Collection Overview
Title: Edna Twamley Papers, 1911-1985
ID: OGLMC/1162
Creator: Twamley, Edna (1879-1966)
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 05/00/1988
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
1879-1966; UND Benefactor
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Edna Twamley Papers consist of correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, material from the dedication of Twamley Hall and a notice of probate for her will. All of the correspondence is from Edna Twamley. One letter was written to Mabel French in 1912. The remaining letters were written to Mabel's daughter Mary Margaret, and her husband, Richard Frank. The newspaper and magazine clippings are from various sources, including the Grand Forks Herald and the University of North Dakota Alumni Review. Programs for the dedication of Twamley Hall and the carillon are included, as is a partial transcript of the speech she delivered for the occasion. Finally, materials gathered by Mary Margaret Frank for the purposes of a 1985 article in Plainswoman magazine are included. This folder consists of correspondence from one of Edna Twamley's friends in New York, as well as a rough draft and final version of the article.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source:
Mary Margaret Frank, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method:
Donation (88-1588) and November 1990 (91-1764)
Separated Materials:
Eight photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets. An audiotape recording of Edna Twamley's speech at the dedication of Twamley Hall was separated and added to the Audiotape Collection.
Preferred Citation:
(Description of Item) Edna Twamley Papers. OGLMC 1162. Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Finding Aid Revision History:
Finding aid added to Archon in November 2013.
Box and Folder Listing
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Photocopied pages from The Forx (Grand Forks Central High School Annual), 1911
- Folder 2: Correspondence to Mabel French, 1912
- Folder 3: The Western Sketches of Caroline Mathilda (Stansbury) Kirkland by Edna Twamley. Reprinted from Volume 39 (1915) of the Bulletin (Michigan Historical Commission)
- Folder 4: Correspondence to Mary Margaret and Richard Frank, 1954, 1957, 1959, undated
- Folder 5: University of North Dakota Alumni Review, September 29, 1960 and July 5, 1961
- Folder 6: Materials from the Dedication of Twamley Hall and the Carillon (Includes programs and partial transcript of Twamley’s address), May 31, 1963
- Folder 7: University of North Dakota College of Education Record, January 1965
- Folder 8: Obituary, 1966
- Folder 9: Notice of Probate in the Last Will and Testament of Edna Twamley, January 16, 1967
- Folder 10: “Edna Twamley’s Legacy” by Mary Margaret Frank in Plainswoman, May 1985
- Photograph 1: Edna Twamley, undated
- Photograph 2: Edna Twamley, undated
- Photograph 3: Edna Twamley with Mabel, Mary Margaret and Townsley French, August 1935
- Photograph 4: Edna Twamley and Mabel French, August 1935
- Photograph 5: Edna Twamley’s house, Coldenham, New York, August 1935
- Photograph 6: Edna Twamley, November 1959
- Photograph 7: Edna Twamley’s dog, “Big Joe”, December 1961
- Photograph 8: Edna Twamley at the Dedication of Twamley Hall, May 31, 1963
- Cassette Tape 2043: Recording of Edna Twamley’s address at the Dedication of Twamley Hall, May 31, 1963