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Author:

Holt, Marilyn Irvin 1949-  Search this

Subject:

United States Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978  Search this

Physical description:

x, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Date:

2001

C2001

Topic:

Indian orphanages--History  Search this

Indian children--Government policy  Search this

Indian children--Institutional care  Search this

Indians, Treatment of--History  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_677159

Physical Description:

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 8 in x 6 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 16.51 cm

Object Name:

book

Date made:

1950

Credit Line:

Melodie Sweeney

ID Number:

2013.0113.01

Accession number:

2013.0113

Catalog number:

2013.0113.01

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Popular Entertainment

Family & Social Life

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-d1fd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1442416

Author:

Bradbury, Ray 1920-2012  Search this

Physical description:

305 pages 22 cm

Type:

Books

Short stories

Nouvelles

Science fiction

short stories

Date:

1969

Topic:

Science fiction, American  Search this

Call number:

PZ3.B72453 IcX

PZ3.B72453IcX

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_2399

Author:

Greven, Philip J  Search this

Physical description:

xvi, 329 pages illustrations, folded map 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Andover (Mass.)

Massachusetts

Andover (Massachusetts)

Andover

United States, Massachusetts, Essex, Andover

Date:

1970

Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Topic:

Demography  Search this

Father and child  Search this

Family Characteristics  Search this

Father-Child Relations  Search this

Démographie  Search this

Père et enfant  Search this

demography  Search this

Manners and customs  Search this

Sociale geschiedenis  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Történet  Search this

History  Search this

Call number:

F74.A6 G83

F74.A6G83

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_3201

Collection Creator:

Kopp, Harriet Green, 1917-  Search this

Container:

Box 10, Folder 1

Type:

Archival materials

Books

Date:

1959

HGK Connection:

co-wrote "The Child with a Speech and Hearing Disorder" with George

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Harriet Green Kopp Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Harriet Green Kopp Papers

Harriet Green Kopp Papers / Series 2: Books

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e019354e-9a4b-4db9-9ed8-65810bc63433

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1130-ref906

Author:

Jacobs, Margaret D. 1963-  Search this

Physical description:

xxxii, 557 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Australia

Date:

2009

C2009

Topic:

Indigenous peoples--Cultural assimilation  Search this

Stolen generations (Australia)  Search this

Indian children--Cultural assimilation  Search this

Children, Aboriginal Australian--Institutional care  Search this

Indian children--Institutional care  Search this

Women, White  Search this

Women social workers  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_918404

Author:

Lorber, Judith  Search this

Author:

Moore, Lisa Jean 1967-  Search this

Physical description:

xiii, 184 pages 24 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

2002

Topic:

Social medicine  Search this

Women--Health and hygiene  Search this

Sexism in medicine  Search this

Sex factors in disease  Search this

Feminism  Search this

Women's Health  Search this

Social Medicine  Search this

Sex Factors  Search this

Socioeconomic Factors  Search this

Sexisme en médecine  Search this

Femmes--Santé et hygiène  Search this

Médecine sociale  Search this

Maladies--Facteurs sexuels  Search this

Féminisme  Search this

feminism  Search this

Feminismus  Search this

Geschlechtsunterschied  Search this

Gesundheitsverhalten  Search this

Medizin  Search this

Wissenschaftstheorie  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1159490

Author:

Reyhner, Jon Allan  Search this

Physical description:

xiii, 328 pages : map ; 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Date:

1994

1994, c1992

Topic:

Education  Search this

Multicultural education  Search this

Ethnic identity  Search this

Call number:

E97 .T37 1994

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_570840

Author:

Bensen, Robert 1947-  Search this

Physical description:

xviii, 280 p. : ill. 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

North America

Date:

2001

C2001

Topic:

Cultural assimilation  Search this

Interracial adoption  Search this

Education  Search this

Child welfare  Search this

Ethnic identity  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_683419

Author:

Cheminée, Matthieu  Search this

Physical description:

327 pages color illustrations, map, portraits 31 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Africa, North

Date:

2023

Topic:

Tuaregs--Jewelry  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Art metal-work  Search this

Tuaregs--Social life and customs  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1160815

Type:

Books

Date:

1975

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1162068

Editor:

Shiino, Wakana 1972-  Search this

Mpyangu, Christine M (Christine Mbabazi)  Search this

Physical description:

xvii, 344 pages 23 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Africa

Afrique

Date:

2021

Topic:

Gender identity  Search this

Sex role  Search this

Sex  Search this

Identité sexuelle  Search this

Rôle selon le sexe  Search this

Sexualité  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1147136

Author:

Hanserd, Robert  Search this

Physical description:

219 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm

Type:

Books

History

Place:

America

Amérique

Pays étrangers

Ghana

Ghāna

Goldküste

Atlantischer Raum

Date:

2019

Topic:

Africans--Race identity--History  Search this

Africans--Ethnic identity--History  Search this

Africans--Religion--History  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Africains--Identité ethnique--Histoire  Search this

Africains--Religion--Histoire  Search this

Africains  Search this

Africans--Race identity  Search this

Africans--Religion  Search this

Civilization--African influences  Search this

Politics and government  Search this

Gesellschaft  Search this

Identität  Search this

Civilization  Search this

African influences  Search this

History  Search this

Civilisation  Search this

Influence africaine  Search this

Politique et gouvernement  Search this

Histoire  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1147508

Author:

Childs, James J  Search this

Physical description:

ix, 294 pages illustration 24 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1969

Topic:

Machine-tools--Numerical control  Search this

Machines-outils--Commande numérique  Search this

Call number:

TJ1189 .C47 1969X

TJ1189.C47 1969X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_986

Medium:

Papier-mache with lacquer

Dimensions:

H x W: 24.8 x 46.5 cm (9 3/4 x 18 5/16 in)

Type:

Book

Origin:

Iran

Date:

possibly 19th century

Topic:

child  Search this

eating  Search this

fiddle  Search this

Iran  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

Henri Vever collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

Accession Number:

S1986.473

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bf703939-4f02-458e-a0af-ba5faecccc2e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S1986.473

Author:

Hediger, Heini  Search this

Physical description:

vii, 166 pages illustrations 22 cm

Type:

Books

Printed books

Place:

United States

New York (State)

New York

Date:

1968

20th century

Topic:

Animal behavior  Search this

Circus animals--Behavior  Search this

Psychology, Comparative  Search this

Zoo animals--Behavior  Search this

Animals, Wild  Search this

Behavior, Animal  Search this

Animaux de cirque--Mœurs et comportement  Search this

Animaux de jardin zoologique--Mœurs et comportement  Search this

Animaux sauvages  Search this

Animaux--Mœurs et comportement  Search this

Psychologie comparée  Search this

Animal psychology  Search this

Call number:

QL785 .H45 E1968

QL785.H45 E1968

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_240

Creator:

Herbert, Don (Donald Jeffry), 1917-2007  Search this

Names:

Mr. Wizard  Search this

Donor:

Mr. Wizard Studios (Firm)  Search this

Extent:

26 Cubic feet (57 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Television programs

Storyboards

Photographs

Research

Books

Scripts (documents)

Speeches

Contracts

Videocassettes

Dvds

Slides (photographs)

Notes

Awards

Scrapbooks

Motion pictures (visual works)

Date:

1906-2008

bulk 1951-1995

Summary:

The collection documents, through printed materials, photographs, audio and moving image, Don Herbert's career as a science educator under the persona of "Mr. Wizard" from 1951 until the 1990s.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents the career of science educator Don Herbert, who created and hosted child-oriented television programs on science subjects in which he assumed the persona of Mr. Wizard. In addition to a documentation about his early personal life, the collection also documents his Watch Mr. Wizard television show as well as his other television, radio, and educational activities.

The collection includes correspondence, contracts, writings, publications, newspaper clippings, speeches; awards, photographs; episode files relating to Watch Mr. Wizard and other educational programming, moving image, and audio recordings.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into eight series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1906-2007

Series 2: Awards, 1948-2000

Series 3: Speeches, 1966-1994

Series 4: Publications/Writings, 1966-2004

Series 5: Newspaper Articles, 1944-2007

Series 6: Educational Programs/Projects, 1951-2008

Subseries 6.1: It's a Curious Thing, 1951, 1954

Subseries 6.2: Watch Mr. Wizard, 1954-1989

Subseries 6.3: General Electric Theater, 1956-1958

Subseries 6.4: Instructor Magazine, 1964-1965

Subseries 6.5: Experiment, 1963-2003

Subseries 6.6: Silence of Science, 1966

Subseries 6.7: CBS National Science Test, 1967

Subseries 6.8: General Electric, 1974-1976

Subseries 6.9: Mr. Wizard Collection...Fun Things, circa 1975

Subseries 6.10: Mr. Wizard Close-up, 1968, 1975

Subseries 6.11: Challenge with Mr. Wizard, 1976

Subseries 6.12: Science Twenty with Mr. Wizard, 1969-1974

Subseries 6.13: How About..., 1977-1989

Subseries 6.14: Mr. Wizard's Whadda Ya Know Show, circa 1981

Subseries 6.15: Correspondent Science News, circa 1987

Subseries 6.16: Just a Minute from Wizard, 1988

Subseries 6.17: Teacher to Teacher, 1993-2004

Subseries 6.18: Mr. Wizard's World, 1971-2004

Subseries 6.19: Mr. Wizard's Studio, 1990-1992

Subseries 6.20: Mr. Wizard Institute, undated

Subseries 6.21: Fan Mail, 1952-2007

Series 7: Photographs, 1951-2001

Series 8: Audio Visual Materials, 1951-2004

Subseries 8.1: Supplemental Documentation, 1972-2004

Subseries 8.2: Moving Image, 1951-2004

Subseries 8.3: Audio, 1966, 1977

Biographical / Historical:

Donald Herbert Kemske (1917-2007) was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard (1951–1965), Mr. Wizard (1971–1972), Mr. Wizard's World (1983–1990), and other educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. He also produced many short video programs about science and authored several popular books about science for children. So important was Mr. Wizard to scientific education on television that author Marcel LaFollette featured his photo on the cover of her book, Science on American Television: A History, University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Don Herbert was born Donald Herbert Kemske in Waconia, Minnesota on July 10, 1917. He was one of three children (sisters Betty and Dorothy) born to Herbert Kemske and Lydia Kemske (nee Poeppel). He officially changed his name in 1940 to Donald Jeffry Herbert. Herbert graduated from LaCrosse State Normal College in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1942, Herbert volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps and in 1943 began training as an aviation cadet and then pilot. During World War II, Herbert served in the 461 Bomb Group and 767 Bomb Squadron in Europe. He was discharged from the military service on July 29, 1945 as a captain and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. After the war, Herbert worked at a radio station in Chicago and acted in children's programs, including It's Your Life (1949). During this time Herbert developed the idea of Mr. Wizard. In 1939, Herbert married Maraleita Dutton (1923-1995) and the couple adopted three children: Jeffrey (1954); Jay (1955); and Jill (1960). He later divorced Maraleita Dutton and married Norma Nix Kasell (1918-2010) in 1972.

Premiering on March 3, 1951 on WNBQ, a 14-station network in Chicago, Herbert's Watch Mr. Wizard differed considerably from earlier attempts at scientific education on television. Those shows were either very technical, like the Johns Hopkins Science Review, or used magic tricks and comedy to hold viewers' attention, like ABC's Science Circus and CBS' Mr. I. Magination. From the beginning, Herbert planned a serious, informative show for children, rather than their parents. Even though he had only minimal scientific training in college—he had been an English major at La Crosse State Normal College in Wisconsin—in his persona as Mr. Wizard, Herbert conveyed a sense of authority and expertise.

The show, broadcast live, was carefully scripted, meticulously researched, and smooth-flowing. Each week, Mr. Wizard—described by LaFollette as a "nonthreatening, easygoing, intelligent man with a smiling face" in shirtsleeves and tie (and the occasional lab coat)—carefully guided his youthful assistants through simple experiments. Using ordinary household items such as eggs, balloons, milk bottles, coffee cans, and knitting needles, Herbert explained larger scientific principles like gravity, magnetism, and oxidation. Although seemingly complex, the experiments actually were simple enough to be re-created by his young viewers in the classroom or at home.

Herbert's winning combination of personality, grasp of science, and use of ordinary objects made Mr. Wizard a hit with viewers and made a lasting impression on science education in America. As LaFollette writes, the program "enjoyed consistent praise, awards, and high ratings throughout its history. At its peak, Watch Mr. Wizard drew audiences in the millions, but its impact was far wider. By 1956, it had prompted the establishment of more than five thousand Mr. Wizard science clubs, with an estimated membership greater than one hundred thousand." After over 500 shows over fourteen and a half years, NBC abruptly canceled Watch Mr. Wizard in 1965. The last program under contract with NBC aired on June 27, 1965.

From 1954 to 1962, Herbert, appearing as Mr. Wizard, delivered "Progress Reports" during commercial breaks of the General Electric Theater. As with most commercially-sponsored shows, the progress being reported on was almost exclusively made by General Electric. Following the cancellation of Watch Mr. Wizard, he continued to use his Mr. Wizard persona in science education. In 1965-1966, he produced an eight-film-series, Experiment: The Story of a Scientific Search, which was broadcast on public television, and a series of twenty-minute films, Science Twenty, designed to complement the current science curriculum in the classroom (circa 1970).

Herbert's television show was briefly revived in 1971-1972 as Mr. Wizard, in response to protests over the cartoons and commercials that flooded children's Saturday morning prime viewing time, but it did not receive enough network support. Herbert appeared in commercials for several companies during the 1970s and briefly lobbied Congress on behalf of General Electric in 1975. In the early 1970s, Herbert also produced Mr. Wizard Close-Ups, thirty second spots that aired on NBC in the Saturday morning slot. In the late 1970s, he began collaborating with the National Science Foundation to create a series of short news briefs for television called How About…How About was an adult-oriented series of 80-second reports highlighting advances in science and technology. The reports were designed for insertion into existing commercial television programs.

In the early 1980s, Herbert returned to television in Mr. Wizard's World, a faster-paced version of the original show that ran on the Nickelodeon network from 1983-1990. After its cancellation, reruns ran until at least 2000. During this time Herbert made numerous appearances on television news and talk shows, particularly the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, where he was a popular guest. In the 1990s, Herbert produced Teacher to Teacher with Mr. Wizard, a video series that debuted on September 27, 1994 on the Nickelodeon cable channel. The innovative educational series provided a candid, close-up and in-depth visit to classrooms of outstanding teachers using hands-on, inquiry-based techniques.

Herbert also published several books, including Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets (1952); Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists (1959); Mr. Wizard's 400 Experiments in Science (1968); and Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science (1980). Additionally, he designed science kits involving chemistry, crystal growing, ecology, and electronics, which were marketed by Owens-Illinois in the 1960s.

Herbert's hands-on techniques in demonstrating scientific concepts to children were the inspiration for numerous educators who followed his lead. As popular TV science educator Bill Nye wrote in a special to the Los Angeles Times, his "techniques and performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik. He sent us to the moon. He changed the world."

Don Herbert died in 2007, shortly before his 90th birthday. Soon after, the U.S. House of Representatives marked his passing: "Resolved, that the House of Representatives (1) expresses its appreciation for the profound public service and educational contributions of Don Jeffry Herbert, (2) recognizes the profound public impact of higher educational institutions that train teachers, (3) encourages students to honor the heritage of Don Herbert by exploring our world through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields; and, (4) extends its condolences to the family of Don Herbert and thanks them for their strong familial support of him."

Sources

LaFollette, Marcel. Science on American Television: A History, University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Nye, Bill. "Teaching Science with a Big `Poof!' Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2007.

Related Materials:

Materials at Other Organizations

UCLA Film and Television Archives

The collection consists of 770 moving image items in several formats: 16mm kinescopes; 1" videotapes; 2" videotapes; ¾" videotapes; and DVDs. The collection documents Don Herbert's career as Mr. Wizard, from the early 1950's to the mid 1990's and includes such programs as Watch Mr. Wizard, Mr. Wizard's World, and How About...

Separated Materials:

Materials at the National Museum of American History

Related materials were donated to the Division of Medicine and Science. See accession 2014.0141.

2014.0141.01, Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Ecology, Series One: Microbes (science kit)

2014.0141.02, Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Crystal Growing (science kit)

2014.0141.03, Mr. Wizard's Experiments in Chemistry (science kit)

2014.0141.04, Fun with the Mr. Wizard Science Set (science kit)

2014.0141.05, Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets (science kit)

2014.0141.06, Mr. Wizard's Experiments for Young Scientists (book)

2014.0141.07, Mr. Wizard's Supermarket Science (book)

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Mr. Wizard Studios, through Thomas E. Nikosey, President, and Kristen K. Nikosey, Vice President, in 2014.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Reference copies for audio and moving images materials do not exist. Use of these materials requires special arrangement. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives.

Social Security numbers are present and have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Television personalities  Search this

Television -- educational shows  Search this

Science -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Television programs

Storyboards

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century

Research

Books -- 20th century

Scripts (documents)

Speeches

Contracts

Videocassettes

DVDs

Slides (photographs) -- 20th century

Notes

Awards

Scrapbooks -- 20th century

Motion pictures (visual works) -- 20th century

Citation:

Mr. Wizard Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1326

See more items in:

Mr. Wizard Papers

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8361c8c90-5ad7-4fc1-b619-8394f77efda4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1326

Creator:

Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this

Author:

Hayden, F. V (Ferdinand Vandeveer) 1829-1887  Search this

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)  Search this

Subject:

Holmes, William Henry 1846-1933  Search this

Physical description:

1 volume illustrations, clippings, photographs, letters. 27 cm

Type:

Electronic resources

Place:

Yellowstone National Park

Date:

1870

1870-1932

Topic:

Geology  Search this

Call number:

CT275.H75 A1 v. 3

CT275.H75 A1

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1063467

Author:

McPherson, Aimee Semple  Search this

Mack, Connie  Search this

Long, Huey  Search this

Lauder, Harry, Sir  Search this

Pons, Lily, 1898-1976  Search this

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956  Search this

Ruth, George Herman (Babe)  Search this

Rockefeller, John D.  Search this

Post, Emily  Search this

Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932  Search this

Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967  Search this

Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965  Search this

Pickford, Mary  Search this

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946  Search this

Adams, Maude (actress)  Search this

Allen, Gracie  Search this

Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964  Search this

Addams, Jane  Search this

Baruch, Bernard M.  Search this

Baer, Max (boxer)  Search this

Brendel, El (actor)  Search this

Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941  Search this

Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951  Search this

Chaplin, Charles (actor)  Search this

Coolidge, Grace  Search this

Cobb, Irvin S.  Search this

Curie, Marie  Search this

Crosby, Harry Lillis (Bing)  Search this

Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938  Search this

Disney, Walt, 1901-1966  Search this

Durant, William James  Search this

Durante, Jimmy  Search this

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937  Search this

Fetchit, Stepin  Search this

Fields, W. C.  Search this

Garner, John N.  Search this

Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962  Search this

Grey, Zane  Search this

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945  Search this

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935  Search this

Hoover, John Edgar  Search this

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968  Search this

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968  Search this

Lardner, Ring  Search this

Collector:

Galloway, Mildred (Mildred Galloway Moore)  Search this

Galloway, Mildred (Mildred Galloway Moore)  Search this

Creator:

White, Mary Lou  Search this

Extent:

0.6 Cubic feet (3 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Clippings

Books

Correspondence

Letters (correspondence)

Place:

Indiana -- 20th century

Date:

1925-1975

Summary:

Collection includes over 200 replies (160 of which comprise the book) to Mrs. Moore's letter requesting a quotation or a bit of poetry important to the recipient; a copy of her book, "Famous Personalities and Their Philosophies," and materials relating to the speeches both Mrs. Moore and her daughter gave about this collection of letters, such as notes, clippings, etc.

Scope and Contents:

The collection documents a book written by Mildred Moore entitled Famous Personalities and Their Philosophies, published in 1940 by the Bookwalter Ball Greathouse Printing Co., Indianapolis. The collection encompasses over 200 replies (160 of which are included in the book) to Mrs. Moore's letter requesting a quotation or a bit of poetry important to them. Also included are a copy of her book, Famous personalities and Their Philosophies, and materials relating to the speeches both Mrs. Moore and her daughter gave about this collection of letters.

2

Series 1 of the collection, the letters received in response to Mrs. Moore's inquiry, has been classified by occupation of the respondent and then arranged alphabetically by name within that classification. Apparently selected at random, the people she contacted were drawn from a wide variety of occupations and interests and include actors, athletes, community leaders, physicians, politicians, royalty, and many others. They are as diverse in background as Babe Ruth and the Prince of Wales, Huey Long and Winston Churchill. Most of the responses are signed by the individuals to whom Mrs. Moore's letter was addressed. Some of these have value as autographs, for example, Helen Keller, Marie of Roumania, and Adolph Hitler.

Series 2 is the book itself, arranged alphabetically with a page devoted to each personality. On each page are brief comments by Mrs. Moore about the person, and his or her favorite quotation and its source. When a second page has been devoted to an individual it is a reproduction of the handwritten response to Mrs. Moore's request (16 out of 160 entries). Sources of the quotations range through the centuries from Confucius to several people alive at the time of the book's publication (1940), but most frequently quoted are the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.

The material in series 3 is devoted largely to notes of Mary Lou White (Mrs. Moore's daughter) relating to the many speeches she made to women's clubs, fraternal organizations, and similar groups concerning her mother's collection, her publicity and that of her mother. There are also a few references to Elizabeth Wenger, who, according to Mary Lou White's notes, was repeating Mildred Moore's endeavor with respect to a later generation.

Series 4 contains replies to a letter requesting a favorite quotation sent to residents of Fort Wayne by Mrs. Moore. Most of these are dated 1932 1933. They have been arranged alphabetically by respondent.

The correspondents include Babe Ruth, the Prince of Wales, Winston Churchill, Huey Long, Helen Keller, Marie of Romania, and Adolf Hitler, and others, such as those listed below.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into four series.

Series 1: Responses to Mildred Moore's letter to famous personalities

Series 2: Publication developed from responses to letter to famous people (book)

Series 3: Development of speeches by Mary Lou White (notes)

Series 4: Responses to letters to prominent Fort Wayne area residents

Biographical / Historical:

Mildred Moore, the pen name for Mildred Galloway, later Mrs. Forest L. Moore, was born on a farm outside Cromwell, Indiana. She read constantly as a child and often wrote verse to express her feelings. Prior to November 13, 1930, when she began writing a column called "This, That And The Other" for the Cromwell Advance, a Fort Wayne newspaper, and one in Waterloo, Indiana, she had worked for several years as a secretary and bookkeeper for the Fort Wayne YMCA.

In 1931, having become interested in what motivated people and in their philosophies, Mildred Moore began to write to famous people seemingly selected at random requesting a quotation or a bit of verse that had been important to them and the development of their philosophy. The resultant book, Famous Personalities and Their Philosophies, includes 160 responses to over 200 letters to people with some claim to fame during the 1930s. Interestingly, the rate of response and acquiescence was very high with few refusals. A few indicated no favorite verse or quotation.

Mildred Moore made speeches about her collection of letters to several hundred groups in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois. Her daughter, Mary Lou White (Mrs. Charles F. White), also spoke to numerous groups about the letters after her mother's death.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Charles F. White, 1991, April 26.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Probable copyright restrictions on some material in this collection.

Topic:

Celebrities -- 1930-1940  Search this

Poetry  Search this

Genre/Form:

Clippings -- 20th century

Books -- 1940-1950

Correspondence -- 20th century

Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century.

Citation:

Mildred Moore Collection, 1925-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0409

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Mildred Moore Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8de134ba2-27ee-4591-ad74-83d2832f5943

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0409

Author:

Kreamer, Christine Mullen  Search this

Childs, Adrienne L.  Search this

Editor:

Kreamer, Christine Mullen  Search this

Childs, Adrienne L.  Search this

Object Type:

Smithsonian staff publication

Year:

2014

Citation:

Kreamer, Christine Mullen and Childs, Adrienne L. 2014. Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue From the Collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Camille O. and William H. Cosby Jr. Kreamer, Christine Mullen and Childs, Adrienne L., editors. Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.

Identifier:

135263

Data source:

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:slasro_135263