She was descended from Katherine Montgomery, a dispatch bearer and wife of Isaac Bledsoe, a colonel in the Continental Army. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Desha, a private in the Revolutionary War, major general in the War of and governor of Kentucky in Miss Desha was well-educated and for a short time studied at what is now the University of Kentucky.
The effects of the Civil War on border-state Kentucky impoverished her family. Several years later, Miss Desha accepted a position in the Lexington public school system and remained there until she took a job as a government clerk in Washington, D.
In Miss Desha accepted a teaching position in Sitka, Alaska. She found the living conditions endured by the Alaskan natives unacceptable, and her written protest to the government in Washington resulted in a federal investigation. She taught both American and Russian children and received some criticism for both her teaching methods and curricular content. Believing that such judgments revealed prejudice against Southerners, Miss Desha remarked that some people were offended because she wore a Confederate States of America pin.
She returned to Lexington in but shortly thereafter accepted another post in Washington as a clerk in the pension office. She later worked as a copyist in the Office of Indian Affairs and continued in the civil service until her death. They decided that DAR would be a national organization and that they would ask the first lady, Caroline Scott Harrison, to serve as the first President General. Anita Newcomb McGee. In that capacity she helped process the applications of more than 4, women who aspired to serve as nurses in the Spanish-American War.
She also took charge of supplying the 12 aprons that were provided to each nurse sent to the army by direct endorsement of DAR. She never missed a night of work during her entire five months of service for the Hospital Corps. Leaving her office every day at 4 p. Eulogizing her, Dr. With the consent of the National Society, she sent to each chapter an appeal for contributions toward the monument to the Spanish-American War nurses which was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery in Mary Desha died suddenly on January 29, , likely of a stroke.
Her fellow Daughters honored her memory with the first memorial service and the only funeral service ever held in Memorial Continental Hall. Her mother died when she was 4 years old and she became devoted to her elder brother to whom she dedicated her book Historic Homes in Washington: Its Noted Men and Women , published in About she moved to Washington, D.
C, where she was the hostess of Strathmore Arms, which had previously been the home of senators, judges and other well-known Washington personalities.
Lockwood wrote a reply to the editorial page noting the apparent presence of women at the meeting even as they were excluded from SAR membership. If these were true patriotic women, why is not the patriotism of the country broad and just enough to commemorate the names of women also? The DAR Constitution was signed and all national officers were elected. This meeting also established Washington, D. Inspired by Mrs. This may first be in rooms, and later in the erection of a fire-proof building.
She is physically slight, but strong, and rather below the medium height. She has firmness, strength and executive ability of a high order. An interesting face, with character written on the broad brow: and in the deep blue eyes of intellectual sweetness there is mingled a determination of purpose and firm resolve.
Her hair, silvered and wavy, shades a face, full of kindly interest in humanity. Her voice has a peculiar charm, low-keyed and musical, yet sympathetic and far-reaching. From the summer of until their deaths, all four Founders continuously served the Society in one capacity or another.
Although there was some discussion about whether or not to include Mrs. Lockwood among the Founders, she received her pin along with the others at the Seventh Continental Congress in So devoted was Mrs. Lockwood, died in I love them all and they will comfort me. Lockwood with 27 American Beauty roses.
Lockwood served the Society as its first Historian General. Ironically, Mrs. Lockwood had difficulty proving her DAR eligibility. Although she owned personal items that had belonged to her ancestors, it took almost a year to find the required documentary proof. She just barely qualified to become a charter member. Mary Lockwood died in Plymouth, Mass. She is not only the last surviving Founder but also the only Founder buried in Washington.
At her passing, the Society she helped found had grown to a membership of almost , women. She gave more service, for a longer period of time, than any other Founder. That plan was found impractical, and later the idea of erecting a single memorial on the grounds of Memorial Continental Hall was substituted.
A committee was appointed in and the sculpture by DAR member Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was placed on the grounds and dedicated on April 17, during the 38th Continental Congress. Each year during Congress the President General, joined by the Executive Committee, places a wreath at the base of the monument in the most visible sign that DAR remembers and honors its Founders.
Walworth during one early meeting of the National Society. Miss Richards was very impressed with Mrs. Ellen Hardin was born on October 20, , in Jacksonville, Ill. She was the eldest of Colonel John J. Her patriotic ancestry included veterans of both the American Revolution and the War of Her father, an attorney and former United States Congressman, was killed in while leading his regiment at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican-American War.
The couple had six children during the first nine years of their marriage; two others were born later. Walworth proved unstable and violent, frequently erupting into rages that included physical assaults on his wife.
At least one attack occurred while Mrs. They separated at least twice before Mrs. Walworth sent to Mrs. Walworth so disturbed their son, Frank, that he intentionally shot and killed his father in a New York City hotel room in He was sentenced to life imprisonment. Walworth earned her law degree at New York University. She was entitled to practice law both in New York and the District of Columbia.
She also taught classes in New York on parliamentary law and the science of government. The school was so successful that she eventually remodeled and enlarged the facilities. Walworth operated the school for about 15 years until the cold northern climate affected her health and she relocated to Washington, D.
Walworth was a prolific historian, author and suffragist. As an authority on the battlefields of Saratoga and as a trustee of the Saratoga Monument Association, she devoted herself both to the completion of the Saratoga Monument and to the erection of granite tablets to mark significant battlefield sites.
In addition, Mrs. Walworth delivered or published papers for several of the organizations to which she belonged. It was in Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was proposed for president general.
The three women also began writing letters and invitations to other women to accept appointments on the National Board of Management. Her daughter, Reubena, fell ill and died while nursing the wounded in the hospitals at Montauk Point, N. She found comfort in close family connections, living with one of her sons in her last years. A memorial service was held in her honor at Continental Congress in It is said that she opposed a proposal to make eligibility for DAR membership contingent on descent from officers alone.
She advocated the democracy of service rather than the aristocracy of rank. Her first ancestor to emigrate to the Colonies from England was John Washington in about She was educated almost exclusively by her father, who was a graduate of the College of William and Mary. Her mother died near this time, and her disabled father relied on his daughter to care for him.
When the Battle of Fredericksburg was imminent in December , Miss Washington wanted to escape quickly with her father to a place of safety but was delayed one full day because a wounded federal officer was brought to her door and placed in her care.
The battle had begun by the time Miss Washington was ready to flee, and she and her father were caught on the battlefield. She found shelter for both of them in a small trench left by a cannon. Forced to remain in that spot all day, they witnessed the entire battle from their position. At the close of the Civil War, Miss Washington was offered a government position as a clerk with the post office department and she and her father moved to Washington, D.
Miss Washington remained unmarried all her life and lived in a boarding house in Washington. Later, when he met her in the street, she gave him a look that expressed her disinterest in no uncertain terms. She was present also at the meeting at Mrs. They also decided that DAR would be a national organization and that they would ask the first lady, Caroline Scott Harrison, to serve as the first President General.
A tireless worker who was a stickler for accuracy, Miss Washington was remembered as conscientious and particular, with little tolerance for sloppy or casual attention to detail. Making her report as joint Registrar General with Mrs. Howard Clark at the First Continental Congress, she spoke out for careful record keeping. She was concerned that applications with incomplete information would prove to be of defective historical value. It would certainly save me a whole heap of trouble! Miss Washington suffered from eye trouble as the constant reading and evaluation of handwritten membership applications in her years as Registrar General took its toll on her vision.
Her failing eyesight prevented her from either writing or delivering her paper. Following the organization of the National Society, she served as one of two first Registrars General. Her mother was Elvira Augusta Daniel. Her father, the prominent civil engineer Charles Ellet Jr. He also invented the steam ram and commanded the United States ram fleet at the Battle of Memphis in the Civil War, where he was mortally wounded.
Mary was 9 years old when her father built the Niagara River bridge. Mary Ellet lost both parents within a short time in At age 23, she took responsibility for the care of two younger children and an aged grandmother. Soon after the war, she married William D. Cabell of Norwood, Nelson County, Va. To support themselves, the young couple conducted a preparatory school, Norwood, for boys. By , he, Mary and their six children had moved to Washington, D. Cabell was among the 18 DAR organizers present on October 11, That day, she was placed in the chair and presided.
Later the same day, she, accompanied by William O. Harrison agreed, because of Mrs. Organization was not finished in one day. That stately home at Massachusetts Avenue N. There, the board met monthly. I was not influenced by the refusal of the Sons of the American Revolution to admit women to their organization.
Nor had I ever read the interesting story of Hannah Arnett … In Washington, where I lived, women in the same social circle but from different sections of the country looked coldly on one another. Another spirit, another creed, was needed. Women, who best conserve the old, might best promote the new.
This was a task for Daughters of the American Revolution. On February 22, , after Mrs. Benjamin Harrison made history by welcoming the delegates and thereby making the first public address by a first lady, Mrs. Cabell presided at all sessions of the First Continental Congress.
It was Mrs. What does thou work? Cabell again presided, and was nominated for the office of President General. She declined because she did not consider herself prominent enough for that office. It was very early in the life of DAR, and Mrs. Cabell nominated Mrs. Adlai E. Stevenson, wife of the vice president of the United States, who was elected. Mary Virginia Ellet Cabell never wore the wide blue sash.
However, in the role of Vice President Presiding, as permanent stand-in for Caroline Scott Harrison, she is credited with making possible the presidency of Mrs.
Although Mrs. Harrison promised to fulfill the duties of the office whenever possible, Mrs. Cabell agreed to represent her when necessary. This unique office and the office of President Presiding, bestowed on Mrs. Cabell when Mrs. Harrison died, were created just for her. No one ever again held either position. In , the National Society presented rich golden medals to the Four Founders, who had been elected to that honor the year before.
Immediately after the presentation, Mrs. George H. Shields nominated Mrs. Cabell to the office of Honorary Vice President General, with these words:. There is a woman to whom we owe more than to any other woman in our midst. It is our first Vice President General Presiding. Harrison was unable by the cares that pressed upon her, as well as by ill-health, to preside—Mrs. Cabell … took all this labor upon herself.
Moreover, we were in those days a feeble folk; we had no income; we wrote our own letters; we paid our own postage; we had no office; the official home of the Daughters of the American Revolution was the home of Mrs.
Cabell; in her beautiful drawing room our Board met; her dining room was our Banquet Hall; her money and her time were ours. Cabell died July 4, , at Michigan City, Ind. In order for DAR to be a national society, the Founders realized it would be necessary to find a woman to serve as President General who would represent the whole country, not merely a part of it. She should be someone whose husband enjoyed a prominent place in society, and whose position would add prestige to the newly formed organization.
Caroline attended the institute and graduated in with a degree in music. She was a talented pianist and artist. She married Benjamin Harrison on October 20, Two children survived to adulthood: a son, Russell, and a daughter, Mary.
The family struggled early while Mr. Harrison established a law practice in Indianapolis. However, after serving in the Civil War—he was colonel of the 70th Volunteer Infantry— his law career prospered and he became a successful politician.
In , she had surgery in New York and required a lengthy period of recovery. Although her health was often precarious and she suffered chronically from respiratory ailments, Mrs. Harrison was known as a cheerful, gentle person with a good sense of humor.
Her greatest love was for home and family. Because of her love for music, she encouraged her children to learn to dance. Broad-minded, empathetic and intelligent, she was able to view both sides of an issue. Benjamin Harrison was elected president in November She spoke often to members of the press. Harrison was just over five feet tall and had brown eyes and brown hair. Nevertheless, she carried herself well and made a fine appearance in her reception or evening gowns. She preferred silver, lavender and deep red colors, but also wore blue and cream.
Harrison seem older and more staid than she really was. In reality, Mrs. The first lady tried to have the overcrowded mansion enlarged, even going so far as to draw up very detailed plans for adding east and west wings. Her grand plans failed, but she oversaw an extensive renovation that included the installation of electricity. Harrison took a special interest in White House history. An interest in china led her to catalog the china used by past administrations, and in so doing she established the collection of presidential china still in use today.
She had a cabinet specially made for the collection. Harrison designed her own White House china using a motif that included ears of corn and goldenrod. She worked for local charities as well. With other women of progressive views, she helped raise funds for the Johns Hopkins University medical school on the condition that it admit women.
The school agreed to accept women, and Mrs. Harrison hosted a number of receptions and fundraisers for it. She also gave elegant receptions and dinners at the White House.
Harrison accompanied her husband to the Centennial celebrations of the presidency in and even christened a battleship, the USS Philadelphia. In the winter of —, however, she had to fulfill her social obligations while fighting illness. Caroline Scott Harrison died on October 25, , at the White House after a long struggle with tuberculosis. Her funeral was held in the East Room of the White House.
With the selection of Mrs. Because the National Society was still in its formative years, Mrs. Letitia Green Stevenson has the distinction of being the only President General to serve nonconsecutive terms and, because each term lasted only one year during this period, she was elected four separate times. Stevenson to take a yearlong retirement from DAR service. The title of Honorary President General was created in her honor, but she resigned this title when she was elected President General again in After stepping down from office for the final time in , she was named Honorary President General once more, making her the only woman to receive this title twice.
While she was not always able to attend meetings because of her busy schedule, she remained devoted to DAR and earnestly strived to make it a successful organization.
Her administration touted several important achievements. One amendment to the DAR Constitution which passed during her administration was later described by Mrs. Stevenson was also privileged to ring the Columbian Liberty Bell, a replica of the historic Liberty Bell sponsored by the Daughters. Stevenson in attendance. Harriet M. Stevenson with the idea to create a society similar to DAR, but dedicated solely to a membership of children.
As President General, Mrs. Stevenson was very supportive of this effort and the resolution to create the National Society Children of the American Revolution passed at the Fourth Continental Congress in Congress for a bill to prevent desecration of the United States Flag.
Under her leadership, the DAR also raised a significant amount of money toward the erection of a statue of George Washington in Paris. At Continental Congress in , Mrs. Stevenson presided over the dedication ceremony of a life-size portrait of Caroline Scott Harrison painted by Daniel Huntington and funded by the National Society.
The portrait was then donated to the White House. Another tribute was presented by Mrs. They each received stunning gold medals with the design of the DAR Seal and rays of sapphires and diamonds. Two other details make Mrs. Stevenson was the only President General to have been a member of a chapter named in her honor. Also, Julia Green Scott, Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Before Mrs. A large gathering of DAR ladies met for a memorial service for Mrs.
Many Daughters who worked with and admired Mrs. Stevenson, including those who could not be present at the service, contributed eulogies to be read aloud. She was remembered as wise, gracious and strong. While suffering from severe arthritis and often requiring a leg brace, she continued to devote all her energies to DAR and other public services. In her eulogy for Mrs. Stevenson, Bella F. Her ear was ever alert to hear our needs, her wise counsel always given.
She not only loved the work. She loved us. When Letitia Green Stevenson stepped down from office in , DAR members once again sought leadership from a nationally recognized woman. Several ladies were nominated and seconded, but most of the women present at the Fourth Continental Congress agreed that Mary Parke Foster would be a distinguished and capable replacement. Unlike Mrs.
Stevenson, Mrs. Foster was not a newcomer to the National Society. As a charter member and former officer, she was already quite familiar with the history and inner workings of the organization.
Foster came to the office of President General as a worldly and accomplished woman. She lived in and visited several different countries while her husband served as the United States Minister to Mexico, Russia and Spain. He also acted as a consultant and commissioner for the Qing Dynasty in China. Some may have considered years of diplomatic service and living abroad as difficult or tiresome. Foster, however, was described by Mrs. Foster wrote many letters on the different cultures, traditions and people she encountered.
John W. Foster briefly held the position of U. Secretary of State after an appointment by President Benjamin Harrison in The Fosters entertained many politicians, foreign diplomats and celebrities at their Washington, D. The DAR expanded under the administration of Mrs. As word of DAR spread, the Office of the Registrar General even began to receive applications from women living overseas. Technical notes No image available Technical notes for EZproxy users. Release notes are documents that contain information about new product features and enhancements as installed in scheduled releases.
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Listen to this collection of 78rpm records, cylinder recordings, and other recordings from the early 20th century. These recordings were contributed to the Archive by users through the Open Source Audio collection. Also the Internet Archive has digitized many. Newest uploads! Turntable used for 78rpm digitization of four simultaneous recordings with different needles. Topics: 78rpm, digitization Source: Long Playing vinyl records from the Boston Public Library. The recordings span many genres, including classical, pop, rock, jazz, and opera — from 78s produced in the early s to LPs from the s.
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Collected primarily in Denmark and throughout Scandinavia. Includes 78's, photographic negatives, and 5 boxes of letterpress printed cardboard record sleeves. Danish, German, and English popular and classical music. The collection of 22, ten and twelve inch seventy-eights is one of the first that ARC worked with from beginning to end, and what a pleasure. Rare for us the discs were all carefully arranged on shelves by label, and then by manufacturer number.
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