Mamie Himmelwright McIlwee Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, legal documents, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Mamie H. McIlwee’s work advocating for resources for Petworth public schools and libraries.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1932 - 1952
Creator
- McIlwee, Mamie H. (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Use
No known restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Mamie Himmelwright McIlwee was born on August 8, 1886 in Star Tannery, Frederick County, Virginia to parents John and Hattie Himelright. Mamie married Branson Gilbert McIlwee and together they raised four children in the District, Mae, Hettie, Jay, and John. Mrs. McIlwee worked to secure funding for expanded classrooms, additional courses, educational materials, and grounds beautification at Roosevelt High School by serving on the Roosevelt Parent Teacher Association as a member of the Legislative Committee and Chairman of the Committee on Beautifying School and Library Grounds. Additionally Mrs. McIlwee was a member of the Petworth and Manor Park Citizens Associations. Mrs. McIlwee passed August 3, 1967 at the National Lutheran Home for the Aged in Northeast D.C.
Extent
3 Linear feet
2 Boxes
Arrangement
Series 1: Correspondence
Sub-series 1: Beautification of School Grounds and Petworth Library
Sub-series 2: Civic Action
Series 2: Legal Documents
Series 3: Memoranda
Series 4: Photographs
Series 5: Newspaper Clippings
Series 6: Scrapbook
Custodial History
The provenance is unknown. No Deed of Gift was identified for this collecton.
Processing Information
One scrapbook was disassembled due to degradation. Its contents were sorted into various folders for correspondence, legal documents and newspaper clippings. Correspondence was extracted from the remaining scrapbook which has been kept intact with original newspaper clippings left inside. In keeping with the original organization of the scrapbooks, documents were grouped by theme or subject and then arranged in chronological order.
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Mamie Himmelwright McIlwee Papers
- Subtitle
- An inventory of the Mamie Himmelwright McIlwee Papers at DC Public Library
- Author
- DC Public Library, Special Collection
- Date
- 2020-08-25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository