Mary Calvert Stribling papers, 1835-1930; bulk 1920-1929

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Summary

Creator:
Stribling, Mary Calvert, 1870-1951
Abstract:
Mary Calvert Stribling (1870-1951) was a civic leader, of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Papers (chiefly 1920-1929) relating to Stribling's work as an officer of the West Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and as an official of the Red Cross in the Martinsburg, W. Va., area. Includes scattered business and family papers.
Extent:
6.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11781

Background

Scope and content:

Papers (chiefly 1920-1929) relating to Stribling's work as an officer of the West Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and as an official of the Red Cross in the Martinsburg, W. Va., area.

Other papers include: A diploma of Mary Brown Riddle from Woodburn Female Seminary in Morgantown, W. Va. (March 28, 1860); agreement of 1874 between John S. McClellan and M. Nascimento of Philadelphia and C. Strlbling of Baltimore for forming a partnership under the firm name of J.S. McClellan and Co. to manufacture silk and cassimere hats; letters from McClellan to Strlbling about their business; Indenture of 1875 severing Strlbling's relationship with the firm; letters, and will of C. K., Strlbling, who between 1845 and 1847 commanded the U. S. Receiving ship Pennsylvania; catalogue of Prince Edward Academy, Worsham, Va., for 1879; business papers of Mrs. Ann E. Strlbling, wife of Cornelius Strlbling, deceased; reports by Ann E. Strlbling, guardian of her children Chas. R., James M., Mary C, and Sue Brown Strlbling, to the orphans' court in Baltimore and in Martinsburg on the expenditures which she had made for her children and In keeping of their property; letters of Chas. R. While at Hampden Sidney College: business papers of Joseph A. Wishard, proprietor of a hotel in Smithsburg. Md.; programs of a music and a travel club in Martinsburg; sermon notes; broadside by Carrie Chapman Catt entitled "Mrs. Catt on League of Nations and the Presidential Election"; pamphlet published by the Pro-League Independents; papers relating to the dismissal of Gutzon Borglum as the sculptor of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial and to attempts to raise funds for the continuation of the work on that monument by Augustus Lukeman.; materials relating to Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa., and to Mary Baldwin College, of which Mary C. Strlbling was an alumna. Bulletin of the Swarthmore Chautauqua, Swarthmore, Pa.; and programs of services at the Presbyterian Church in Martinsburg; map of Winchester Presbytery.

Biographical / historical:

Mary Calvert Stribling (1870-1951) was a civic leader, of Martinsburg, West Virginia. Strlbling was purchasing commissioner of the Martinsburg, West Virginia, Chapter of the Red Cross during World War I, and was later secretary and treasurer of the Home Service of the Berkeley County chapter of the Red Cross. In 1926 she was treasurer of the West Virginia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and in 1930 was president of that unit.

Acquisition information:
The Mary Calvert Stribling Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library in 1950.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice Poffinberger and Jasmine Alexander-Greene, October, 2019

Accessions described in this collection guide: 9-22-50

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Charities -- West Virginia -- Martinsburg
Names:
American Red Cross
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Stribling family
Stribling, Mary Calvert, 1870-1951
Places:
Martinsburg (W. Va.) Ç‚x -- Social conditions

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[Identification of item], Mary Calvert Stribling Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.