Caroline Werner Gannett papers, 1888-1978.
Collection Number: 2475

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Caroline Werner Gannett papers, 1888-1978.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2475
Abstract:
Papers of Caroline Werner Gannett contain personal, business, and social correspondence, including letters between CWG and her parents, sisters, friends, husband, and children; courtship letters from Frank E. Gannett; correspondence relating to Rochester and Miami Beach country clubs and other social groups in which she was actively involved; letters concerning her work with the Frank E. Gannett Newspaperboy Scholarship Fund, Inc., the American Red Cross (1941-1944), the New York State War Council, the New York State Board of Regents (1947-1963), and other organizations; and letters regarding her many awards, citations, and honorary degrees. Also, correspondence, speeches, drafts, and printed material pertaining to CWG's involvement with the Syracuse University Youth Development Center and the White House Conference on Children and Youth; and correspondence, printed material, and memorabilia relating to the 1960 Republican campaign. The collection also includes photographs of the Gannett, Werner, and related families, as well as pictures of CWG, her friends, and associates; student scrapbooks, diaries, poems, plays, and other prose written by Caroline Werner; and printed material from social, political, and religious organizations.
Creator:
Gannett, Caroline Werner, 1894-1979.
Quanitities:
8.5 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Caroline Werner (January 22, 1984- January 4, 1979) was born in Rochester, New York, on January 22, 1894, the daughter of Lillie Boller Werner and New York State Court of Appeals Judge William E. Werner. She attended public schools in Rochester until the 8th grade, completing her education in various private schools. She also spent a year at "Pension Glucker," a girls school in Munich, and traveled throughout Europe during her teens. On March 25, 1920, Miss Werner married Frank E. Gannett, who had moved to Rochester two years earlier when he and two business associates purchased the ROCHESTER TIMES-UNION. A strong supporter of her husband's business and political careers, Mrs. Gannett campaigned actively for her husband when he sought the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1940. She also served as a board member of the Gannett Company, as Vice President and Director of the Gannett Foundation, and was involved in the Frank E. Gannett Nespaperboy Scholarships and the Gannett Youth Center. Remaining active in politics after Frank Gannett's death in 1957, she served as co-chairwoman of the Senior Americans for Nixon-Lodge Committee in 1960.
Caroline Gannett's social and civic works were numerous. She served as a member of the Board of the Convalescent Hospital for Crippled Children, member of the War Council of New York (working in centers caring for children of war plant workers during World War II), vice-chairwoman of the First Aid Department of the Rochester Chapter of the American Red Cross (1941-1944), member of the Honorary Board of Partrons of Hartwick College (1944), honorary chairwoman of the Lights-on-for-the-Blind Drive of the Rochester Eye Bank (1958), and as a member of many other organizations. In 1947 she was appointed to the New York State Board of Regents, a position she held until 1963. Mrs. Gannett was also affiliated with the Syracuse University Youth Development Center (1958-1961) and the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth. She died on January 4, 1979.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Papers of Caroline Werner Gannett contain personal, business, and social correspondence, including letters between CWG and her parents, sisters, friends, husband, and children; courtship letters from Frank E. Gannett; correspondence relating to Rochester and Miami Beach country clubs and other social groups in which she was actively involved; letters concerning her work with the Frank E. Gannett Newspaperboy Scholarship Fund, Inc., the American Red Cross (1941-1944), the New York State War Council, the New York State Board of Regents (1947-1963), and other organizations; and letters regarding her many awards, citations, and honorary degrees. Also, correspondence, speeches, drafts, and printed material pertaining to CWG's involvement with the Syracuse University Youth Development Center and the White House Conference on Children and Youth; and correspondence, printed material, and memorabilia relating to the 1960 Republican campaign. The collection also includes photographs of the Gannett, Werner, and related families, as well as pictures of CWG, her friends, and associates; student scrapbooks, diaries, poems, plays, and other prose written by Caroline Werner; and printed material from social, political, and religious organizations.
Correspondents include James E. Allen, Lord Beaverbrook,Alexander M. Beebee, Morris Bishop, Bennett Cerf, Winston Churchill, Cornelis W. de Kiewiet, Thomas E. Dewey, Howard I. Dillingham, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mark Ellingson, Edward R. Eastman, Jacob Javits, Lyndon B. Johnson, Kenneth B. Keating, Charles Kettering, Deane W. Malott, Richard M. Nixon, Mary Pickford, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Harry G. Stutz, William P. Tolley, Frank E. Tripp, Amy Vanderbilt, James Whalen, educators, Gannett newspapermen, friends, and persons seeking Mrs. Gannett's aid.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Caroline Werner Gannett papers, #2475. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Allen, James E., Jr., 1911-1971.
Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964.
Beebee, Alexander M.
Bishop, Morris, 1893-1973.
Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
De Kiewiet, C. W. (Cornelius William), 1902-1986.
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971.
Dillingham, Howard I.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Ellingson, Mark.
Eastman, E. R. (Edward Roe), 1885-1970.
Gannett, Frank E. (Frank Ernest), 1876-1957.
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975.
Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958.
Malott, Deane W. (Deane Waldo), 1898-1996.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979.
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
Stutz, Harry G. (Harry George), 1885-1954.
Tolley, William Pearson, 1900-1996.
Tripp, Frank E.
Vanderbilt, Amy.
Werner, Lillie Boller.
Werner, William E.
Whalen, James.
University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Syracuse University. Youth Development Center
Gannett Health Center (Cornell University)
Frank E. Gannett Newspaper Foundation
Gannett Youth Center
Gannett Company. Board
Frank Gannett Newspaperboy Scholarship, Inc
Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth (Location of meeting: Washington, D.C.). Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1960 :.)
Places:
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Monroe County (N.Y.)
Rochester (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
Rochester (N.Y.) -- Politics and government.
Subjects:
Volunteers.
Women -- Political activity.
Women -- Societies and clubs.
Political paraphernalia.
Politics, Practical.
Charities.
Social work with youth.
Education.
Education and state.
Charity organization.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Memorabilia.
Diaries.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. General Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Caroline Werner Gannett (CWG) includes letters to and from CWG's parents, Judge William E. Werner and Lillie B. Werner, her sisters, Clayla Werner (Mrs. Hawley Ward) and Marie "Blondie" Werner (Mrs. Douglas C. Townson), FEG, and their children, Sally and Dixon; letters from several friends (1915-1919) reflecting feelings on their service in World War I; letters between CWG and her mother (1912-1949); letters of support for Frank E. Gannett's presidential campaign (1940); correspondence regarding CWG's appointment to the New York State Board of Regents, a non-salaried position she held from 1947 to 1963; social and business correspondence for the Bath Club of Miami Beach, Florida, Chatterbox Club of Rochester, New York, Rochester Junior League, Allen's Creek Garden Club, Rochester Country Club, Genesee Valley Club, Gannett Newspaperboy Scholarships, Inc., and the Gannett Youth Center; letters concerning CWG's dedication of the Gannett Health Center at Cornell University on September 14, 1957; and letters pertaining to FEG's illness and death on December 3, 1957.
In addition, there is correspondence concerning CWG's affiliation with the Syracuse University Youth Development Center (1958-1961); the Golden Anniversary White House Conference on Children and Youth (March 27-April 1, 1960) and her membership on the National Committee; Senior Americans for Nixon-Lodge and CWG's co-chairmanship of this organization (1960); the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and CWG's presidency of this group (1963); membership on the Board of Directors of the School for the Deaf (ca. 1965); and CWG's committee membership for the "Good Ship Hope" (1967).
Other topics include education reforms; cultural activities and delinquency problems of teenagers; programs for handicapped children; financial assistance for churches and other organizations; honorary degrees awarded for CWG; commencement speeches; and a published speech by CWG entitled "Random Thoughts of the Lone Lady Regent" (presented in Albany, New York, June 30, 1957).
Also, letters to the Gannett's daughter, Sally, from FEG, primarily about family members, including Caroline, Dixon, Melvin C. Gannett, Gracia Gannett Rathbone, Lillie B. Werner, and others; letters to Sally at summer camps, the Harley School, Rosemary Hall, and Chevy Chase School; advice regarding Sally's studies, management of her finances, health, and eating habits; letters regarding FEG's bid for the presidency in 1940, his work for the U.S. war effort (1941-1945), his work with the Cornell University Board of Trustees and other Cornell business, and the problems of newspaper publishing.
Regular correspondents of CWG include James E. Allen, Jr., Barton Baker, Lord Beaverbrooke, Alexander M. Beebee, Cornelis W. de Kiewiet, Edward R. Eastman, Frank Horton, Eleanor and Deane Malott, Frederick A. Morse, Walter Todd, William P. Tolley, and Frank Tripp; in addition, there are letters from Morris Bishop, Bennett Cerf, Thomas E. Dewey, Erich Leinsdorf, Kenneth B. Keating, Alison Mason Kingsbury, Richard M. Nixon, John McClellan, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Amy Vanderbilt, Jessica "Judy" McCullough Weis, and many others.
Box 1 Folder 1-4
Letters to Lillie Boller from William E. Werner
1888-01-1904-03
Box 1 Folder 5
Letters from William E. Werner to his wife and daughters
1909-10-1912-12
Box 1 Folder 6
Letters to Caroline Werner (CW) from her father
1913-03-1915-07
Box 1 Folder 7
Condolence letters to CW regarding her father's death
1906-03-01-1916-03-04
Box 1 Folder 8
Judge William E. Werner to Dr. F.W. Zimmer
1915
Box 1 Folder 9
Letters to Lillie B. Werner from her daughters, Marie and Clayla
1916, 1918, 1946
Box 1 Folder 10
Letters to Lillie B. Werner from various friends
1906-1945
Box 1 Folder 11
Letters from Lillie B. Werner to her children
1926-02-1926-05
Box 1 Folder 12
Letters from CW to her parents
1899, 1904, 1910
Box 1 Folder 13
Letters to CW from her sister, Clayla
1912-1918
Box 1 Folder 14-16
Letters to CW from her sister, Marie
1912-07-1919-08
Box 1 Folder 17
Letters to CW from various friends and relatives
1908-08
Box 1 Folder 18
Letters to CW on the death of her father
1916-03
Box 1 Folder 19-20
Letters to CW from Harold "Chick" Castle Townson
1915-07-1919-04
Box 1 Folder 21-22
Letters to CW from William P. Costello
1918-07-1919-11
Box 1 Folder 23
Letters to CW from Maro "Bunny" Hunting
1915-09-1916-09
Box 1 Folder 24-27
Letters to CW from Ralph C. Moffett
1916-10-1919-01
Box 1 Folder 28
Letters to CW from her brother-in-law, Douglas Townson
1918-07-1918-09
Box 1 Folder 29-42
Letters to CW from her mother
1911-07-1949-08
Box 1 Folder 43
Letters from Lillie B. Werner to Frank E. Gannett (FEG)
1920, 1947
Box 1 Folder 44
Letters from Lillie B. Werner to various people concerning her birthday
1946-03-1948-03
Box 1 Folder 45
Letters to CWG from her mother's companion, Mary Beebe
1939-1948
Box 1 Folder 46
Condolence letters to CWG regarding her mother's death
1949-12-11T00:00:00+00:00-1949-12-14
Box 1 Folder 47
Letters to CWG thanking her for remembrances of Lillie B. Wener
1950-06-1951-06
Box 1 Folder 48
Letters to CWG regarding her mother's death
1949-12-07T00:00:00+00:00-1949-12-10
Box 1 Folder 49
Letters to CWG
1911-01-1920-12
Box 1 Folder 50-51
Papers of CWG
March 1926, November 1931
Box 1 Folder 52
Letter and clippings of CWG
1934-09-07
Box 1 Folder 53
Letter and other items of CWG
1938-02-1938-08
Box 1 Folder 54-66
Letters to CWG
1939-02-1940-11
Box 1 Folder 67
Letters to CWG from Governor Thomas E. Dewey
1943-10-25
Box 1 Folder 68-85
Letters (and other papers) to and from CWG
1944-02-1952-04
Box 2 Folder 1-76
Letters (and other papers) to and from CWG
1952-05-01-1959-05
Box 3 Folder 1-74
Letters (and other papers) to and from CWG
1959-05-1963-07
Box 4 Folder 1-49
Letters (and other papers) to and from CWG
1963-08-1967-08
Box 4 Folder 50
Correspondence, cards, programs, and other items
Undated
Box 4 Folder 51
Correspondence, newspapers, clippings, and other items
Undated
Box 4 Folder 52-55
Telegrams from FWG to CW
1919-06-27-1919-09-28
Box 4 Folder 56-59
Letters from FEG to CW
1920-02-1920-08
Box 4 Folder 60-64
Telegrams from FEG to CWG
1920-09-25-1921-06
Box 4 Folder 65-68
Letters from FEG to CWG
1921-12-21-1922-06-08
Box 4 Folder 69
Letter and enclosure from FEG to CWG
1923-02-13
Box 4 Folder 70-74
Letters from FEG to CWG
1923-04-24-1928-09-27
Box 4 Folder 75
Telegram from FEG to CWG
1930-03-25
Box 4 Folder 76-82
Letters from FEG to CWG
1934-08-21-1936-11-30
Box 4 Folder 83-84
Telegrams from FEG to CWG
1937-01-27-1937-02-19
Box 4 Folder 85
Letters from FEG to CWG
1937-07
Box 4 Folder 86-87
Telegrams from FEG to CWG
1937-09-30-1938-01
Box 4 Folder 88-96
Letters from FEG to CWG
1938-03-1940-03
Box 4 Folder 97
Letters to CWG
1940-05-1940-11
Box 4 Folder 98-106
Letters from FEG to CWG
1941-02-1942-04
Box 4 Folder 107
Letters to CWG from FEG, Sally, and Dixon
1942-10
Box 4 Folder 108-110
Letters from FEG to CWG
1942-11-1943-04
Box 4 Folder 111
Telegram from the Rathbone family to CWG
1943-06
Box 4 Folder 112
Telegrams from FEG to CWG
1943-10
Box 4 Folder 113-116
Letters from FEG to CWG
1943-11-1945-04
Box 4 Folder 117
Telegram from FEG to CWG
1945-06
Box 4 Folder 118-129
Letters from FEG to CWG
1945-07-1949-12
Box 4 Folder 130
Letter to CWG from FEG regarding their son Dixon
1950-01
Box 4 Folder 131
Letters from FEG to CWG
1950-11
Box 4 Folder 132-133
Telegrams from FEG to CWG
1951 and Undated
Box 5 Folder 1
Letter and clippings from FEG to Sally
1926-04-1926-11
Box 5 Folder 2-26
Letters from FEG to Sally
1927-1945-05
Box 5 Folder 27-59
Letters (and other items) to and from CWG
1964-01-1978-12
Box 5 Folder 60
Undated correspondence and memos
Undated
Box 5 Folder 61
Writings and speeches
Undated
Series II. Syracuse University Youth Development Center
Scope and Contents
Reports, drafts, newsletters, articles, and other materials pertaining to the Syracuse University Youth Development Center (1958-1961), which was formed in July 1958 as a joint project between Syracuse University and the City of Syracuse with a grant from the Ford Foundation. The purpose of the center was research in human behavior, primarily that of juveniles in the 13 to 16 age group. The center examined environment, socio-economic factors, systems of education, work opportunities, parental problems, community agencies, and law enforcement agencies, including training for police officers, legal aspects of handling juvenile problems and the role of the courts, young offenders, and detention camps.
Box 6 Folder 1
Syracuse University Alumni News
Fall 1958
Box 6 Folder 2
"An American Views Some European Approaches to Juvenile Delinquency"
1959-02-25
Box 6 Folder 3
"An Analysis of Work Permit Issuance and Work-Study Programs of Onondaga County, New York," by Norman R. Roth
1959
Box 6 Folder 4
Analysis and Proposals for the Madison Area Education Program
1961-06
Box 6 Folder 5
Annual Report, Youth Development Center
1959-1960
Box 6 Folder 6
Community Citizens Board
1960-1962
Box 6 Folder 7
Delinquent Behavior
1959
Box 6 Folder 8
Development of Opportunities for Youth (Syracuse University)
1959-12-04
Box 6 Folder 9
Effectiveness of Delinquency Training Programs
1951
Box 6 Folder 10
First Annual Report, Youth Development Center
1958-1959
Box 6 Folder 11
Ford Foundation grant
1958, 1960
Box 6 Folder 12
A General Research Orientation, Syracuse University Youth Development Center
1960
Box 6 Folder 13
Youth Development Center newsletter
1959-1961
Box 6 Folder 14
One Parent Family Institute
1960
Box 6 Folder 15
Draft for the Proposed Madison School Neighborhood Youth Development Project
1959-03
Box 6 Folder 16
Report on Demonstration Projects
1959-02-25
Box 6 Folder 17
Report on Education and Training
1959-02-25
Box 6 Folder 18
"The Role of the Advisory Committee"
1959-06-15
Box 6 Folder 19
"Social Mobility as Deviant Behavior: A Natural Experiment in Public Housing"
1960-05-20
Box 6 Folder 20
Syracuse Housing Authority
1960-08-08
Box 6 Folder 21
Youth Development Center reports and bulletins
1958-1959
Box 6 Folder 22
Juvenile delinquency reports and brochures
1957-1960
Box 6 Folder 23
"What Can We Do?" (articles in Presbyterian Life)
1958-11
Box 6 Folder 24
Youth Board News, New York City Youth Board
1958-10
Box 6 Folder 25
Youth Development Center reports
1960-1961
Box 6 Folder 26
Address by Rabbi Herbert Bronstein on Youth, Parents and Society
1958-12
Series III. White House Conference on Children and Youth
Scope and Contents
The White House Conference on Children and Youth has been held every ten years since it was first originated by James E. West and sponsored by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1909. The purpose of the conference is to assess the needs and conditions of children, and the theme of the 1960 conference was "to promote opportunities for children and youth to realize their full potential for a creative life in freedom and dignity." The 8,000 participants of the conference heard and discussed problems typical of the 1960s; focus was leveled on larger families, changing population problems, increased numbers of women and young people entering the work force, unemployment problems, broken homes, out of wedlock birth increases, the rise of juvenile delinquency and shortages of programs for assisting the juvenile offender, substandard housing and slums in rural areas and inner cities, health problems in children such as blindness, birth defects, mental illness, immunization, carcinomas, and poor nutrition. Proposals for changes in legislation, education, government funding, and medical care were discussed, as well as future trends in these areas. Honorary Chairman was president Dwight D. Eisenhower (who called for the conference0; Honorary Vice Chairman, Arthur S. Flemming; Chairman, Mrs. Rollin Brown, Vice Chairmen, Dr. Hurst R. Anderson, Dr. Philip S. Barba, Mrs. James E. Blue, Robert E. Bondy, Erwin D. Canham, Dr. Donald K. David, Luther Foster, Msgr. Raymond J. Gallagher, Caroline W. Gannett, Dr. Edward D. Greenwood, Dr. Daryl P. Harvey, Dr. Donald S. Howard, Dr. Ruth A. Stout, Rabbi Marc C. Tannenbaum, Rev. Dr. William J. Villaume; Secretary, Mrs. Katherine B. Oettinger; Executive Director, Ephraim R. Gomberg. Records of the conference in Mrs. Gannett's papers include much printed matter, published reports, minutes, memoranda, speeches, and drafts.
Box 6 Folder 27
Address by Arthur S. Flemming
1960-04-01
Box 6 Folder 28
Address by Melvin A. Glasser on A Decade since the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth.
1959-02-05
Box 6 Folder 29
Address of Ephraim R. Gomberg, "Decade of Progress," White House Conference Golden Anniversary
1960
Box 6 Folder 30
Address by Dr. Ruth A. Stout
1960-04-01
Box 6 Folder 31
Budget and other matters
1958-12
Box 6 Folder 32
"Children in a Changing World" (a book of charts)
1960
Box 6 Folder 33
Conference interpretation plans
1959
Box 6 Folder 34
Conference participants
1958
Box 6 Folder 35
Conference topic guide
1958
Box 6 Folder 36-38
Correspondence regarding the conference
1958-1960
Box 6 Folder 39
"Conference Reporter"
1958-1960
Box 6 Folder 40
"Daily Bulletin"
1960
Box 6 Folder 41
A Decade of Progress, Vol. 1.
1950-1960
Box 6 Folder 42
Draft proposal concerning the 1960 conference
1958
Box 6 Folder 43
Emotional Aspects of School Desegregation (a report by psychiatrists)
1960
Box 6 Folder 44
Executive Committee of the President's National Committee
1958-1959
Box 6 Folder 45
Financial Report
1958-1960
Box 6 Folder 46
Focus on Children and Youth (report of National Organizations)
1960
Box 6 Folder 47
Forum Plan
1960
Box 6 Folder 48
Index to State Reports
1960
Box 6 Folder 49
Memoranda on delinquency prevention
1959
Box 6 Folder 50
Minutes of the Committee on Exhibits
1950-1958
Box 6 Folder 51
Report: Mobilizing Against Delinquency and Neglect
1958-12
Box 6 Folder 52
National Committee for Children and Youth
1959-1960
Box 6 Folder 53
New York State delegates for the 1960 conference
1958-1960
Box 6 Folder 54
Patterns of Organization of State Committees for Children and Youth
1960
Box 6 Folder 55
Photocopies of news clippings
1958-1960
Box 6 Folder 56
Photo exhibits done by youth
1960
Box 6 Folder 57-59
Pre-conference plans
1958-1960
Box 6 Folder 60
President's National Committee
1959-1960
Box 6 Folder 61
Prospectus on Research
1960
Box 6 Folder 62
Notes and speech by Katherine Brownell Pettinger
1958-1959
Box 6 Folder 63
The States Report on Children and Youth
1960
Box 6 Folder 64
Recommendation: Composite Report on Forum Findings
1960
Box 6 Folder 65
Source materials regarding the conference
1958
Box 6 Folder 66
Teen Times (magazine for the Future Homemakers of America)
1960
Box 6 Folder 67
Toward a Good Life for Children and Youth in the Empire State
1960
Box 6 Folder 68
"The World Around the Youth"
1960
Box 6 Folder 69
Pamphlets regarding the White House Conference
1959-1960
Series IV. Volumes
Scope and Contents
Primarily diaries, scrapbooks, and other volumes used by Caroline Werner as an adolescent and as a young woman. Scrapbooks contain letters, postcards, programs, calling cards, dance cards, photographs, and other memorabilia documenting her childhood, her travels abroad, her years as a Rosemary Hall schoolgirl, and as a young Rochester socialite. Diaries discuss her travels abroad, life in Rochester, New York, and acquaintance, courtship, and marriage to Frank E. Gannett on March 25, 1920. Also, a notebook which includes a play, short stories, and poems written by Caroline Werner 1912; a camp songbook; and a Hotchkiss School Class Day book.
Box 7 Folder 1
"A Line a Day," diary kept by CW
1909-1912
Box 7 Folder 2
Diary: "My Trip Abroad"
1909-1910
Box 7 Folder 3
The House Glass, Columbia School, Rochester, New York
1911-03
Box 7 Folder 4
Notebook: "Chore Play," including short stories and poems by CW
1912
Box 7 Folder 5
Diary, Vol. I.
1912-09-30-1912-12-20
Box 7 Folder 6
Diary, Vol. II.
1912-12-21-1913-06-12
Box 7 Folder 7
Diary, Vol. III.
1913-10-01-1914-04-26
Box 7 Folder 8
Class Day, Hotchkiss School
1914
Box 7 Folder 9
Songbook, Miss Case's Camp
1914
Box 7 Folder 10
Pages from a Rosemary Hall yearbook
1913-1914
Box 7 Folder 11
Diary: "A Line a Day"
1915-1917
Box 7 Folder 12
Diary: "A Line a Day," including pre-wedding plans
1918-1921
Box 7 Folder 13
Opportunity Still Knocks, published by the Horatio Alger Awards Committee of the American Schools and Colleges Association, Inc.
1960-06
Box 8
Scrapbook of letters, photographs, programs, and other memorabilia
1902-1909
Box 9
Scrapbook of items from CWG's trip abroad; other photographs, letters, postcards, and miscellany
1908-1912
Box 10
Scrapbook of letters, photographs, name cards, and memorabilia documenting CWG's years at Rosemary Hall and as a young Rochester socialite
1911-1915
Series V. Photographs
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Caroline Werner Gannett with Frank E. Gannett, family members, friends, business associates, and others include early photographs of the Gannett, Werner, Boller, and Brooks families; family photos of CWG's parents, Judge William C. Werner (ca. 1912) and Lillie B. Werner, and of Caroline Werner as a child; photos of Douglas C. Townson (CWG's brother-in-law, 1918); childhood photographs of Sally and Dixon Gannett; and later photos of Sally Gannett McAdams. There are a number of photographs of CWG from the 1930s to approximately 1966, and several with her husband in 1945, 1948, and 1953. Also, Count Felix von Luckner, a family friend; Thomas E. Dewey; Richard Nixon; Mary Pickford Rogers; Charles Kettering; and Winston Churchill. Included are several photos of the New York State Board of Regents; the Mees Observatory; the awarding of honorary degrees to CWG and FEG from Keuka College (1947) and from Syracuse University (1953) and to CWG from Ithaca College (1959); and photographs of portraits of Caroline Gannett.
Box 11 Folder 1
Ithaca Hotel
1898
Box 11 Folder 2
Douglas Townson (CWG's brother-in-law)
1918-06-17
Box 11 Folder 3
Judge William E. Werner
1902
Box 11 Folder 4
Four Christmas cards with photos of Sally and Dixon Gannett
Undated
Box 11 Folder 5
Early family photographs, possibly Gannett, Werner, Boller, and Brooks family members
Undated
Box 11 Folder 6
Court Felix von Luckner
1932
Box 11 Folder 7
CWG, Sally, and other friends and family members
1940
Box 11 Folder 8
Lillie B. Werner, CWG, Sally Gannett McAdam and her son, Charles
1950s
Box 11 Folder 9
CWG and secretary, Mrs. Nellie Bell, Atlantic City, New Jersey
940
Box 11 Folder 10
Thomas Dewey campaign
1948
Box 11 Folder 11
Snapshots of CWG
1948-1949
Box 11 Folder 12
Genesee Village dinner for the New York State Board of Regents
1952-06
Box 11 Folder 13
Negatives (CWG's annotations on enclosed envelope)
Undated
Box 11 Folder 14
CWG and FEG at the Miami Airport
1945
Box 11 Folder 15
CWG and FEG photo taken after FEG's 1948 illness
1948
Box 11 Folder 16
CWG and unidentified young man at the Syracuse Youth Center Barn
1959
Box 11 Folder 17
CWG at various unidentified events
1954
Box 11 Folder 18
Harvest Queen coronation
1966-07-30
Box 11 Folder 19
CWG and Richard Nixon
1957
Box 11 Folder 20
Childhood photographs of CW
Undated
Box 11 Folder 21
CWG (in a Chinese costume) with Abram V. Morris at a Charity Ball in Miami Beach
Undated
Box 11 Folder 22
Eastman Museum Dedication
Undated
Box 11 Folder 23
Rochester Times-Union Twenty-Five Year Club Dinner
1953
Box 11 Folder 24
Gannett homes in Rochester and in Miami Beach
Undated
Box 11 Folder 25
Taft party at the Gannett home in Rochester
Undated
Box 11 Folder 26
Honorary degree given to CWG and Charles Kettering
Undated
Box 11 Folder 27
Ithaca College honorary degree
Undated
Box 11 Folder 28
CWG receiving an honorary degree at Ithaca College; other Ithaca College graduation photographs
1959-06-06
Box 11 Folder 29
Keuka College honorary degrees to CWG and FEG
1947
Box 11 Folder 30
Mees Observatory
Undated
Box 11 Folder 31
Red Cross Department Heads: CWG and Girl Scouts swim program of the Red Cross
1942
Box 11 Folder 32-33
New York State Board of Regents
1947, 1952, 1954-1959
Box 11 Folder 34
Syracuse University honorary degree to CWG and FEG
1953
Box 11 Folder 35
Portraits of CWG
1920s-1950s
Box 11 Folder 36
White House Conference on Children and Youth
1960
Box 11 Folder 37
Autographed photo of Winston Churchill
Undated
Box 11 Folder 38
Portrait of CWG as a New York State Regent
1954
Box 11 Folder 39
Three large photographs of the New York State Board of Regents
1948, 1954
Series VI. Printed Material
Scope and Contents
Includes information on the Bath Club of Miami Beach and country clubs of Florida; greeting chards sent to CWG; University of Rochester Library Bulletin concerning the book and manuscript of Judge William E. Werner (1954); Eisenhower-Nixon Inaugural Ball program (1957); Elmira College Bulletin with CWG receiving an honorary degree; Board of Regents brochures; invitation to Lyndon B. Johnson's inauguration; Committee of One Hundred of Miami Beach, Florida; Mees Observatory; Robert A. Taft Institute of Government brochures; items from various political, civic, and dedication banquets, World Council of Churches newsletter and other printed information; and several religious brochures.
Box 12 Folder 1
Newspaper clippings and other items concerning CWG
Undated
Box 12 Folder 2
Miscellaneous mimeographed items
Undated
Box 12 Folder 3
Bath Club items
1955-1958
Box 12 Folder 4
Greeting cards sent to CWG
1950s
Box 12 Folder 5
Article regarding CWG's honorary degree from Elmira College
1958
Box 12 Folder 6
Lyndon B. Johnson Inaugural invitation
1965
Box 12 Folder 7
Board of Regents brochures
1959-1960
Box 12 Folder 8
Dinner and banquet programs
1957-1966
Box 12 Folder 9
Gannett Health Clinic
1957-06
Box 12 Folder 10
Country Club memorabilia
1952-1955
Box 12 Folder 11
Committee of One Hundred
1957
Box 12 Folder 12
Inaugural programs
1957
Box 12 Folder 13
Mees Observatory
1964
Box 12 Folder 14
Religious brochures
1958, 1963-1965
Box 12 Folder 15
Robert A. Taft Institute of Government
1962
Box 12 Folder 16
University of Rochester Library Bulletin (account of William E. Werner's papers)
1954
Box 12 Folder 17
World Council of Churches
1963
Series VII. 1960 Republican Presidential Campaign
Scope and Contents
Primarily bulletins, buttons, handouts, letters, program information, and newsletters on the Nixon-Lodge presidential campaign. Also included are materials concerning preparations for the Republican campaign dinner; CWG's campaign notebook; various memos, correspondence, and news releases for the National Volunteers for Nixon and Lodge, Republican Campaign Headquarters, and Senior Americans for Nixon-Lodge Committee; and election extras of Newsweek and Times magazines. In addition, there is one folder on the Judy Weis campaign for Congress (1960).
Box 13 Folder 1
Answer Desk Bulletin, Republican National Committee
1960-10
Box 13 Folder 2
Republican campaign broadsides
1960
Box 13 Folder 3
Republican campaign handouts
1960
Box 13 Folder 4
Celebrities Committee for Nixon and Lodge
1960
Box 13 Folder 5
College Youth for Nixon
1960-10
Box 13 Folder 6-7
Correspondence regarding the Republican Campaign
1960-09-1960-11
Box 13 Folder 8
CWG's campaign notebook
1960
Box 13 Folder 9
Human Events
1960-10-1960-11
Box 13 Folder 10
National Review
1960-12-03
Box 13 Folder 11
National Volunteers for Nixon-Lodge
1960-08-1960-10
Box 13 Folder 12
National Volunteers for Nixon-Lodge news releases
1960
Box 13 Folder 13
Newsweek election extra
1960-11-14
Box 13 Folder 14
Nixon program information
1960-08-1960-10
Box 13 Folder 15
Republican Campaign Dinner
1960-09-29
Box 13 Folder 16
Republican Campaign Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
1960-10
Box 13 Folder 17
Senior American for Nixon Lodge Committee
1960-09-1960-10
Box 13 Folder 18
Times magazine election issue
1960-11-16
Box 13 Folder 19
Judy Weis campaign
1960-09-1960-12
Box 13 Folder 20
"Nixon-Lodge" pearl circle pin
1960
Box 13 Folder 21
Round "gold" elephant pin
1960
Box 13 Folder 22
Rhinestone campaign pin: "Dick"
1960
Box 13 Folder 23
Campaign button: "I'm Working to Re-Elect Judy Weis to Congress" Also, blue thimble: "For Congress Judy Weis"
1960
Box 13 Folder 24
Campaign button: "For President, Townson"
1960
Box 13 Folder 25
Campaign button: "For Governor, Nelson Rockefeller, For Senator, Ken Keating"
1960
Box 13 Folder 26
Nixon-Lodge earrings Nixon-Lodge pin
1960
Box 13 Folder 27
Blue and white rhinestone pins: "Pat for First Lady"
1960
Box 13 Folder 28
Rhinestone circle pin: "Nixon"
1960
Box 13 Folder 29
CWG's New York State War Council Member medallion
1960