Finding aid for the Mary Stoddard Florence Crittenton Home papers 0610
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2017 June
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Mary Stoddard Florence Crittenton Home papers
creator:
Hurd, Mary Wilcox
Identifier/Call Number: 0610
Physical Description:
1.58 linear feet.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1911-1928
Abstract: Letters, photographs, ephemera and a large scrapbook created and collected by Mary ("Mollie") Stoddard, president of the Los
Angeles Florence Crittenton Home in the 1920s. The papers document the Home, and Mollie's personal and philanthropic pursuits.
Mary ("Mollie") Wilcox Stoddard (later Mary Wilcox Hurd) was born in Placerville, CA in 1870. Mollie was a long time supporter
and president of the Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home.
Container: 1
Mary ("Mollie") Wilcox Stoddard (later Mary Wilcox Hurd) was born in Placerville, CA in 1870. After the death of her first
husband, Frank Stoddard, she married state senator Henry M. Hurd (who passed away in 1927). Mollie passed away on January
19, 1929 in Los Angeles. In an inscription inside the front cover of the scrapbook dated 1924, Mollie indicated that she wished
the scrapbook to be sent to the Pioneer Lodge in Placerville. According to the El Dorado County Historical Society, Mollie
built the Lodge and presented it to the Placerville Shakespeare Club (of which there is a postcard in the papers). [See http://www.eldoradocountyhistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/September-2001.pdf].
Mollie was a long time supporter and president of the Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home.
Letters, photographs, ephemera and a large scrapbook created and collected by Mary ("Mollie") Stoddard, president of the Los
Angeles Florence Crittenton Home. The scrapbook documents mentions of and stories about the Home, and is annotated throughout.
On the inside front cover are a number of inscriptions written by Mollie, including one indicating that she started the scrapbook
in 1913, and another indicating that she wished it to be transferred to the Pioneer Lodge in Placerville after her death.
The papers and photographs that accompany the scrapbook, dating as early as 1911, consist of personal and business correspondence,
minutes of the California Military Welfare Committee, and reports on the prevention of veneral disease. The photographs include
two portraits of Mollie, unidentified individuals and buildings. Also included are photographs of children used as illustrations
in a report on child welfare.
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Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Mary Stoddard Florence Crittenton Home papers, Collection no. 0610, California Social Welfare
Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, November 2016.
Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home records, Collection no. 0415, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Charities -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Social group work -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Social workers -- California -- Los Angeles County -- Archival resources
Women philanthropists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Ephemera
Photographs
Reports
Scrapbooks
Hurd, Mary Wilcox -- Archives
Los Angeles Florence Crittenton Home (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives