Gladys Reid Holton papers, ca. 1916-1980.
Collection Number: 4385

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Gladys Reid Holton papers, ca. 1916-1980.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4385
Creator:
Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898-1984.
Mills, Grace Evelyn.
Quanitities:
15.9 cubic feet.
Scope and content

Diaries and scrapbooks; class notes from Geneseo Normal School, the University of Rochester, and Syracuse University; a photo album, and correspondence; notes relating to her teaching in Rochester, N.Y.; files relating to extension work and the Home Bureau; W.C.T.U. files; and miscellaneous clippings and publications. Also one manuscript volume "Poems, Maybe" by Grace Evelyn Mills. Also one folder containing correspondence (1956) relating to a "fashion" exhibit mounted by Mrs. Holton, and one ticket to a lecture by Mrs. Holton in 1933.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Preferred Citation

Gladys Reid Holton papers, #4385. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Biographical / Historical

Gladys Reid Holton was born June 29, 1898 in Auburn, New York. She began a teaching career in the 1920s. During the 1930s-1940s she was heavily involved in traditional household arts and crafts. Holton was curator of History of the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1950s-1960s. She retired from the Strong Museum in 1976.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Geneseo Normal School (N.Y.)
State University of New York College, Geneseo
University of Rochester
Syracuse University
Home Bureau (Rochester, N.Y.)
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Subjects:
College Students -- New York (State)
Education, Higher -- New York (State)
Women college students -- New York (State)
Home economics extension work.
Home economics -- Study and teaching.
Nutrition extension work.
Teaching -- New York (State) -- Rochester.
Women -- Societies and clubs.
Women's diaries.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
Scrapbooks.
CONTAINER LIST
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Mouse damage
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Diaries of Gladys Reid Holton
Creator: Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898-1984.
Box 1
Scrapbooks of Jane Holton Des Grange
Creator: des Grange, Jane
Box 2
Diaries of Gladys Reid Holton
Creator: Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898-1984.
Box 3
Diaries of Gladys Reid Holton
Creator: Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898-1984.
Box 3
Files on extension work
Box 4
Home Bureau Crafts Committee
Box 4
Extension work and clippings
Box 5
Home Bureau files
Box 6
Certificates, scrapbooks, some extension work and publications
Box 7
Class notes from Geneseo Normal School, University of Rochester and Syracuse University
Box 8
More class notes
Box 9
Artwork, notes, magazines
Box 10
WCTU
Box 11
Teaching materials
Box 12
Home economics extension material
Box 13
Framed certificates, clippings
Box 14
Home Bureau material, broadcasts written and given by Gladys Reid Holton
Box 14
Circular from Geneseo Normal School
1917-1918
Box 15
Correspondence, day books, memorabilia
1916-1923
Box 16
Student album from Geneseo Normal School
1916-1923
Box 16
The Geneseo Valley Canal, Brockport, New York
1970
Scope and Contents
Stylus Graphics
Box 16
Notes and drafts of history of the Cornell Child Study Club in Rochester, New York area
 1926-1950
Box 16
4-H brochure, Farm and Home Week program and "Portrait of a Club: History of the Genesee Valley Quilt Club" by P.A. Engebrecht
 Date Unknown
Box 16
Correspondence concerning fashion exhibit and clipping
 1939
Box 16
Ticket
 1933
Box 17
Letters from Raphael J. McNulty to Gladys Holton
 1917
Box 17
Additional papers
1928-1942
Creator: McNulty, Raphael
Box 18
Photograph album
1913-1918
Box 18
Correspondence and some photographs
 1918-1936
Box 19
Manuscript volume of poetry by Grace Evelyn Mills and letters to Gladys Reid Holton
 1913-1935
Box 20
Correspondence, articles, photographs, cards
 1939
Box 20
Farm and Home Bureau newsletters, programs
 1939
Box 20
Memos, flyers, notes concerning exhibit
 1944
Box 20
National Farm and Garden Association, Genesee Valley Branch
 1946
Box 20
Vogue's book: Smart Dressmaking
 1947
Box 20
Articles
 1967
Box 21
Correspondence, photographs and clippings
 1933-1949
Box 21
Suggestions for Bench Work in Primary Special Classes, Rochester, New York
 1925
Box 21
Speech material
 1940-1959
Box 21
Exhibit and pageant file
 1939-1956
Mapcase Folder 1
Handwritten citation for the Award of the Gold Monogram of the Rochester Museum to Gladys Holton
 June 28, 1968
Scope and Contents
Describes her work as curator, teacher and specialist in pioneer crafts and textiles at the Rochester Museum.