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Series I is primarily correspondence to Mrs. McClenahan. Series II consists of material of twelve major civic and volunteer organizations with which she was involved. Because of the volume of the materials, each organization in this series was divided into its own subseries. Series III is composed of other organizations in which she was active, but of sufficient quantity to justify its own subseries. The material in this series is divided alphabetically. Series IV is a collection of her speeches and articles. The speeches in this series are unidentified by audience or sponsor or affiliated with a group not otherwise not listed in another series. Additional speeches may be found in organizational series by checking folder headings. Series V contains material regarding political candidates and issues. Series VI consists of material relating to the various schools, colleges and universities she has been associated with and is divided alphabetical. 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The materials in these containers, boxes 91-109, were added to the end of the collection and are divided as follows: Correspondence (n.d., 1930-1998); Maymont Foundation (n.d., 1983-1997); Richmond Better Housing Coalition (n.d., 1988-1999); Richmond Renaissance (n.d., 1987-1996); miscellaneous colleges and schools (n.d., 1967-1997); Richmond Urban Forum (19- 19); Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation (1968-1993); St. Paul's Episcopal Church (n.d., 1984-1998); Stratford Hall (n.d., 1984-1989); Virginia Historical Society (n.d., 1983-1992); Virginia Union University (n.d., 1988- 1993); and miscellaneous civic and volunteer organizations (n.d., 1967-1998).","Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan is a Richmond community leader, activist and philanthropist. She has been described as the \"conscience of Richmond\" for her contributions to the Richmond community in the areas of racial harmony, housing, Richmond revitalization and historic preservation. She has also been active in the arts, her church, and education.","Born in Richmond on April 6, 1917, Mary Tyler is the daughter of Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953), noted historian and journalist, and Inez Goddin Freeman (1891-1974). She attended St. Catherine's School and Vassar College, receiving an A.B. in English-Creative Writing in 1937.","After college she worked briefly as a secretary in the Department of Fine Arts of William and Mary College where she met Leslie Cheek, Jr. (1908-1992), then head of the department. They married in 1939. The Cheeks lived in Baltimore for three years while Mr. Cheek was Director of the Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts and in Washington, D.C. during World War II. While Mr. Cheek served in the Army, Mrs. McClenahan volunteered as a nurse's aid. After Cheek's discharge from the Army in 1945, they lived in New York City where Cheek had been hired as an Associate Editor of Architectural Forum Magazine. The couple returned to Richmond when Cheek became the first director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1948-1968). The Cheeks had four children. After Mr. Cheek's death in 1992, Mrs. Cheek married Dr. John Lorimer McClenahan, a retired Pennsylvanian radiologist, the following year.","Mrs. McClenahan is responsible for a number of Richmond civic initiatives, including bringing together the 35 groups that make up the Richmond Better Housing Coalition and founding the Richmond Urban Forum. She was twice president of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood and has participated as a volunteer and board member of numerous Richmond civic organizations, including Richmond Renaissance and Richmond-On- The- James. She has also been an active member of Richmond's historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church.","Some of the organizations Mrs. McClenahan has been associated with include: ","Member, Executive Committee and Board of The Arts Council of Richmond \nMember, 175th Anniversary of the Executive Mansion Commission \nAdvisory Committee Girl Scouts \nMember, Board of Historic Richmond Foundation \nDame and Member of the Board of Governors of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem \nMember, National Committee, Jefferson Poplar Forest Fund \nMember, Board of Leadership Metro Richmond \nMember, Board of Maymont Foundation \nChairman, Film Committee of the National Council for America's First Freedom: The Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom \nRichmond AIDS Ministry \nCo-Chairman, Richmond Better Housing Coalition \nMember, Board of Richmond Hill \nMember, Board of Richmond-On-The-James \nMember, Executive Committee and Board of Richmond Renaissance \nFounder and Honorary Chairman, Richmond Urban Forum \nDirector for Virginia and Past President, Robert E. 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Washington Community Services Award (1988) \nStyle Magazine's Richmonder of the Year (1991) \nHousing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.) Fair Housing Award \nH.O.M.E. Sallie Wilson Peake Memorial Award for Outstanding Support of Fair Housing \nNational Multiple Sclerosis Society, Silver Hope Award (1994) ","Honorary Degrees Mrs. McClenahan has received: ","Doctor of Humanities from University of Richmond \nDoctor of Humane Letters from St. Paul's College \nDoctor of Humane Letters from Washington and Lee University \nDoctor of Humane Letters from Hollins College \nDoctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Commonwealth University ","The collection includes correspondence, notes, clippings, various organizational minutes, reports and files, drafts of speeches, manuscripts and published materials dating from 1933 through 1993. 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The materials in these containers, boxes 91-109, were added to the end of the collection and are divided as follows: Correspondence (n.d., 1930-1998); Maymont Foundation (n.d., 1983-1997); Richmond Better Housing Coalition (n.d., 1988-1999); Richmond Renaissance (n.d., 1987-1996); miscellaneous colleges and schools (n.d., 1967-1997); Richmond Urban Forum (19- 19); Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation (1968-1993); St. Paul's Episcopal Church (n.d., 1984-1998); Stratford Hall (n.d., 1984-1989); Virginia Historical Society (n.d., 1983-1992); Virginia Union University (n.d., 1988- 1993); and miscellaneous civic and volunteer organizations (n.d., 1967-1998)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan is a Richmond community leader, activist and philanthropist. She has been described as the \"conscience of Richmond\" for her contributions to the Richmond community in the areas of racial harmony, housing, Richmond revitalization and historic preservation. She has also been active in the arts, her church, and education.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBorn in Richmond on April 6, 1917, Mary Tyler is the daughter of Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953), noted historian and journalist, and Inez Goddin Freeman (1891-1974). She attended St. Catherine's School and Vassar College, receiving an A.B. in English-Creative Writing in 1937.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter college she worked briefly as a secretary in the Department of Fine Arts of William and Mary College where she met Leslie Cheek, Jr. (1908-1992), then head of the department. They married in 1939. The Cheeks lived in Baltimore for three years while Mr. Cheek was Director of the Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts and in Washington, D.C. during World War II. While Mr. Cheek served in the Army, Mrs. McClenahan volunteered as a nurse's aid. After Cheek's discharge from the Army in 1945, they lived in New York City where Cheek had been hired as an Associate Editor of Architectural Forum Magazine. The couple returned to Richmond when Cheek became the first director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1948-1968). The Cheeks had four children. After Mr. Cheek's death in 1992, Mrs. Cheek married Dr. John Lorimer McClenahan, a retired Pennsylvanian radiologist, the following year.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. McClenahan is responsible for a number of Richmond civic initiatives, including bringing together the 35 groups that make up the Richmond Better Housing Coalition and founding the Richmond Urban Forum. She was twice president of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood and has participated as a volunteer and board member of numerous Richmond civic organizations, including Richmond Renaissance and Richmond-On- The- James. 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Lee Memorial Association which administers Stratford Hall, the birthplace of Robert E. 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She has been described as the \"conscience of Richmond\" for her contributions to the Richmond community in the areas of racial harmony, housing, Richmond revitalization and historic preservation. She has also been active in the arts, her church, and education.","Born in Richmond on April 6, 1917, Mary Tyler is the daughter of Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953), noted historian and journalist, and Inez Goddin Freeman (1891-1974). She attended St. Catherine's School and Vassar College, receiving an A.B. in English-Creative Writing in 1937.","After college she worked briefly as a secretary in the Department of Fine Arts of William and Mary College where she met Leslie Cheek, Jr. (1908-1992), then head of the department. They married in 1939. The Cheeks lived in Baltimore for three years while Mr. Cheek was Director of the Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts and in Washington, D.C. during World War II. While Mr. Cheek served in the Army, Mrs. McClenahan volunteered as a nurse's aid. After Cheek's discharge from the Army in 1945, they lived in New York City where Cheek had been hired as an Associate Editor of Architectural Forum Magazine. The couple returned to Richmond when Cheek became the first director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1948-1968). The Cheeks had four children. After Mr. Cheek's death in 1992, Mrs. Cheek married Dr. John Lorimer McClenahan, a retired Pennsylvanian radiologist, the following year.","Mrs. McClenahan is responsible for a number of Richmond civic initiatives, including bringing together the 35 groups that make up the Richmond Better Housing Coalition and founding the Richmond Urban Forum. She was twice president of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood and has participated as a volunteer and board member of numerous Richmond civic organizations, including Richmond Renaissance and Richmond-On- The- James. She has also been an active member of Richmond's historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church.","Some of the organizations Mrs. McClenahan has been associated with include: ","Member, Executive Committee and Board of The Arts Council of Richmond \nMember, 175th Anniversary of the Executive Mansion Commission \nAdvisory Committee Girl Scouts \nMember, Board of Historic Richmond Foundation \nDame and Member of the Board of Governors of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem \nMember, National Committee, Jefferson Poplar Forest Fund \nMember, Board of Leadership Metro Richmond \nMember, Board of Maymont Foundation \nChairman, Film Committee of the National Council for America's First Freedom: The Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom \nRichmond AIDS Ministry \nCo-Chairman, Richmond Better Housing Coalition \nMember, Board of Richmond Hill \nMember, Board of Richmond-On-The-James \nMember, Executive Committee and Board of Richmond Renaissance \nFounder and Honorary Chairman, Richmond Urban Forum \nDirector for Virginia and Past President, Robert E. Lee Memorial Association which administers Stratford Hall, the birthplace of Robert E. 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Washington Community Services Award (1988) \nStyle Magazine's Richmonder of the Year (1991) \nHousing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.) Fair Housing Award \nH.O.M.E. Sallie Wilson Peake Memorial Award for Outstanding Support of Fair Housing \nNational Multiple Sclerosis Society, Silver Hope Award (1994) ","Honorary Degrees Mrs. McClenahan has received: ","Doctor of Humanities from University of Richmond \nDoctor of Humane Letters from St. Paul's College \nDoctor of Humane Letters from Washington and Lee University \nDoctor of Humane Letters from Hollins College \nDoctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Commonwealth University "],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBox/Folder, Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan Papers, M 302, Special Collection and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Box/Folder, Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan Papers, M 302, Special Collection and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection includes correspondence, notes, clippings, various organizational minutes, reports and files, drafts of speeches, manuscripts and published materials dating from 1933 through 1993. The bulk of the collection dates from the late 1970s through the early 1990s and focuses on Mrs. McClenahan's involvement on issues of race, housing, historic preservation, and Richmond revitalization.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe organizational records in the collection include material from many of Richmond's major civic organizations, including Planned Parenthood, the Richmond Better Housing Coalition, Richmond-On-The-James, Richmond Renaissance and the Richmond Urban Forum. The activities of other organizations are also represented to a lesser degree. A number of these organizations are represented in other collections within Special Collections \u0026amp; Archives. Please ask a staff member for more information.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also contains material documenting Mrs. McClenahan's involvement in education, the arts and politics in Richmond and Virginia, in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and speeches she has given. 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The activities of other organizations are also represented to a lesser degree. A number of these organizations are represented in other collections within Special Collections \u0026 Archives. Please ask a staff member for more information.","The collection also contains material documenting Mrs. McClenahan's involvement in education, the arts and politics in Richmond and Virginia, in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and speeches she has given. 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Series VII contains material relating to her work with St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Series VIII consists of a variety of material reflecting Mrs. McClenahan's daily activities, social plans, and wide range of interests. 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The materials in these containers, boxes 91-109, were added to the end of the collection and are divided as follows: Correspondence (n.d., 1930-1998); Maymont Foundation (n.d., 1983-1997); Richmond Better Housing Coalition (n.d., 1988-1999); Richmond Renaissance (n.d., 1987-1996); miscellaneous colleges and schools (n.d., 1967-1997); Richmond Urban Forum (19- 19); Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation (1968-1993); St. Paul's Episcopal Church (n.d., 1984-1998); Stratford Hall (n.d., 1984-1989); Virginia Historical Society (n.d., 1983-1992); Virginia Union University (n.d., 1988- 1993); and miscellaneous civic and volunteer organizations (n.d., 1967-1998).","Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek McClenahan is a Richmond community leader, activist and philanthropist. She has been described as the \"conscience of Richmond\" for her contributions to the Richmond community in the areas of racial harmony, housing, Richmond revitalization and historic preservation. She has also been active in the arts, her church, and education.","Born in Richmond on April 6, 1917, Mary Tyler is the daughter of Douglas Southall Freeman (1886-1953), noted historian and journalist, and Inez Goddin Freeman (1891-1974). She attended St. Catherine's School and Vassar College, receiving an A.B. in English-Creative Writing in 1937.","After college she worked briefly as a secretary in the Department of Fine Arts of William and Mary College where she met Leslie Cheek, Jr. (1908-1992), then head of the department. They married in 1939. The Cheeks lived in Baltimore for three years while Mr. Cheek was Director of the Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts and in Washington, D.C. during World War II. While Mr. Cheek served in the Army, Mrs. McClenahan volunteered as a nurse's aid. After Cheek's discharge from the Army in 1945, they lived in New York City where Cheek had been hired as an Associate Editor of Architectural Forum Magazine. The couple returned to Richmond when Cheek became the first director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1948-1968). The Cheeks had four children. After Mr. Cheek's death in 1992, Mrs. Cheek married Dr. John Lorimer McClenahan, a retired Pennsylvanian radiologist, the following year.","Mrs. McClenahan is responsible for a number of Richmond civic initiatives, including bringing together the 35 groups that make up the Richmond Better Housing Coalition and founding the Richmond Urban Forum. She was twice president of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood and has participated as a volunteer and board member of numerous Richmond civic organizations, including Richmond Renaissance and Richmond-On- The- James. She has also been an active member of Richmond's historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church.","Some of the organizations Mrs. McClenahan has been associated with include: ","Member, Executive Committee and Board of The Arts Council of Richmond \nMember, 175th Anniversary of the Executive Mansion Commission \nAdvisory Committee Girl Scouts \nMember, Board of Historic Richmond Foundation \nDame and Member of the Board of Governors of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem \nMember, National Committee, Jefferson Poplar Forest Fund \nMember, Board of Leadership Metro Richmond \nMember, Board of Maymont Foundation \nChairman, Film Committee of the National Council for America's First Freedom: The Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom \nRichmond AIDS Ministry \nCo-Chairman, Richmond Better Housing Coalition \nMember, Board of Richmond Hill \nMember, Board of Richmond-On-The-James \nMember, Executive Committee and Board of Richmond Renaissance \nFounder and Honorary Chairman, Richmond Urban Forum \nDirector for Virginia and Past President, Robert E. Lee Memorial Association which administers Stratford Hall, the birthplace of Robert E. 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The bulk of the collection dates from the late 1970s through the early 1990s and focuses on Mrs. McClenahan's involvement on issues of race, housing, historic preservation, and Richmond revitalization.","The organizational records in the collection include material from many of Richmond's major civic organizations, including Planned Parenthood, the Richmond Better Housing Coalition, Richmond-On-The-James, Richmond Renaissance and the Richmond Urban Forum. The activities of other organizations are also represented to a lesser degree. A number of these organizations are represented in other collections within Special Collections \u0026 Archives. Please ask a staff member for more information.","The collection also contains material documenting Mrs. McClenahan's involvement in education, the arts and politics in Richmond and Virginia, in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and speeches she has given. 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After Cheek's discharge from the Army in 1945, they lived in New York City where Cheek had been hired as an Associate Editor of Architectural Forum Magazine. The couple returned to Richmond when Cheek became the first director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1948-1968). The Cheeks had four children. After Mr. Cheek's death in 1992, Mrs. Cheek married Dr. John Lorimer McClenahan, a retired Pennsylvanian radiologist, the following year.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. McClenahan is responsible for a number of Richmond civic initiatives, including bringing together the 35 groups that make up the Richmond Better Housing Coalition and founding the Richmond Urban Forum. She was twice president of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood and has participated as a volunteer and board member of numerous Richmond civic organizations, including Richmond Renaissance and Richmond-On- The- James. 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After Cheek's discharge from the Army in 1945, they lived in New York City where Cheek had been hired as an Associate Editor of Architectural Forum Magazine. The couple returned to Richmond when Cheek became the first director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1948-1968). The Cheeks had four children. After Mr. Cheek's death in 1992, Mrs. Cheek married Dr. John Lorimer McClenahan, a retired Pennsylvanian radiologist, the following year.","Mrs. McClenahan is responsible for a number of Richmond civic initiatives, including bringing together the 35 groups that make up the Richmond Better Housing Coalition and founding the Richmond Urban Forum. She was twice president of the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood and has participated as a volunteer and board member of numerous Richmond civic organizations, including Richmond Renaissance and Richmond-On- The- James. She has also been an active member of Richmond's historic St. Paul's Episcopal Church.","Some of the organizations Mrs. McClenahan has been associated with include: ","Member, Executive Committee and Board of The Arts Council of Richmond \nMember, 175th Anniversary of the Executive Mansion Commission \nAdvisory Committee Girl Scouts \nMember, Board of Historic Richmond Foundation \nDame and Member of the Board of Governors of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem \nMember, National Committee, Jefferson Poplar Forest Fund \nMember, Board of Leadership Metro Richmond \nMember, Board of Maymont Foundation \nChairman, Film Committee of the National Council for America's First Freedom: The Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom \nRichmond AIDS Ministry \nCo-Chairman, Richmond Better Housing Coalition \nMember, Board of Richmond Hill \nMember, Board of Richmond-On-The-James \nMember, Executive Committee and Board of Richmond Renaissance \nFounder and Honorary Chairman, Richmond Urban Forum \nDirector for Virginia and Past President, Robert E. 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Washington Community Services Award (1988) \nStyle Magazine's Richmonder of the Year (1991) \nHousing Opportunities Made Equal (H.O.M.E.) Fair Housing Award \nH.O.M.E. 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The open reel video titled \"Learning About Learning Disabilities: Lokerson/Blankenship\" in Series 4.4 is restricted due to preservation issues present on the film. Please consult Special Collections and Archives Staff for details. 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Some materials within files have been arranged chronologically where it was logical (such as with memoranda, agendas and minutes, and correspondence).","Dr. Jean Elizabeth Lokerson was born in Maryland on August 4, 1937 to parents John and Dorothy as the oldest of five. As a child, Jean taught her younger siblings, David, Doris, Donald and Robert, in what her father called the \"Lokerson Family School\" set up in the basement of her childhood home (Richmond Times Dispatch, 2016). She received her B.A. in Elementary Education in 1959 from George Washington University, her M.S. in Special Education from Syracuse in 1965 and her Ph.D. in Special Education (with a minor in Human Development) in 1970 from University of Maryland.","She taught at the University of Maryland from 1968 to 1970, Southern Connecticut State University from 1970-1972, Northern Illinois University from 1972-1974, and Indiana University during the summer of 1975. Her career at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) began in 1974, when she was hired as an assistant professor in VCU's School of Education. She was the director at the Reading and Child Study Center from 1981-1983. Lokerson retired in 1996 but continued to teach at VCU as a professor emerita.","Dr. Elise Blankenship, who also studied at Syracuse, came to VCU around the same time as Lokerson. Together, Blankenship and Lokerson were known as leaders in teacher (and parent) education on understanding and working with children with learning disabilities (School of Education, undated). Blankenship and Lokerson lived, published, presented, and worked together throughout their 50 years of knowing one another.","Jean, who had muscular dystrophy, dedicated herself towards improving the lives and education of others with disabilities through her work at VCU, and through her professional service. Organizations that Jean was heavily involved with and took on leadership roles include: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the Division of Learning Disabilities (CEC-DLD), the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA), and the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD). She continued volunteering her time and expertise with many of these organizations after her retirement from VCU.","Jean Lokerson died at the age of 79 on November 7, 2016.","\nMore information about Jean E. Lokerson can be found on the  Social Welfare History Project website.","\nSources:\nBlankenship, Elise. \"Lokerson, Jean E.\" Richmond Times Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia). November 13, 2016.\n\"1.75M gift to fund School of Education Scholarships,\" School of Education. Virginia Commonwealth University, accessed May 20, 2024. https://soe.vcu.edu/news/archived-articles/175m-gift-to-fund-school-of-education-scholarships.html","Audio cassettes, VHS, and 16mm may be listened to or viewed. Some AV materials are in formats that the department does not currently have playback equipment for, such as Beta, U-matic, and open reel video tape. Contents of the CEC \"Life Story of a Teacher\" CD are available electronically in .pptx format. Contact Special Collections and Archives staff to discuss how to gain access at libsca@vcu.edu.","The papers of Jean Lokerson include six series with materials created between 1944 and 2011, with the bulk of materials created between 1970 and 2006. The papers are composed of adminstrative records, position papers, reports, correspondence, conference materials, committee materials, memoranda, audiovisual materials, test kits, and news clippings.","Series 1: Education","Includes class notes, assignments, and other material created between 1956 and 1968 during her time as a student at George Washington University, where she completed her B.A., M.S., and Ph.D.","Series 2: Career at Virginia Commonwealth University","Materials created by Lokerson during her time working at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) between 1969 and 2003. 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Topically, this series addresses work LDA was involved with around learning disabilities, such as feedback on the reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the impact of No Child Left Behind on students with learning disabilities, and education for teachers of students with learning disabilities. The second sub-series, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and Division of Learning Disabilities (DLD) contains similar materials to the LDA series, both in terms of genre/format and subjects of materials. The third sub-series contains materials created by other national organization, some of which Lokerson worked with through her involvement with LDA and CEC/DLD, and some which Lokerson collected. These are largely position papers, newsletters, reports, and information around IDEA and No Child Left Behind. The fourth sub-series contains similar materials that were created in Virginia, many of which were created by the Virginia Department of Education. 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Efforts have been made to maintain the original file organization when possible. Files are arranged alphabetically within each series and the materials within the files are arranged chronologically where applicable.","Evelyn Thelma Crary Bacon was born on September 27, 1916 in Grundy Center, Iowa and was the youngest child of Elisha Avery Crary and Gertrude Minor Crary. By the time Bacon was 16, both of her parents had died and she was placed under the guardianship of her aunt, Nellie (Minor) Morrison.  Bacon remained in the guardianship of either her aunt or her brother, Avery Crary, until she turned 21. After completing high school in 1934, Bacon moved to Los Angeles, California where Avery lived and practiced law. She attended Los Angeles Junior College for two years before transferring to the University of Iowa in 1936. There she earned a degree in political science in 1938 and a degree in nursing in 1940. She began work in December of 1940 as a staff nurse at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, Illinois. In January, Bacon joined the American Red Cross Nursing Corp which also made her a reservist in the Army Nurse Corps.  She would have a lifelong affiliation with the American Red Cross. During the summer of 1941, she commenced work on a master's degree in nursing at the University of Chicago. In September, Bacon accepted a position at the University of Iowa, School of Nursing as an assistant instructor for nursing arts. She worked there until June of 1942, at which time she was called for active duty in the Army Nurse Corp.","Bacon was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to the 298th General Hospital, comprised mostly of University of Michigan doctors and nurses. She had requested assignment to this unit and a recommendation by her friend Margaret King, a nurse with the 298th, made this possible.  The 298th trained at Camp Robinson in Arkansas from June until October, when they were deployed to England. The 298th took over operation of Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, England. During her duty at Frenchay, Bacon was in charge of her own ward and cared for wounded officers from the North Africa campaign as well as prisoners of war. Bacon attended the Army Nurse Corps School at the American School Center in Shrivenham, England and subsequently became an instructor at the school in 1943.","After eight months at the school Bacon transferred to the 45th Evacuation Hospital and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in April 1944. The 45th landed at Normandy on June 16th and followed the First U.S. Army as it moved through France and into Belgium. She worked most often in the OR seeing patients with abdominal, chest, and head injuries. Bacon transferred to the 5th Evacuation Hospital early in 1945, and was assigned to the postoperative care ward for neuro-surgical cases. She was in Germany when the Axis Powers surrendered and believed she would be sent to the China Burma India Theater, but the war ended before that occurred. Bacon was shipped home in September 1945 and remained in the Organized Reserve Corp until she was honorably discharged in 1953 with the rank of Captain.","After the war Bacon returned to the University of Chicago and completed her master's degree in nursing education in 1946. She taught at UCLA and the University of Iowa before enrolling in a doctoral program at the University of Chicago in 1949. However, before she completed the degree she met and married Franklin Bacon (1916-2004) and moved to Charlottesville, VA, where he was the Director of Extension Teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA). Bacon began her career at UVA teaching extension courses throughout the state for UVA's Cabaniss School of Nursing Education. She served as acting chair of the University's Department of Nursing Education from 1954 to 1956.","The Bacons moved to Richmond, VA in 1958, where Franklin became the Dean of Students at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). Between 1958 and 1965, Bacon worked as a nursing education and nursing service consultant for various organizations including the Virginia League for Nursing, the Virginia State Board of Nurse Examiners, and the Virginia Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals. During this period Bacon also served as an associate professor and Director of the Associate Degree program at MCV (1960-1961) and as an instructor at MCV's School of Hospital Administration (1962-1963).","In 1965, Bacon joined the faculty of the Richmond Professional Institute as the Director for the School of Nursing. She guided the nursing program until 1971, when it was incorporated into the Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing on the MCV campus. In 1972 J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College hired Bacon where she successfully planned and implemented a new associate degree program in nursing. She retired in 1985, but remained active in the fields of nursing education and nursing history. One of her many activities was assisting with the organization of the Virginia Nurses Association archives which was given to VCU's Tompkins-McCaw Library in 1985.","Bacon maintained a lifelong passion for nursing education and enhancing nursing curriculum. This is evident by her involvement in numerous professional organizations.  She served as a board member, vice president, and president of both the Virginia League for Nursing and District V of the Virginia Nurses Association, in addition to various committee assignments for both organizations.  She was also an active member of the American Association of History of Nursing, American Nurses Association, and National League for Nursing.  Bacon remained very committed to the Red Cross and became the first woman chairman of the Richmond, VA Chapter of the Red Cross.  Bacon was also engaged in civic and community activities. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and served as a board member and president of the Richmond chapter.  Bacon enjoyed music and played both the piano and organ. She was a member of the Richmond Chorale Society and the Richmond Symphony Chorus.  Bacon was an Episcopalian and a member of Grace and Holy Trinity Church in Richmond.","Bacon and her husband never had any children. They spent their later years living in Charlottesville, VA at Westminster- Canterbury, a retirement community. While a resident she served on the Health Services Accreditation Committee from 1995-1996 for the facility. Bacon passed away on October 27, 1997. She was interred at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.","Bacon was acknowledged by her peers as a pioneer in the field of nursing and nursing education in Virginia. As such she was posthumously recognized as an Outstanding Nurse in 1999 by the Virginia Nurses Association and in 2000 was named a Virginia Pioneer Nurse.","Kathryn B. Martin was born on February 19, 1911 in Tripoli, Iowa, the daughter of Edwin Henry and Bertha Crary Martin. She was a first cousin of Evelyn Crary Bacon. Martin served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps with the 101st Airborne Division in the European Theater from 1943-1946. After her discharge from the Army, Martin taught speech, drama, and English for 40 years at Warren High School and Beaty Junior High School in Warren County, PA.","This collection includes several audio cassettes and VHS tapes.","Two other repositories contain papers and materials from Evelyn Bacon: Iowa Women's Archives and the University of Virginia, School of Nursing CHNI Collection.","The papers of Evelyn (Crary) Bacon contain both personal and professional material. A large portion of this collection relates to her career as a nurse and nurse educator and her involvement in various nursing organizations. Also of significance are the papers concerning her participation in World War II as a nurse in the Army Nursing Corps. The collection includes audiovisual items, correspondence, course files, military artifacts and materials, organizational records, photographs, publications, research and subject files, and writings.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1936-1997. This series consists of Bacon's personal papers including accounts, audio cassettes (of Evelyn and her sister Julia in 1942, and an undated cassette of a religious study group in which Bacon participated), biography and curriculum vitae, calendars, certificates, correspondence, educational materials (relating to her academic career from high school through graduate school), employment records, family papers (materials pertaining to her husband Franklin Bacon, her brother Elisha Avery Crary, and sisters Annabelle Crary Jump and Winson Crary Voss), photographs, and other personal papers.","Series 2: World War II Papers, 1940-1994. This series, divided into two subseries, consists of papers relating to Bacon's participation in the war as a nurse for the Army Nursing Corps and also the wartime papers of her cousin, Kathryn B. Martin a member of the Women's Army Corps.","Subseries 2.1: World War II Papers of Evelyn Crary Bacon. This subseries contains Bacon's Army Nurse Corps records, 1942-1948; items from Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 1942; correspondence, 1940-1948, that Bacon exchanged with family and friends; a diary with entries made from January 1 - February 22 while she was in Belgium with the 45th and 5th Evacuation Hospitals and also a few entries from June 15-25, 1949; items relating to the 45th Evacuation Hospital shortly after the D-Day invasion in 1944; items pertaining to the 298th General Hospital in England, including photographs of the nurses and a 50th reunion program commemorating the nurses who served; maps, 1944; military artifacts including nursing pins, uniform patches, insignia are related items; medical notes; mission log of Ed Hughes, April - December, 1944; newspapers and newspaper clippings; Organized Reserve Corps papers, 1948-1953; photographs taken at Camp Robinson and during Bacon's overseas duty, 1942-1945; publications relating to Army Nurse Corps, the U.S. Army, and the War Department, 1943-1945, 1989; Veterans' Administration materials, Bacon's World War II recollections recorded in 1994; and souvenir items Bacon collected while in Europe. The correspondence is of particular significance in this series. While she was unable to give some details due to censorship requirements, Bacon's correspondence provides great insight into her work as an Army nurse as well as her experiences during the war.","Subseries 2.2: World War II Papers of Kathryn B. Martin. The papers in this subseries pertain to the military career Kathryn B. Martin, a cousin of Evelyn Bacon. Items include materials relating to her service in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) with the 101st Airborne Division, photographs, and publications such as the WAC Field Manual, 1943 and a booklet on the Nuremberg trials, 1945-1946. Also included is a travel journal detailing her trip to London in 1985.","Series 3: Writings and Speeches, 1939-1991. This series contains the writings of Evelyn Bacon including her articles, dissertation, master's thesis, and speeches and notes.","Series 4: Professional Papers, 1938-1997. This series is divided into two subseries and contains materials relating to Bacon's career as an educator in the field of nursing at various institutions.","Subseries 4.1: Institutional Files, 1938-1997. These are files kept by Bacon that relate to her work at several colleges and universities including J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond Professional Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of Virginia, among others.","Subseries 4.2: Course Files, 1958-1969. These files contain papers such as syllabi, tests, resource materials, etc. relating to courses Bacon taught at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond Professional Institute, and Virginia Commonwealth University.","Series 5: Organization Files, 1909-1997. This series, which is the largest in the collection, contains organizational materials collected by Bacon. She belonged to numerous national and state nursing organizations as well as some academic and civil groups. The files she kept contain correspondence, convention and meeting materials, newsletters, pamphlets, reports, and other publications and materials related to the groups. There are files for specific committees and boards for the organizations in which she was actively involved as an officer or committee member, such as the Virginia League for Nursing and the Virginia Nurses Association. Bacon was very interested in nursing history and some of the materials she collected were for their historical significance. Some examples are the materials of the Graduate Nurses Association which include convention programs from 1909, 1916, 1923, and 1925.","Series 6: Research and Subject Files, 1911-1997. This series is divided into three subseries containing materials relating mostly to the nursing profession and its history and nursing education.","Subseries 6.1: Conference and Workshop Files, 1959-1996. This subseries contains files relating to conferences and workshops attended by Bacon that pertain to her career in nursing and her interest in nursing education.","Subseries 6.2: Subject Files, 1940-1997. The subseries consists of files maintained by Bacon on various topics containing articles, clippings, notes, and other materials relating to the subject. The files reflect Bacon's keen interest in many areas of nursing including nursing education and curriculum development, nursing history, and professional issues such as nursing shortages and standards of practice.","Subseries 6.3: Publications, 1911-1994. This subseries contains various publications collected by Bacon relating to nursing. 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She was also an active member of the American Association of History of Nursing, American Nurses Association, and National League for Nursing.  Bacon remained very committed to the Red Cross and became the first woman chairman of the Richmond, VA Chapter of the Red Cross.  Bacon was also engaged in civic and community activities. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and served as a board member and president of the Richmond chapter.  Bacon enjoyed music and played both the piano and organ. She was a member of the Richmond Chorale Society and the Richmond Symphony Chorus.  Bacon was an Episcopalian and a member of Grace and Holy Trinity Church in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBacon and her husband never had any children. They spent their later years living in Charlottesville, VA at Westminster- Canterbury, a retirement community. While a resident she served on the Health Services Accreditation Committee from 1995-1996 for the facility. 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There she earned a degree in political science in 1938 and a degree in nursing in 1940. She began work in December of 1940 as a staff nurse at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, Illinois. In January, Bacon joined the American Red Cross Nursing Corp which also made her a reservist in the Army Nurse Corps.  She would have a lifelong affiliation with the American Red Cross. During the summer of 1941, she commenced work on a master's degree in nursing at the University of Chicago. In September, Bacon accepted a position at the University of Iowa, School of Nursing as an assistant instructor for nursing arts. She worked there until June of 1942, at which time she was called for active duty in the Army Nurse Corp.","Bacon was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to the 298th General Hospital, comprised mostly of University of Michigan doctors and nurses. She had requested assignment to this unit and a recommendation by her friend Margaret King, a nurse with the 298th, made this possible.  The 298th trained at Camp Robinson in Arkansas from June until October, when they were deployed to England. The 298th took over operation of Frenchay Hospital in Bristol, England. During her duty at Frenchay, Bacon was in charge of her own ward and cared for wounded officers from the North Africa campaign as well as prisoners of war. Bacon attended the Army Nurse Corps School at the American School Center in Shrivenham, England and subsequently became an instructor at the school in 1943.","After eight months at the school Bacon transferred to the 45th Evacuation Hospital and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in April 1944. The 45th landed at Normandy on June 16th and followed the First U.S. Army as it moved through France and into Belgium. She worked most often in the OR seeing patients with abdominal, chest, and head injuries. Bacon transferred to the 5th Evacuation Hospital early in 1945, and was assigned to the postoperative care ward for neuro-surgical cases. She was in Germany when the Axis Powers surrendered and believed she would be sent to the China Burma India Theater, but the war ended before that occurred. Bacon was shipped home in September 1945 and remained in the Organized Reserve Corp until she was honorably discharged in 1953 with the rank of Captain.","After the war Bacon returned to the University of Chicago and completed her master's degree in nursing education in 1946. She taught at UCLA and the University of Iowa before enrolling in a doctoral program at the University of Chicago in 1949. However, before she completed the degree she met and married Franklin Bacon (1916-2004) and moved to Charlottesville, VA, where he was the Director of Extension Teaching at the University of Virginia (UVA). Bacon began her career at UVA teaching extension courses throughout the state for UVA's Cabaniss School of Nursing Education. She served as acting chair of the University's Department of Nursing Education from 1954 to 1956.","The Bacons moved to Richmond, VA in 1958, where Franklin became the Dean of Students at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). Between 1958 and 1965, Bacon worked as a nursing education and nursing service consultant for various organizations including the Virginia League for Nursing, the Virginia State Board of Nurse Examiners, and the Virginia Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals. During this period Bacon also served as an associate professor and Director of the Associate Degree program at MCV (1960-1961) and as an instructor at MCV's School of Hospital Administration (1962-1963).","In 1965, Bacon joined the faculty of the Richmond Professional Institute as the Director for the School of Nursing. She guided the nursing program until 1971, when it was incorporated into the Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Nursing on the MCV campus. In 1972 J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College hired Bacon where she successfully planned and implemented a new associate degree program in nursing. She retired in 1985, but remained active in the fields of nursing education and nursing history. One of her many activities was assisting with the organization of the Virginia Nurses Association archives which was given to VCU's Tompkins-McCaw Library in 1985.","Bacon maintained a lifelong passion for nursing education and enhancing nursing curriculum. This is evident by her involvement in numerous professional organizations.  She served as a board member, vice president, and president of both the Virginia League for Nursing and District V of the Virginia Nurses Association, in addition to various committee assignments for both organizations.  She was also an active member of the American Association of History of Nursing, American Nurses Association, and National League for Nursing.  Bacon remained very committed to the Red Cross and became the first woman chairman of the Richmond, VA Chapter of the Red Cross.  Bacon was also engaged in civic and community activities. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and served as a board member and president of the Richmond chapter.  Bacon enjoyed music and played both the piano and organ. She was a member of the Richmond Chorale Society and the Richmond Symphony Chorus.  Bacon was an Episcopalian and a member of Grace and Holy Trinity Church in Richmond.","Bacon and her husband never had any children. They spent their later years living in Charlottesville, VA at Westminster- Canterbury, a retirement community. While a resident she served on the Health Services Accreditation Committee from 1995-1996 for the facility. Bacon passed away on October 27, 1997. She was interred at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.","Bacon was acknowledged by her peers as a pioneer in the field of nursing and nursing education in Virginia. As such she was posthumously recognized as an Outstanding Nurse in 1999 by the Virginia Nurses Association and in 2000 was named a Virginia Pioneer Nurse.","Kathryn B. Martin was born on February 19, 1911 in Tripoli, Iowa, the daughter of Edwin Henry and Bertha Crary Martin. She was a first cousin of Evelyn Crary Bacon. Martin served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Women's Army Corps with the 101st Airborne Division in the European Theater from 1943-1946. After her discharge from the Army, Martin taught speech, drama, and English for 40 years at Warren High School and Beaty Junior High School in Warren County, PA."],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes several audio cassettes and VHS tapes.\u003c/p\u003e"],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Technical Requirements"],"phystech_tesim":["This collection includes several audio cassettes and VHS tapes."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Evelyn (Crary) Bacon, Accession # 2011/Jan/1, Special Collections and Archives, \nHealth Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Evelyn (Crary) Bacon, Accession # 2011/Jan/1, Special Collections and Archives, \nHealth Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTwo other repositories contain papers and materials from Evelyn Bacon: Iowa Women's Archives and the University of Virginia, School of Nursing CHNI Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Two other repositories contain papers and materials from Evelyn Bacon: Iowa Women's Archives and the University of Virginia, School of Nursing CHNI Collection."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of Evelyn (Crary) Bacon contain both personal and professional material. A large portion of this collection relates to her career as a nurse and nurse educator and her involvement in various nursing organizations. Also of significance are the papers concerning her participation in World War II as a nurse in the Army Nursing Corps. The collection includes audiovisual items, correspondence, course files, military artifacts and materials, organizational records, photographs, publications, research and subject files, and writings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1: Personal Papers, 1936-1997. This series consists of Bacon's personal papers including accounts, audio cassettes (of Evelyn and her sister Julia in 1942, and an undated cassette of a religious study group in which Bacon participated), biography and curriculum vitae, calendars, certificates, correspondence, educational materials (relating to her academic career from high school through graduate school), employment records, family papers (materials pertaining to her husband Franklin Bacon, her brother Elisha Avery Crary, and sisters Annabelle Crary Jump and Winson Crary Voss), photographs, and other personal papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 2: World War II Papers, 1940-1994. This series, divided into two subseries, consists of papers relating to Bacon's participation in the war as a nurse for the Army Nursing Corps and also the wartime papers of her cousin, Kathryn B. Martin a member of the Women's Army Corps.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 2.1: World War II Papers of Evelyn Crary Bacon. This subseries contains Bacon's Army Nurse Corps records, 1942-1948; items from Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 1942; correspondence, 1940-1948, that Bacon exchanged with family and friends; a diary with entries made from January 1 - February 22 while she was in Belgium with the 45th and 5th Evacuation Hospitals and also a few entries from June 15-25, 1949; items relating to the 45th Evacuation Hospital shortly after the D-Day invasion in 1944; items pertaining to the 298th General Hospital in England, including photographs of the nurses and a 50th reunion program commemorating the nurses who served; maps, 1944; military artifacts including nursing pins, uniform patches, insignia are related items; medical notes; mission log of Ed Hughes, April - December, 1944; newspapers and newspaper clippings; Organized Reserve Corps papers, 1948-1953; photographs taken at Camp Robinson and during Bacon's overseas duty, 1942-1945; publications relating to Army Nurse Corps, the U.S. Army, and the War Department, 1943-1945, 1989; Veterans' Administration materials, Bacon's World War II recollections recorded in 1994; and souvenir items Bacon collected while in Europe. The correspondence is of particular significance in this series. While she was unable to give some details due to censorship requirements, Bacon's correspondence provides great insight into her work as an Army nurse as well as her experiences during the war.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSubseries 2.2: World War II Papers of Kathryn B. Martin. The papers in this subseries pertain to the military career Kathryn B. Martin, a cousin of Evelyn Bacon. Items include materials relating to her service in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) with the 101st Airborne Division, photographs, and publications such as the WAC Field Manual, 1943 and a booklet on the Nuremberg trials, 1945-1946. Also included is a travel journal detailing her trip to London in 1985.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Writings and Speeches, 1939-1991. 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Also of significance are the papers concerning her participation in World War II as a nurse in the Army Nursing Corps. The collection includes audiovisual items, correspondence, course files, military artifacts and materials, organizational records, photographs, publications, research and subject files, and writings.","Series 1: Personal Papers, 1936-1997. This series consists of Bacon's personal papers including accounts, audio cassettes (of Evelyn and her sister Julia in 1942, and an undated cassette of a religious study group in which Bacon participated), biography and curriculum vitae, calendars, certificates, correspondence, educational materials (relating to her academic career from high school through graduate school), employment records, family papers (materials pertaining to her husband Franklin Bacon, her brother Elisha Avery Crary, and sisters Annabelle Crary Jump and Winson Crary Voss), photographs, and other personal papers.","Series 2: World War II Papers, 1940-1994. This series, divided into two subseries, consists of papers relating to Bacon's participation in the war as a nurse for the Army Nursing Corps and also the wartime papers of her cousin, Kathryn B. Martin a member of the Women's Army Corps.","Subseries 2.1: World War II Papers of Evelyn Crary Bacon. This subseries contains Bacon's Army Nurse Corps records, 1942-1948; items from Camp Robinson, Arkansas, 1942; correspondence, 1940-1948, that Bacon exchanged with family and friends; a diary with entries made from January 1 - February 22 while she was in Belgium with the 45th and 5th Evacuation Hospitals and also a few entries from June 15-25, 1949; items relating to the 45th Evacuation Hospital shortly after the D-Day invasion in 1944; items pertaining to the 298th General Hospital in England, including photographs of the nurses and a 50th reunion program commemorating the nurses who served; maps, 1944; military artifacts including nursing pins, uniform patches, insignia are related items; medical notes; mission log of Ed Hughes, April - December, 1944; newspapers and newspaper clippings; Organized Reserve Corps papers, 1948-1953; photographs taken at Camp Robinson and during Bacon's overseas duty, 1942-1945; publications relating to Army Nurse Corps, the U.S. Army, and the War Department, 1943-1945, 1989; Veterans' Administration materials, Bacon's World War II recollections recorded in 1994; and souvenir items Bacon collected while in Europe. The correspondence is of particular significance in this series. While she was unable to give some details due to censorship requirements, Bacon's correspondence provides great insight into her work as an Army nurse as well as her experiences during the war.","Subseries 2.2: World War II Papers of Kathryn B. Martin. The papers in this subseries pertain to the military career Kathryn B. Martin, a cousin of Evelyn Bacon. Items include materials relating to her service in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) with the 101st Airborne Division, photographs, and publications such as the WAC Field Manual, 1943 and a booklet on the Nuremberg trials, 1945-1946. Also included is a travel journal detailing her trip to London in 1985.","Series 3: Writings and Speeches, 1939-1991. This series contains the writings of Evelyn Bacon including her articles, dissertation, master's thesis, and speeches and notes.","Series 4: Professional Papers, 1938-1997. This series is divided into two subseries and contains materials relating to Bacon's career as an educator in the field of nursing at various institutions.","Subseries 4.1: Institutional Files, 1938-1997. These are files kept by Bacon that relate to her work at several colleges and universities including J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond Professional Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of Virginia, among others.","Subseries 4.2: Course Files, 1958-1969. These files contain papers such as syllabi, tests, resource materials, etc. relating to courses Bacon taught at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond Professional Institute, and Virginia Commonwealth University.","Series 5: Organization Files, 1909-1997. This series, which is the largest in the collection, contains organizational materials collected by Bacon. She belonged to numerous national and state nursing organizations as well as some academic and civil groups. The files she kept contain correspondence, convention and meeting materials, newsletters, pamphlets, reports, and other publications and materials related to the groups. There are files for specific committees and boards for the organizations in which she was actively involved as an officer or committee member, such as the Virginia League for Nursing and the Virginia Nurses Association. Bacon was very interested in nursing history and some of the materials she collected were for their historical significance. Some examples are the materials of the Graduate Nurses Association which include convention programs from 1909, 1916, 1923, and 1925.","Series 6: Research and Subject Files, 1911-1997. This series is divided into three subseries containing materials relating mostly to the nursing profession and its history and nursing education.","Subseries 6.1: Conference and Workshop Files, 1959-1996. This subseries contains files relating to conferences and workshops attended by Bacon that pertain to her career in nursing and her interest in nursing education.","Subseries 6.2: Subject Files, 1940-1997. The subseries consists of files maintained by Bacon on various topics containing articles, clippings, notes, and other materials relating to the subject. The files reflect Bacon's keen interest in many areas of nursing including nursing education and curriculum development, nursing history, and professional issues such as nursing shortages and standards of practice.","Subseries 6.3: Publications, 1911-1994. This subseries contains various publications collected by Bacon relating to nursing. 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Their mission is also to realize the potential of the neighborhood so as to improve the quality of life for the residents living therein. The museum district is considered to be the areas up to but not including the south side of W. Broad Street on the north, Interstate I-195 on the west, the alley north of W. Cary Street on the south, and both sides of Boulevard from Broad Street to Idlewood Avenue on the east, within the boundaries of the City of Richmond, Virginia.","The MDA is presided over by a Board of Directors numbering between 12 and 18 individuals. There are standing committees overseeing all zoning and land use within the district, as well as committees for public safety and crime prevention, traffic control and environmental needs such as sidewalk conditions and garbage removal. 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