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BOX 1 Family Papers, 1895-2012
The Family Papers series highlights Tanneyhill's family history in Massachusetts, focusing in particular on her mother, Adelaide G. Tanneyhill, her sister, Gertrude Tanneyhill Cuthbert, and her grandfather, William Grandison, a printer.
Material types include correspondence, financial and legal records, newspaper clippings, a printing plate, photographs, programs, membership cards, notebooks, reports, writings, sheet music, and a bound list of books.
Arranged alphabetically by name of family member or type of material.
BOX 1 By family member
BOX 1 Cuthbert, Gertrude Tanneyhill (sister), 1956-1981, 1999
BOX 1 Grandison, William (grandfather)
BOX 1 Black Press Archives, Mooreland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1977
BOX 1 Printing plate, undated
BOX 1 Other family members, 2002, 2012
BOX 1 Tanneyhill, Adelaide G. (mother), 1921, 1942, undated
BOX 1 F. Holland Day House, Norwood Historical Society, Norwood, Mass., 1970, 1981, 1995-1996
BOX 1 Financial and legal records, 1910, 1920, 1928, 1941-1946
BOX 1 Golden Rule Club, 1928-1949, 1968, 1989
(3 folders)
BOX 1 Photographs, 1907, undated See also Container 9, same heading
BOX 1 Printed ephemera
BOX 1 General, 1895-1918
BOX OV 1 Sheet music, "Believe," words by Frank Tannehill, Jr., 1899
BOX 2-10 Personal Papers, 1920-2001
The Personal Papers series focuses on Tanneyhill's work with the National Urban League and highlights her advocacy of youth employment as the director of vocational guidance.
Material types include correspondence, appointment calendars, speeches and writings, resumes and personnel records, photographs, pamphlets, a recipe book, tributes and honors, newsletters, printed ephemera including commemorative stamps and matchbook covers, and newspaper clippings.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.
BOX 2 Appointment books
BOX 2 1941-1946
(3 folders)
BOX 3 1947-1952
(3 folders)
BOX 4 1953-1958
(3 folders)
BOX 5 1959-1964
(3 folders)
BOX 6 1965-1970
(3 folders)
BOX 7 1971-1975
(3 folders)
BOX 8 1976-1981, 1988
(3 folders)
BOX 9 Biographical material
BOX 9 Curriculum vitae and résumés, 1933-1978
BOX 9 Personnel file, National Urban League, 1933-1971
BOX 9 Correspondence
BOX 9 General, 1949, 1970-1982
BOX 9 National Urban League, 1940-1957, 1970-1978
BOX 9 Education
BOX 9 Norwood High School, Norwood, Mass., 1923, 1948
BOX 9 Simmons College, Boston, Mass., 1924, 1978
BOX 9 Ephemera
BOX 9 Commemorative stamps, 1980-1981, undated
BOX 9 Matchbook covers, National Urban League, undated
BOX 9 Henson, Matthew, 1986-1988
BOX 9 Mashpee Historical Commission, Mashpee, Mass., 1987, 1993
BOX 9 Photographs, early 1950s, 1970, undated See also Container 1, same heading
BOX 9 Printed matter
BOX 9 National Urban League pamphlets and programs, 1933, 1951, 1961-1990
BOX 9 Newspaper and magazine clippings
BOX 9 Charm magazine profiles
BOX 9 1954, April, issue
BOX 9 1957, May, issue
BOX 10 General, 1941-2001
BOX 10 Recipe book, 1920
BOX 10 Tributes and honors, 1950-1958, 1971-1977, 2000, undated
BOX 10 Writings
BOX 10 Articles and speeches, 1949, 1971-1977, 1986
BOX 10 Pamphlets and booklet, 1938-1940, 1953, undated
BOX 10 Prospectus and project assessment, 1947, 1963
BOX 10 Script and critique of film proposal, 1943, 1966
BOX 10-13 Books, 1879-2010
The Books series contains books owned by Tanneyhill and members of her family. Of significance is the Longfellow Birthday-Book with names and noteworthy dates of family and friends.
Material types include published volumes, often containing names and inscriptions.
Arranged alphabetically by author or title.
BOX 10 365 Days of Black History: Working for Change, engagement calendar, 2010
BOX 10 Arnold, Matthew, The Study of Poetry,reprint, undated
BOX 11 Bates, Charlotte Fiske, Longfellow Birthday-Book, with names and dates of family and friends, 1881-1968
BOX 11 Daudet, Alphonse, Lettres de Mon Moulin, 1922
BOX 11 Du Bois, W. E. B., Dusk of Dawn, 1971
BOX 11 Dundar, Paul Laurence, Candle-Lightin' Time, 1902
BOX 11 Griffini, Graziamaria,"Going from de Cotton Fields": Proverbi dei Negri d'America, 1879
BOX 12 Hale, Edward Everett, The Only True Mother Goose Melodies, inscribed, 1905
BOX OV 1 Holy Bibles
BOX OV 1 A. J. Holman & Co., The Holman New Self-Pronouncing Sunday-School Teacher's Bible, wedding gift (1903) to Adelaide Grandison and Alfred Tanneyhill, 1894 See Container OV 1, same heading
BOX OV 1 National Bible Press, The Self-Pronouncing S. S. Teachers' Combination Bible, 1902 See Container OV 1, same heading
BOX OV 1 Thomas Nelson & Sons, Holy Bible, inscribed, 1901 See Container OV 1, same heading
BOX 12 Johnson, Edward A., History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish American War, inscribed, 1899
BOX 12 Labiche, Eugéne, and Henri Martin, La Poudre aux Yeux, 1897
BOX 12 Lamb, Charles and Mary, Tales from Shakespeare, inscribed, 1879
BOX 12 Malot, Hector, Episode from Sans Famille, 1899
BOX 12 Marcus Ward and Co., Golden Grain, undated
BOX 13 Milton, John, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso,inscribed, undated
BOX 13 Rich, G. Ellingwood, When Mother Lets Us Make Paper Box Furniture,inscribed, 1914
BOX 13 Tileston, Mary W., Daily Strength for Daily Needs, inscribed, 1897
BOX 13 The Yellow Book, or the Story of the Yellow Jar, undated
BOX OV 1 Oversize, 1894-1902
Oversize items separated from other series because of their size and fragility.
Material types include sheet music and Bibles.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were separated.
Family Papers
BOX OV 1 Sheet music, "Believe," words by Frank Tannehill, Jr., 1899 (Container 1)
Books
BOX OV 1 A. J. Holman & Co., The Holman New Self-Pronouncing Sunday-School Teacher's Bible, wedding gift (1903) to Adelaide Grandison and Alfred Tanneyhill, 1894 (Container 12)
BOX OV 1 National Bible Press, The Self-Pronouncing S. S. Teachers' Combination Bible, 1902 (Container 12)
BOX OV 1 Thomas Nelson & Sons, Holy Bible, inscribed, 1901 (Container 12)

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