Archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Worth Bailey Papers, 1939-1980
Bailey, Worth, 1908-1980
A.WB
8.6 Linear Feet
6 cartons, 2 Hollinger boxes, 2 oversize boxes
1939-1980
English
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Conditions Governing Access
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Related Materials
Minutes and reports of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Papers of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Curatorial or Collections papers
Biographical / Historical
Worth Bailey graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as a museum and research assistant at Jamestown and Yorktown before he was hired by the MVLA in 1939 as a museum technician. His first project at Mount Vernon was creating a catalog of museum collections with photographs and updated information gathered from his research. Bailey wrote articles on Mount Vernon's collections and history, and assisted with several other MVLA publications. His talent as a woodblock artist remains one of his most recognized contributions to Mount Vernon. His beautiful woodblock prints of the estate's buildings, artifacts, and scenery were used in MVLA brochures and souvenir booklets. The booklet Christmas with the Washingtons, first published in 1948, was illustrated by Worth Bailey and written by his wife Olive Bailey. He resigned from Mount Vernon in 1951 to work as the Curator at Woodlawn. He died in 1980.
Scope and Contents
The majority of this collection is made up of research files compiled by Worth Bailey while researching at Mount Vernon and other historical sites. These files contain correspondence, news clippings, images, articles, and studies. Another substantial portion of the collection contains Bailey's drawings, woodcuts, and several printing blocks.
Arrangement
This collection has two series. The first series includes Bailey's research subject files and are listed in alphabetical order. Bailey's woodcuts, artwork, and printing blocks make up the second series. These have been grouped together by similar subject matter and also listed in alphabetical order. Two oversize woodcuts and 9 printing blocks are at the end of the collection in Boxes 9 and 10.
Preferred Citation
[Name and date of item], The Worth Bailey Papers, [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.
Series 1. Subject Files Bailey, Worth, 1908-1980English.ArrangementArranged alphabetically by folder title.
Alexandria English.11Alexandria – Board of Architecture and ReviewEnglish.12Alexandria – Board of Architecture and Review – NewspapersEnglish.13Alexandria – KablerEnglish.14Alexandria – NewspapersEnglish.15Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
Alexandria II (1) English.16Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Alexandria II (2) English.17Alexandria II – Newspapers English.18Alexandria Association English.19Alexandria Exhibition English.110Alexandria Exhibition – Newspapers English.111Alexandria Foundation English.112Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Alexandria Foundation – Newspapers English.113Alexandria Gazette – SelectionsEnglish.114Alexandria Gazette – Selections – Newspapers English.115Alexandria Library Association English.116Alexandria Maps (1)English.117Alexandria Maps (2) English.118Alexandria Miscellaneous (1)English.119Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
Alexandria Miscellaneous (2)English.120Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
Alexandria Miscellaneous-Newspapers English.121Alexandria Streets – Camden, Orinoco, S Lee, Fitzhugh-Lee House (1)English.122Alexandria Streets – Camden, Orinoco, S Lee, Fitzhugh-Lee House (2) English.123Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
Alexandria Streets – Queen-300 blockEnglish.124Anderson, JosephEnglish.125AnnouncementsEnglish.126Antiques – CollectionEnglish.127Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed and loose, small articles]
Antiques – Magazines (1) English.128Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
Antiques – Magazines (2)English.129Antiquities – Virginia English.130Antiquities – Virginia – Newspapers English.131AquitintEnglish.132Archaeology English.133ArchitectureEnglish.134Architecture – Newspapers English.135Architecture – HistoricalEnglish.136Architecture – Mt. VernonEnglish.137Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
Architecture IIEnglish.138Arts and Crafts English.139Bailey English.140Beam Article English.141Beam Article – Newspapers English.142Bibliography English.143BirdsEnglish.144Birds NewspapersEnglish.145Bliss Collection English.146Book of the Month Club and The Old Print ShopEnglish.147BooksEnglish.148Bottle Seals English.149Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
Bottle Seals – NewspapersEnglish.150Brannon, Peter – Story English.151Bricks and Shingles Studies English.152BucklandEnglish.153Caning (Furniture)English.21Carroll, Charles, invoices (1764)English.22CatalogingEnglish.23Christmas Card – Arlington House English.24Christmas Card – Arlington House – Newspapers English.25Christmas Card – Business (1)English.26Christmas Card – Business (2)English.27Christmas Card – Business correspondence – Newspapers English.28Christmas Card – George Washington (1)English.29Christmas Card – George Washington (2)English.210Christmas Card – Gunston Hall English.211Christmas Card – Kenmore English.212Christmas Card – Kenmore – Newspapers English.213Christmas Card – Nellie Custis English.214Christmas Card – Notices Sent English.215Christmas Card – Notices Sent – NewspapersEnglish.216Christmas Card – Richard Henry Lee Designs English.217Christmas with the WashingtonsEnglish.218Colonial KitchensEnglish.219Colonial Maps English.220Colonial Map – Newspapers English.221Confidential English.222Confidential – Newspapers English.223Correspondence – Calver, W.L.English.224Correspondence – Consultations English.225Correspondence – Coolidge, Mrs. John TemplemanEnglish.226Correspondence – Dawson, Larry English.227Correspondence – Fauber, J. Everette English.228Correspondence – Frick, BobEnglish.229Correspondence – Frick, Robert P.L. and Clack, Raymond and Sara English.230Correspondence – Hampden – Sydney English.231Correspondence – Hampden – Sydney Newspapers English.232Correspondence – Hoes, Laurence, Administration Duties and Responsibilities English.233Correspondence – Littleton, ColonelEnglish.234Correspondence – Miscellaneous Inquiries English.235Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Correspondence – Miscellany (1)English.236Correspondence – Miscellany (2)English.237Correspondence – Personal (1)English.238Correspondence – Personal (2)English.239Correspondence – Personal IIEnglish.240Processing InformationNote: Papers are extremely fragile and Photographs are enclosed
Correspondence – Personal II – Newspapers English.241Correspondence – Peterson, Harold and Fortifications English.242Correspondence – Ruth, Fred English.243Correspondence – Ruth, Fred – Newspapers English.244Correspondence – ShopEnglish.245Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Correspondence – Surface memos English.246Correspondence – Sutton, Thos. EsqEnglish.247Correspondence – Testimonials and Mt. Vernon Condolences English.248Correspondence – Tobacco and Olive Bailey English.249Correspondence – Tobacco and Olive Bailey – Newspapers English.250Correspondence – Tobacco Warehouse and Robert Latane Montague English.251Correspondence – Tobacco Warehouse and Robert Latane Montague – Newspapers English.252Correspondence – Trudell, Clyde (Trudy)English.253Correspondence – Woodlawn Condolences English.254Dietz (1)English.255Dietz (2)English.256Dietz Press English.257DisplaysEnglish.258Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Displays – Newspapers English.259Distillation and Pharmaceutics English.260DistillingEnglish.261Distilling – Newspapers English.262Doctors Bard of Hyde Park and George Washington Papers English.263DraperiesEnglish.264DrawingsEnglish.265Eden, Sir RobertEnglish.266Equipment English.31FacsimilesEnglish.32Fairfax County English.33Fence English.34Furnishings – Mount Locust English.35Furnishings – Mount Vernon English.36FurnitureEnglish.37Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Furniture – Newspapers English.38Furniture – Exhibition English.39Furniture – Refurnishing English.310Furniture – Restoration English.311Furniture – Reynolds English.312Gadsby's Tavern English.313Gadsby's Tavern – Land Records (1) English.314Gadsby's Tavern – Land Records (2) English.315Games (18th Century)English.316Garbisch, Colonel Edgar W.English.317Garden Study English.318Garden Study – Newspapers English.319Garden WorkEnglish.320George Washington – Andersen CheckEnglish.321George Washington – Bust ofEnglish.322Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
George Washington – Goldfish English.323George Washington – LettersEnglish.324Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
George Washington – Letters, selection (1)English.325George Washington – Letters, selection (2) English.326George Washington – Letters, selection, copies English.327George Washington – Letters and Documents English.328Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
George Washington Mansions, Conspiracy Rooms, George Mason and Other PapersEnglish.329Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
George Washington Mansions, Conspiracy Rooms, George Mason and Other Papers – Newspapers English.330George Washington and Mount Vernon English.331Processing Information[Note: Photographs are enclosed]
George Washington NewspapersEnglish.332Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
George Washington's New Room English.333George Washington's Swords and Campaign EquipmentEnglish.334Gifts English.335GlassEnglish.336Glass, Olive Oil, Seeds English.337Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Growing Pains of the Great House English.338Growing Pains of the Great House – Newspapers English.339Gunston Hall English.340Gunston Hall – Newspapers English.341HABS English.342HardwareEnglish.343Hardware and Locks English.344Hardware and Locks – Newspapers English.345Harriet Washington English.346Historical Collections English.347History Notes English.348History Notes – Newspapers English.349Hospitality English.350Ice Cream English.351Insurance English.352Inventory of Woodcuts and Steel Plates English.353JamestownEnglish.354Jamestown – Digs Article by Worth Bailey English.355Jamestown – Newspapers English.356Jamestown – Research English.357July 4th English.358July 4th – Newspapers English.359Kabler – Bailey from Dorothy KablerEnglish.41Kabler – Research (1)English.42Kabler – Research (2) English.43Kenmore English.44Processing InformationPhotographs are enclosed
Kitchen English.45Kitchens English.46Processing InformationPhotographs are enclosed
Land Records (Union St) English.47Lawrence Washington's Will English.48Lee Family Records (Copies) English.49Lewis, Nelly Custis and Lewis, Lawrence and Family (1)English.410Lewis, Nelly Custis and Lawrence and Family (2)English.411Lewis, Nelly Custis and Lawrence and Family – Newspapers English.412Lithographs English.413MapsEnglish.414Maryland Historical Society English.415Martha WashingtonEnglish.416Martha Washington – Newspapers English.417MiscellanyEnglish.418Miscellany – Items of InterestEnglish.419Miscellany – Newspapers English.420Monticello English.421Monticello – Newspapers English.422Monthly reportsEnglish.423Monthly reports – Newspapers English.424Mount Locus English.425Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Mount VernonEnglish.426Mount Vernon – Early ViewsEnglish.427Mount Vernon Garden, Farm, and Military Papers English.428Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Mount Vernon Garden, Farm, and Military Papers – NewspapersEnglish.429Mount Vernon and George Washington (1)English.430Mount Vernon and George Washington (2)English.431Mount Vernon and George Washington – NewspapersEnglish.432Mount Vernon Notes English.433Mount Vernon Notes – Newspapers English.434Museum Supplies English.435Museums and TourismEnglish.436Museums and Tourism – Newspapers English.437MusicEnglish.438National Trust English.439National Trust – Newspapers English.440Nellie Custis Miscellany English.441News clippings English.442Oak Hill English.443Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Office Orders English.444Organ English.445PaintEnglish.446Paint Color Recipes English.51Paint Color Recipes – Newspaper English.52Papers of George WashingtonEnglish.53Papers of George Washington and Lighting English.54Paper Museum English.55Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
PatenEnglish.56Pewter English.57Pewter – Newspapers English.58PheasantsEnglish.59PhotographsEnglish.510PipesEnglish.511Pipes – Newspapers English.512PlasterEnglish.513Plumbing English.514Poplar Hill Church English.515Portraits (1)English.516Portraits (2)English.517Possibilities for Sale English.518Possibilities for Sale – Newspapers English.519PostcardsEnglish.520Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Pottery Art English.521Pottery Art – Newspapers English.522Pottery Notes English.523Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Preservation of Artifacts English.524PrintingEnglish.525Prints and research English.526Prints and research – Newspapers English.527Publicity – Newspapers English.528Ramsay, Scarlett Co. (1) English.529Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Ramsay, Scarlett Co. (2) English.530Ramsay, Scarlett Co. (2) – Newspapers English.531Receipts and ChecksEnglish.532Reese NotesEnglish.533Reese Notes – Newspapers English.534ReproductionsEnglish.535Research English.536Research – Newspapers English.537Restoration, White English.538Rocking Chair English.539Rocking Chair – Newspapers English.540Rocking Horse English.541Safford, Ruth English.542Safford, Ruth – Newspapers English.543Safford, Ruth – Portraits English.544Seal of Maryland English.545Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
SealsEnglish.546Sharpe, Governor H and Sharpe, Joshua English.547Sharpe, Governor H – Correspondence English.548Sharpe, Governor H – Correspondence English.549Signs English.550Silk Screen PrintingEnglish.551Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities English.552Silver English.553Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Silver – Newspapers English.554SouvenirsEnglish.555Souvenirs – Newspapers English.556Stairway English.61Stoves English.62SurveysEnglish.63Sword Notes English.64Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Talks English.65ThorntonEnglish.66Thornton Papers English.67Thoroughgood HouseEnglish.68Thoroughgood House – Newspapers English.69TombstonesEnglish.610Tombstones – Newspapers English.611Truro Parish English.612Transcriptions (1)English.613Transcriptions (2)English.614Transcriptions – Newspapers English.61520th Century Transcripts (1)English.61620th Century Transcripts (2)English.617Virginia Historical Society English.618"Virginny"English.619"Virginny" – Newspapers English.620Wallpaper Paints English.621Walpole Society English.622Washington Data English.623Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Washington Data – Newspapers English.624Washington Seals English.625Whitehall English.626Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Whitehall – Current English.627Whitehall House of Gov. Sharpe – A country house and the gentleman who built itEnglish.628Whitehall – Restoration English.629Williamsburg (1) English.630Williamsburg (2)English.631Williamsburg (2) – NewspapersEnglish.632Wine and Other Drinks English.633Wine and Other Drinks – Newspapers English.634WoodlawnEnglish.635Woodlawn – Newspapers English.636Woodlawn – Budget English.637Woodlawn Committee English.638Woodlawn and Custis Family English.639Woodlawn Info Folders English.640Woodlawn Publicity – Newspapers English.641Woodlawn Recollections English.642Woodlawn Remodeling English.643Woodlawn RestorationEnglish.644YorktownEnglish.645Processing InformationNote: Photographs are enclosed
Series 2. WoodcutsBailey, Worth, 1908-1980English.Buildings 1 of 6English.646Buildings 2 of 6English.647Buildings 3 of 6 English.648Buildings 4 of 6English.649Buildings 5 of 6 English.650Buildings 6 of 6 English.651Carlyle House (Door Seal) English.652Christmas with the Washingtons (card)English.653Decorative Symbols English.654Dennis and Mrs. RamsayEnglish.655Dulaney House English.656Earthware Soap JarEnglish.657Epilogue – Washington in Glory – American Tears English.658Gadsby's Tavern English.659George Mason Christmas Card English.660George Washington Tenements English.661George William Fairfax Home English.662Home of James CraigEnglish.663Lafayette Lawerson – Cazenowe House English.664Lyceum, The (Duke St.)English.665Mansion House 71Married Houses English.72Mary Washington House (Fredericksburg) 73Miscellaneous 1 of 374Miscellaneous 2 of 3 75Miscellaneous 3 of 3 76Mount Vernon 77Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Symbols 78Myer House – 1791 – Norfolk, Virginia 79Objects 1 of 2 710Objects 2 of 2 711Objects used by Washington 1 of 3 81Objects used by Washington 2 of 382Objects used by Washington 3 of 3 83Old Presbyterian Meeting House 84Peruke Shop, The 85Presenting the SunFire Company 86Prologue – Alexandria Corporation 87Prologue – Braddock 88Ramsay, William89Seals and Decorative 1 of 2 810Seals and Decorative 2 of 2 811Washington Symbols 1 of 2 812Washington Symbols 2 of 2 813Vowell – Snowden House (Chap. 22)814Historic house (Oversize)9Mount Vernon (Oversize)9Mount Vernon Cupola (Oversize)9Printing Blocks (9 total)10