MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers

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1 Collection Number: MS-146 Title: Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers s: (bulk ) MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers Creator: Brown, Katharine Kennedy, Summary/Abstract: Brown was an important figure in the Republican Party from 1920 until The bulk of materials in this collection are connected with her activities as the National Republican Party Committee Woman from Ohio. Political materials include correspondence, publications, campaign records, convention and election memorabilia, photographs, and records reflecting her activities with state and national GOP women's organizations. Correspondents include major Republican leaders and presidents Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Eisenhower, and Nixon. Her papers also include personal and family materials consisting of diaries, correspondence, and financial records dating from the 1830s. Quantity/Physical Description: 52 linear feet Language(s): English Repository: Special Collections and Archives, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Dayton, OH , (937) Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection. Restrictions on Use: There is no publication or quotation of any materials in these papers without permission of the family. Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Preferred Citation: [Description of item,, Box #, Folder #], MS-146, Katharine Kennedy Brown Papers, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Acquisition: The papers of Katharine Kennedy Brown were accessioned into the Wright State University Department of Archives and Special Collections in February, They were donated by Grafton S. Kennedy, Jr., nephew of Katharine Kennedy Brown. Location of Originals: Oversize items are located in OS 7 folders 1-4, 6, and in OS76, folder 6. MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1

2 Other Finding Aid: The finding aid is available on the Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries web site at It is also available in the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository at Related Material: MS-147 Martha McClellan Brown and Rev. William Kennedy Brown Papers ( MS-281 Louise Kennedy Papers ( ) MS-404 Katharine Kennedy Brown Collection (Lenz Additions) ( ) MS-516 Junior League of Dayton Records ( ) Processed by: Dorothy Smith and Marie Mee, Spring Additions processed by Patricia A. McEldowney, Spring Political memorabilia processed by Toni Vanden Bos and finding aid revised to DACS, July Arrangement: The collection is arranged into two major subgroups and twenty-two series as follows: Subgroup I: Family and Personal Papers Series 1: Family correspondence Series 2: General correspondence Series 3: Diaries Series 4: Genealogical & biographical data Series 5: Academic & religious records, papers, and books Series 6: Miscellaneous items Subgroup II: Political Papers Series 1: Correspondence Series 2: Speeches Series 3: Ohio Congressional District files Series 4: State files Series 5: National Federation of Republican Women Series 6: Ohio Federation of Republican Women Series 7: Study Program Series 8: Republican National Conventions Series 9: Robert A. Taft Memorial Series 10: Ohio Republican State Committee MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 2

3 Series 11: Republican National Committee Series 12: Junior League & Daughters of the American Revolution Series 13: Miscellaneous subject files Series 14: Photographs Series 15: Scrapbooks Series 16: Political Campaign Memorabilia Biographical Note: Katharine Louise Kennedy Brown was a prominent and powerful figure in Ohio politics and Dayton society for over fifty years. She was born on July 16, 1891 in Dayton, Ohio, the eldest child of Grafton Claggett Kennedy ( ) and Louise Achey ( ). Grafton Kennedy was an attorney in the Dayton law firm of Kennedy, Munger & Kennedy (the other partners were his half-brother, Eugene, and Warren and Harry Munger). Grafton was U.S. Commissioner at Dayton for the Southern District of Ohio from He was a staunch Republican, who in 1892 organized the first Montgomery County Board of Elections. He was a member of the Montgomery County Republican Executive Committee in 1886, and served on the Dayton Board of Education for many years. Katharine s mother, Louise Kennedy, was the only child of John Jacob Achey ( ) and Frances Fanny Sherwood Achey ( ). She was a charter member of the Jonathan Dayton Chapter of the DAR and a genealogical researcher. The family home was a mansion called Duncarrick ( Home of the Kennedy s ) located at Keowee & Webster streets. The Kennedy s figured prominently in Dayton Society from the late 19 th century, well into the 20 th century. They numbered the Winters, Pattersons, Wrights, and Barneys among their friends. As a prominent and wealthy family, the Kennedys traveled extensively in Europe and spent their summers in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Katharine initially was educated by German and French governesses at home, then attended Dayton Public Schools and Dana Hall at Wellesley. Katharine was very close to her brother, Grafton Sherwood Duke Kennedy, who was born on June 27, He attended Yale University and MIT, then became an Army officer, serving from He married Katherine Lucille Glidden (b. 1891) of Brooklyn, New York on December 1, They had three children, Katharine (Kay) Kennedy Barney (b. 1919), Frances Lucille (Lou) Kennedy Sharp (later Albert) (b. 1922), and Grafton Sherwood Jr. (Terry), (b. 1926). After Duke s retirement the family lived on a farm in Harford County, Maryland, and a summer home in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Katharine married Kleon Thaw Brown on April 20, Kleon was born on January 3, 1886, the son of Rev. William Kennedy Brown ( ) and Martha Haight McClellan ( ), a prominent figure in the late 19 th century American temperance movement. (MS-147 contains the papers of Martha McClellan and Rev. William Kennedy Brown.) Kleon was manager of ST&GA Gebhart Company of Cleveland from In 1920 he became an executive in the sales department of NCR Corporation. Tragically, Katharine s marital happiness was short-lived; the couple s only child died in infancy, then was followed by Kleon, who died suddenly on May 20, Katharine never remarried. MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 3

4 Katharine s political career began in 1920, immediately after women won political suffrage, when women were initially denied a place on the Montgomery County Republican Executive Committee. She decided that she was tired of being given things by men and determined to take what was legally ours. Katharine eventually became a member of the committee, but did not stop there. She helped build Montgomery County s Women s Ward and Precinct Organization in 1920 and formed the first Women s Republican Club in the county as an added support to the county organization. She became a member of the Republican State Committee of Ohio in 1928, representing the 3 rd Congressional District, a position to which she was elected every two years for forty years. Katharine was the Republican National Committee woman for Ohio from She eventually became a member of the Board of Directors of the National Federation of Republican Women s Clubs and served as a member of the Executive Committee. In 1942, she was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee and served in that capacity until She also became a member of the Executive Committees of the State and County Republican Committees. She was a founder of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women s Organizations and was its president from She was Vice-Chairman of the Republican National Committee from Katharine also was a member of the Advisory Council of the Women s National Republican Club of New York and a member of the League of Republican Women and the Capitol Hill Republican Club in Washington, D.C. Katharine served as a Delegate-at-Large to eight Republican National Conventions (1932, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968) and as an Alternate-at-Large from Ohio in She was a member of the Arrangements Committee for the Republican National Conventions of 1940 and Katharine was literally advisor and confidante to numerous presidents, congressmen, and governors, including John Bricker, Robert Taft, James Rhodes, and Richard Nixon. In 1944 Senator John W. Bricker chose her as the only woman member of his National Strategy Committee in his bid for the presidency; in 1948 and 1952, Senator Robert A. Taft named her the only woman member of his National Strategy Committee in his bid for the presidential nomination. Katharine wrote or was co-author of several pamphlets on politics, including: What You Want to Know About the Great Game of Politics, based on Frank R. Kent s book, Ward, Township Organization and Polling ; The Rudiments of Political Organization ; and an evaluation of the 1964 Presidential Campaign, The Need to Know. She organized the Junior League of Dayton and from 1926 to 1929 she was the Vice-President and Regional Director of the Association of Junior Leagues of America. She was a director of the Dayton Art Institute from , and a member of the Board of Trustees of Wilberforce University. MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 4

5 Since Katharine s mother and grandmother organized the Jonathan Dayton Chapter of the DAR, Katharine was a member at an early age, and served as a page and delegate to their National Congresses. Katharine also was a member of the Colonial Dames of America and Chairwoman of the Dayton Circle. Katharine s favorite hobby was the theater: she was one of the founders of the Comedy Club of Dayton, which presented one-act plays from Katharine died on November 10, 1986 at Kettering Convalescent Center. Katharine, her parents, maternal grandparents, and great-grandparents are buried as Woodland Cemetery in Dayton. The family s first residence, 131 West Third Street, is the current home of the Dayton Bicycle Club. Her beloved Duncarrick still stands at 1000 Keowee Street. Scope and Content Note: The papers of Katharine Kennedy Brown provide invaluable information for research relating to the role of women in American politics, especially the Republican Party, from 1920 to The collection also provides a lively and interesting view of the activities and diversions of Dayton Society from the late 19 th century to the mid-twentieth century from the perspective of a politically active and prominent Dayton family. Subgroup I: Contains family and personal papers and is divided into six series as follows: Series I, Family Correspondence, consists of letters exchanged by Katharine Kennedy Brown, her husband, parents, grandmother, brother, and other family members from 1887 to Family members were prolific in a time when weekly letters from loved ones were not uncommon and their letters, which are dated for the most part, are full of interesting information. Of particular interest is the extensive correspondence of Kleon Brown from 1915 to1921, which was written to Katharine during their courtship while he traveled around the country as part of his sales position. Also of interest are the letters to Katharine from her brother, Duke, which detail his education at Yale, his military experiences during both world wars, and the routine business of family affairs and finances. The older letters of Katharine s parents and grandmother provide much insight into the concerns, social customs, and daily life in an upper-class family as it moved from the 19 th century to the 20 th. Limitations of this series include the family s propensity for nicknames, which renders some correspondence difficult to identify; the absence of any letters from Katharine to Kleon or, for that matter, of very many letters from Katharine to anybody; and the lack of any correspondence from the time of Katharine s marriage until after Kleon s death (1921 to approximately 1926), which is unfortunate in that this is the time frame in which Katharine launched her political career. The General Correspondence in Series II contains interesting and revealing letters exchanged between Katharine, her family and a multitude of friends. Span dates for the series are Katharine maintained an extensive correspondence with life-time friends, including prominent Daytonians, political cronies, and a host of her admirers from her youth. Unfortunately, several of the correspondents cannot be identified because the letters do not contain their full names. The correspondence includes White House invitations, love letters, and MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 5

6 political discussions, as well as routine notes to her secretaries and friends. The letters are rich with the news of the day, especially the correspondence conducted between the younger Katharine and her friends, members of the so-called lost generation. It is full of the social events of the time, detailing courtship and romance, the beginning of American cinema and popular theater, and the fears young people faced in a time of political uncertainty, social change, and world war. One group of letters which is quite entertaining is the letters to Duke Kennedy from Dot Whitney, his girlfriend who went to New York City to pursue a career in show business in One again, this series is limited by the scarcity of Katharine s own letters. The family diaries of Series III provide an interesting view of daily life for the Kennedy and Brown families. The dairies are dated , , 1917 and Of particular interest are the detailed thoughts of Grafton C. Kennedy, written when he was a young attorney in Dayton from His diaries recount his day-to-day social and political events and business experiences, including his friendship with prominent Dayton figures, as well as the beginnings of his long and difficult courtship of Louise Achey, following the scandal surrounding the dissolution of her first marriage. His frank and informative records provide an overview of the trials and tribulations of upper-class Dayton in the 1880s. Katharine s diaries, unfortunately, are few and reveal more about her daily schedule than her thoughts. Kleon s perpetual diary is also more factual than feeling. Series IV contains extensive genealogical data collected by family members. While all of the family was interested in genealogy, Mrs. Louise Kennedy and Rev. William Kennedy Brown were genealogical researchers who delved in great detail into their ancestral origins. Of particular interest is the family research of Louise Kennedy (folders 6-11) which was performed as a part of her membership in the DAR and out of genuine interest, including her inclusion of the reconstructed Revolutionary War Commission of her ancestor, Albert Sherwood, in her Sherwood family file. Also of interest is the research performed by professional genealogist Gilbert Cope for Rev. Brown, including the creation of extensive ancestral charts of the Brown family. These files contain the obituaries of Louise Kennedy, Frances Sherwood Achey and Eugene G. Kennedy. Unfortunately, these files are not in very good physical condition. Series V contains the academic and religious records of Katharine, Grafton C., Duke and Eugene Kennedy and Kleon Brown. These files include report cards and commencement booklets, as well as Katharine s literary themes and some religious records. Unfortunately, Katharine s academic record is fragmentary. There are little records of her schooling in Dayton, which may be attributable to her initial education at home, and only correspondence remaining of her Dana Hall education are the letters exchanged between her parents and the headmistress and a few term papers. The academic records of her brother Duke are informative in that they show the Ivy League collegiate curriculum of the early twentieth century. Span dates for the academic records are The religious records are dated 1908 and Series VI contains miscellaneous items, including the invitation list for and correspondence concerning Katharine and Kleon Brown s wedding. The list and the RSVPs are a Who s Who of upper-crust Dayton of Also of interest is an undated household inventory for Duncarrick and a copy of the scrapbook of news clippings and program books from approximately 1916 to 1925 of the Dayton Comedy Club, the theatrical group of which Katharine was a member. This MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 6

7 series also contains Katharine s handwritten will dated 1961 and an interesting 1958 newspaper article about Katharine s memories of her childhood on West Third Street. Subgroup II, Political papers, contains records and papers reflecting Mrs. Brown s long political career as a powerful and important figure in the Republican Party, both locally and nationally. It falls into 15 series. Series I, Correspondence, contains correspondence generated by Mrs. Brown s position as National Committeewoman from Ohio and her instrumental role in National and State Republican women s organizations. Files are arranged alphabetically by last name of the correspondent, then chronologically within each file. In addition to correspondence, many files contain clippings, information, and/or campaign literature pertaining to the individual in the file. This series contains a wealth of information about Republican Party strategy, conventions, elections, and issues. There is correspondence from virtually every major state and national political figure in the Republican Party from the late 1920s through the 1960s. Many of Mrs. Brown s correspondents were county and ward chairmen as well as local leaders of GOP organizations, and these letters reflect the day to day routine of political work on the local level. Of interest are letters exchanged between Mrs. Brown and Phyllis Schlafly in the mid-1960s in which they discuss their attempts to capture the presidency of the National Federation of Republican Women, and their hopes for a more conservative party. Span dates for the correspondence are Series II, Speeches, contain full-text copies of numerous speeches which Brown delivered throughout her career. The majorities of these talks were delivered before groups of GOP party workers and discuss party organization, strategy, GOP principles, and candidates. The speeches are a good indication of the evolution of Republican political thought and its response to national crisis such as the depression, World War II, and the perceived communist threat of the 1950s and 1960s. Span dates are Series III, Ohio Congressional District Files, contains correspondence, news clippings, broadsides and flyers, campaign literature, meeting notices, and programs from various Republican county organizations in Ohio. Of special interest is correspondence from local politicians and party leaders which discuss local political races, organizing activities, and voting. Also included are letters from rank and file Republicans in which they reveal their views on the political issues of the day. The series is arranged by Congressional district, then alphabetically by county. Span dates are Series IV, State Files, is a collection of miscellaneous correspondence, political notices, and clippings from Republicans outside of Ohio. This series reflects Mrs. Brown s wide network of political friends and acquaintances throughout the country and the extent of her influence with GOP politicians and party leaders in other states. Of particular interest are her efforts in behalf of Senator Robert Taft s bid for the GOP Presidential nomination in 1944, 1948, and Span dates are Series V contains files pertaining to Brown s involvement with national GOP women s organizations. Early files ( ) are from the Women s National Republican Club of New MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 7

8 York City and include correspondence, programs, a constitution, and miscellaneous announcements. There are also founding documents and correspondence relating to the formation of the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) in the late 1930s. Of particular interest is a long, often heated correspondence between Mrs. Brown and Marion E. Martin, who was Assistant Chair of the Republican Party and who also spearheaded the formation of NFRW. Brown, as leader of Ohio s Republican women, the largest GOP women s organization in the country, opposed the entrance of Ohio into a national federation, and was able, for a time, to keep her Ohio organization separate. Brown and Martin, however, eventually made their peace, and the Ohio organization came under the NFRW umbrella in the early 1940s. Other files in this series include correspondence, programs from various conventions and conferences, copies of NFRM newsletters, and National Advisory Board minutes. Span dates are Series VI contains records connected with Brown s tenure as President of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women (OFRW). Included are founding documents, files on semi-annual meetings, scattered minutes, correspondence, and county files. Span dates are The Study Programs in Series VII were prepared by Mrs. Brown and distributed to chapters of the OFRW for study and discussion by its members. They contain information about current political issues, local and national government, history of the Republican Party, and OFRW policies. There are study programs for the years Series VIII contains files on several of the Republican National Conventions that Brown attended as a delegate. Each file contains a mix of correspondence, news clippings, lists of delegates, and programs. Span dates are Series IX contains records and papers pertaining to the establishment of a memorial for Senator Robert A. Taft in Washington, D.C. Brown served as a trustee on the commission that established the memorial. Included are Trustees minutes, correspondence, numerous clippings about Taft and the memorial, and a record of fund raising. Of special interest in this series is the transcript of an oral history interview of Mrs. Brown about Senator Taft conducted by the Oral History Resource Office of Columbia University in Span dates for this series are Additional material on the dedication ceremony for the Taft Memorial is located in Scrapbook #10 in Series 15. Series X and XI contain miscellaneous files which reflect Brown s activities with the National and State Republican Committees. There is material on Ohio State Republican conventions, correspondence, and files on GOP National Committee meetings. Span dates are Series XII contains materials from two non-political women s organizations that Brown was active in, the Junior League and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Span dates are Series XIV, Photographs, contains formal portraits and photographs of the Brown and Kennedy families dating from approximately , and political photographs dating to the late 1960s. Of interest are the wedding portraits of Katharine and Kleon Brown, several portraits of MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 8

9 the exterior and interior of Duncarrick, and many formal portraits of Katharine. This series also contains a cyanotype of the first Kennedy home on W. Third Street (currently the Dayton Bicycle Club), an unidentified portrait of a man by Jane Reece (c. 1911), a portrait of the Comedy Club (c. 1922), and a photograph of Newcom s Tavern from the turn of the century. There are also numerous images of Mrs. Brown engaged in political activities. She is pictures with various party figures such as Robert Taft, John Bricker, Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and Herbert Hoover. While many of the photographs and portraits are identified and dated, the majority are not. The scrapbooks in Series XV contain numerous newspaper clippings saved by Mrs. Brown which follow her political career and also highlight the activities of local and national Republican leaders and organizations. Also included are photographs, programs, invitations, correspondence, an early newsletter of the Hoover Republican Club (Dayton), and memorabilia. Scrapbook #15 is a collection of clippings about the history of the Miami Valley. Brown s scrapbooks run from 1927 to 1973 and are an accessible, roughly chronological record of her life and career. Series XVI Political Campaign Memorabilia, dates from and includes campaign posters, signs, stamps, stickers, ribbons, buttons, pins, name badges, and artifacts from campaigns of Republican candidates, mainly running for President and Vice President. The bulk of the materials are from Wendell Willkie s campaign in 1940, Dwight Eisenhower s campaigns in 1952 and 1956, Richard Nixon s campaign in 1960, and Barry Goldwater s campaign in Buttons for Calvin Coolidge in 1924, Herbert Hoover in 1928, and Thomas E. Dewey in 1944 and 1948 are also in the collection. Subject Terms: Persons/Families Brown, Katharine Kennedy, Manuscripts Brown, Kleon Thaw, Kennedy, Grafton Sherwood (Duke), 1893 Kennedy, Louise Achey, Kennedy, Katherine Glidden Organizations/Corporate Names Republican National Committee (U.S.) Republican National Convention National Federation of Republican Women Republican Party (Ohio) 20 th century Ohio Federation of Republican Women Association of Junior Leagues International Places Dayton (Ohio) History Dayton (Ohio) Politics and government 20 th century MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 9

10 Subjects (General) Women Political activity Material Types Diaries Correspondence Genealogies (histories) Memorabilia Photographs Scrapbooks Speeches MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 10

11 Collection Inventory Series I: Family Correspondence Subgroup I: Family and Personal Papers Correspondence to Katharine K. Brown from: 1 1 Kleon T. Brown Kleon T. Brown Kleon T. Brown Kleon T. Brown Kleon T. Brown Kleon T. Brown Kleon T. Brown undated 2 1 Florence S. Achey Louise A. Kennedy Grafton C. Kennedy Grafton S. Duke Kennedy undated, Grafton S. Duke Kennedy Grafton S. Duke Kennedy Katherine Katie Glidden Kennedy undated 2 8 Katherine Katie Glidden Kennedy Grafton S. Terry Kennedy, Jr. undated, Katharine L. Kay Kennedy Barney & Family undated, Frances L. Lou Kennedy Sharp/Albert & Family undated, Betsy Albert undated, Lee Lili Barney undated, Eugene G. Kennedy Alice Kennedy Wiley undated, Edith Brown (Mrs. Orvon G. Brown) 1953, Orvon G. Bus Brown Brownie Shippen undated, Lulu Brown (Mrs. Orvon G. Brown, Sr.) undated, Kennedy Brown Marie Brown Shanks undated, 1934, Miscellaneous Correspondence to Katharine K. Brown undated, MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 11

12 3 15 Miscellaneous Correspondence to Katharine K. Brown undated, Miscellaneous Correspondence to Kleon T. Brown undated, Letters to Kleon T. Brown from Oscar Shanks Correspondence to Grafton Claggett Kennedy from: 4 3 Louise Achey Kennedy 4 4 Katharine Kennedy Brown Frances Sherwood Achey 1887, Eugene Kennedy Miscellaneous undated, 1904 Correspondence to Louise Achey Kennedy from: 4 8 Grafton Claggett Kennedy Katharine Kennedy Brown undated, Grafton Sherwood Duke Kennedy undated, Katherine L. & Frances L. Kennedy undated, Frances Sherwood Achey Miscellaneous undated, Miscellaneous Correspondence to Frances Sherwood Achey undated, Correspondence to Grafton Sherwood Kennedy from: 5 1 Louise Achey Kennedy Grafton Claggett Kennedy 1898, Frances Sherwood Achey Katharine Kennedy Brown undated, Katharine Kennedy Brown Katherine Glidden Kennedy undated 5 7 Katherine Glidden Kennedy Jul.-Oct Katherine Glidden Kennedy Oct.-Nov Katherine Glidden Kennedy Mar Katherine Glidden Kennedy Apr Katherine Glidden Kennedy Jun.-Jul Katherine Glidden Kennedy Aug.-Oct Katherine Glidden Kennedy Nov.-Dec Katherine Glidden Kennedy Jan.-Feb Katherine Glidden Kennedy Mar.-Aug Miscellaneous Correspondence of Grafton S. Duke 1916, 1940 MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 12

13 Kennedy 6 7 Correspondence to Katherine Glidden Kennedy from Katharine Kennedy Brown 6 8 Correspondence to Grafton S. Terry Kennedy from Katharine Kennedy Brown undated, Series II: General Correspondence Correspondence to Katharine Kennedy Brown from: 7 1 Jefferson Patterson undated, Hubert Arthur Estabrook undated, Nellie Witmer undated, Nellie Brewer undated, Walter L. Collins Lt. Col. George ( ) 1918, Joe ( ) Doris White undated, E. & Molly L. Akhurst Harriet ( ) Ruth Greenwood undated, J. Allen Harlan undated, 1933, Catherine Harris Jane Marechal undated, Natalie de Gendron undated, Miscellaneous General Correspondence to: 7 16 Katharine Kennedy Brown undated 7 17 Katharine Kennedy Brown undated Miscellaneous General Correspondence to: 8 1 Katharine Kennedy Brown Katharine Kennedy Brown Katharine Kennedy Brown Katharine Kennedy Brown Misc. Correspondence of Katharine Kennedy Brown Misc. Correspondence to Kleon Brown Misc. Correspondence of Kleon Brown Misc. Correspondence to Grafton Claggett Kennedy Correspondence to Grafton Claggett Kennedy from: 8 9 W.B. Brooks MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 13

14 8 10 Harry Munger Misc. Correspondence of Grafton Claggett Kennedy Correspondence to Louise Achey Kennedy Misc Condolences 8 13 Correspondence to Louise Achey Kennedy Misc Misc. Correspondence to Frances Sherwood Achey undated, Misc. Correspondence to Grafton S. Duke Kennedy Correspondence to Grafton S. Duke Kennedy from Jan.-Feb Dot Whitney 9 4 Correspondence to Grafton S. Duke Kennedy from Mar.-May 1912 Dot Whitney 9 5 Correspondence to Grafton S. Duke Kennedy from Dot Whitney Jun Apr Correspondence to Grafton S. Duke Kennedy from 1913 Peggy ( ) 9 7 Misc. Correspondence of Grafton S. Duke Kennedy 1912, Misc. Correspondence to Grafton S. Terry Kennedy, Jr Series III: Diaries 10 1 Katharine Kennedy Brown 1917, Kleon Thaw Brown (Perpetual Diary) Grafton Claggett Kennedy 1882, 1884, 1885 Series IV: Genealogical & Biographical Data 10 4 Genealogy Correspondence Undated 10 5 Brown Family Genealogical Charts s 10 6 Brown Family Genealogical Data & Correspondence undated, (Rev. W.K. Brown) 10 7 Louise Achey Kennedy undated 10 8 Grafton Claggett Kennedy undated 10A 1 Grafton C. Kennedy Family Book A 2 Loose papers from Grafton C. Kennedy Family Book A 3 Kennedy Family Undated 10A 4 Kennedy Family Undated MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 14

15 10A 5 Kennedy Family Undated 10A 6 Burr Family A 7 Fisher/Fiske Family A 8 Glidden Family A 9 Hollister Family A 10 Lovett/Jordan Family A 11 Sloat Family undated 10A 12 Wilson Family undated 10B 1 Katharine Kennedy Brown Undated 10B 2 Eugene G. Kennedy B 3 Kennedy Family Charts Undated 10B 4 Claggett Family Charts Undated 10B 5 Beall/Belt/Ridgely/Brewer Family Undated 10B 6 Kerr Family 1737, 1809, B 7 Lewis Family B 8 Buckingham Family B 9 Fitch Family B 10 Goodrich Family B 11 Goodspeed/Seabrook B 12 Goodwin Family B 13 Hawley Family B 14 Howell Family B 15 Schraeder Family B 16 Sanford Family B 17 Reif Family B 18 Plummer Family B 19 Pitkin Family B 20 Philbert Family B 21 Magruder Family undated 10B 22 Judd Family B 23 Shelley Family undated 10B 24 Stanley Family undated 10B 25 Treat/Trott Family undated 10B 26 Wakeman Family undated 10B 27 Ward Family undated 10B 28 Welles Family undated 10B 29 Witmer Family undated 10B 30 Frances Sherwood Achey undated 10B 31 Mrs. Presson Achey undated 10B 32 Achey/Mease Family undated 10B 33 Achey Family (1 of 2) MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 15

16 11 1 Achey Family (2 of 2) Achey/Huber Family Huber/Hoover Family Sherwood Family Sherwood/Seabrook Family Claggett Family undated 11 7 Claggett Family Kennedy Family undated 11 9 Woodbridge Family (1 of 2) Woodbridge Family (2 of 2) Schaeffer Family undated Miscellaneous Research European Descent undated Genealogical Research undated 11A Genealogical Record Book undated Series V: Academic & Religious Records, Papers, Books 12 1 Katharine K. Brown Academic Correspondence Katharine K. Brown Report Cards Katharine K. Brown Literary Papers Katharine K. Brown Religious Records Kleon Thaw Brown School Records Kleon Thaw Brown Religious Records Grafton S. Duke Kennedy Academic Correspondence Grafton S. Duke Kennedy Report Cards Grafton S. Duke Kennedy Commencement/University 1914, 1916 Directories Yale Athletic Tickets Yale Newspaper (Loc.7, Fold. 6) Grafton Claggett Kennedy School Papers Eugene G. Kennedy The Wittenberg Cycle Yearbook 1893 Series VI: Miscellaneous Items Katharine Kennedy & Kleon Brown Wedding Invitation List 1921 MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 16

17 12 15 Letters of Congratulation RSVP accept RSVP - decline Bermuda Vacation Booklet Household Inventory undated Handwritten Will of Katharine Kennedy Brown Comedy Club Correspondence & Scrapbook Miscellaneous Lists undated, A 1 Dayton Journal Herald News Article on Katharine Kennedy Brown A 2 Grafton S. Duke Kennedy Material A 3 Play Advertisements A 4 Theater Playbills and Tickets 1912, undated 12A 5 Pamphlets undated 12A 6 Postcards undated 12A 7 Newspaper Articles and Clippings , A 8 Antiques Auction Booklet B Pocket books , 1911 Subgroup II: Political Papers Series I: Correspondence 13 1 Adkins, Bertha Agnew, Spiro Andre, Clara undated 13 4 Baker, Margaret Baur, Bertha Bettman, Gilbert Betz, Goldie Black, Fredonia Bliss, Ray Bliss, Ray Bliss, Ray Bolton, John Bowman, Blanche Bricker, John MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 17

18 13 15 Bricker, John Bricker, John Brooks, Mary Brown, Clarence J. Sr Brown, Clarence J. Sr Brown, Clarence Jr Brown, Marie Brown, Walter Brown, Ted Brown, Col. Thad Brown, Col. Thad Brownell, Herbert Buker, Lou Ella Burch, Dean Burdick, Margaret Burke, Raymond Burnside, Brooks Burton, Harold Burton, Theodore Carlson, Chris Cermak, Albina Clark, Elizabeth Cooper, Myers Y Cooper, Martha Cox, Catherine Neff Curtis, Charles Dayton, Katharine Davie, May Dickinson, LJ Dodson, Louise Ebright, Donald Eisenhower, Mamie Elston, Dorothy Evans, Anna Evans, Elsie Farrington, Betty Fish, Hamilton Fitzgerald, Roy MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 18

19 16 1 Fletcher, Henry P Forrest, Marg L Frank, Glenn Gann, Dolly undated 16 5 Gannett, Frank Gerlinger, Irene undated 16 7 Gibson, Catherine Goodspeed, CS Gorden, Gladys P Gorden, Gladys P Gorden, Gladys P Gorden, Gladys P Gorden, Gladys P Green, Margaret Hall, Leonard Hallanan, Walter Hallanan, Walter Hamilton, John Hanna, Gertrude Hanna, Gertrude Harel, William Hay, Regina Herbert, John D Herbert, Thomas Hertmann, Sylvia Hert, Sallie Hilles, Charles Hinshaw, David Hoadley, Mrs. George Hobert, Mrs. Lowell Hornbeck, Donald Hornung, Gertrude Hollingsworth, Mildred Hoyal, Wilma D MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 19

20 19 5 Hoyt, Madeleine Hunter, Jane Hunter, Jane Huntington, Hugh Ingalls, David Ingalls, David Ingalls, David Ireland, Margaret Jeffrey, Harry Jones, Gertrude Jones, T. Harding Kaltenborn, Robt Kearns, Nora Kellems, Vivian Kemp, Herbert Kern, Elizabeth Knowland, Wm. F LeVan, Wilma Sinclair Livermore, Henrietta Lodge, Henry Cabot Lucas, Robert Luce, Clair Booth Lukens, Donald Lynn, Helen Landon, Alf Martin, Jack Martin, Joe Martin, Marion (Founding NRWA) Martin, Marion Martin, Marion Maschke, Maurice Mau, Haueth Mau, Haueth Mayes, Rose McCauley, Jane McWhorter, Daisy MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 20

21 22 4 Mercer, Marg Mesta, Pearl Mills, Ogden L Miller, Bazy Miller, William E Morris, Cora Morris, Florence Morton, Thurston Moulton, Louise Murphy, Edna Murtha, Miriam Nevin, Robert R Newinson, Richard Nixon, Richard Nutt, Joseph R O Donnell, Gladys O Neill, C. William Parks, Ruth Patterson, Armenal Peterson, Elly Patterson, Jefferson Randolph, Lottie Reagan, Ronald Reeves, Mildred Rock, Lewis Reece, Carroll Reed, David Rentschter, Peter B Rhodes, James A Rockefeller, Nelson Romans, Viola Roosevelt, Theodore Jr Routzohn, Harry Routzohn, Harry Routzohn, Harry Routzohn, Harry Routzohn, Harry Routzohn, Harry Ryan, Ethyl 1934 MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 21

22 24 19 Sabo, Jessica Sayre, Pearl undated 25 1 Schlafly, Phyllis Schlafly, Phyllis Phyllis Schlafly Report Phyllis Schlafly Report (Speeches) Phyllis Schlafly Report (Clippings) Sanders, Everett Schley, Kate Schenck, Paul F Schorr, Ed. D Schorr, Ed. D Schroeder, Werner Scott, Hugh D Scott, Ida Selvage, James Sealy, Albert H Simeral, Charles Simmons, Arloeine Simms, Ruth Hanna Smoyer, Charles Spangler, Harrison Spangler, Harrison Spangler, Harrison Spangler, Harrison Stewart, Virda Stimson, Henry L Suthers, Marie Suthers, Marie Tabor, Louis J Taggart, Frank Taft, Charles P Taft, Robert Jr MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 22

23 28 5 Taft, Mrs. Robert Toland, Audrey Unger, Sherman Vail, Herman & Delia Vandenburg, Arthur Wallace, Mr. John Walter, Paul W Wedemeyer, Albert Wedemeyer, Albert Weis, Judy Weiser, Ladislavs Wetzch, Kathryn Whalen, Charles W Wheaton, Anne White, Dudley Wilkie, Wendell Wilkie, Wendell Williams, Clare B Winter, Anne Witwer, Nell Wood, Anna Beazell Wyeth, Mabel Yost, Lenna Yost, Lenna Series II: Speeches 30 1 Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches 1949 MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 23

24 31 5 Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Correspondence Re: 1959 speech Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Series III: Ohio Congressional District Files st District Hamilton County st District Hamilton County st District Hamilton County st District Hamilton County st District Hamilton County st District Hamilton County st District Hamilton County rd District 3 rd District rd District Butler County rd District Preble County rd District Montgomery County rd District Montgomery County MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 24

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28 nd District Cuyahoga County nd District Cuyahoga County nd District Cuyahoga County Tippecanoe Club Series IV: State Files 47 1 California California Florida Indiana Indiana Illinois Illinois Kansas Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York New York New York New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Ohio Pennsylvania MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 28

29 50 4 Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington D.C Washington D.C Washington D.C West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Series V: National Federation of Republican Women 52 1 Women s National Republican Club of New York City Women s National Republican Club of New York City Women s National Republican Club of New York City Women s National Republican Club of New York City Correspondence Re: Founding of NFRW Documents Re: Founding of NFRW NFRW History and Emblem NFRW General NFRW General NFRW General Republican National Committee, Women s Division Republican National Committee, Women s Division Biennial Resolutions Committee Constitution and By-laws revision Constitution and By-laws revision Constitution and By-laws revision 1968 MS-146 Katharine Kennedy Brown 29