C0067Mary Elsie Fox photograph collectionGuide to the Mary Elsie Fox photograph collection C0067Mary Elsie Fox photograph collectionGeorge Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

2006

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-09 03:00:25 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Mary Elsie Fox photograph collection Fox, Mary Elsie, 1923-1994 C0067 /repositories/2/resources/24 1 Linear Feet 3 boxes 1935-1959 This collection contains 423 photographs and one document from the discarded scrapbook of Mary Elsie Fox found after her death. The photographs are mostly 3x4" snapshots of Fox and her close friends and document the domestic life of Pentagon employees and members of the military in the 1940s Washington, D.C. area. The photographs range in size from 1x2" to 8x10". English Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred Citation

Mary Elsie Fox photograph collection, C0067, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Tish Como in 2006.

Processing Information

Processed by Kate Norman in March 2010. EAD markup completed by Kate Norman in March 2010.

Biographical Information

Mary Elsie Fox, a resident of Hinton, West Virginia, served as executive secretary for a number of generals of the U.S. Air Force and later in the office of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Born in 1923, Mary Elsie Fox spent most of her adult life in Washington, D.C. before her death in 1994.

Scope and Content

This collection contains 423 photographs and one document from the discarded scrapbook of Mary Elsie Fox found after her death. The photographs are mostly 3x4" snapshots of Fox and her close friends and document the domestic life of Pentagon employees and members of the military in the 1940s Washington, D.C. area. The photographs range in size from 1x2" to 8x10".

The collection includes photographs of parties, dinners, outdoor recreation, children, American military, a friend's time abroad in Norway, and general portrait photographs. The collection also includes photographs of D.C. monuments and important buildings, ranging from the Pentagon to the Carnegie Library. Many of these photographs have writing on the back, especially those taken in Norway.

The first series includes small photographs from 1935 to 1959. Spanning two boxes and about 100 pages, this series contains photographs from parties, domestic life, outdoor recreation, American military personnel, Washington, D.C., Norway, and children. The second series contains medium photographs taken during the 1940s. This series contains photographs of Turkey, American military personnel, parties, and leisure. The third series contains large photographs taken during the 1940s. This series consists mainly of photographs of the Pentagon but also includes images of weddings, leisure activities, and American military personnel.

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the and the .

Arrangement

Organized into three series.

Missing Title Series 1: Small Photographs, 1935-1959 (Boxes 1-2) Series 2: Medium Photographs, 1940s (Box 2) Series 3: Large Photographs, 1940s (Boxes 2-3) Alternative Form Available

Digitized photographs from this collection can be found in the .

Portrait photographs Leisure Domestic life Portraits, Group Photographic prints Photographs Norway Washington (D.C.) Pentagon -- Photographs United States -- Armed Forces -- Military life Pentagon (Va.) Series 1: Small Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/157061935-1959(1.5 boxes)Scope and Contents note

This series contains small photographs ranging in size from 1 1/4x2 1/4" to 5x4"

Captain Jordan's Party/repositories/2/archival_objects/15707June 22, 194611-3 Scope and Contents note

Mrs. Liston, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Studervant, Theda Portir, Major Tourdlau, Mrs. Stancook, Mrs. Pat Redd

Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/15708October, 194514-7 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Elayne Scott

Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/15709June 10, 194717-11 Scope and Contents note

Mary Sevcik, Mary Elsie Fox, Bob Rancine, Tim Donovan

Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/15710April, 1947111-13 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Dave O'Connel, Ann Sevcik O'Connel

Group Portraits/repositories/2/archival_objects/15711October 19, 1947113-14 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Dick Perlman, Helen Krawchuk Perlman

Leisure and Group Portraits/repositories/2/archival_objects/15712July, 1945114-17 Scope and Contents note

Edna Earle Whitt, Mary Elsie, Fox, Janice Rigler Stoops

City and Town Life/repositories/2/archival_objects/15713March 23, 19471 17-18 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Mary Sevcik

Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/15714May, 1947118-20 Scope and Contents note

Edna Earle Whitt, Mary Elsie Fox, Mary Sevcik

New Jersey/repositories/2/archival_objects/15715March, 1943120-21 Scope and Contents note

New Jersey shore, sailors.

Mary Elsie Fox, Elayne Scott, Mary Sevcik

Leisure and Picnics/repositories/2/archival_objects/15716March, 1945122-23 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Mary Sevcik, Tony Pecar, Ted Palmerine, Elayne Scott

Group Portraits/repositories/2/archival_objects/15717May, 1947124-25 Scope and Contents note

Janice Rigler Stoops, Marion W. Stoops

Portrait Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/15718July, 1944125-26 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Jo-Ann Maddy

Group Portraits and Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/157191940s126-27 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Elayne Scott, Edna Earle Whitt

Portrait Photographs and Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/157201940s128-30 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox

Portrait Photographs and Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/157211940s130-34 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Mary Sevcik, Ann Sevcik O'Connel, Jan Sevcik

Leisure and Domestic Life/repositories/2/archival_objects/157221940s134-36 Scope and Contents note Group Portraits and Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/157231940s136-37 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox

Group Portraits and Military Personnel/repositories/2/archival_objects/15724September 28, 1942137-38 Scope and Contents note

Processed by Peoples Drugstores

Portrait Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/157251940s139-40 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox

Portrait Photographs and Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/157261940s140-41 Scope and Contents note City and Town Life/repositories/2/archival_objects/157271940s141Scope and Contents note

Mary Sevcik

Group Portraits/repositories/2/archival_objects/15728November, 1941142Scope and Contents note

Mary Sevcik, Jan Sevcik, Ann Sevcik

Group Portraits/repositories/2/archival_objects/157291940s142Scope and Contents note

Mary Sevcik

Group Portraits and Parties/repositories/2/archival_objects/157301940s143Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Edna Earle Whitt, Elayne Scott

Recreation and Portraits Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/157311940s143Scope and Contents note

Thelma Tefler

City and Town Life/repositories/2/archival_objects/157321940s144Scope and Contents note Travel/repositories/2/archival_objects/157331950s144Scope and Contents note

Color photos of Mary Elsie Fox

Travel and Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/157341940s145Scope and Contents note

Jan Sevick

North Carolina/repositories/2/archival_objects/157351942145Scope and Contents note

Mrs. McNeer, Anna Mae McNeer

Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh/repositories/2/archival_objects/15736August, 1942146Scope and Contents note

Mary K. Sevcik

Portrait Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/157371943146Scope and Contents note

Mary K. Sevcik

Portrait/repositories/2/archival_objects/157381945146Scope and Contents note

Ann Sevcik O'Connel

City and Town Life/repositories/2/archival_objects/157391940s146Scope and Contents note

Ann Sevcik O'Connel, Jan Sevcik

Graduation/repositories/2/archival_objects/157401940s147Scope and Contents note Group Portrait/repositories/2/archival_objects/157411940s147Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox

2510 Cliffbourne Pl./repositories/2/archival_objects/157421942147Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox

Portrait Photograph and Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/15743August, 1945147Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox

Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/15744December, 1959148Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox

Horse/repositories/2/archival_objects/15745June 13, 1943148Scope and Contents note

Jan Sevcik, "Smarty"

Writing on back of photograph

Hinton/repositories/2/archival_objects/157461935148Scope and Contents note

House after a snowstorm

Police Officer/repositories/2/archival_objects/157471940s148Scope and Contents note Group Portrait/repositories/2/archival_objects/157481940s149Scope and Contents note Portrait Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/157491940s149Scope and Contents note Domestic Life and Parties/repositories/2/archival_objects/15750March 15, 1946149-52 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Edna Earle Whitt, Captain Ralph Lewis, Elayne Scott, Captain Mack, Captain Joe Schieferly, Major Sturdevant, Helen Karwchuk Perlman, Captain Ken Jordan, Peggy Hill, Captain Bill Miles

Domestic Life and Group Portraits/repositories/2/archival_objects/15751February, 1946152-54 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Dick Perlman, Helen Krawchuk Perlman

Domestic Life and Parties/repositories/2/archival_objects/15752January 19, 1947154-58 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Edna Earle Whitt, Dick Perlman, Helen Krawchuk Perlman, Ken Ramey

One outdoor portrait photograph of Edna Earle Whitt

Domestic Life and Parties/repositories/2/archival_objects/15753October, 1947158-60 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Helen Krawchuk Perlman, Dick Perlman, Ken Ramey, Edna Earle Whitt

Domestic Life and Parties/repositories/2/archival_objects/15754June 10, 1947160-62 Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Tim Donovan, Mary Sevcik, Bob Rancine

Domestic Life and Parties/repositories/2/archival_objects/157551940s162-63 Scope and Contents note Domestic Life and Portrait Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/15756October 19, 1947163Scope and Contents note

Dick Perlman

Weekend Party at Captain Jordan's Farm/repositories/2/archival_objects/15757April 7, 1946163Scope and Contents note Portrait Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/157581947163Scope and Contents note

Mary Sevcik

Domestic Life/repositories/2/archival_objects/157591950s164Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox

Color Photograph

Portrait Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/157601940s164Scope and Contents note Washington, D.C./repositories/2/archival_objects/15761May, 1942164Scope and Contents note

View of Jefferson Memorial through cherry blossoms; bridge

Developed By Brown Photo Service, Minneapolis, MN

In Front of the Capitol Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/15762July 5, 1942165Scope and Contents note

Mary Elsie Fox, Dempsey Fox

Washington, D.C./repositories/2/archival_objects/15763September 15, 1947165Scope and Contents note

In front of the Capitol Theatre

Mary Elsie Fox, Dempsey Fox

Washington, D.C./repositories/2/archival_objects/15764March 23, 1947165Scope and Contents note

Washington Presbyterian Church

Mary Elsie Fox

Washington, D.C./repositories/2/archival_objects/157651940s165-67 Scope and Contents note

Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, cherry blossoms

Mary Elsie Fox

Washington, D.C./repositories/2/archival_objects/15766April, 1946168-71 Scope and Contents note

Capitol Building, Pentagon, Lincoln Memorial, White House, Jefferson Memorial, Carnegie Library, National Gallery of Art

Captain Schieferly, Captain Miles

Diane - Age 4 months/repositories/2/archival_objects/15767May, 1947172-73 Scope and Contents note

Diane Miller

Diane - 1 yr. Old/repositories/2/archival_objects/15768February 13, 1948173-75 Scope and Contents note

Diane Miller

Children/repositories/2/archival_objects/15769December 25, 1947175-76 Scope and Contents note

Diane Miller

Children/repositories/2/archival_objects/15770September, 1947177Scope and Contents note Children/repositories/2/archival_objects/157711940s177Scope and Contents note Children/repositories/2/archival_objects/157721940s177Scope and Contents note

Writing on back of photograph

Children and Leisure/repositories/2/archival_objects/157731945177Scope and Contents note Portrait and Military/repositories/2/archival_objects/157741940s21Scope and Contents note

Tim Donovan

Portrait photograph and Military/repositories/2/archival_objects/157751940s21Scope and Contents note

Tim Donovan

Writing on back of photograph

Group portrait and Military/repositories/2/archival_objects/15776194521Scope and Contents note

Tim Donovan

Military/repositories/2/archival_objects/15777December 13, 194521Scope and Contents note

Tim Donovan

Military Personnel/repositories/2/archival_objects/15778194422Scope and Contents note Military Personnel/repositories/2/archival_objects/15779September 28, 194222Scope and Contents note

Developed by Peoples Drug Stores

Paris/repositories/2/archival_objects/15780194522Scope and Contents note

Major Mulford, Major Flynn

Military/repositories/2/archival_objects/157811940s22Scope and Contents note Norway/repositories/2/archival_objects/157821945-194723-8 Scope and Contents note

Mary Sevcik

Skiing Photographs. Some developed by Nerlien.

Norway/repositories/2/archival_objects/157831945-194728-11 Scope and Contents note

Mary Sevcik, Jan Sevcik

Outdoor Photographs

Oslo, Norway/repositories/2/archival_objects/157841946212-14 Scope and Contents note

Mike Riley, Charlie La Cour

Jeunaker, Norway/repositories/2/archival_objects/15785December, 1945214-15 Scope and Contents note

Mary Sevcik, Elsa Beach