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Library of Virginia 2002 Jim Greve Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Mary-Cooke Branch Munford Papers, 1881-1935 28142 Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 28142 12.6 cubic feet (30 boxes) English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Mary-Cooke Branch Munford Papers, 1881-1935. Accession 28142, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

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Mary-Cooke Branch Munford was born in Richmond, Virginia on 15 September 1865. She was educated in Richmond and New York, and married Beverley Bland Munford on 22 November 1893. She co-founded the Richmond Educational Association in 1901; chairman, Co-ordinate College League, 1910-1926; president, Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia, 1910-1925; vice-president, National Consumers' League; member, Board of Visitors, The College of William and Mary and The University of Virginia; first woman member of the Richmond School Board; chairman, Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense; and member, Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; member of the Board of the Virginia and Richmond League of Women Voters; member of the Board, National Urban League. She died in Richmond on 3 July 1938.

 Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1881-1938, of Mary-Cooke Branch Munford of Richmond, Virginia, documenting her work in various political, educational, social, economic, and inter-racial endeavors. The bulk of the collection covers the period from 1910-1930, when she was most active.

The CO-ORDINATE COLLEGE LEAGUE series includes correspondence and subject files concerning Munford's and the League's attempts to convince The University of Virginia to admit women by establishing a coordinate college with its own organization, and its own social, residence and instruction halls. The new college would share the library and laboratories of the University, and students would be taught by some of its faculty. The papers include correspondence from educators at the University of Virginia, as well as around the state and nation, business leaders, politicians, and members of the League. The subject files contain accounts, legislative information, including research data, drafts of bills introduced on behalf of the League, and voting records of the members of the General Assembly, resolutions, brochures, flyers, and pamphlets, mailing and membership lists, and information from various educational, labor, alumni, and other groups opposing and supporting the League's efforts. There is also a large amount of clippings from Richmond newspapers, as well as other Virginia newspapers, which document the League's activities.

The EDUCATION series includes information on Munford's activities in the field of education. It includes information from The University of Virginia, including dockets and minutes of the Board of Visitors, the Richmond Education Association, the Richmond Lancastrian School, Southern Industrial Classes, and the Richmond public schools. Also included is information on the status, salaries, and working conditions of teachers. This series also contains a variety of published newsletters, bulletins, annual reports, and other educational publications.

The FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL POLITICS series contains subject files documenting Munford's assistance during World War I, and her interest in world peace. It includes a large amount of material on here work on the Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense during the war, and her help in food conservation and registration drives. There is also information on her activities in the Foreign Policy Association and the Walter Hines Page School of International Relations, as well as peace groups, including the Conference on the Cause and Cure of War. This series also contains material on Munford's involvement in the Democratic Party and the League of Women Voters.

The RACE RELATIONS series includes subject files on Munford's activities with the Commission on Inter-racial Cooperation, Richmond Urban League, National Urban League, Woman's Inter-Racial Committee, National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, Committee on Colored Work, and the Commission on Inter-racial Cooperation. There is also correspondence, clippings, and financial information, as well as publications concerning race relations.

The VIRGINIA'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SLAVERY AND SECESSION series concerns this book, written by her husband, Beverley Bland Munford, in 1909. Much of the material concerns Mrs. Munford's work in getting the book re- adopted by the State Board of Education as required text in history courses taught in high schools in Virginia after her husband's death in 1910. The series contains correspondence, briefs and comments, circular letters, and postcards, as well as material on the book's publication, orders, and sales.

The MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECT FILES series contains accounts, bank statements, correspondence, a notebook belonging to Beverley Bland Munford, dated 1881-1885, and information on other groups and activities in which Mrs. Munford was involved. There are also blueprints of alterations to her cottage in Maine by William Lawrence Bottomley, dated 1923, filed in the General Architectural Files, Folder 137. Also included in this series are clippings and publications.

 Arrangement

Arranged in six series: I. Co-ordinate College League. II. Education. III. Foreign Policy and National Politics. IV. Race Relations. V. VIRGINIA'S ATTITUDE TOWARD SLAVERY AND SECESSION. VI. Miscellaneous Subject Files.

 Contents List Series I: Co-ordinate College League Subseries 1: Correspondence A 1 1 Alderman, Edwin A., 1912-1915 1 2 Alderman, Edwin A., 1916-1919 1 3-4 Alderman, Edwin A., 1920-1926 1 5 Alexander, James Selman, 1914-1918 1 6 B 1 7-8 Babcock, Kendrick C., 1909-1914 1 9 Barrett, Mrs. Annie K., 1917-1918 1 10 Barton, Mrs. Robert (Gertrude W.), 1916-1918 1 11 Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1919-1921 1 12 Buchanan, Mrs. B.F. (Nellie S.), 1914-1917 1 13 Bunch, Frank M., 1915-1916 1 14 C 1 15-16 Caldwell, Mrs. M.M. (Willie W.), 1913-1918 1 17 Campbell, Mrs. A.A. (Susie S.), 1912-1914 1 18 Cannon, James E., Jr., 1913-1917 1 19 Carson, William E., 1914-1918 1 20 Chandler, J.A.C., 1913-1919 1 21 Chapman, W.R., 1914-1918 1 22 Colton, Elizabeth Avery, 1913-1916 1 23 Craddock, John W., 1912-1916 1 24 D 2 1 Davis, Lucy L., 1912-1917 2 2 Davis, Westmoreland, 1917-1918 2 3 Devany, Mrs. W.L. (Anna W.), 1917-1918 2 4 Duval, Maria Pendleton, 1913-1916 2 5 E 2 6 Early, N.B., Jr., 1913 2 7 Ellis, Mrs. C.C. (Laura J.), 1914-1918 2 8 F 2 9 Farmwille-J.L. Jarman, 1910-1917 2 10 Flippen, Mrs. O.G. (Florence B.), 1917-1918 2 11 Flood, Henry D., 1914-1918 2 12 G 2 13 Gaines, Elizabeth V., 1913-1918 2 14 Gannaway, D.M., 1912-1914 2 15 Garnett, Judge Christopher, nd 2 16 Gildersleeve, Virginia C., 1913-1916 2 17 Goodwyn, Mrs. Thompson (Martha L.), 1917-1918 2 18 Gordon, Armistead, 1912-1917 2 19 Green, Kate T., 1913-1916 2 20 H 2 21-22 Hagan, Mrs. John L. (Janie Gray), 1915-1918 2 23 Harman, Daniel, 1912-1914 2 24 Hart, Harris, 1917 2 25 Holt, Miss Lucy Mason, 1914-1918 2 26 Hunley, W.M., 1913-1914 2 27 Hunton, Eppa, Jr., 1912 2 28 I 3 1 Israel, Mrs. Frank T. (Cora M.), 1915-1916 3 2 Ivy, Elizabeth, 1914-1918 3 3 J 3 4 Jacob, Cary Franklin, 1916-1920 3 5 Johnson, Mrs. J.W. Cantey, 1917-1918 3 6 K 3 7 Kensett, Nannie D., 1916 3 8 Kyle, Mrs. James R. (Alice J.), 1912-1918 3 9 L 3 10 Legislature-Letters, 1914-1918 3 11 Livers, John L., 1914-1920 3 12-13 M 3 14-15 Mann, Emmett Lee, nd 3 16 Maphis, Charles G., 1911-1919 3 17 Means, Mrs. E.C. (Ruby R.), 1913-1915 3 18 Montague, Mrs. A.P., 1913-1916 3 19 Moore, R. Walton, 1913-1919 3 20 Mc 3 21 McConnell, John P., 1912-1918 3 22 N 4 1 Nelson, John Poyntz, 1913-1918 4 2 Norton, Judge J.K.M., 1913-1917 4 3 O 4 4 P 4 5 Page, J.M., 1913-1918 4 6 Page, Roswell, 1915-1918 4 7 Pickett, Elizabeth, 1914-1915 4 8 Pitt, Miss Virgie Lee, 1917 4 9 Priddy, Mrs. J.H. (Elizabeth Lee), 1914-1917 4 10 Q 4 11 R 4 12 Ramsey, D. Hiden, 1912-1913 4 13 Riddick, Mrs. S.A. (Virginia Griffin), 1913-1915 4 14 Robertson, Alex F., 1918 4 15 S 4 16-17 Scott, Katherine K., 1915-1917 4 18 Smith, E. Virginia, 1917-1918 4 19 Smith, J. Sidney, 1916-1917 4 20 Stone, Ormond, 1912-1918 4 21 Strode, Aubrey E., 1910-1918 4 22 T 4 23 Thomas, M. Carey, 1914 4 24 Thomas, Mary Fitzhugh Randolph, 1914-1916 4 25 Thornton, William M., 1912-1919 4 26 Turpin, Edna, 1916-1918 4 27 U 5 1 V 5 2 Venable, Emma C., 1917-1918 5 3 W 5 4-5 White, Mrs. B.B. (Helen Taylor Crews), 1915-1917 5 6 Williams, Miss Frances, 1913-1916 5 7 Williams, Mrs. James H. (Janie), 1916-1918 5 8 Wood, Mrs. Joseph B., 1914-1916 5 9 Y 5 10 Subseries 2: Subject files Account Book, 1914-1918 6 1 Account Book, 1915-1916 6 2 Alumni-University of Virginia, 1912-1918 6 3 Articles Appearing in University Publications, 1912-1916 6 4 Articles Opposed to the Coordinate College, 1916-1918 6 5 Association of Collegiate Alumnae, 1915-1916 6 6 Bills, 1910-1916 6 7-8 Bills, 1917-1918 6 9-10 Board of Visitors Public Hearing, 11 December 1913 6 11 Board of Visitors Resolutions, 1913-1918 6 12 Brochures and Flyers, 1912-1918 6 13-14 Budgets, 1911-1917 6 15 Byrd-The Dinkey-A Poem Dedicated to Hon. R.E. Byrd, 1912 6 16 Central Committee-Chairmen and Members- Letters, 1914-1918 7 1 Changes in the Standards of Colleges 7 2 Charlottesville-City Council Resolutions, etc., 1914-1918 7 3 Colleges for Women 7 4-6 Colleges for Women-Delaware College, 7 7 Committee of Twenty Five-Educational Conference of Virginia 7 8 Common School Data 7 9 Contributors 7 10 The Co-ordinate College at Charlottesville, Draft, 1913 8 1-4 The Co-ordinate College at Charlottesville, Extra Copies of Letters, 1913 8 5 The Co-ordinate College at Charlottesville, Final Copy, 1913 8 6 Co-ordinate College League Budget, 1917-1918 8 7 Co-ordinate College League Minutes, 1914-1918 8 8 Co-ordinate College League Publications 8 9 Cost Pamphlet Data, 1915-1917 8 10 Department of Public Instruction Publications 8 11 Education-Viscount Bryce on Public Education, 1918 9 1 Elementary Teachers' Association, 1917 9 2 Enrollment in Colleges, 1911-1918 9 3 Faculty Meeting Minutes- University of Virginia, 1911 9 4 Farmers' Union- Resolutions, etc., 1912-1918 9 5 Federation of Labor- Resolutions, etc., 1912-1916 9 6 Federations of Mothers' Clubs, 1913 9 7 Federation of Womens' Clubs- letters, etc., 1910-1916 9 8 Form Letters, 1914-1918 9 9 High School Teachers, Training of, 1916 9 10 History of the University of Virginia 9 11 Legislature (Voting Records) 9 12-13 Letters and Manuscripts for Possible Publication 9 14-15 Lists 9 16-17 Mailing List 10 1 Membership Lists, First-Third Districts 1914 10 2 Membership Lists, Fourth-Seventh Districts, 1914 10 3 Membership Lists, Eighth-Tenth Districts, 1914 10 4 Membership Lists, First-Fifth Districts, 1914 10 5 Membership Lists, First-Fifth Districts, 1916 10 6 Membership Lists, Sixth-Tenth Districts, 1916 10 7 Miscellaneous 10 8 Newspapers 11 1 Normal Schools 11 2 Opposition Literature 11 3 Pamphlet Manuscript 11 4 Per Capita Cost-University of Virginia Data, 1917 11 5 Publications of Alumni Opposed 11 6 Resolutions-Not Filed Elsewhere 11 7 State Teachers' Association 11 8 State Universities- Statistics, Enrollment, Funds, etc. 11 9 U.D.C. 11 10 University of Virginia- Students, 1918 11 11 Virginia Education Commission 11 12 V.P.I. 11 13 Vocations for College Women 11 14 Women's Education-History, Data, etc. 11 15 "Women's Part in the Education of the South" 11 16 Subseries 3: Clippings Clippings from Richmond Dailies, 1910-1913 12 1 Clippings from Richmond Dailies, 1914-1915 12 2 Clippings from The Evening Journal and The Richmond Virginian, 1916-1918 12 3 Clippings from The News Leader and The Times-Dispatch, 1916-1918 12 4 State Papers Other Than Richmond Dailies, 1910-1915 12 5 Clippings from Virginia Papers Other Than Richmond Dailies and Out of State Papers, 1914-1917 12 6-7 Clippings from Newspapers Other Than Richmond Dailies, 1917-1918 12 8 Clippings About Coeducation 12 9 Clippings of General Information 12 10 Clippings of General Information, Book I, 1912-1918 12 11 Misc. Clippings on Women's Education 12 12 Univeristy of Virginia College Topics-Alumni News, Summer School News, etc., 1913-1918 12 13 Series II: Education Subseries 1: Subject files Alderman, Edwin A., 1926-1930 13 1 Armstrong High School 13 2 Boatwright, F.W., 1926 13 3 Clippings 13 4 Coal for Schools 13 5 Dean of Women- University of Virginia, 1927-1928 13 6 Drinking at the University of Virginia- Clippings, 1928 13 7 Education in Virginia- Report, 1905 [?] 13 8 Ellett, Jennie, 1926 13 9 Floor Plans for Richmond Schools, 1927 13 10 Housing Conditions for Women in Southern State Universitites, 1927 13 11 Kaylor, Alice R., 1931 13 12 Layman Bill, 1928 13 13 List of Accredited Four-Year High Schools, 1925-1926 13 14 Married Teachers, 1931 13 15 Miscellaneous 13 16 Nursery Schools, 1929 13 17 Report on the Status of Opportunities for Women in Southern State Univerisities, 1928 13 18 Richmond Education Association, 1927 13 19 Richmond Lancastrian School 13 20 Richmond League of Teachers, 1926 13 21 Richmond Public Schools, 1921-1931 13 22 Salaries-Teachers, 1925-1927 13 23 Schools-Finance, 1923-1928 13 24 "Shorter Hour Experiment" Report, 1928 14 1 Southern Industrial Classes, 1904-1906 14 2 Statistical Survey of Expenditures for Higher Education in Virginia, 1924 14 3 Technical High School, 1928-1929 14 4 University of Virginia, 1926-1931 14 5 University of Virginia Board of Visitors 14 6-7 University of Virginia Board of Visiters-Dockets, 1925-1927 14 8 University of Virginia Board of Visitors-Dockets, 1928-1929 14 9 University of Virginia Board of Visiters- Dockets, 1930-1936 14 10 University of Virginia Board of Visitors- Minutes, 1926-1927 14 11 University of Virginia Board of Visitors- Minutes, 1928-1930 14 12 University of Virginia Extension Division, 1926-1930 14 13 Virginia Social Science Association, 1928-1929 14 14 William & Mary 14 15 Subseries 2: Publications University of Virginia Alumni News, 1916-1921 15 Community League News, January - December 1924 15 State Board of Education Bulletins and Annual Reports, 1918-1925 15 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Reports, 1914-1916 15 Other Miscellaneous Publications 15 Series III: Foreign Policy and National Politics Subseries 1: Subject Files Accounts- Foreign Policy Association 16 1 China 16 2-3 Clippings 16 4 Committee on Safeguarding of Moral and Spiritual Forces, 1917 16 5 Conference on the Cause and Cure of War 16 6-7 Council of National Defense- Committee on Women's Defense Work, 1917 (Vol. 1) 16 8-10 Council of National Defense- Women's Committee, 1917-1918 16 11-16 Council of National Defense- Women's Committee- Clippings 17 1 Democratic Party, League of Women Voters, Women's Party, "Women Citizen" (B-W) 17 2-14 Fascists 17 15 Food Conservation Committee, 1917 17 16 Food Registration 17 17 Foreign Policy Association, 1926-1927 17 18-19 Foreign Policy Association- News Bulletin, 1925-1927 17 20 Kahn, Otto H., 1926 17 21 League of Nations 18 1 League of Women Voters 18 2-4 Mexico- Clippings, 1926 18 5 National Council for Prevention of War 18 6 Walter Hines Page School of International Relations 18 7-11 Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917 18 12 War Programs, 1917 18 13 War Library, 1917 18 14 Women's Organizations, 1917 18 15 Series 2: Publications Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America-Information Service, 1927-1930 19 Foreign Policy Association- Information Service, 1927-1928 19 Other Miscellaneous Foreign Policy Publications 19 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace- International Conciliation, 1915-1927 20 Conference on the Cause and Cure of War- Reports, 1925-1926 20 League of Nations News, 1925-1927 20 Foreign Policy Association Reports, 1924-1927 21 Publications on Relations with China, 1925-1926 21 Series IV: Race Relations Subseries 1: Subject Files Bowie, Walter Russell 22 1 Church Women's Committee on Race Relations 22 2 Clippings, 1922-1930 22 3 Commission on Inter-Racial Cooperation, 1921-1929 22 4-11 Commission on Inter-Racial Cooperation- Women's Committee, 1921-1929 22 12-13 Commission on Negro Churches and Race Relations 22 14 Commission on the Church and Race Relations 22 15 F 22 16 Fisk University- Treasurer's Report and Budget Schedule, 1927-1928 22 17 H 23 1 K 23 2 L 23 3 M 23 4 Maternity Home Situation, 1926 23 5 N 23 6 National Urban League, 1919-1930 23 7 Negro (F-W) 23 8-16 P 23 17 R 23 18 Race Relations 23 19-20 Richmond Urban League, 1926-1931 23 21 S 23 22 Schools- Negro, 1920-1922 23 23 V 23 24 W 23 25 Y 23 26 Zoning 23 27 Subseries 2: Publications Publications of the Commission on Inter-Racial Cooperation 24 Opportunity- A Journal of Negro Life, 1923-1927 24 Other Miscellaneous Publications 24 Series V: Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession Subseries 1: Subject Files Adoption by State Board of Education- Correspondence, 1911-1926 25 1-3 Adoption by State Board of Educaiton- Miscellaneous 25 4 Briefs and Comments 25 5 Circular Letters- Depositories, Superintendents, etc., 1923-1926 25 6 Circulars, Postcards, etc., 1911-1922 25 7 Comments- Teachers, Citizens, Superintendents, 1914-1923 25 8 Course of Study 25 9-10 G 25 11 Hart, Harris, 1921-1926 25 12 High Schools 25 13 Hunter & Company, Inc. 25 14 Jenkins (Book Manufacturer) 25 15 List of Teachers, Superintendents, etc. 25 16 Longmans, Green & Co. 25 17 Members-State Board of Education- Correspondence 26 1 Macmillan Company 26 2 Orders 26 3 P 26 4 Printing Companies 26 5 Questionnaires 26 6 Questions and Answers 26 7 Reviews 26 8 Sales 26 9 State Board of Educaiton 26 10 State Teachers' Association 26 11 Suggestions 26 12 Textbook Circular Letters 26 13 Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession-Gallery Proof 26 14-16 Virginia Book Company 26 17 W 26 18 Williams Printing Company 26 19 Series VI: Miscellaneous Subject Files Accounts, 1935 27 1 Bank Statements, 1926-1931 27 2 Bottomley, William Lawrence, 1923 27 3 Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1926 27 4 Chamber of Commerce, 1926 27 5 Child Labor 27 6 Child Welfare League 27 7 Churches and World Peace 27 8 Community Fund 27 9 Consumer's League 27 10 Democratic Committees, 1926 27 11 Democratic Publicity 27 12 Democratic Women's Luncheon Club, 1925-1926 27 13 Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1926-1927 27 14 Grace Street Property, 1929 28 1 Houston, Harry R.- Photographs, 1916 28 2 Kahn Fellowship, 1926 28 3 Miscellaneous 28 4 Notebook of B.B. Munford, 1881-1885 28 5 Patriotic Community League of Loudoun County 28 6 Patriotic League 28 7 Southern Aid Society of Virginia, 1927 28 8 Social Work 28 9 Speakers, 1925 28 10 Women's Democratic News, 1925 28 11 Y.W.C.A., 1927 28 12 Miscellaneous Clippings File 29 1-17 Miscellaneous Publications 30