Watkins, (Louise Ward) Papers

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Table of contents

Diaries. 1915-1974

Physical Description: 23 Volumes

Scope and Contents

The dates on the covers of the diaries do not always accurately reflect the contents.

Volume 1

Diary. 1915

Volume 2

Diary. 1916

Volume 3

Diary. 1917

Volume 4

Diary. 1918

Volume 5

Diary. 1919

Volume 6

Diary. 1920

Volume 7

Diary. 1921

Volume 8

Diary. 1922

Volume 9

Diary. 1923

Volume 10

Diary. 1924

Volume 11

Diary. 1931-1936

Volume 12

Diary. 1936-1941

Volume 13

Diary. 1941-1946

Volume 14

Diary. 1946-1948

Volume 15

Diary. 1949

Volume 16

Diary. 1957

Volume 17

Diary. 1960

Volume 18

Diary. 1968

Volume 19

Diary. 1970

Volume 20

Diary. 1971

Volume 21

Diary. 1972

Volume 22

Diary. 1973

Volume 23

Diary. 1974

Correspondence. 1871-1917

Physical Description: 12 boxes

Box 1

Family correspondence. 1871-1910

Box 2

Family correspondence. 1911-1930

Box 3

Family correspondence. 1931-1935

Box 4

Family correspondence. 1936-1938

Box 5

Family correspondence. 1939-1942

Box 6

Family correspondence. 1943-1945

Box 7

Family correspondence. 1946-1949

Box 8

Family correspondence. 1950-1952

Box 9

Family correspondence. 1953-1957

Box 10

Family correspondence. 1958-1963

Box 11

Family correspondence. 1964-1970

Box 12

Family correspondence and other correspondence. 1971

Scope and Contents

This box contains family correspondence for 1971, as well as other correspondence (Folder 4). The other correspondence consists of a small group of letters purchased from Dawson's Book Shop in April 1953, has been added to the Louise Ward Watkins Papers. They contain the following letters to Louise Ward Watkins:

Ballin, Hugo (1932, July 14)
Blanding, Don [c. 1933?]
Bond, Carrie Jacobs (1933) 2 letters
Buff, Conrad and Mary (1932, July 20)
Carr, Harry (1931-1935) 3 letters
Durant, William James (1933, February 7)
Forester, Arnold (1932, Oct. 26)
Foley, James William ([c. 1933] Apr. 12)
Gann, Dolly Curtis (1931, Nov. 23)
Hyland, Adela Rogers [c. 1933]
Johnson, Frank Tenney (1933, Nov. 5)
Matthison, Edith Wynne (1931, Nov. 5)
McGroarty, John Steven (1933-1939) 10 letters with 11 replies from Louise Ward Watkins
Nagel, Conrad (1932, Aug. 4)
McIntosh, Burr William (1938) 3 letters
MacLean, R.D. (1939, Aug. 8)
Norris, Kathleen (1938, June 28)
Stevens, Etheman [c. 1933]
Warde, Frederick (1929-1933) 5 letters
Yaw, Ellen Beach (1932) 2 letters with 1 reply letter from Louise Ward Watkins

Manuscripts, addresses, broadcasts, poetry, etc.

Physical Description: 5 boxes

Box 13

Autobiography: Biographical information

Box 14

Manuscripts of articles, broadcasts, and speeches

Scope and Contents

Filed alphabetically by title: A-H

Box 15

Manuscripts of articles, broadcasts, and speeches

Scope and Contents

Filed alphabetically by title: I-Z

Box 16

Manuscripts of articles, broadcasts, and speeches

Scope and Contents

Includes: Address at banquet in honor of Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw, 1933. Addresses (others that were not contained in her alphabetical file). Broadcasts (1938) campaign. Broadcasts (except 1938 campaign) filed in chronological order. Compositions (school, 1904-1910?) Music (accompanied by readings) Poems by Louise Ward Watkins. Published works by Louise Ward Watkins. Notes for speeches, etc.

Box 17

Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents

Includes: Barnes, Katherine (Watkins) miscellaneous items. Certificates for George Clinton Ward. Certificates for Louise Ward Watkins. Christmas card list. Mission play- Playbill and contract for Louise Ward Watkins. Receipts, appointments, etc. Printed material relating to Louise Ward Watkins.

Photographs

Physical Description: 3 boxes

Box 18

Photographs

Box 18, Folder 1

Barnes, Katherine (Watkins). (14 items)

Box 18, Folder 2

James, Rose Mary (Watkins) Cox. (1 item)

Box 18, Folder 3

McCann, Charlotte Elizabeth. (3 items)

Box 18, Folder 4

Ward, George Clinton. (20 items)

Box 18, Folder 5

Ward, George Clinton and Katherine Louise (Schweinsburg). (6 items)

Box 18, Folder 6

Watkins, Edward Francis and Louise Ward and their children. (118 items) 1920-1950?

Box 18, Folder 7

Watkins, Edward Francis and P.C.E.A. Convention Group. (2 items)

Box 18, Folder 8

Watkins, Edward Lancaster and his friends. (28 items + album cover) Approximately 1875

Box 18, Folder 9

Watkins, George Clinton. (8 items) 1939-1970?

Box 18, Folder 10

Watkins, James David. (21 items) 1930-1970?

Box 18, Folder 11

Watkins, John Francis, 1930-1970? (3 items) 1930-1970?

Box 19

Photographs

Box 19, Folder 1

Early photographs of family and home. (21 items) 1890-1915?

Box 19, Folder 1a

Early photographs of family and home. (42 items) 1890-1915?

Box 19, Folder 2

Louise Ward Watkins. (19 items) 1890-1960?

Box 19, Folder 3

Miscellaneous photographs, including printed picture of Alvah Dunning, 8th lake Camp, Fulton Chain, N.Y., approximately 1890. (19 items)

Box 19, Folder 4

Louise Ward Watkins receiving Medal of Order of the Precious Crown of Japan. (3 items) 1970 November 17

Box 19, Folder 5

Grandchildren, etc. (20 items)

Box 19, Folder 6

Travel snapshots of historical spots. (73 items)

Box 19, Folder 6a

Travel snapshots of historical spots including Appomattox and Lynchburg, South Carolina, Unidentified, and Saratoga, New York (50 items) 1937 and undated

Box 19, Folder 7

Women's Suffrage March [in New York?] 1 item 1912?

Box 20

Photograph albums

Box 20, Folder 1

Album of studio card portraits. 1880s-1890s

Scope and Contents

Includes members of the Schweinsberg, Watkins, and Ward family. Photography studios chiefly located in Utica and Boonville, New York.

Box 20, Folder 2

Album of photographs of family and a house, presumably in California. 1910s-1920s?

General

Similar to album in Box 21, Folder 4.

Box 21

Photograph albums

Scope and Contents

See also oversize folders of photographs and albums at the end of the collection

Box 21, Folder 1

Album of studio portraits of unidentified family and friends. 1910s?

Box 21, Folder 2

Album of snapshots of family, friends, and international travel. Undated

Box 21, Folder 3

Album of cyanotypes chiefly of the town of Booneville, New York. 1909-1910

Box 21, Folder 4

Album of photographs of family and a house, presumably in California. 1910s-1920s?

General

Similar to album in Box 20, Folder 2.

Mementos and scrapbooks

Physical Description: 1 unit(1 box, 15 volumes)

Scope and Contents

The scrapbooks chiefly contain newspaper clippings from the 1930s.

Box 22

Mementos and small scrapbooks

Scope and Contents

Includes: Gavel from the Friday Morning Club, medal for the Third Class of the Order of the Precious Crown of Japan [MISSING], medals from various organizations [MISSING], scrapbooks of clippings (2 small volumes, 1886-1917), volume: Hill, K. Ethel "Turn of the Road" in appreciation to Louise Ward Watkins, 1935.

Volume 24

Scrapbook: Miscellaneous 1918-1925

Scope and Contents

Includes some World War I pieces of ephemera

Volume 25

Scrapbook: Politics 1936

Volume 26

Scrapbook: Anti-administration #1

Volume 27

Scrapbook: Anti-administration #2

Volume 28

Scrapbook: Personal November 1930-June 1933

Volume 29

Scrapbook: Personal June 1933-May 1934

Volume 30

Scrapbook: Personal May 1934-November 1934

Volume 31

Scrapbook: Parole #1

Volume 32

Scrapbook: Parole #2 November 1934-October 1935

Volume 33

Scrapbook: Personal October 1935-June 1936

Volume 34

Scrapbook: Personal June 1936-September 1937

Volume 35

Scrapbook: Personal and parole September 1937-June 1938

Volume 36

Scrapbook: Personal and campaign June 1938-March 1939

Volume 37

Scrapbook: Personal March 1939

Volume 38

Scrapbook: Communism 1936

Oversize materials

Physical Description: 1 unit(8 folders, 2 volumes)

Box 24

Awards and honors

Scope and Contents

Folder contains

1. Los Angeles (Calif.) Resolution of Commendation to Louise Ward Watkins. 1970 August 26.
2. Japan Patent of Decoration for the Third Order of the Precious Crown for Louise Ward Watkins, 1970 [also an English translation].
3. Huntington Hall. Diploma of Graduation. 1907 June 7.
4. Southern California Republican Women. Certification of Appreciation. 1961 January 10.

Oversize photograph albums

Physical Description: 2 Volumes

Volume OV 1

Family album of snapshots 1900s-1910s?

Volume OV 2

Family album of snapshot 1900s-1910s?

Box 24

Oversize photographs

Physical Description: 7 folders

Box 24, Folder 1

Home of Dr. Samuel Johnson, London (1 item)

Box 24, Folder 2

Ward, George Clinton (6 items)

Box 24, Folder 3

Watkins, Edward Francis (2 items)

Box 24, Folder 4

Watkins, Edward Francis and Louise (Ward) and their children (5 items)

Box 24, Folder 5

Watkins, George Clinton (5 items)

Box 24, Folder 6

Watkins, Louis Ward (and group in which she appears) (10 items)

Box 24, Folder 7

Unidentified (3 items)

Facsimiles

Box 23

Facsimiles

Scope and Contents

Facsimiles of box 20, box 21, oversize volumes 1 and 2, oversize photographs 1-7.

Collection Contents

Diaries.

Correspondence.

Manuscripts, addresses, broadcasts, poetry, etc.

Photographs

Mementos and scrapbooks

Oversize materials

Awards and honors

Oversize photograph albums

Oversize photographs

Facsimiles