Ms. Enslow was a Huntington, West Virginia journalist. Photographs and slides comprise a major portion of this collection. Many of the photographs were for use by the newspaper; there are also a great number of informal snapshots, family photographs, and photographs of Miss Enslow herself. Photographs of notable persons and old photographic portraits dating from the 19th century complete this part of the collection. The slides are primarily those which Miss Enslow took in Europe while she was tour director for the Huntington Publishing Company. Copies of many of her columns and articles are included, along with other items relating to her career as a newspaperwoman. Among her family and personal papers are family correspondence and family legal papers belonging to her father and grandfather. Books, personal mementos, and scrapbooks are also included. Correspondence from notable persons, from friends and family, and from her readers are a part of the papers, as well as correspondence relating to her newspaper and political activities.
The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers, 1890-1973. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Catherine Bliss Enslow Papers, 1890-1973.
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Autographed photo of jockey W. L. Taylor
Autographed photo of jockey W. L. Taylor, b&w Note on front reads: "To Bliss, with all my love, W.L."
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Blanche Preston Jones, Big Sandy Valley, Ky
Blanche Preston Jones, Big Sandy Valley, Ky., b&w Note attached reads: Blanche Preston Jones, a daughter of the Big Sandy, for whose forbears the town of prestonsburg, Floyd County, Ky, takes its name. She is a descendant of Lady Elizabeth Calvert to whose family Charles II gave a grant of land in Maryland.
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Bringing in yule log, Greenbrier Hotel
Bringing in yule log, Greenbrier Hotel b&W typed note attached reads: Bringing in the yule log is a Christmas Eve Tradition at The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
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Capt. R. J. Wilkinson, Jr.
Capt. R. J. Wilkinson, Jr., representative of Miami Military Academy, b&w Attached note reads: Capt. R. J. Wilkinson, Jr. has been named a field representative for Miami Military Academy in WV, Oh, Ky and Va. (undated)
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Caro Louise Buffington
Caro Louise Buffington, b&W note on back reads: Caro Caro Louise Buffington was born in 1899 and attended Marshall College.
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Caro Louise Buffington and husband, Red Porter
Caro Louise Buffington and husband Red Porter, b&W note on back reads: Caro and husband Red Porter
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Catherine Bliss Enslow
Autographed postcard of Catherine Bliss Enslow , b&W Handwritten note on back reads: Remember? What! no finger nail polish? Sure thing nothing else forgotten. Libby Signed on front: "Tra la la la! C Bliss Enslow"
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Catherine Bliss Enslow at the Greenbrier Hotel
Catherine Bliss Enslow at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., b&w
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Catherine Bliss Enslow on horse
Early photo of Catherine Bliss Enslow on horse, b&W pencil note on back reads: Conf Point, Wm Berg (Bay) Wisc?
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Catherine Bliss Enslow with Jack Dempsey
Catherine Bliss Enslow with Jack Dempsey, b&w back reads:Jack Dempsey, no date Dempsey retired from boxing in 1940 and died in 1983.
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Catherine Bliss Enslow with violinist Isaac Stern
Catherine Bliss Enslow with violinist Isaac Stern, b&w back reads: Isaac Stern, violinist Barta Studio stamp, no date
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Catherine Enslow in bathing suit, early 1900's
Catherine Enslow in bathing suit, early 1900's, b&W notes on back state: At Palm Beach - note the stockings! the girls cannot appear on the beach without them-hence the stockings.
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Chuck Yeager and unidentified woman
Chuck Yeager and unidentified woman, b&w General Chuck Yeager was the a decorated WWII fighter pilot and first pilot to break the sound barrier.
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Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, b&w There were 4 Vanderbilt men with the nickname "Commodore." They were Cornelius Vanderbilt (#1), II, III, and Iv. This photo is probably Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III, and not the first Commodore, who died in 1877.
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Constance Enslow
Constance Enslow, sister to Catherine, 1893, b&w Note on back states: Miss Constance Enslow,of Chicago Ill,
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Dorothy Enslow Combs
Dorothy Enslow Combs, b&w Back reads: Aunt J's home, front entry hall, facing rear
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Fetter house, Ashland, Ky
Fetter house, Ashland, Ky, b&w back reads: Fetter Home in Ashland, Mayo house party, etc. Maggard studio
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Frank Bliss Enslow
Frank Bliss Enslow, b&w A lawyer by profession, Enslow was a director and, later, president of the Huntington National Bank. Prior to his death in 1917, he spent most of his career engaged in West Virginia's oil and gas development.
