit to Mount Vernon. June 23, 1958.","These photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.","6 color Polaroid photos of the emptying of the CO2 tanks in front of the Mansion.","5 small color photographs of gardens adhered to a page and labeled \"Views of the Mount Vernon Garden Replica, American Museum in Britain by Mrs. Labouisse, May 1968.\"","2 color snapshot photographs – 1 shows the author (?) feeding a bird","Black and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors, 1939. Image is labeled on the reverse.","Color photographs showing different views of the estate and Mansion rooms, ca. 1984","Black and white photographs of Rosemont, Ann Pamela Cunningham's home, a portrait of Cunningham, and her grave.","Two slides and two transparencies of images from the Garden Book","Black and white photograph of a with wrought iron bench. The letter \"C\" has been written at the center bottom of the image.","Black and white photograph of the well house with a woman inside by the well, circa 1895. Reverse side says that it was taken by photographer Francis B. Johnston.","3 black and white photographs taken in September 1925 of the historic home of Menokin, Virginia","Black and white photographs of the view from Mount Vernon and the Maryland shore, ca. 1960s.","Small black and white or sepia photograph showing the memorial tablet placed at Pohick Church, undated","Group of black and white photographs all stamped \"International News Photo\" on the reverse, showing people touring the Mansion and grounds of Mount Vernon. Many of the tourists are military personnel in uniform, 1940-1944.","Small black and white photograph of people in costume for the Fourth of July at Mount Vernon","Color photographs showing trees cut for lumber and the making of shingles, 1973","Black and white photograph of MVLA Regent, Mrs. Guy with other ceremony participants, laying the wreath on the slave memorial, 1983","3 black and white photographs of the Sound and Light construction, taken by Robert Fisher, October 1975","Black and white and color prints, as well as negatives and transparencies, of the Texas Gate, the Texas Gate plaques, and its \"historic bricks\" given in honor of donor support.","3 color 8 x 10 photos showing a memorial tree planting by Ambassador Brewster at Washington Old Hall in Newcastle, UK. Also, 1 color slide showing a man at Mount Vernon beside the tree seedling, 1977-1978","3 black and white 8 x 10 photographs taken during President Kennedy's party for the President of Pakistan at Mount Vernon, 1961","Small black and white photograph of two men, one guest and one guard, in front of Washington's tomb. Writing beneath the image reads \"Col. William G. Edens and Guard at Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, VA., May 1936.\"","3 small black and white photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, 1956 – subject referred to in letter","Black and white print with two photographs – one image shows painters working on the exterior of the Mansion, the other image shows a newly painted Mansion exterior.","One black and white photo and three black and white postcards showing the exterior of Mount Vernon. The postcards have a caption commemorating GW's Bicentennial, 1932.","15 different sized black and white photograph prints from various dates and events. Subjects include visitors and employees around Mount Vernon estate, and a ceremony at Ann Pamela Cunningham's tomb. These photographs were all included in a folder of Walter Densmore's papers.","Black and white photographic print showing a group of people standing in front of the Little Hatchet Tavern (now the Mount Vernon Inn) with sign and bus in the background. The assitant to the resident director, Walter Densmore, is seen second from left. Stamp on reverse reads \"Photographed by the official photographer Memphis City Beautiful Commission.\" 1955.","Black and white photographic print of the President of Ireland's visit to Mount Vernon, March 18, 1959. Standing on the east lawn with Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director.","Black and white photographic print of the dedication ceremony for a marker or memorial for Ann Pamela Cunningham at the site of Rosemont plantation in Laurens County, South Carolina. Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director appears second to the left. August 15, 1959","Black and white portrait photographs (3) of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director","2 black and white photographs showing Vice Regents and attendees at the Vaughan Party, May 1989","These photographs were loose in a box and were not part of, or removed from, another folder in the collection.","Pen and ink drawing of the proposed tunnels for prevention of landslides","Color photograph print reproduction with some hand coloring. Matted with the seal of the State of Virginia, signed by the governor and photographer Frank Dementi, \"To Mr. Charles C. Wall, From the People of Virginia\"","Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association","Memphis (Tenn.). 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Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["This collection is open to research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. According to the policies of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, certain records in the archives may only be available for research 30 years after creation or file date. The library reserves the right to restrict access to items for preservation purposes."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection has been divided into 8 series. The first two series contain administrative and subject files that overlap through the terms of multiple Superintendents or Resident Directors. The next six series are in chronological order by service and are named for the corresponding man. Photographs and oversize material are filed at the end of the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eList of Series:\nSeries 1. Administrative Files\nSeries 2. Subject Files\nSeries 3. Harrison H. Dodge \nSeries 4. Charles C. Wall\nSeries 5. Harrison Symmes\nSeries 6. John A. Castellani\nSeries 7. John E. Harbour\nSeries 8. Neil W. Horstman\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["This collection has been divided into 8 series. The first two series contain administrative and subject files that overlap through the terms of multiple Superintendents or Resident Directors. The next six series are in chronological order by service and are named for the corresponding man. Photographs and oversize material are filed at the end of the collection.","List of Series:\nSeries 1. Administrative Files\nSeries 2. Subject Files\nSeries 3. Harrison H. Dodge \nSeries 4. Charles C. Wall\nSeries 5. Harrison Symmes\nSeries 6. John A. Castellani\nSeries 7. John E. Harbour\nSeries 8. Neil W. Horstman","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically.","Alphabetically by folder title, then chronologically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The position of Superintendent of Mount Vernon, also called \"Secretary\" in the earlier years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, was created in 1860 when Colonel Upton Herbert was hired. A veteran of the Mexican War, Herbert was recommended by John Augustine Washington III as being especially suited to assisting the MVLA. Mr. Herbert and Sarah Tracy, Secretary to Ann Pamela Cunningham, were largely responsible for the care and maintenance of Mount Vernon during the Civil War when the Regent and most Vice Regents were unable to travel to the estate. When hiring a new Superintendent, J. McHenry Hollingsworth in 1872, the Council explained the responsibilities of the Superintendent more thoroughly saying he \"should act as general manager of the estate; that one of the most important features in the general instructions to be given him shall be, that he shall at all times consider the dignity and comfort of the Regent; that he shall always bear in mind the deep obligations of the Association to her; and that he has been appointed for the purpose of relieving her of the very arduous duties that are so oppressive to her; that he shall keep the accounts of expenditures and receipts, which are to be at all times open to the inspection of the Regent, Vice Regents, and Advisory Committee, with whom, in all matters of perplexity, he shall consult, and be guided by their decisions.\" His salary was to be $1500 per year. ","After discovering decay in the foundations of the Mansion in 1885, the Vice Regents suspected negligence on the part of Hollingsworth. The Vice Regent from Georgia, Mrs. Eve questioned, \"Would it be too much to say that the first and greatest duty of the Superintendent is the preservation of the Mansion?\" The Council went on to pass a resolution stating that the duty of the Superintendent is to examine all parts of the Mansion and report defects to the Regent, and concluded that he should \"not at any time be ignorant of the state of the mansion.\" Harrison H. Dodge was hired later that year and remains the longest serving Superintendent (or equivalent) of Mount Vernon at 52 years. Mr. Dodge's priority was cleaning, restoring, and preserving the house and grounds. He was also particularly interested in fire safety, advocating for the installation of electricity in the Mansion to prevent any accidents from candlelight or kerosene lamps.","After Dodge's death in 1937, his assistant Charles C. Wall became the new Superintendent and later changed the position's title to Resident Director. Wall described the Superintendent's job in a book he coauthored with Gerald W. Johnson entitled Mount Vernon: The Story of a Shrine, saying the position required someone \"not exactly a farmer, yet a man acquainted with soils, seasons, and the proper handling of growing plants.\" He went on to say the director should have traits of a theatrical producer, an accountant, an antiquarian, a historian, and an ambassador, with some knowledge of engineering, carpentry, masonry, and domestic service. Wall also spent almost his entire career at Mount Vernon, retiring in 1976 after 43 years of employment at Mount Vernon. He is credited with impeccable hospitality of numerous VIP guests, overseeing major building and restoration projects, such as the reconstruction of the Greenhouse, and guiding the Estate through the years of World War II and other periods when visitation was down. He wrote extensively on George Washington and Mount Vernon, including several publications as well as internal reports and essays.","The next two decades saw four different but distinguished Directors who all brought their own gifts and talents to the position. Harrison Symmes replaced Charles Wall as Resident Director in January 1977. A World War II veteran, Symmes had also served as an Ambassador to Jordan and as President of Windham College in Vermont. Although he resigned in 1979 after only 2 ½ years in the position, he was credited by his Assistant Director, John A. Castellani, as someone who \"opened the doors to a new era of reevaluation, exploration, and change.\" Mr. Castellani succeeded Symmes as Resident Director and stayed in that role until 1984. His focus was largely on fundraising as he successfully guided Mount Vernon through a Capital Campaign effort to build a new administration and research facility on the grounds, the Ann Pamela Cunningham Building. John E. Harbour served in the position from 1984 to 1987 after several previous directorships at historic sites and museums. Harbour worked to improve research access to historic collections and update interpretation of museum exhibits. He helped implement a reorganization plan at Mount Vernon, creating a Research Department and expanding the roles of other departments including Education, Curatorial, Library, and Development. Harbour also wrote the \"Report on the Recommended Improvements to the Museum, Museum Annex and Outbuildings\" in 1986. Several major accomplishments marked the tenure of Neil W. Horstman, Resident Director from 1987 to 1994, including the Historic Structures Report, the first stages of the Pioneer Farm project, and the Piscataway Park Expansion.","The Superintendents and Resident Directors have continuously lived on the grounds at Mount Vernon. Harrison Dodge stayed on the second floor of the Office Dependency (now called the Servant's Hall), with his office on the ground floor. His family lived at their home in Georgetown and he often went home on the weekends. When the Administration Building (now the Frances P. Bolton Building) was constructed, he moved into quarters on the ground floor along with his assistant, James Young. A new residence was built in 1936 for Charles Cecil Wall after he had assumed the role of Assistant Superintendent, to accommodate him and his family. This house has remained the residence for each succeeding Resident Director or President, CEO, and has undergone multiple upgrades and renovations."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis item is available digitally - DA_000263\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDigital copies of this file are available - DA_000200\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General","General","General","General","General","General","General"],"odd_tesim":["Digital copies of some items from this folder are available - DA_000207\n(17 pages from the folder: Equipment - Electrical, 1922-1935 concerning the updates done to the Mansion's electricity and a central versus isolated plant)","Items from this folder are available digitally - DA_000224\n(3 black and white photographs showing the installation of lights and equipment for the Sound and Light Show, 1975-1977)","This item is available digitally - DA_000263","Items available digitally - DA_000213\n(Letter from Buzz Aldrin thanking the MVLA for hosting a nice VIP visit for the Soviet cosmonauts, 1970; news clipping concerning the cosmonauts tour of the US)","Digital copies of 3 letters from this folder are available - DA_000204\n(3 letters concerning the replacement of the lights in the Mansion with electric lighting, 1916; Also, the visit of Thomas Edison to Mount Vernon to inspect the wiring and installation)","Monthly reports for June, July, and September 1916 are available digitally - DA_000206","Digital copies of this file are available - DA_000200"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], The Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, [Series, Folder], Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia. \nSee the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name and date of item], The Papers of the Superintendent and Resident Director, [Series, Folder], Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia. \nSee the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection was arranged following the organization in which the material was found. Previous re-foldering and alphabetical arrangement in filing cabinets had been done by former library staff to a large portion of the collection. All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["This collection was arranged following the organization in which the material was found. Previous re-foldering and alphabetical arrangement in filing cabinets had been done by former library staff to a large portion of the collection. All original folder titles were kept, although the meaning of some descriptors may be lost to the current audience – for example the sequence of \"P.R.\" folder titles in Series 4, Charles Wall's papers."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["- Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports 1885-1976\n- Papers of James Rees\n- Financial Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Publications of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association\n- Audio Visual Collection"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection combines the papers and files of each Superintendent or Resident Director listed under \"Creators,\" as well as their office staff, assistants, and other Mount Vernon personnel. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence to and from each Superintendent or Resident Director. Other types of material include reports, essays, memos, publications, clippings, official forms, logs or diaries of events, calendars, schedules, photographs, and ephemera. Subject matter includes a wide variety of topics and concerns for operating and maintaining an historic house. The Resident Directors oversaw almost all major projects and events around Mount Vernon such as building and grounds maintenance, restoration, fundraising, collection of historic artifacts, visitor engagement, and administrative functions. Dodge and Wall were both well known for their involvement in even the smallest details of the operation of Mount Vernon and this is reflected in the volume and scope of their files. Later Resident Directors began keeping chronological files which are also a great resource for understanding projects from specific years and periods of Mount Vernon's history. Both Charles Wall and John Castellani were employees of Mount Vernon before they were appointed Resident Director, and their files include material from previous job assignments. The majority of material reflects Charles Wall's tenure as Resident Director, the 1930s to 1970s, however, there is a substantial amount from the other directors as well. Several folders may extend into the term of James (Jim) Rees who served as Resident Director (later President) of Mount Vernon from 1994 to 2012. \nMost of the letters written by Superintendent Harrison Dodge were laminated or adhered to a tissue or paper backing, and bound together into a multiple volume set. These bound volumes, along with the original work diaries kept by Dodge, have been combined into a separate collection, the Bound Volumes of Superintendent's Letters, Diaries, and Monthly Reports. A finding aid for this collection is also available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes items from his research on furnishing the greenhouse slave quarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePen and ink drawing to show proposed drainage tunnels that were dug after a landslide in 1903. The tunnels were to prevent future erosion and landslides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the Regent, Alice Richards, May 1, 1936. Mrs. Roosevelt confirms she will visit Mount Vernon for tea and handwrites a message about the President's attendance at the bottom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1933 document titled \"How to See Mount Vernon in one day.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from President Dwight Eisenhower to Walter Densmore, assistant to the resident director, thanking him for his recent visit to Mount Vernon. June 23, 1958.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese photographs were removed from folders within the collection for preservation purposes. Removal slips have been placed in their exact location within the folder to mark their withdrawal. Folder titles in this section correspond to the files with withdrawn photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 color Polaroid photos of the emptying of the CO2 tanks in front of the Mansion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 small color photographs of gardens adhered to a page and labeled \"Views of the Mount Vernon Garden Replica, American Museum in Britain by Mrs. Labouisse, May 1968.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 color snapshot photographs – 1 shows the author (?) feeding a bird\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors, 1939. Image is labeled on the reverse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photographs showing different views of the estate and Mansion rooms, ca. 1984\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographs of Rosemont, Ann Pamela Cunningham's home, a portrait of Cunningham, and her grave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo slides and two transparencies of images from the Garden Book\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of a with wrought iron bench. The letter \"C\" has been written at the center bottom of the image.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of the well house with a woman inside by the well, circa 1895. Reverse side says that it was taken by photographer Francis B. Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 black and white photographs taken in September 1925 of the historic home of Menokin, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photographs of the view from Mount Vernon and the Maryland shore, ca. 1960s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall black and white or sepia photograph showing the memorial tablet placed at Pohick Church, undated\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGroup of black and white photographs all stamped \"International News Photo\" on the reverse, showing people touring the Mansion and grounds of Mount Vernon. Many of the tourists are military personnel in uniform, 1940-1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSmall black and white photograph of people in costume for the Fourth of July at Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColor photographs showing trees cut for lumber and the making of shingles, 1973\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white photograph of MVLA Regent, Mrs. Guy with other ceremony participants, laying the wreath on the slave memorial, 1983\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 black and white photographs of the Sound and Light construction, taken by Robert Fisher, October 1975\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlack and white and color prints, as well as negatives and transparencies, of the Texas Gate, the Texas Gate plaques, and its \"historic bricks\" given in honor of donor support.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 color 8 x 10 photos showing a memorial tree planting by Ambassador Brewster at Washington Old Hall in Newcastle, UK. 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