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Larkin family. Papers, 1881-1974.

Title: Papers, 1881-1974.

Papers of the Larkin, Sullivan, and Robertson families, mainly documenting the accomplishments and family ties of Florence M. Sullivan Larkin, a prominent Eau Claire, Wisconsin woman, active in her community. After growing up in Eau Claire, Larkin trained as a teacher at Vassar College and taught at several places, including Miss Beard's School for Girls in Orange, N.J., and Riverside High School in Milwaukee, Wis. before returning to Eau Claire to live with her uncle and aunt, George W. and Mary E. Robertson. Larkin traveled widely. organized troop entertainment in the YMCA at the Columbia Club in England during World War I, and was a member of the Red Cross in Europe during World War II. In 1938, she married Edwin J. Larkin, an Air Force Lieutenant, who was a lawyer and a banker in Mondovi, Wis. Florence Larkin was active in the Women's Club and the League of Women Voters and was a founding member and an officer of the Eau Claire Civic Music Association. The collection reflects the activities of Florence M. Larkin, Edwin J. Larkin, Arthur Sullivan, Eugene Sullivan, Florance D. Sullivan, Anna Sullivan, George W. Robertson, and Mary E. Robertson. Included are scrapbooks, photographs, correspondence (mainly incoming), newspaper clippings, postcards, and materials from Vassar College, Miss Beard's School for Girls, and the Eau Claire Civic Music Association.

ArchivalResource: 25.8 c.f. (44.5 archives boxes plus 8 record center cartons)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34799047 View

Larkin, Florence M., 1889-1976. Papers, ca. 1883-1974.

Title: Papers, ca. 1883-1974.

Extensive correspondence and personal papers of Florence Sullivan Larkin of Eau Claire, Wis., together with smaller quantities of correspondence and papers of her husband and relatives in the Sullivan and Robertson families. The papers document Larkin's student years at Vassar College, teaching school in Wisconsin, New Jersey, and Michigan, work for the YMCA Women's Service League in Europe during World War I, marriage to Edwin Larkin in her late forties, and active membership in the Eau Claire civic and arts communities.

ArchivalResource: 11.9 c.f. (26 archives boxes and 5 flat boxes); plusadditions of 1.2 c.f. of photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173701715 View

Larkin, Florence M., 1889-1976. Florence M. Larkin papers, ca. 1883-1974.

Title: Florence M. Larkin papers, ca. 1883-1974.

Extensive correspondence and personal papers of Florence Sullivan Larkin of Eau Claire, Wis., together with smaller quantities of correspondence and papers of her husband and relatives in the Sullivan and Robertson families. The papers document Larkin's student years at Vassar College, teaching school in Wisconsin, New jersey, and Michigan, work for the YMCA Women's Service in Europe during World War I, marriage to Edwin Larkin in her late forties, and active membership in the Eau Claire civic and arts communities. The correspondence is largely with suitors, friends, and family, particularly between Florence and her Aunt Mary Robertson who was her financial benefactor and confidant. The papers also include letters from her husband during his stateside World War II service; records of the Eau Claire Civic Music Association; scrapbooks; and diaries from her travels in Europe and America. Photographs include views of Florence and her family and friends, college years, travels, World War I YMCA work, and Edwin in the Air Force. Edwin's papers concern his Eau Claire law practice and the First National Bank of Mondovi of which he was president. Other family members represented by files are Florence's parents, Florance D. and Anna McCarthy Sullivan; her brothers Arthur G. and Eugene Sullivan; and her aunt and uncle, Mary and George W. Robertson.

ArchivalResource: 16.2 linear feet (26 archives boxes and 5 flat boxes) and.1.2 c.f. of photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39717324 View