Special Collections & Archives

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ead xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"> <eadheader findaidstatus="Completed" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid>MS568</eadid> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Daisy Ghelson Mitchell and Daisie Allen Mitchell Papers <num>MS568</num> </titleproper> <subtitle>1900-1940, undated, 0.63 linear feet</subtitle> <author>Finding aid prepared by Processed by Katie Lawrence</author> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline> <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline> </address> <date>2018 October 5</date> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2018-10-23T15:20-0400</date> </creation> <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>Daisy Ghelson Mitchell and Daisie Allen Mitchell Papers</unittitle> <unitid>MS568</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <physdesc> <extent>0.63 linear feet</extent> <extent>1 document box, 1 half-document box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1900/1940" type="inclusive">1900-1940, undated</unitdate> <abstract id="ref61" label="Abstract">Daisie Ghelson Mitchell passed away in 1920 and was survived by four daughters. This collection contains memorabilia of her life and that of her daughter, Daisie Allen Mitchell, in North Carolina and Virginia. Materials include correspondence to Mrs. Daisy and Daisy Allen, education records, family memorabilia, photographs and portraits of family and friends, and writings by members of the Mitchell family.</abstract> </did> <bioghist id="ref58"> <head>Biographical Note</head> <p>Mrs. Daisie Mitchell, born Daisie Ghelson, died in 1920 and was survived by four daughters: Daisie Allen Mitchell, Dorothy Perry Mitchell, Mary Martin Mitchell, and Helen Grace Mitchell. Daisie Allen was in the ninth grade at the time of her mother's death, and the ages of the other daughters are not known. The family resided in Charlie Hope, Virginia, but Daisie Allen moved to Norlina, North Carolina after her mother's passing to finish high school. She attended the state teacher's college in Farmville, Virginia. After college, she resided in Norlina, North Carolina and Isle of Wight, Virginia until 1930. She then relocated to Suffolk, Virginia, where held a teaching job.</p> </bioghist> <scopecontent id="ref59"> <head>Collection Overview</head> <p>This collection provides memorabilia from the life of the Mitchell family, particularly Daisie Allen Mitchell and her mother Mrs. Daisie Mitchell. It covers the time period from Daisie Ghelson's marriage in 1901 to Seldon Mitchell up through Daisie Allen Mitchell's adult life. Materials in this collection include correspondence to Mrs. Daisie Mitchell and Daisie Allen Mitchell, academic reports, photographs and portraits of family and friends, writings by family members, and personal memorabilia.</p> </scopecontent> <prefercite id="ref62"> <head>Preferred Citation</head> <p>Daisy Ghelson Mitchell and Daisie Allen Mitchell Papers (MS 568), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.</p> </prefercite> <userestrict id="ref64"> <head>Copyright Notice</head> <p>The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.</p> </userestrict> <accessrestrict id="ref63"> <head>Access Restrictions</head> <p>Collection is open for researchers.</p> </accessrestrict> <arrangement id="ref65"> <head>Arrangement note</head> <p>This collection is organized into four series: 1. Correspondence and writings; 2.Education materials; 3. Personal and family memorabilia; and 4. Photos</p> </arrangement> <dsc> <c id="ref1" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Correspondence and writings</unittitle> <unitid>Series 1</unitid> <unitdate normal="1900/1937" type="inclusive">1900-1937</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref54" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"The Gholson Family" writing</unittitle> <container id="cid2210020" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210020" type="Folder">25</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref53" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"Code of Ethics" and other notes</unittitle> <container id="cid2210019" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210019" type="Folder">26</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref5" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Rose, Florence, letter</unittitle> <container id="cid2192003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192003" type="Folder">2</container> <unitdate normal="1900/1900">1900</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref6" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Ghelson, Daisie, wedding invitation</unittitle> <container id="cid2192004" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192004" type="Folder">3</container> <unitdate normal="1901/1901">1901 December 4</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref9" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Unsigned letter and postcard, Farmville, Virginia</unittitle> <container id="cid2192007" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192007" type="Folder">6</container> <unitdate normal="1921/1922" type="inclusive">1921-1922</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref52" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Daisie Allen Mitchell diary</unittitle> <container id="cid2210018" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210018" type="Folder">27</container> <unitdate normal="1922/1922">1922</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref11" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>B., Will, letters</unittitle> <container id="cid2192009" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192009" type="Folder">8</container> <unitdate normal="1925/1925">1925 July-September</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref13" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Unsigned letter, Holland, Virginia</unittitle> <container id="cid2192011" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192011" type="Folder">10</container> <unitdate normal="1926/1926">1926 December 24</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref12" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Joe, letter</unittitle> <container id="cid2192010" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192010" type="Folder">9</container> <unitdate normal="1927/1927">1927 February 25</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref14" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Rex, letters</unittitle> <container id="cid2192012" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192012" type="Folder">11</container> <unitdate normal="1928/1929" type="inclusive">1928-1929</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref16" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Helen, letter</unittitle> <container id="cid2192014" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192014" type="Folder">13</container> <unitdate normal="1931/1931">1931</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref15" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Ned, letters</unittitle> <container id="cid2192013" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192013" type="Folder">12</container> <unitdate normal="1931/1932" type="inclusive">1931-1932</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref50" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Southern Railway System, letter</unittitle> <container id="cid2210016" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2210016" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate normal="1932/1932">1932 December 9</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref18" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Mitchell, Dorothy Perry, wedding invitation</unittitle> <container id="cid2192016" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192016" type="Folder">15</container> <unitdate normal="1933/1933">1933 September 17</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref19" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Vincent, Bill, letter</unittitle> <container id="cid2192017" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192017" type="Folder">16</container> <unitdate normal="1937/1937">1937 May 20</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref56" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Writings and Notes</unittitle> <unitid>Series 5</unitid> <unitdate normal="1922/1922">1922, undated</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref55" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Education materials</unittitle> <unitid>Series 2</unitid> <unitdate normal="1919/1934" type="inclusive">1919-1934</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref8" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Annual school report</unittitle> <container id="cid2192006" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192006" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate normal="1919/1920" type="inclusive">1919 September-1920 January</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref10" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Quarterly grades, teacher's college</unittitle> <container id="cid2192008" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192008" type="Folder">7</container> <unitdate normal="1925/1926" type="inclusive">1925 June-1926 March</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref17" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Virginia Education Association membership materials</unittitle> <container id="cid2192015" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">2</container> <container parent="cid2192015" type="Folder">14</container> <unitdate normal="1934/1934">1934 June 7</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref57" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Personal and family memorabilia</unittitle> <unitid>Series 3</unitid> <unitdate normal="1915/1932" type="inclusive">1915-1932, undated</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref51" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"Canning, Preserving, Pickling," U.S. Department of Agriculture</unittitle> <container id="cid2210017" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210017" type="Folder">28</container> <unitdate normal="1915/1915">1915 September 1</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref48" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Mrs. Daisie Mitchell obituary and clipping</unittitle> <container id="cid2210015" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210015" type="Folder">29</container> <unitdate normal="1920/1920">1920 March 25</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref47" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>National Bank of Suffolk ledger</unittitle> <container id="cid2210014" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210014" type="Folder">30</container> <unitdate normal="1930/1932" type="inclusive">1930-1932</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref23" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>"Miss Daisie Allen Mitchell" engraved plate</unittitle> <container id="cid2209001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209001" type="Folder">1</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> <c id="ref21" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Photographs</unittitle> <unitid>Series 4</unitid> <unitdate normal="1900/1940" type="inclusive">circa 1900-1940, undated</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref24" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Women near railroad and porch</unittitle> <container id="cid2209002" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209002" type="Folder">2</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref25" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Jeanette, two unnamed men, and three unnamed women, individual professional portraits</unittitle> <container id="cid2209003" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209003" type="Folder">3</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref26" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Unidentified men and women individual candids</unittitle> <container id="cid2209004" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209004" type="Folder">4</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref27" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Three older girls and one young boy in yard</unittitle> <container id="cid2209005" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209005" type="Folder">5</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref28" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Men on cabin porch</unittitle> <container id="cid2209006" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209006" type="Folder">6</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref29" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Young woman with dark hair portrait, related group photos</unittitle> <container id="cid2209007" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209007" type="Folder">7</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref31" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Family and friends at lake and cabin house</unittitle> <container id="cid2209009" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209009" type="Folder">9</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref35" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Two men in West Palm Beach, Florida</unittitle> <container id="cid2210002" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210002" type="Folder">13</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref32" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Young women individual and group portraits</unittitle> <container id="cid2209010" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209010" type="Folder">10</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref39" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Man in uniform portrait and candids</unittitle> <container id="cid2210006" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210006" type="Folder">17</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref41" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Scenery photos</unittitle> <container id="cid2210008" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210008" type="Folder">19</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref43" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Friends hiking candids</unittitle> <container id="cid2210010" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210010" type="Folder">21</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref46" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Children in garden or yard portraits</unittitle> <container id="cid2210013" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210013" type="Folder">24</container> <unitdate>undated</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref38" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Mitchell children professional portrait, family in front of store photograph</unittitle> <container id="cid2210005" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210005" type="Folder">16</container> <unitdate normal="1900/1910" type="inclusive">circa 1900-1910</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref34" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Friends with a truck</unittitle> <container id="cid2210001" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210001" type="Folder">12</container> <unitdate normal="1915/1930" type="inclusive">circa 1915-1930</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref45" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Helen Mitchell professional portraits</unittitle> <container id="cid2210012" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210012" type="Folder">23</container> <unitdate normal="1915/1930" type="inclusive">circa 1915-1930</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref36" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Soldiers with aid truck</unittitle> <container id="cid2210003" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210003" type="Folder">14</container> <unitdate normal="1918/1918">1918 October-November</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref30" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Daisie and friends in yard</unittitle> <container id="cid2209008" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209008" type="Folder">8</container> <unitdate normal="1920/1930" type="inclusive">circa 1920-1930</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref33" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Daisie and friends at beach and on windowsills</unittitle> <container id="cid2209011" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2209011" type="Folder">11</container> <unitdate normal="1920/1930" type="inclusive">circa 1920-1930</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref40" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Daisie Mitchell professional portraits</unittitle> <container id="cid2210007" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210007" type="Folder">18</container> <unitdate normal="1920/1930" type="inclusive">circa 1920-1930</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref37" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Young men and women dressed up, posing on steps and benches</unittitle> <container id="cid2210004" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210004" type="Folder">15</container> <unitdate normal="1922/1922">circa 1922</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref42" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Mary Mitchell, two men, and one woman, portraits and candids</unittitle> <container id="cid2210009" type="Box" label="Graphic materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210009" type="Folder">20</container> <unitdate normal="1920/1940" type="inclusive">circa 1920-1940</unitdate> </did> </c> <c id="ref44" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Photo collection envelope and photographs</unittitle> <container id="cid2210011" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <container parent="cid2210011" type="Folder">22</container> <unitdate normal="1920/1940" type="inclusive">circa 1920-1940</unitdate> </did> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>