January 5, 2006 - Delta State University



Collection Title: Lucy Somerville Howorth Collection

Collection Number: M103

Inclusive Dates: 1867-1999

Bulk Dates: Early 1940’s- Mid 1990’s

Volume: 43 Cubic Feet

Processor: W. Ray

Biography/ Historical Sketch:

Lucy Somerville Howorth was born on July 1, 1895 in Greenville, Mississippi. She was the daughter of Nellie Nugent Somerville, the first female to serve in the Mississippi Legislature. Lucy spent her life fighting for the civil rights of minorities and women. On August 18, 1920 her life was inspired. Lucy stood in a State house gallery in Nashville, Tennessee as the 19th amendment was ratified, giving women the right to vote.

Lucy had an extensive and active educational career. Lucy attended Randolph-Macon Women's College, 1912-1916, and, along with becoming a member of Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Beta Kappa, earned an A.B. Lucy continued her education at Columbia as a graduate student in psychology and economics. From 1920-1922 she attended the University of Mississippi and graduated summa cum laude with a LL.B., being one of two women in her class. At the University of Mississippi she started a female basketball team, a writers group and a book review column.

After her graduation from the University of Mississippi, Lucy began practicing law in Cleveland. She then moved her law practice to Greenville where she met and married Joseph M. Howorth, a local lawyer. After five years of practicing law, she was appointed as a judge, and acquired the beloved name “Judge Lucy”. Lucy was admitted to Mississippi State and Federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court and all of the courts in the District of Columbia.

Lucy was also very involved in politics. As a Democrat, she served Mississippians as a Hinds County Representative and as a member of the Mississippi State Legislature from 1932-1936. Appointed by President Roosevelt, Lucy served on the Board of Veterans Appeals from July 1934 to April 1943. John F. Kennedy appointed her to his Commission on the Status of Women. Lucy also served on the War Claims Commission, 1949-1954, as associate general counsel, deputy general counsel, and general counsel. Leaving government work in 1954, she moved back to Cleveland, Mississippi where she practiced law with her husband until about 1980. Lucy’s husband died in 1982 after 54 years of marriage. Lucy also spent her time co-editing her grandfather’s Civil War letters, which were published under the title, My Dear Nellie. Lucy died from heart failure in Cleveland, Mississippi on August 23, 1997, at the age of 102.

In her lifetime Lucy was an esteemed member of many organizations including the National Association of Women Lawyers, Phi Delta Delta, the Professional Women’s Club, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She served as vice president of the American Association of University Women, and played a role in ending their segregational practices in the 1940’s. Lucy was member and chairman of the United Nations League of Lawyers, and she served as the chairman of the Cleveland Public Library Commission for ten years.

Lucy Somerville Howorth was an inspired Delta woman. She was very active in every aspect of her life. Lucy blazed trails for women and minorities in her academic career, in local and federal politics, and in many civic organizations. She was honored by many in her lifetime, and rightly so.

Scope and Content:

The collection is divided into nine series:

I Publications (Boxes: 1, 30, 37)

II Personal (Boxes: 2-5, 38)

III Professional (Boxes: 6-7, 9-10, 25-29, 32-35, 40, 43)

IV Memorabilia (Boxes: 8, 41-42)

V Photographs and Artwork (Portraits) (Boxes: 11-13, 44)

VI Newspaper clippings (Box 14)

VII Scrapbooks (Box: 15)

VIII Business Matters (Boxes: 16-19)

IX Organization’s Historical Papers (Boxes: 20-24, 31, 36, 39)

The first series consists of a wide range of professional and non-professional works. This series contains magazines, professional journals, yearbooks, and various other works of a personal and professional nature.

Many of the publications deal with civil rights and women’s rights,

The second series houses a large number of personal correspondences. Items include bills, cards, letters of thanks and congratulations, and newspaper clippings sent through the mail. These items were mailed by friends, family, and acquaintances throughout Lucy Howorth’s life.

The following series contains various professional papers of Lucy Howorth. The papers include those dealing with the Howorths’ law practices and Lucy’s work in Washington D.C. Some of these items are restricted from viewing. Other professional items include speeches that Lucy Howorth composed and delivered.

Series four contains many certificates, awards and other items of memorabilia. The awards include certificates of achievement, diplomas, honor society membership certificates, plaques, and other items of recognition. This series also includes pins, ribbons, a picture in a frame, and a book entitled, The Complaint, by Edward Young, D.D.

The fifth series contains various photographs and artwork. The vast majority of the photographs are black and white military photographs; many are original prints from World War II. There are also photographs of family and friends. Two sketches depict Lucy and Joseph M. Howorth. The series also contains one small painting.

A wide array of newspaper clippings makes up the next series. The clippings deal with women’s rights, Lucy Howorth, and many other subjects. Many clippings contain interviews and photos of Lucy. Lucy is interviewed about various subjects including her mother Nellie Nugent Somerville. Some of the clippings detail Lucy’s life and her 100th birthday celebration. The clippings also house various obituaries eulogizing Lucy.

The seventh series contains one scrapbook owned by the Lucy and Joseph. This scrapbook contains photos of family and friends. Some photos are casual shots and some are taken of Joseph M. Howorth as he received an award. The majority of these photos are black and white.

The eighth series contains business papers of Joseph M. Howorth, personnel records, information from Greene County.

The ninth and final series contain information about historical information about organizations that Judge Lucy either was a member of, or had interests in, such as the A.A.U.W., Alpha Omicron Pi, Daughters of American Revolution, YWCA, and others.

Inventory:

Box Folder Series 1

1 1 Semi-Annual Reports 108 of the War Claims Commission (Sept. 13,

1950-Sept. 13, 1953)

1 2 Public Law 896 and Related Laws (Sept. 16,1950-Sept. 17, 1953)

1 3 Three Volumes of American Association of University Women

“Graduate Woman” (1987)

1 4 “Federal Bar Association News” and Directory (Aug. 1944)

1 5 Three Copies of “Woman Law Reporter” (1974)

1 6 Four Copies of the “United Nations League of Lawyers Review”

(Feb. 51-Feb.52)

1 7 “The Inspection of Screw Gages for Munitions of War” (1917)

1 8 House Rules and Manuel 7th Congress (1927)

NOT FOLDERED

Three Taps of the Gavel: Pledge to the Future; The Chautauqua Story (1987)

“Choutauqua Network News” (1990)

“Choutauqua Network News” (1990)

“Ole Miss” (1897)

“Ms.” (March, 1984)

“Historic Preservation” (July-Sept. 1970)

“Progress and Prospects” (July 28-30,1965)

Report on Four Consultations: the President’s Commission on the Status of

Women (1963)

Report of the Committee on Civil and Political Rights: The President’s

Commission on the Status of Women (1963)

Alumnae Bulletin (1939)

Mississippi Law Review (1923)

“The Phi Delta Delta” (1955)

“Music the Worlds Sustaining Commodity” (1939)

“From a One-Horse Surrey into the Atomic Age” by L. S. Howorth (1948)

Alabama College Bulletin (July 1951)

Mississippi Law Review (1922)

Mississippi Law Review (1923)

Women Lawyers Journal (1951)

Three Quarters of a Century at Martha Washington College (1928)

Report of the Task Force on Social Insurance and Taxes (1968)

Report on Progress in 1966 on the State of Women (1966)

Report on Progress in 1965 on the Status on Women (1965)

Report of the Committee on Social Insurance and Taxes: The President’s

Commission on the Status of Women (1963)

Report of the Committee on Protective Labor Legislation: The President’s

Commission on the Status of Women (1963)

Report of the Committee on Education: The President’s Commission on the

Status of Women (1963)

Report of the Committee on Federal Employment: The President’s Commission

on the Status of Women (1963) Inside One Photocopied article

(1963)

“Your Job Future After High School” (Undated)

Brown Folder including: “Carnegie Quarterly” (1974), Itinerary for the Second Berkshire

Conference on the History of Women (1974) Notepad, Itinerary for

Clarksdale Women’s Meeting (1974) Article Women Helping Women,

Photocopied Newspaper Article, Information on Piney Woods School

Box Folder Series II

2 1 War Claims Committee Regulations and Women’s Issues Material

(1951-1988), First Aid Pin

NOT FOLDERED:

“The Phi Delta Delta” (1950)

Alabama College Bulletin (1951)

Alabama College Bulletin (1951)

Article form the Journal of Social Psychology (1950)

“The Legal Status of Women in America” (1938)

“Precedence or Spaceships” Article printed in a Phi Delta Delta Publication (Undated)

“The Sewanee Review” (1968)

Alumnae Bulletin (1940)

Alumnae Bulletin (1940)

Alumnae Bulletin (1943)

Alumnae Bulletin (1943)

Alumnae Day (Undated)

Aquatic Monthly (1873)

Federal Bar Association Journal (1940)

Federal Bar Association Journal (1937)

Federal Bar Association Journal (1939)

“Women in Germany” (1949)

Boxed copies of “Lest We Forget” by Nellie Nugent Somerville (Undated)

Journal of the AAUW (1950)

Women Lawyers Journal (1950)

“Schlesinger Library” (Undated)

“The Women’s Archives Radcliffe College” (Undated)

“Current Biography” (Oct. 1951)

Alumnae Bulletin (April 1952)

2 2 The Prince and the Prize (1981), Autobiography of Nolan B.

Harmon (1983)

2 3 State of Mississippi Legislature Laws passed Jan 2-April 5, 1872

2 4-14 “YANK the Army Weekly” (1942-1943)

2 15 History of American Women by Schlesinger Library (1973)

2 16 Annual National University (1941)

2 17 The Century May (1886)

2 18 The Harvard Law Review (1928)

Box Folder Series II

3 1 Marriage License (Feb. 21, 1928)

3 2 Correspondence (Feb. 18, 1931-July 14, 1939)

3 3 Invitations, Annual Report of the Committee on Publications, the

Federal Bar Association, Correspondence, Request Order

For a Photograph (Feb.1. 1940-Jan. 26, 1949)

3 4 Correspondence, Memorandum (Dec. 18, 1954-May 22, 1959)

3 5 Postcard (Jan. 25, 1963)

3 6 Correspondence, Funeral Account, Memo, Church Bulletins

(Mar. 11, 1964-Oct. 14, 1969)

3 7 Correspondence, Photocopied Articles, Funeral Purchase

Agreement (March 4, 1970- May 10, 1979)

3 8 Bills, Correspondence Dealing With Joe’s Death (June 2, 1980-

July 23, 1980)

3 9 Correspondence Dealing With Husband’s Death, Medicare and

Medicaid, and Estate (Aug. 4, 1980- Dec. 18, 1980)

3 10 Income Tax, Invitation to Miss. Hall of Fame Induction of Nellie Nugent Somerville, Correspondence, Bills, Receipts, List of

Silver (Feb. 1981-May 6, 1983)

3 11 Correspondence, MSU Working Women’s Bulletin, Receipt,

Sewanee Summer Concert music Bulletin (March 20, 1984-

Sept. 29, 1986)

3 12 List of Monteagle Centennial Participants, Correspondence,

Newsletter “Mountain Voices” Reference Page

(May 14, 1986-April 16, 1986)

3 13 Correspondence, “Mountain Voices” (Aug. 3 1987-Dec. 10, 1987)

3 14 Correspondence (Dec. 23, 1987)

3 15 Correspondence, Bills and Receipts (Jan. 1988-Feb. 23, 1988)

3 16 Correspondence, Tax Info., Bills, Receipts (Mar. 15, 1988-June

6, 1988)

3 17 Correspondence, Photocopied Newspaper Clippings (June 6, 1988-

Aug 12, 1988)

3 18 Correspondence, (Aug. 13, 1988- Oct. 12, 1988)

3 19 Correspondence, Investment Information (Oct. 13, 1988- Dec. 31,

1988)

3 20 Correspondence, (Jan. 16, 1989- June 27, 1989)

3 21 Correspondence, Photos James and Olga Somerville (Dec. 24

1933-May 17, 1977)

3 22 List of Memorials from Monteagle (Undated)

3 23 Desk Diary (1969) Guest Book (1952-1974)

3 24 Diary (July 1952) Address Book (1952)

3 25 Guest Book (Nov. 15, 1981-1996) Daily Desk Calendar (1983),

Personal Directory (Undated)

3 26 Guest Book (1975-1988)

Box Folder Series II

4 1 Correspondence, Photocopied Articles (Jan. 29, 1991-Aug. 23

1991)

4 2 Correspondence (March 2, 1992-Sept. 4, 1992)

4 3 Correspondence (June 28, 1993-Nov. 4, 1993)

4 4 Christmas Correspondence (Dec. 5, 1993-Dec. 15, 1993)

4 5 Christmas Correspondence (Dec. 16, 1993-Dec. 31, 1933)

4 6 Correspondence (Jan. 3, 1994-June 27, 1994)

4 7 Correspondence (March 31, 1994-June 27, 1994)

4 8 Correspondence (June 28, 1994- Dec. 19, 1994)

4 9 Correspondence (Feb. 10, 1995-Dec. 18, 1995)

4 10 Correspondence (Jan. 1996-Nov. 12, 1996)

4 11 Correspondence (Aug 1, 1997)

4 12 Correspondence (Undated)

4 13 Correspondence (Undated)

4 14 Correspondence (Undated)

4 15 Correspondence, Photocopied Clippings (Undated)

Box Folder Series II

5 1 Nellie Nugent Somerville Grade Reports (Nov. 27, 1878)

5 2 Real Estate papers, Tax papers, Drivers License (1907- Nov.

25, 1924)

5 3 Monteagle Sunday School Assembly (Dec. 3,1915-Sept. 22,

1988)

5 4 Abstract Somerville Property Leflore and Victoria (Feb.5,

1923)

5 5 Written Work Honoring the Somervilles (Mar. 2, 1945-Aug. 17,

1947)

5 6 Duplicate Material, Chiefly Biography (Jan. 15, 1954-Nov. 30,1945)

5 7 Lucy Somerville Howorth and James Somerville Business and Tax

Problems (Nov. 3, 1955-May 26,1988)

5 8 University Thank You Letters (Nov. 1, 1966-May 28,1988)

5 9 Correspondence Concerning Joseph Howorth’s Will (May 23,

1975-Aug. 23,1983)

5 10 DAR (Sept. 11, 1962-Aug. 23,1977)

5 11 Joseph Howorth’s Will (May 23, 1975-May 22,1980)

5 12 Correspondence and Receipt Book Dealing with Joseph

Howorth’s Estate (June 13, 1977-March 17,1983)

5 13 Joseph Howorth’s Account Book (1977-1979)

5 14 Estate Planning (June 25,1980-July 30,1982)

5 15 Lucy S. Howorth’s Papers Concerning Her Will (July 16,1980-

June 18,1985)

5 16 Distribution of Assets (March 31, 1982)

5 17 Income Tax Information (1983)

5 18 Correspondence Requesting Personal Appearances (Nov. 29

1983-Sept. 6, 1986)

5 19 Roof Repair (Dec. 23,1997-Dec. 24,1997)

5 20 Alpha Omicron Pi Centennial Celebration (Aug. 28,1997)

5 21 Letters to LePoint Smith (June 17, 1998-July 13, 1999)

5 22 Lucy S. Howorth’s estate (May 1988-Sept. 16, 1997)

5 23 AAUW (June 24, 1988-June 25, 1989)

5 24 100th Birthday (July 2,1995)

5 25 Letterhead Envelopes (Undated)

5 26 Written Stories (Undated)

Box Folder Series III

6 1 Federal Bar News (Oct. 1, 1943-May 1944

6 2 National League of Lawyers (Dec. 4,1946-Sept. 9,1948)

6 3 Correspondence, Receipts, Pamphlet (Aug.4, 1950-Oct. 1997)

6 4 Correspondence, Letterhead, Invitation, News Letters (June 3,

1937-Oct23, 1995)

6 5 Mound Bayou (April 1941-Feb. 2, 1965)

6 6 Law (July 28, 1939-Oct. 14 1952)

6 7 Taborian Hospital (1957)

6 8 Pamphlet on the Occupation of Ole Miss (Sept. 30,1962)

6 9 Legal Papers Restricted

6 10 Legal Papers Restricted

6 11 Tax Receipts (Jan. 30,1923-1940)

6 12 Miss. Bar Association Convention Proceedings and Speech (1924)

6 13 Law Papers (Sept. 22,1909)

Box Folder Series III

7 1 Nellie Nugent Somerville’s Election to the Miss. Hall of Fame

(June 2, 1981-March 3, 1982)

7 2 Invitation Responses (Nov. 10, 1981-Nov. 15,1981)

7 3 Correspondence with Universities/Colleges (June 16,1983-

Nov. 20, 1995)

7 4 Misc. Items Concerning Women’s Rights (Undated)

7 5 Misc. Items Concerning Women’s Rights (April 1,1941-1995)

7 6 Correspondence Concerning Women’s’ Rights (May 8,1944-

Dec. 4,1948)

7 7 Correspondence Concerning Women’s’ Rights (Oct 10,1974 - Nov. 18,1974)

7 8 Correspondence Concerning Women’s’ Rights (Oct. 10,1946 - May 8, 1947)

7 9 Correspondence Concerning Women’s’ Rights (Jan 14, 1947 - Nov. 27,1949)

7 10 AAUW (May 15,1944 - July 16,1991)

7 11 Wood Jr. College, Natchez Trace DAR (Mar14, 1911-Mar. 19,1986)

7 12 Miss State Hall of Fame L. S. Howorth (Nov. 15,1981-Dec.1981)

7 13 Establishment of a Normal College in North Miss. (Oct. 8,1923 - Oct. 23,1923)

7 14 Speeches (July, 1935 - July 211953)

7 15 Speeches (April 17,1952 - Oct 8,1955)

7 16 Speeches (1944 - April 5,1984)

7 17 Speeches (Aug.21, 1944 - Oct. 8,1951)

7 18 Speeches (1938 - July 18,1978)

7 19 Speeches (1935 - Feb. 22,1958)

7 20 Speeches (1922 - March 1986)

7 21 Speeches (June 5, 1948 - June 1986)

7 22 Speeches (Nov. 18, 1974 - March 8, 1986)

7 23 Monteagle Sunday School Assembly, Miscellaneous Papers (1966 - Jan 12,1996)

7 24 M.S.S.A. (June 26,1978 - Nov.7, 1981)

7 25 Correspondence (April 1974 - May5, 1974)

7 26 Correspondence (June 14,1976)

7 27 Correspondence (Feb. 15,1984 - March 15.1984)

7 28 Correspondence (Feb. 26, 1959 - Jan.20,1997)

7 29 Correspondence (March 27,1969 - Nov. 1995)

7 30 Correspondence ((Dec. 13,1990 - Sept. 10,1997)

7 31 Correspondence (Nov. 17, 1981 - July 2, 1994)

7 32 Correspondence (June 12,1981 - Oct. 12,1993)

7 33 Information from the Congressional Digest, Guest Lists (Jan. 8, 1936 - July 14,1948)

7 34 Yellow Folder Items Included: Writing Pen *, Tissue Paper *, Throat

lozenge * (* Items Removed)

7 35 Miscellaneous Items Including, AAUW Business Card, Notes,

Itinerary (1996)

7 36 Miscellaneous Items Including: Article from AAUW Journal (May 1954)

Bulletin of Nellie Nugent Lecture Series (1985), Awards Banquet

Bulletin for the MS Institute of Arts and Letters (April 22, 1994)

7 37 Coahoma Humanities Committee (Oct.4, 1974-Oct. 14, 1974)

7 38 Washington Letters, James S. Associates (May 3, 1959-Sept.

11,1956)

7 39 Veterans Administration of L. S. Howorth (June 2, 1944-May

28,1946)

7 40 Newsletter Miss. Humanities Council (1955-Dec. 11, 1996)

7 41 Cotton Contract (July 1926)

7 42 Correspondence Masonic Annuities (Jan. 10,1905-Feb.1, 1971)

7 43 Contract to Add Running Water (Jan. 16,1906-Feb. 21, 1974)

7 44 Letters to Joe Howorth from the Department of the Army (Oct. 19,1956 - Nov. 8,1956)

Box Folder Series IV

8 1 Pins, 1 Button, Objects of Recognition, Name Plates and Name

Cards

8 2 Picture Frame, 1 Box, The Complaint, by Edward Young (1867)

Box Folder Series III

9 1 AAUW Resolution Commending L. S. Howorth

9 2 Department of Archives and History Certificate (Nov. 15,1981),

Pins, 1Name Tag, Red Cross Patch

9 3 Federal Communications Commission Certificate to Joseph M.

Howorth (1937)

9 4 U S War Production Board Certificate to Joseph M. Howorth

9 5 Law Certificates to Joseph Howorth, Certificates from Delta

State University, and Radcliffe College

9 6 Lifetime Achievement Certificate from the Senate of the State of

Mississippi (March 6, 1984)

9 7 Alpha Omega Phi Certificate for L. S. Howorth, Civitan

International Creed

9 8 Marquis Who’s Who Publication Board Certificates (1976-

1992) DAR Certificates (1971-1988)

9 9 National Historical Society Certificate for Mr. And Mrs. Joseph M.

Howorth (1977) Woman of the Year Request Form

(1996)

Box Folder Series III

10 1 Certificates from; University of Miss., Franklin D. Roosevelt,

Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (1916-1968)

10 2 Various Certificates and Recognition and Cartoons

Box Folder Series V

11 1 Sketch of Joseph M. Howorth

11 2 Sketch of Lucy Somerville Howorth

Box Folder Series V

12 1 World War II photos including some of F. D. Roosevelt

12 2 Photo of the Secretary of War

12 3 Miscellaneous photos

12 4 Signed photo of J. Edgar Hoover

12 5 Official Military Photos

12 6 Photo of General Jacob L. Devers

12 7 Photo of Lieutenant General Stephen J. Chamberlain

12 8 Drawing (magazine clipping) of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

12 9 Photo of General Omar N. Bradley

12 10 Photo of Lieutenant General Walter b. Smith

12 11 World War II Photos

12 12 World War II Photos

12 13 World War II Photos

12 14 World War II Photos

12 15 World War II Photos

12 16 World War II Photos

12 17 World War II Photos

12 18 World War II Photos

12 19 World War II Photos

12 20 World War II Photos

12 21 World War II Photos

12 22 World War II Photos

12 23 World War II Photos

12 24 Letter from Mamie Doud Eisenhower and Signed Photo of Husband

12 25 Letter and Photo of W.L. Marbury July 1947

12 26 Photos of Military Officers

12 27 Photos of Military Officers and Small Artwork, Photo of Lucy S.

Howorth and Joe Howorth and a Photocopied Article

12 28 World War II Photos, Photos of Monuments at Washington D.C.,

Photos of Lucy S. Howorth

Box Folder Series V

13 1 Painting of Joseph M. Howorth

13 2 Photocopy of an Old Photo of Nelli Nugent Somerville and Children,

Joseph Howorth’s military I.D., Photo of Margaret Mahoney

13 3 Slides of a Portrait of Nellie Nugent Somerville

UNFOLDERED

Walter Sillers Office building Photo

13 4 Photos of Lucy with J.F. Kennedy, F. D. Roosevelt, and Eudora

Welty, Military Photos, Miscellaneous Photos

13 5 Photos of Lucy and Joseph Howorth young and old

13 6 Photo of Undersecretary of War Patterson and His Staff (May

10,1944)

13 7 Envelope 2 Photos of Joseph Howorth Painting, Envelope 3 a

Photo of a painting of Nelli Nugent Somerville, Envelope 4 &

5 Miscellaneous Photos

13 8 Lucy Somerville Howorth

13 9 Envelopes including Photos of Cape Anne, Georgetown,

Monteagle, Boyle, the River and Beulah, Joe Howorth, Judge Lucy’s Home on South Victoria Ave., Randolph Macon Woman’s college, L. S. Howorth’s 96th Birthday, Clothes Line Exhibit and Delta State, Cleveland Churches, Oakland, California and Cleveland, Texas and Miscellaneous

Photos

13 10 Sketch and Photo of Joseph Howorth, Photo of Miscellaneous

Photos, Photo of Nelli Nugent Somerville’s Brother

13 11 Photos of Alpha Omega Phi House at Randolph Macon Woman’s

College, Joseph Howorth, Military Mrs. Carroll Lay Stewart,

And other Miscellaneous Photos

13 12 Envelope (1) Negative, (2) Old Photo, (3) Joseph Howorth, (4)

Sketches of L. S. Howorth, Military Photos, Photos of Joseph

M. Howorth, (5) Miscellaneous Old Photos

13 13 Envelope (1) Photos of a Painting of Joseph, (2) Photos of Portrait of Lucy

(3) Photos of Lucy with the DAR (4) Photos of Lucy and Joseph

and Lucy’s Mother and Negatives (5) 12 Slides of L. S. Howorth

13 14 Photos of Lucy S. Howorth

13 15 Old Photo

13 16 World War II Photos, Military Photos of Joseph Howorth

13 17 World War II Photos

13 18 Photo of Benjamin Grubb Humphreys

13 19 Christmas Photo Greetings

13 20 Christmas Photo Greetings

13 21 Christmas Photo Greetings, Photos of L. S. Howorth’s 100 B-day

13 22 Christmas Photo Greetings

13 23 Christmas Photo Greetings

13 24 Christmas Photo Greetings and Miscellaneous Photos

13 25 Photo of Sally Myra Cox Smith

13 26 Photos of a Party for LePoint Smith July 1, 1990

13 27 Christmas Photo Greetings

13 28 Christmas Photo Greetings

13 29 Photo taken from Mrs. Elsum G. Hedges’ letter

13 30 Miscellaneous Photo

13 31 Photo of Lucy R. Somerville

13 32 Photo of Lucy Somerville Howorth

Box Folder Series VI

14 1 Law

14 2 L. S. Howorth, Nellie Nugent Somerville Hall of Fame

14 3 Miscellaneous

14 4 Stars and Stripes (September 1943)

14 5 L. S. Howorth and Nellie Nugent Somerville Hall of Fame

14 6 Lucy Somerville Howorth

14 7 AAUW, L. S. Howorth, Women’s articles

14 8 Women’s issues, Miscellaneous

14 9 Miscellaneous and Lucy Somerville Howorth

14 10 Lucy Somerville Howorth

14 11 Lucy Somerville Howorth’s 100 B-day

14 12 Obituaries and Articles Eulogizing Lucy Somerville Howorth

14 13 Faulkner, Lucy Somerville Howorth Honored, Miscellaneous

14 14 Joe Howorth, Annie Byrn Roberts Obituary

14 15 Mary Emma Tate Obituary, Bolivar Commercial (May1982)

Miscellaneous Articles for the Washington Post

14 16 Nelli Nugent Lecture Series, Lucy Somerville Howorth 102 B-day

14 17 Government Issues, Women’s Issues, Lucy Somerville Howorth

14 18 Miscellaneous, Women in War

14 19 Proceedings of Dinner Honoring Mrs. F. D. R.

14 20 Lucy Somerville Howorth’s Career, Miscellaneous

14 21 Gender Issues, Women’s History, Miscellaneous

14 22 Hicks Senate Victory

14 23 Article from the Chattanooga Times (July 21, 1967)

14 24 Miscellaneous

14 25 L. S. and Joe Howorth, The Bolivar Commercial (April 20, 1987)

Box Unfoldered Series VII

15 Scrapbook of Lucy and Joseph Howorth, included are photos of family and friends

Box Folder Series VIII

16 1 Ageing

16 2 Certificates of Stock

16 3 Reid, Eleanor

16 4 Miscellaneous

16 5 Miscellaneous

Box Folder Series VIII

17 1 Greene County- JMK

17 2 Miscellaneous.

17 3 Personnel- JMK

17 4 Personnel Records- JMK

Box Folder Series VIII

18 1 Howorth Family Data

18 2 Howorth-Jackson-Howe FHA Plantation

18 3 Miscellaneous

18 4 Miscellaneous.

18 5 Howorth-Jackson Property

18 6 Howorth, Miscellaneous.

Box Folder Series VIII

19 1 Miscellaneous.

19 2 Miscellaneous

19 3 Personnel- Howorth

19 4 Patterson, Chas-Irma

Box Folder Series IX

20 1 1987 Materials Sent to Various Archives Etc.

20 2 Archives, MS State Department Correspondence and Family Papers Etc.

20 3 Alding Machines Genealogy

20 4 Bar Associations Women- Mississippi Etc.

20 5 Bronte

20 6 Bridgeforth, Lucio K.

20 7 Clippings, Misc.

20 8 Greenville Cemetery Association

20 9 Greetings and Misc.

20 10 Honors Day

20 11 Honors Day Notes

Box Folder Series IX

21 1 Mrs. Howorth Personal January 1, 1952

21 2 Inauguration of President Lorimer – Randolph-Macon Women’s College

21 3 Ashton Ingram

21 4 Isom Center – Joann Hawks

21 5 International Assn. of Police Chiefs

21 6 Rheta Gomesly Johnson

21 7 General Libraries

21 8 Andrew Lytle

21 9 Margaret Mahoney

21 10 University of Mississippi 1984-1985

Box Folder Series IX

22 1 MS Institute 1983

22 2 Mississippi Lawyers Women, Etc.

22 3 Mississippi Society

22 4 1985 Miscellaneous

22 5 Norman, Cora Miss. Com. On Humanities

22 6 Miscellaneous

Box Folder Series IX

23 1 Neighborhood Water

23 2 New York Times

23 3 O’Conner, Sandra Day

23 4 Omicron Delta Kappa

23 5 Patterson, Irma

23 6 Phi Kappa Phi 1984

23 7 Roads – ETV Program 1983 – Taped Nov. 1, 1982

23 8 Schlesinger Library – Radcliffe 1987

23 9 Sensibar, Judith L.

23 10 Shawhan, Dorothy

23 11 Swain, Martha

23 12 Miscellaneous Items

Box Folder Series IX

24 1 Martha Swain for Schlesinger

24 2 Martha Swain for Schlesinger

24 3 Tate, Sarah Doxey

24 4 University Press of Mississippi

24 5 University of Mississippi

24 6 Wheeler, Mrs. Marjorie Spruill

Box Folder Series III

25 1 Zerox Copies of Lectures in 1930’s

25 2 Copies of Alumnae Bulletins - Misc. Speeches and Addresses

25 3 Copies of Memo’s

25 4 Zerox copies of articles

25 5 Copy of 1951 letter from Dept. of Army & clipping

25 6 Zerox copies of articles

25 7 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 8 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 9 Zerox of article “The Bill Faulkner I Knew” by Lucy Somerville Howorth

25 10 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 11 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 12 Zerox copy of letter from Democratic National Committee 1934

25 13 Zerox copy of letter from North Carolina Supreme Court 1947

25 14 Zerox copies of two addresses

25 15 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 16 Zerox copies of Letter to Editor 1947

25 17 Zerox copies of committee reports

25 18 Zerox of Notes on the MS Legislature 1932-34

25 19 Letter to Dorothy Shawhan and Notes

25 20 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 21 Information and clipping on Nellie Nugent Somerville

25 22 Miscellaneous Notes

25 23 Article and news clipping on Dorothy Shawhan

25 24 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 25 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 26 Shawhan, Dorothy proposal for “Women Behind The Woman Voter

25 27 Shawhan, Dorothy “Two Women Voters from a Mississippi Network”

25 28 Zerox copies of “Mrs. Charistian Keener”

25 29 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 30 Zerox copy of letter from Nellie Somerville to William Winter 1944

25 31 Zerox copies of letters from Lucy to Mama

25 32 Zerox of Nellie N. Somerville address in 1898 1st Woman Suffrage Convention

25 33 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 34 Zerox of History of MS Woman Suffrage Assc. 1897-1919

25 35 Zerox of “Progress of Women” 1898

25 36 Zerox of address on “Americanism”

25 37 Zerox of “Who Takes Care of Mississippi Women”

25 38 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 39 Zerox copies of news articles regarding Mrs. Somerville

25 40 Zerox copy of letter from Lloyd Binford to Mrs. Nellie Somerville

25 41 Zerox of letter from YWCA dated 1919

25 42 Zerox copies of Memo’s

25 43 Information on War Claims Commission

25 44 Zerox of news clipping dated 1928 “Law Students are Married”

25 45 Zerox copy of Alumnae Bulletin

Box Folder Series III

26 1 Xerox, (etc) Box 4 Folder 12 73 Washington jobs ’34-‘58

26 2 Folder 94 Box 5 A-50

26 3 Box 4 Folder 80 Xerox- Memb. Card LSH

26 4 Box 5 Folder 94 (Xeroxes)

26 5 Box 5 folder 97 Xerox letter to Lucy and Joe 1951

26 6 Folder 95, 96, 97, 111, 112 Box 5A A-50

26 7 Box 5A? Demos 1932-33 Letters between LSH and Pat Harrison---------political

26 8 File 98, Box 5B, A-50

26 9 Folder 99 Box 5C A-50

26 10 Box 6 Folder 120 Xerox and in govt. office, etc. 1946

26 11 Box 6 Folder 121 Xerox

26 12 Box 6 Folder 120, 121

26 13 Box 7 folder 133 Xerox Central Com. Eco. Surv. ‘26

26 14 Box 7 Folder 133 Xerox Central Com. Eco. Surv ‘26

26 15 Box 9, folders, speeches LSH Xerox 164, 158, 159

26 16 Misc. on Lucy S. Howorth Endowment Fund

26 17 “The Delta” by D. Shawhan Judge Lucy Howorth S. biography

26 18 Interviews with LSH 1986 and Misc. Clippings ‘86

26 19 Interview with LSH 12-85, 1-86 Mar-86, May-86

26 20 Interview with LSH 5-86 Nov ’86-Dec ‘86

26 21 Interview with E. Coleman (4-87) Cranford 1-86 Norman 6-86

26 22 Interview- Shawhan w/ Myra Judge Lucy- 1987 (Diskette)

26 23 Interview w/ LSH 1-87 to 10-87

26 24 Interview w/ LSH 10-87 to 12-87

26 25 Speeches “88” Correspond. Shawhan to various

26 26 Miscellaneous Correspondence to D. Shawhan LSH to others

26 27 Miscellaneous Correspondence to D. Shawhan LSH to others

26 28 LSH articles, news clippings, etc. 1988

26 29 Judge Lucy misc. to note includes “Stirring Things Up”

26 30 Judge Lucy notes, interv. 1991 (etc.)

26 31 Interview with LSH 1/90 to 9/91

26 32 Notes LSH (etc) 1990

26 33 Interviews with LSH 1/92 to 1/94

26 34 Judge Lucy info. 1991

26 35 1995

Box Folder Series III

27 1 Misc. Clippings including feminist issues

27 2 Lecture – Ole Miss 1995

27 3 Centenarian Interview – 1995

27 4 Lucy Somerville Howorth – 100 Years – 1995 Clippings and Letters

27 5 Scott, Ann F. Correspondence 1995

27 6 News clipping – “Howorth donates Faulkner’s first book to Ole Miss”

27 7 Somerville, Nellie Nugent Interview - Working Draft & news article

27 8 Swain, Martha Correspondence

27 9 “Sue Shelton White” by Lucy Somerville Howorth

27 10 Correspondence from Betty Sparks Hughes to Dorothy Shawhan

27 11 Note from Dorothy Shawhan regarding Nell Thomas book

27 12 Judge Lucy Miscellaneous Notes by D. Shawhan

27 13 National Conference of Bar Examiner 1996

27 14 Speeches

27 15 Duplicate notes from Speeches

27 16 1947 Address before South Carolina White House Conference

27 17 Notes from meeting with R.A. Bolling 1988

27 18 “Onward Christian Women” by Anne Firor Scott

27 19 Like Mother, Like Daughter: Nellie Nugent Somerville and Lucy S. Howorth

27 20 Judge Lucy Howorth centennial article by Dorothy Shawhan

Box Folder Series III

28 1 Flood

28 2 The Flood

28 3 Flood of 27, Intro and Flood; Biography, LSH

28 4 Judge Lucy Photos AAUW meeting (1981)

28 5 Term paper on LSH concentrating on Law Practice

28 6 Women in South Class 4/11/79 Ole Miss-Hawks (information Lucy bio)

28 7 Bolivar County Index

28 8 BCL 20s-50s on LSH

28 9 Interview-Audley Shands 1985

28 10 Judge Lucy bio notes

28 11 Nellie Nugent Somerville (85) lecture series articles and letters

28 12 News Clippings on LSH (89)

28 13 Correspondence to Judge Lucy (1993)

28 14 Invitation to LSH to Chairman Advisory Board (1992)

Box Folder Series III

29 1 Speeches, Miscellaneous

29 2 Speeches – Method

29 3 Speeches – Properties

29 4 Speeches – Correspondence

29 5 Pre 1970 Correspondence

29 6 Collins, Carvel Professor on William Faulkner; Blotner Correspondence

29 7 News clippings: Faulkner and Howorth

29 8 Photos: Joe Howorth; Howorth Memorial Reception; ID cards

29 9 Miscellaneous Information Concerning Judge Lucy and William Faulkner

29 10 Faulkner Correspondence from Judge Lucy

29 11 Faulkner Correspondence from Judge Lucy

29 12 Howorth, Mr. and Mrs. Articles

29 13 Howorth, Joseph Government Papers

29 14 Howorth, Joseph Government Papers 1940’s

29 15 Howorth, Joseph Art Notes

29 16 Howorth, Joseph Art and Art News Articles

Box Folder Series I

30 1 Miscellaneous photos and slides- no I.D. relating to LSH

30 2 Monteagle Assembly Newsletters

30 3 Omicron Delta Kappa

30 4 1910 Census Records

30 5 Mississippi Sales Tax Bulletin up to 1965

30 6 1990 Mississippi Humanities Council Bulletin

30 7 Tullahoma Timetable 1852

30 8 Misc. publications-Women’s books, info on giant application

30 9 Howorth Political

30 10 War Claims Commission Regulating 11/11/52

30 11 R. Macon and College Alumni Bulletin-article LSH D24-1991

30 12 Miss. Historical Society Judge Lucy precid. 1985

30 13 40th Anniversary Report etc. info Schlesinger Library

Box Folder Series IX

31 1 1983 AAUW Activities with Judge Lucy

31 2 AAUW Miscellaneous Notes

31 3 AAUW Miscellaneous Notes 1970 – 1973

31 4 AAUW Annual Report 1949 – 1953

31 5 GFWC Federation of Women’s Club – Judge Lucy Articles

31 6 Alpha Omicron Pi miscellaneous papers, correspondence

Box Folder Series III

32 1 LSH Early correspondences- From Judge to various (1953)

32 2 Miscellaneous Correspondence From LSH

32 3 Correspondence from E. Parker Hayden to Judge Lucy

32 4 Early Correspondences to Judge Lucy- before 1980

32 5 More recent correspondence to Judge Lucy 1981 to present

32 6 Cards to Judge 1982-1985

32 7 Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1986

32 8 Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1987

32 9 Correspondence to Judge Lucy Jan-Nov 1988

Box Folder Series III

33 1 Miscellaneous correspondence to Judge Lucy in 1988

33 2 Miscellaneous correspondence to Judge Lucy Jan. through Dec. 1989

Box Folder Series III

34 1 Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1/90-12/90

34 2 Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1/90-12/90

34 3 Correspondence to Judge Lucy Jan 1991-Dec 1991

Box Folder Series III

35 1 Correspondence to Judge Lucy Jan-Dec 1991

35 2 Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1992

35 3 Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1992

Box Folder Series IX

36 1 Mementos from 1924 Bar Assoc. Trip

36 2 Cleveland Woman’s Club Programs 1970-1981

36 3 Daughters of the American Revolution 1972-1983

36 4 Business and Professional Women’s Club 1967-1982

36 5 Delta Kappa Gamma 1968-1985

36 6 United Daughters of the Confederacy 1910-1983

Box Folder Series I

37 1 Passports – (issue dates: 1953, 1970, 1977, 1983)

37 2 Book –Business Women in a Democracy (c. 1939)

37 3 Books – Women in the United States (1937); Women in the Federal Service (1950);

Handbook of Facts on Women Workers (1950)

37 4 Newspaper Clippings (November 20, 1979)

37 5 Christmas Cards with Pictures of Lucy’s travels and 1 with Eudora Welty

37 6 “Gateway” Travel Coupons; Leather pocket notebook

37 7 Speech – Southern Women and the Atomic Age (delivered November 3, 1950)

37 8 Program for “Dinner given by the Woman’s National Democratic Club

37 9 Directory for the National Association of Women Lawyers (1985)

Box Folder Series II

38 1 Lucy S. Howorth Miscellaneous Invoices Personal Sept. – Oct. 1988

38 2 Lucy S. Howorth Miscellaneous Personal Invoices

38 3 Miscellaneous Correspondence

Box Folder Series IX

39 1 Address Book; Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way pin; black binder of poems,

inscribed on cover: Within one’s self worlds lie unborn T.B. Zerfoss

39 2 YWCA Manual 1919

39 3 AAUW Educational Center Plaque (Judge Lucy helped to choose the site)

AAUW Playing Cards

Box Folder Series III

40 1 1948 Congressional Digest – Bills Passed; 8 collector’s stamps

40 2 Bound Copy of Entertainment Program of the 1936 National Democratic

Convention – Delegate medal Joe Howorth

40 3 Book of Records of Painting Classes given by Joseph Howorth

40 4 1973 Day Book of Joseph Howorth’s

40 5 1938 Certificate to Joseph Howorth from Bar Assn of the Dist. Of Columbia

Group Picture of above (?)

40 6 1971 Ledger of Howorth Art Studio and Gallery; 1954 news clipping “Artists,

Critics One Happy Family

Box Unfoldered Plaques Series IV

41 Lucy - DSU Foundation Donor of Excellence

Lucy - 1st Annual Nellie Nugent Somerville Award 1975

Lucy - 1984-85 MSU President’ Commission on the Status of Women

Lucy – DSU President’s Club

Lucy – 1986 Wood Jr. College for Natchez Trace Work

Lucy – University of MS Pacesetters

Lucy – 1994-95-96 Ole Miss Association

Lucy – 1996 Robert L. Elliott Real Hero Award

Lucy – Sarah Isom Center University of Mississippi

Joseph – Civitan of Year Award

Joseph – Civitan 1966-67

1986 Pi Gamma Mu Award

wooden panel/framed photo from John Knox House

round black wooden frame photo of unknown

Box Unfoldered Plaque Series IV

42 Lucy - 1985 Silver Tray from Alpha Omicron Pi

Box Folder Series III

43 1 Howorth, Joseph Art Articles

43 2 Howorth, Joseph Art Articles

43 3 Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences

43 4 Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences

43 5 Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences

43 6 Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences

43 7 Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences

43 8 Howorth, Joseph Correspondences

43 9 Howorth, Joseph Personal Correspondences

43 10 Howorth, Joseph Obit and Correspondence

43 11 Howorth, Joseph Art Materials, Courses

43 12 Howorth, Joseph Misc. Art Articles

43 13 Howorth, Joseph Art Exhibit 1961

43 14 1975 Pi Kappa Alpha Booklet

43 15 1923 edition of Phi Sigma – see last page for story by Howorth

Box Unfoldered Series V

44 Photos of Judge Lucy travels; Joseph Howorth art work; Judge Lucy celebration

two packages of negatives

Box Folder

45 1 Family Histories

45 2 Transcription of Lucy S. Howorth Interview June 1975 on Women’s Movement

45 3 1923 Election of Nellie Nugent Somerville to Legislature (Judge Lucy’s Mother)

45 4 Nellie Nugent Somerville Interview

45 5 1927 Flood

45 6 Suffrage – Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews

45 7 DSU Thesis: The MS Woman’s Rights Movement, 1889-1923: The

Leadership Role of Nellie Nugent Somerville and Greenville

In Suffrage Reform by Mary Louise Merideth

45 8 Suffrage: Votes For Women 1895; Century of Struggle 1959; The

Woman Citizen 1973; Modern Feminism 1987

45 9 Suffrage: Inventing the American Woman1995; three articles from Century

of Struggle; article relative to important dates for women entitled “Years

of Hope, Years of Struggle”

45 10 History of Woman Suffrage 1897-1919; several articles on woman’s suffrage;

3 publications of Mississippi Humanities Council 1992 and 1996 “Chautauqua”

45 11 Dorothy Shawhan 1987 interview with Judge Lucy and miscellaneous notes;

Magazine article on Judge Lucy, Carol Brumby and Dorothy Shawhan;

News clipping Feb. 13, 1995 “19th Amendment’s 75th Anniversary in MS”;

Miscellaneous notes from Mrs. Elizabeth Sarcone

Oversized Items

Flat File Drawer 12 (FF12)

1. Keith-Somerville Howorth Family Tree

2. Joseph Marion Howorth’s Diploma, 1941

3. Keith Family Tree

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