PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::01010::Kathryn H. Stone Papers)//EN" "ViU01010.sgm" A Guide to the Kathryn H. Stone PapersStone, Kathryn H. 10555-bProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth SlombaFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 18, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::01010::Kathryn H. Stone Papers)//EN" "ViU01010.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Kathryn H. Stone Papers A Collection in the Special Collections Department 10555-b

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #10555-b Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Kathryn H. Stone Papers 1906-1993 10555-b ca. 760 items English Suzanne Stone Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

 Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

Kathryn H. Stone Papers, Accession 10555-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

This collection was made a gift to the Library by Ms. Suzanne Stone (daughter of Kathryn H. Stone), of Narberth, Pennsylvania, on August 10, 1994.

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Scope and Content

This collection consists of ca. 760 items, 1906(1943-1982)1993, concerning Kathryn H. Stoneand her involvement in the Gray Commission, the Greater Washington Research Center, the League of Women Voters, the planning of Reston, Virginia, and Virginia politics. There is a scrapbook, November 1955 -July 1956, of papers and newspaper clippings, pertaining to Virginiapublic schools, chiefly the Gray Commissionand the desegregation issue. The loose papers and newspaper clippings were removed from the badly deteriorated scrapbook and foldered; the newspaper clippings were copied and discarded. League of Women Votersmaterial includes correspondence, writings on the LWV and its history, memoranda, and printed material. There is also correspondence and papers of Anna Lord Strauss, and biographical material on Strauss and Lucretia Mott. Among the miscellaneous material on Women's Issues is a travel journal (electrostatic copy) of Alice Ilchman, titled "Fellow Travellers: The Ilchmans in Russia, Winter, 1987-1988." There are also several writings by Kathryn Stoneconcerning women's issues: "Women as Citizens" (1947); "Statement of Mrs. Kathryn H. Stone" (1965) prepared for the American Association of University Women; "Modernizing Government for a New Virginia" (1965); "The New Lib in Perspective," convocation address for Hood College(1970); "The 'New Lib' Through the Ages" 1970; and, other brief essays.

 Container List Biographical Sketches of Kathryn H. and Harold A. Stone, and related material 1906 (1961-1984) 1992 Box 1 Correspondence of Kathryn H. and Harold A. Stone 1932-1993 Box 1 General Assembly Documents 1963-1965 Box 1 The Gray Commission: Correspondence and Papers (from Scrapbook) 1955 Dec-1956 Jul Box 1 The Gray Commission: Newspaper Clippings (from Scrapbook) 1955 Nov-1956 Jul Box 1 Greater Washington Research Center 1980-1982 Box 1 Greater Washington Research Center: Reports 1980-1982 Box 1 League of Women Voters 1945-1993 Box 1 League of Women Voters: Memorandumand other Comments 1943-1946 Box 2 (3 folders) League of Women Voters: Lucretia Mott 1947-1981 Box 2 League of Women Voters: Pamphlets 1920-1950 Box 2 League of Women Voters: Anna Lord Strauss--Correspondence (1948-1952) 1982 Box 2 League of Women Voters: Anna Lord Strauss--Memoranda 1944-1960 Box 2 League of Women Voters: Anna Lord Strauss--Photographs 1951-1970 Box 2 League of Women Voters: Anna Lord Strauss--Printed 1948-1980 Box 2 Political: Printed 1929 (1959-1991) Box 2 Quotations used for Opening Remarks of Speeches ca. 1960s Box 3 Reston, Virginia 1962-1978 Box 3 Virginia State and Local Campaigns and Elections 1951-1959 Box 3 (2 folders) Women's Issues 1951-1993 Box 3 (2 folders) Women's Issues: Reports of the President's Commission on the Status of Women 1963-1966 Box 3 Women's Issues: Writings by Kathryn H. Stone 1947-1981 Box 3 Youth Issues: Printed 1959-1989 Box 3