Mabel McVey scrapbook, 1878-1904.

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Mabel McVey scrapbook, 1878-1904.

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The Mabel McVey scrapbook contains clippings, cyanotypes, cards, ticket stubs, receipts, programs, and invitations for or relating to Mabel and Frank McVey from 1898-1904. The first page of the scrapbook contains a clipping that reads, "The engagements of two of our seniors have been announced - Mabel Sawyer to Dr. Frank L. McVey, Phi Gamma Delta, assistant professor of Political Economy and brother of Kate McVey, 1900." A handwritten date indicates that the scrapbook was begun in September of 1898. Included within the scrapbook is an invitation for the McVey wedding on September 21st 1898 and many clippings regarding the actual event. Also documented within the book are tickets from events on their travels such as museum tickets to Shakespeare's Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage. There are also cyanotypes of the birthplace and other locations in England including Heaton Hall, Hospital of Robert Leicester, and Chester Cathedral. There are also opera and concert programs. The bulk of the scrapbook contains invitations to social events in Minneapolis, California, New York, and other locations.

0.35 cu. ft. 1 box.

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McVey, Mabel, 1875-1922.

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Mabel Moore Sawyer was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sawyer of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1898 where she had been a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority. In September of the same year Mabel Sawyer and Frank LeRond McVey were married at the Westminster church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The couple remained in Minneapolis where they had four children, one of whom died in infancy. In 1909 she left Minnesota when her husband ...

University of Kentucky.

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The University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY is a land grant institution founded in 1865. The University evolved through three stages before becoming the University of Kentucky in 1916: the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky University, 1865-78, a private, denominational institution in Lexington created by an act of the legislature on February 22, 1865; the Agriculture and Mechanical College of Kentucky, 1878-1908; and State University, Lexington, 1908-1916. A statute in 1916 changed ...

McVey, Frank LeRond, 1869-1953

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