Mrs. Frank de Garmo Papers

Finding Aid for the Mrs. Frank de Garmo Papers, 1900-1985

MS-1879

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, November 13, 2006.

Summary Information

Title: Mrs. Frank de Garmo Papers

Date/Date Range : 1900-1985

Extent: 9.0 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection houses correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, and transcripts of radio broadcasts documenting Mrs. de Garmo's service with a number of different organizations. Among these organizations are the Department of Good Roads for Child Welfare, the Better Babies program, the Louisiana Mothers' Congress, the National Society of 1917 World War Registrars, and the National Society of U.S. Daughters of 1812.

Call number: MS-1879

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use

Aquisition Information:
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Mrs. Frank de Garmo Papers, MS-1879. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of six boxes.

Biography / History

Mary Eloise Donnell was born on November 3, 1865 in Covington, Kentucky. She attended college in Illinois and taught school in Missouri before marrying Frank de Garmo in 1890. During the early part of the 20th century, de Garmo was active in a number of women's organizations. She worked tirelessly to improve children's health care, serving as the national chairperson of the Department of Good Roads for Child Welfare and founding the Better Babies movement. The first Better Babies Contest was held at the Louisiana State Fair in 1908 and national events, held for children aged six months to three years, followed soon after. During the 1930s, de Garmo served as the President of the Louisiana Mothers' Congress and as the President of the National Mothers' Union.

de Garmo was also active in several organizations dedicated to preserving the memory of those who had died in past wars. She founded and served as President of the National Society of 1917 World War Registrars and created the "Gold Star Tree Court of Honor Society" to honor those who had died in World War I. Mrs. de Garmo also held a position as a Trustee to the National Society of U.S. Daughters of 1812 and was selected as Chief Acting Registrar in the War Department of Missouri.

Mary and Frank de Garmo had two children: Margaret de Garmo Payne and Mary Cora Bryan. Mary de Garmo passed away on September 24, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois.

Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection houses correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, and transcripts of radio broadcasts documenting Mrs. de Garmo's service with a number of different organizations. Among these organizations are the Department of Good Roads for Child Welfare, the Better Babies program, the Louisiana Mothers' Congress, the National Society of 1917 World War Registrars, and the National Society of U.S. Daughters of 1812.

Subject Terms

De Garmo, Mary Eloise Donnell, 1865-1953.

Eugenics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Child health services -- United States.

National Society, United States Daughters of 1812. Tennessee.

World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- United States.

Women -- Societies and clubs.

Contents List

Box 1	Folder 1	American Kitchen Magazine, 1900
Box 1	Folder 2	American Motherhood Magazine, 1909
Box 1	Folder 3	Articles on Americanization
Box 1	Folder 4	Americanization
Box 1	Folder 5	St. Louis Americanization
Box 1	Folder 6	Author's Club-Tennyson, 1905-1908
Box 1	Folder 7	Bronze Tablet Committee: Daughters of 1812
Box 1	Folder 8	Better Babies General Information
Box 1	Folder 9	Clippings on Better Babies Contests
Box 1	Folder 10	Constitution of Prize Babies Alumni Association
Box 1	Folder 11	U.S. Baby Census Bureau
Box 1	Folder 12	Better Babies Documents
Box 1	Folder 13	Files: Better Babies Bureau, 1913-1917
Box 1	Folder 14	Photos of Better Babies Contests (Shreveport, Louisiana), 1913-1916
Box 1	Folder 15	Better Babies Photos & Clippings
Box 1	Folder 16	Postcards: Better Babies
Box 1	Folder 17	Origin & History of 1st Baby Eugenics Contest (St. Louis, Missouri)
Box 1	Folder 18	Statement of Origin of Better Babies Contests, 1908
Box 1	Folder 19	West Park Baptist Church (St. Louis, Missouri) Baby Contest, 1914
Box 1	Folder 20	Better Babies Miscellaneous
Box 2	Folder 1	Booklet on Children's Winter Fashions, circa 1910
Box 2	Folder 2	Child Labor Convention, 1909
Box 2	Folder 3	Child Welfare-Home Department of Public Education
Box 2	Folder 4	Child Welfare Conference, 1912
Box 2	Folder 5	Child Welfare Department of Louisiana
Box 2	Folder 6	Miscellaneous: Christmas Cards
Box 2	Folder 7	Church Bulletins: 4th Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 1979-1980
Box 2	Folder 8	Clubs: The Forethought Club
Box 2	Folder 9	Clubs: Sorority Circle
Box 2	Folder 10	Godey's Lady's Book, 1867
Box 2	Folder 11	National Congress of Mothers/PTA-Colorado Branch Bulletin, 1915
Box 2	Folder 12	Congressional Record, 1912
Box 2	Folder 13	Copyright Registrations-Mrs. Frank De Garmo
Box 2	Folder 14	General Business Correspondence, 1908-1912
Box 2	Folder 15	General Correspondence, 1909-1923
Box 2	Folder 16	Personal Correspondence, 1911-1935
Box 2	Folder 17	Course of Study for Teachers' Institutes, 1891
Box 2	Folder 18	Personal Diary, 1949 July-1949 August
Box 2	Folder 19	Personal Diary: M.M. McBryde, 1884
Box 2	Folder 20	De Garmo Family Genealogy
Box 2	Folder 21	Engagement Calendar, 1945
Box 2	Folder 22	Elzevir Library: Evidences of Evolution (Huxley, T.H.), 1883
Box 2	Folder 23	Establishing/Operating Restaurant
Box 2	Folder 24	Gold Star Court of Honor-World War I
Box 2	Folder 25	Clippings on Gold Star Highways
Box 2	Folder 26	History of Gold Star Highway Project-Missouri
Box 2	Folder 27	Gold Star Highway Projects-St. Louis, Missouri
Box 2	Folder 28	Papers: Gold Star Highway Projects-St. Louis, Missouri
Box 2	Folder 29	Papers: Gold Star Highway Project-St. Louis, Missouri
Box 2	Folder 30	Papers: Gold Star Highway Project-St. Louis, Missouri
Box 2	Folder 31	Gold Star Mothers-Highways and Trees. Correspondence/Documents
Box 2	Folder 32	Gold Star Mothers-Highways/Courts of Honor-News Articles, Miscellaneous
Box 2	Folder 33	Gold Star Mothers-Photos
Box 3	Folder 1	History of Corpus Christi, Texas
Box 3	Folder 2	History of American Dietetic Association, 1917-1959
Box 3	Folder 3	Hypatia Club, 1905-1906
Box 3	Folder 4	4th International Congress on School Hygiene, 1913
Box 3	Folder 5	4th International Congress on Home Education, 1914
Box 3	Folder 6	John Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary, 1827
Box 3	Folder 7	Journal of Home Economics, 1961 October
Box 3	Folder 8	Files of Mrs. F. De Garmo: Juvenile Courts in Louisiana, 1905-1907
Box 3	Folder 9	Louisiana Congress of Mothers
Box 3	Folder 10	Louisiana State Congress of Mothers-Constitution, 1907-1909
Box 3	Folder 11	Correspondence-Louisiana State Congress of Mothers
Box 3	Folder 12	Minutes of Louisiana Congress of Mothers, 1908
Box 3	Folder 13	Origin of Louisiana Congress of Mothers
Box 3	Folder 14	Louisiana Congress of Mothers-Programs, 1908-1912
Box 3	Folder 15	Louisiana State Federation of Women's Clubs- Yearbook, 1906-1908
Box 3	Folder 16	Mailing Lists
Box 3	Folder 17	Marriage Certificate (Charles Bryan & Mary De Garmo), 1920
Box 3	Folder 18	Missouri School Journals, 1900-1901
Box 3	Folder 19	Article on Mary De Garmo Bryan
Box 3	Folder 20	Mary De Garmo Bryan-Memorial Lecturer-American Dietetic Association, 1966
Box 3	Folder 21	Correspondence (Mary & Margaret De Garmo), 1920-1973
Box 3	Folder 22	Tribute to Mary De Garmo, 1957
Box 3	Folder 23	Memorial Tribute to Founders of World War Registrars, 1917-1918
Box 3	Folder 24	Missouri Congress of Mothers/PTA Constitution
Box 3	Folder 25	Missouri Congress of Mothers-Clippings
Box 3	Folder 26	Clippings-Missouri Branch of National Congress of Mothers, circa 1915
Box 3	Folder 27	Missouri Historical Society, 1924
Box 3	Folder 28	Mother's Union Banquet, 1906
Box 3	Folder 29	The Mother's Union program, 1906-1907
Box 3	Folder 30	Mother's Union Yearbook, 1911-1912
Box 3	Folder 31	Mother's Union Yearbook, 1912-1913
Box 3	Folder 32	Mother's Union of Shreveport, 1902-1908
Box 3	Folder 33	The Mother's Union (Shreveport, Louisiana) Yearbooks, 1905-1911
Box 3	Folder 34	National Congress of Mother's Brochures
Box 3	Folder 35	Newsclippings-Mother's Congress
Box 3	Folder 36	National Congress of Mothers-Correspondence
Box 3	Folder 37	Program-National Congress of Mother's Convention, 1905
Box 3	Folder 38	National Congress of Mother's Magazine, 1907-1908
Box 3	Folder 39	Minutes of National Congress of Mothers, 1908 December
Box 3	Folder 40	Pamphlet of National Congress of Mothers,1897-1907
Box 3	Folder 41	National Congress of Mothers-Programs, 1905-1906
Box 3	Folder 42	National Congress of Mothers-First Int. Congress on Welfare of Children, 1908
Box 3	Folder 43	National Congress of Mothers/Mothers' Union- Shreveport, Louisiana, 1902-1935
Box 3	Folder 44	Organization of PTA with National Congress of Mothers, 1912
Box 3	Folder 45	Correspondence-National Congress of Parents & Teachers
Box 4	Folder 1	Photo: National Convention of American War Mothers, 1923
Box 4	Folder 2	National School Lunch Program, 1971
Box 4	Folder 3	National Society of World War Registrars- Articles, Flyers, etc.
Box 4	Folder 4	Constitution/By-Laws-The National Society 1917 World War Registrars, Inc., 1929
Box 4	Folder 5	National Society 1917 World War Registrars- Correspondence
Box 4	Folder 6	1917 W.W. Registrars-Documents
Box 4	Folder 7	Report of President-Society of World War Registrars, 1928
Box 4	Folder 8	Treasurer's Report-Society of 1917 World War Registrars, 1929
Box 4	Folder 9	National Society of World War Registrars, 1921-1929
Box 4	Folder 10	National Society United States Daughters of 1812, 1918
Box 4	Folder 11	National Society Sons and Daughters of World War- Forms
Box 4	Folder 12	New Jersey Congress of Mothers
Box 4	Folder 13	Newsclippings-General
Box 4	Folder 14	Personal newsclippings-Mrs. De Garmo
Box 4	Folder 15	News Article: Mrs. De Garmo & Franklin Roosevelt, 1932 June
Box 4	Folder 16	Miscellaneous News Articles
Box 4	Folder 17	Notepad
Box 4	Folder 18	Copies of Articles on Nutrition by Mary De Garmo Bryan
Box 4	Folder 19	Paper: Texas Republic Centennial Exposition, 1936
Box 4	Folder 20	Pennsylvania Congress of Mothers
Box 4	Folder 21	Pennsylvania State Educational Association, 1912
Box 4	Folder 22	How to Organize Parent's Association in Public Schools, 1912
Box 4	Folder 23	Photos: Battleships
Box 4	Folder 24	Photo: S.S. Bryan, 1944
Box 4	Folder 25	Photo: Mr. Charles Bryan
Box 4	Folder 26	Photo: Framed-Mrs. Frank De Garmo in library
Box 4	Folder 27	Photo: Mrs. Frank De Garmo (in nurse's uniform)
Box 4	Folder 28	Photo: Birthplace of Mary De Garmo
Box 4	Folder 29	Photos: Mary De Garmo
Box 4	Folder 30	Photo: Harriet Harper; Best Baby Champion (Louisiana), 1913
Box 4	Folder 31	Photos: House interior
Box 4	Folder 32	Photos: Montana, 1949-1950
Box 4	Folder 33	Photo: Mothers' Congress during Baby Show-St. Louis, Missouri, 1912
Box 4	Folder 34	Album (I): Miscellaneous vacation pictures
Box 4	Folder 35	Album (II): Miscellaneous vacation pictures
Box 4	Folder 36	Album (III): Miscellaneous vacation photos
Box 4	Folder 37	Miscellaneous photos
Box 4	Folder 38	Miscellaneous photo material
Box 4	Folder 39	Unidentified framed photos
Box 5	Folder 1	Radio Address: "Abstract of Early American Family"
Box 5	Folder 2	Radio Address: "Dignity of Teacher's Work" , 1934
Box 5	Folder 3	Radio Broadcast: "Just As It Happens" , 1934
Box 5	Folder 4	Radio Broadcast: "A Memorial To Margaret Smith-Taylor"
Box 5	Folder 5	Registration of Soldiers-State of Missouri, 1918-1920
Box 5	Folder 6	Road Cadet Brochures
Box 5	Folder 7	Report of Department of Good Roads for Child Welfare
Box 5	Folder 8	Newsclippings-Good Roads
Box 5	Folder 9	Good Roads Correspondence, 1908-1912
Box 5	Folder 10	Correspondence-Good Roads
Box 5	Folder 11	Good Roads-Pamphlets, Miscellaneous
Box 5	Folder 12	File: Good Roads Programs, 1908-1914
Box 5	Folder 13	Good Roads Missouri, 1920
Box 5	Folder 14	Good Roads-St. Louis, 1920
Box 5	Folder 15	The School News, Jackson County, Missouri, 1901
Box 5	Folder 16	Articles on Public Schools
Box 5	Folder 17	Scrapbook Pages
Box 5	Folder 18	Shreveport, Louisiana Training School for Girls
Box 5	Folder 19	Color Slides (Vacation-U.S. & International)
Box 5	Folder 20	Speech: Mrs. F. De Garmo- "Child Welfare"
Box 5	Folder 21	Speech: Mrs. F. De Garmo- "Franklin Pierce"
Box 5	Folder 22	Speech: Mrs. F. De Garmo-Before the Monday Club, 1932 October 17
Box 5	Folder 23	Speech: Mrs. F. De Garmo-on New York's World Fair
Box 5	Folder 24	Speech: Mrs. F. De Garmo- "The Neutrality League in America"
Box 5	Folder 25	Speech: Mrs. F. De Garmo-Washington University Medical College
Box 5	Folder 26	Speech: Armistice Day Program-Woman's Monday Club, 1940 November
Box 5	Folder 27	Speech: "School Gardens as Nature Study"
Box 5	Folder 28	Speech: "Observations Upon Effects of Voyages of Columbus"
Box 5	Folder 29	Speech: Centennial Review of Pioneer Teachers of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1936
Box 5	Folder 30	Speech: Before the Missouri State Senate on Highways and Engineering
Box 5	Folder 31	Speech: "Dignity of Teacher's Work" , 1943
Box 5	Folder 32	Speech: "The Cooperation of Home, School & Health for the Standard Baby"
Box 5	Folder 33	Speech: "A St. Louis Gold Star Mother's Tour of France" , 1925
Box 5	Folder 34	Speech: Before the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1938
Box 5	Folder 35	Speech: "Good Roads and Good Health"
Box 5	Folder 36	Speech: Before the Louisiana State PTA
Box 5	Folder 37	Speech: Commemorating the founding of DAR
Box 5	Folder 38	Speech: "Child Health in U.S."
Box 5	Folder 39	Speech: Founder's Day; National Congress of Mothers
Box 5	Folder 40	Speech: Before PTA (Shreveport, Louisiana)
Box 5	Folder 41	Speech: "Modern Poetry" -Before Woman's Monday Club, 1936
Box 5	Folder 42	Speech: Mothers & Good Roads in Rural Community Life
Box 5	Folder 43	Speech: Before the press: Natl. Society of World War Registrars
Box 5	Folder 44	Speech: "Perfect Roads for Perfect Children" , 1914
Box 5	Folder 45	Speech: "Babies' Accurate Birth Records..."
Box 5	Folder 46	Speech: "Christmas in Our Factory Homes"
Box 5	Folder 47	Speech: "A Pre-School Age Baby of Census"
Box 5	Folder 48	Speech: "The Value of Good Roads, To the Child of the Fields"
Box 5	Folder 49	Speech: "The Whole Normal Child to School"
Box 5	Folder 50	Speech: Modern or Contemporary Poetry, 1936
Box 5	Folder 51	Speech: "Zachary Taylor" , 1936
Box 5	Folder 52	Speech: "Little Baby Bonds" , 1918
Box 6	Folder 1	Speech: "The Daring Deeds of the Path-Finders of Texas"
Box 6	Folder 2	Speech: "Mean Roads Make Mean Schools"
Box 6	Folder 3	Speech: Before the National Farmers' Union
Box 6	Folder 4	Speech: "Pre-School Age Baby Census"
Box 6	Folder 5	Speech: On Armistice Day, 1936
Box 6	Folder 6	Speech: "Good Roads & Good Health"
Box 6	Folder 7	Speech: "Good Roads for the Country Child"
Box 6	Folder 8	Speech: "The Children"
Box 6	Folder 9	Speech: "Good Roads"
Box 6	Folder 10	Speech: "Problem of Rural Child"
Box 6	Folder 11	Speech: "Origin of Scotch Irish"
Box 6	Folder 12	Speech: "Abstract of the Early American Family"
Box 6	Folder 13	Speech: "Books for Children" , 1913
Box 6	Folder 14	Speech: "Our Feathered Friends"
Box 6	Folder 15	Speech: "Balls-Historic and Altruistic"
Box 6	Folder 16	Speech: "The Dignity of the Teacher's Work"
Box 6	Folder 17	Speech: "Stage As An Educator"
Box 6	Folder 18	Speech: "Literature of Music" , 1917
Box 6	Folder 19	Speech: "Tragedies of Louis XIV"
Box 6	Folder 20	Speech: "Mazzini, Garaboldi-Cavaour"
Box 6	Folder 21	Speech: "Muckrakers and Muckraking" , 1916
Box 6	Folder 22	Speech: Texas Republic Centennial Exposition, 1936
Box 6	Folder 23	Notes on speeches on child welfare in St. Louis
Box 6	Folder 24	Miscellaneous addresses/speeches-Mrs. De Garmo
Box 6	Folder 25	Unidentified Speeches
Box 6	Folder 26	Speech: "The Humanity of Highways" , 1912
Box 6	Folder 27	Speech: (By Hirsch, William) Before Louisiana State Fair
Box 6	Folder 28	Address: (By R.R. James, Mrs.) "Gifts of Nations" , 1938
Box 6	Folder 29	"Spirit of St. Louis Memorial Committee" , 1927
Box 6	Folder 30	St. Louis Mothers' Congress
Box 6	Folder 31	Program-Texas Congress to Mrs. Frank De Garmo
Box 6	Folder 32	Transcript of Tribute to Mrs. Frank De Garmo
Box 6	Folder 33	Warrensburg, Missouri Normal School (Photos, Clippings, etc.)
Box 6	Folder 34	William Greenleaf Eliot Society-Washington University (Missouri) 1984-1985
Box 6	Folder 35	Last Will and Testament
Box 6	Folder 36	Personal Matters-Miscellaneous
Box 6	Folder 37	Miscellaneous
Box 6	Folder 38	Scrapbook of Clippings from Missouri Branch of NCM