Ann Cottrell Free papers, 1854-2018 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX 1-9	Personal File, 1854-2011
		The Personal File series primarily contains biographical material that provides an overview of Free’s life and career. This is largely reflected in transcripts of detailed oral history interviews with Free regarding her animal advocacy efforts, experiences as a female journalist in the 1940s, and work in China with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Other biographical material includes awards, biographical sketches, articles about Free, résumés, and files related to her birth, marriage, and death. Of particular interest in the series is a file of notes and correspondence related to sessions with psychologist Elaine W. Cotlove in which Free discusses and analyzes her romantic relationships with women in the 1930s and 1940s. The series also contains material related to Free's family, mostly the papers of her mother, Emily Blake Cottrell, including correspondence, notebooks, and diaries. Free’s correspondence with her mother, however, is maintained primarily in the Correspondence series. While the series contains biographical and autobiographical material, similar files can be found throughout other series in the collection, mostly in Free's writings, diaries, and notebooks. Material types include résumés, transcripts, awards, certificates, clippings, business cards, correspondence, recipes, and notes. Some textual material is in digital format. The file structure of the digital content maintained as received.
		Arranged alphabetically by material type or subject.
BOX 1		Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award, National Press Club, 2005-2006
BOX 1		Articles and writings mentioning Free, 1925-2008, undated
			(2 folders)
BOX 1		Autobiographical writings, 1939-2002, undated
BOX 1		Awards
BOX 1			Dodd Mead Boys' Life Writing Award, Forever the Wild Mare, 1963-1964
BOX 1			Miscellany, 1936, 1963-2003
BOX 1			Schweitzer Medal, Animal Welfare Institute, 1963-1965
BOX 1			Virginia Communications Hall of Fame, 1993-2000
BOX 1		Biographical sketches, 1943-2005, undated
BOX 2		Biographical sketches, 1943-2005, undated
			(2 folders)
BOX 2		Birth, 1916
BOX 2		Blake, Emma Walters (grandmother), 1944, 1950
BOX 2		Business cards, circa 1940s-circa 1990s
BOX 2		Contacts, circa 1940s-circa 1990s
BOX 2		Cotlove, Elaine W., psychiatrist, notes and letters, 1975-1976
BOX 2		Cottrell, Emily Blake (mother)
BOX 2			Address book, undated
BOX 2			Correspondence, 1923, 1931-1972, undated
				(2 folders)
BOX 3			Correspondence, 1923, 1931-1972, undated
BOX 3			Death, 1972
BOX 3			Financial notes, 1965-1971
				(2 folders)
BOX 3			Miscellany, 1925-1971, undated
BOX 3			Notebooks and diaries, 1941, 1971, undated
BOX 4			Notebooks and diaries, 1941, 1971, undated
				(2 folders)
BOX 4		Cottrell, Emily Blake, and Emmett D. Cottrell, (parents), 1924-1967
			(2 folders)
BOX 4		Death
BOX 4			Condolences, 2004-2005
				(3 folders)
BOX 5			Donations, 2004-2005
BOX 5			Memorial plaque, 2005
BOX 5			Memorial service, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., 2004, Dec. 4
				(2 folders)
BOX 5			Miscellany, 1990, 2004
BOX 5			Obituaries and tributes, 2004-2005
				(2 folders)
BOX 5		Education, 1923-1940, 1950-1954, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1998 See also OV 1 and OV 2, same heading
			(2 folders)
BOX 5		Family, miscellany, 1903, 1983, 1997, 2002, undated
BOX 6		Free, James (husband), memorial service, 1996, Apr. 21
BOX 6		Genealogy, 1983
BOX 6		Identification and membership cards, 1933-2000
BOX 6		Johnson, Mary M., and James West, wedding book, 1854-1857
BOX 6		Marriage to James Free, 1950
BOX 6		Mementos
BOX 6			Dance cards, circa 1930s
BOX 6			Foreign currency, 1912-1964
BOX 6			Menus, 1920, 1944-1946
BOX 6			Playbills and ticket stubs, circa 1940s, 1975, undated
BOX 6			United States presidential campaign buttons, circa 1952-1956, 1968
BOX 6			Miscellany, 1942-1943, 1981, 2008, undated
BOX 6		Name plates, undated
BOX 6		Oral history transcripts
BOX 6			China, 1997
BOX 6			"Covering World War II Washington," 1994
BOX 6			National Press Club, Washington, D.C., 1992, 1998, 2004-2007
BOX 7			"Personal Oral History of Ann Cottrell Free" conducted by Elissa Blake Free and Bill Nooter, 1994-2004, 2011
				(3 folders)
DF			"Personal Oral History of Ann Cottrell Free" conducted by Elissa Blake Free and Bill Nooter, digital copy, 2004
				Digital ID: mss86321_200_056
BOX 7			Proposal, Montgomery College, Rockville, Md., 1996
BOX 7			Recording Animal Advocacy (organization)
BOX 7				Anchel, Marjorie, oral history, 1997
BOX 7				Free, Ann Cottrell, oral history
BOX 7					Full transcript, 2001
DF					Full transcript, digital copy, 2003
						Digital ID: mss86321_200_057
BOX 8					Lee, Carmen, correspondence, 1999-2003
BOX 8					Miscellany, 1998-2003
BOX 8					Segments I-IV, 1999-2000
						(4 folders)
BOX 8					Supplemental material, 1996-2001
						(2 folders)
BOX 9					"Telling Their Story is All I Can Do," 1999-2000
BOX 9				Orlans, F. Barbara, oral history, 2001-2002
BOX 8				Thurston, Ethel, oral history, 2001
BOX 9			Washington Press Club Foundation, 1989
BOX 9		Press passes, 1945-1983, undated
BOX 9		Recipes, 1893, 1938, 1950s-1960s
BOX 9		Résumés, circa 1941-circa 1990
BOX OV 1		Travel satchel, circa 1940s See OV 1, same heading
BOX 9		Travel documents, 1948-1949, undated
BOX 9		War ration books, 1942-1943
BOX 9-25	Correspondence, 1920-2005
		The Correspondence series comprises personal and professional correspondence from Free's family, friends, and colleagues, the bulk of which spans from 1937 to 1997. The correspondence is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Free’s life and career. Details of her travels in the 1940s are reflected within the series in letters to Emily Blake Cottrell and John Oudine, in a subject file on India, and in a compilation of letters to and from her travel companion, Verna Mae Feuerhelm Cody. Other files of note include letters related to Free’s romantic relationships with Margaret Johnson, Claude James, and Isabelle Ziegler. A file of “early job letters” reflects Free’s experiences with sexism in the journalism profession from the 1930s to 1950s. The series does not represent the entirety of correspondence in the collection as letters are filed throughout other series. Researchers are encouraged to consult the Subject File series for correspondence related to specific subjects. Material types include letters, memoranda, invitations, greeting cards, telegrams, faxes, postcards, photographs, and writings.
		Arranged into a chronological file, a name file, and a subject file.
BOX 9		Chronological file, 1931-1933
BOX 10		Chronological file, 1934-1941
			(8 folders)
BOX 11		Chronological file, 1942-1962
			(11 folders)
BOX 12		Chronological file, 1963-1975
			(9 folders)
BOX 13		Chronological file, 1976-1985
			(9 folders)
BOX 14		Chronological file, 1986-1993
			(8 folders)
BOX 15		Chronological file, 1994-2005, undated
			(7 folders)
BOX 16		Chronological file, undated
			(6 folders)
BOX 16		Name file
BOX 16			Allen, Thelma, 1963-1996
BOX 17			Baničević, Marija, 1948-1949, undated
BOX 17			Black, Hugo, 1966-1971
BOX 17			Bredow, Fran; Yap, Micronesia, 1988-1989
BOX 17			Bush, George, 1984
BOX 17			Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 1995
BOX 17			Cody, Verna Mae Feuerhelm, 1946-1961, 1989
				(3 folders)
BOX 17			Cottrell, Emily Blake, and Emmett D. Cottrell, (parents), circa 1920s-1942
				(4 folders)
BOX 18			Cottrell, Emily Blake, and Emmett D. Cottrell, (parents), 1943-1959
				(12 folders)
BOX 19			Cottrell, Emily Blake, and Emmett D. Cottrell, (parents), 1961-1979, undated
				(3 folders)
BOX 19			Douglas, William O., 1954
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