Jenckes, Virginia Ellis, 1877-1975
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Louis J. Bailey and Esther U. McNitt political letters
Collection — Folder: S283
Identifier: S0283
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters from U.S. congressman and senators from Indiana in Washington, D.C. replying to Louis J. Bailey and Esther U. McNitt ranging from 1926 to 1935 regarding various bills and legislation regarding libraries, printing, and censuses.
Dates:
1926-1935
Virginia Ellis Jenckes papers
Collection
Identifier: L374
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of correspondences, papers, speeches, clippings, pamphlets, ephemera, and photographs from Virginia Ellis Jenckes’s congressional and nonprofit work nonprofit work in Indiana, Washington, D.C., and France, ranging from 1930 to 1951, regarding her political career and work with the Red Cross, as well as the Agriculture Waste Recovery Project (1933–1943) and other efforts to help farmers during the Depression; flood control on the Wabash and White Rivers;...
Dates:
1918-1951
