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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Mrs. Charles Watts
Mrs. Charles Watts, b&w mounted on cardboard Back and front reads: "Mrs. Chas Watts and sister" (but only one person in picture)
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Mrs. Edward Bliss Enslow, Catherine Enslow's mother
Mrs. Edward Bliss Enslow, Catherine Enslow's mother, col. written on back: mrs. Edw. Bliss Enslow, mother of Catherine Bliss Enslow
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Mrs. Helen Osgood
Mrs. Helen Osgood, b&w Marriage & Death certificates on file at the West Virginia Division of Culture and History
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Mrs. Leslie Combs II & Mexican Gen. Juna Azxarale at the Greenbrier, 1934
Mrs. Leslie Combs,II, and Mexican Gen. Juna Azcarale at the Greenbrier Hotel, 1934, b&W Attached note reads: White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. The donater of the silver plate & a Mexican official at the International Mexican Army & Greenbrier Game, at the Greenbrier Polo field. l to r Mrs Leslie Combs of Washington & Huntington, W.Va. and General Juna Azcarale of Washington & Mexico. Gen. Azcarale officiated at the ceremonies before the game.
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Mrs. M. F. Lallance
Mrs. M. F. Lallance, b&w Could be Anna (Annie) E. Strachan. Marriage certificate between Annie & M. Fred Lallance in Cabell County 11.22.1905 on file with West Virginia Archives.
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Mrs. S. Hall
Mrs. S. Hall, b&w on tin, in paper frame folder Tintype is in a paper folder that serves as a frame, original. Broach and earring hand colored. Could be Eva Williams. Marriage certificate between S. Hall and Eva Williams in Cabell County on 03.10.1897 on file with West Virginia Archives
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Mrs. W. H. McFadden
Mrs. W. H. McFadden, b&w mounted on cardboard Another photo in folder has mrs. W. H. McFadden on back, appears to be same woman. Could be Bessie Lee Allen? William Hartman McFadden married her in Marshall County West Virginia in 1899 (William was an oilman, born in Moundsville, West Virginia. Marriage Certificate on file in West Virginia Division of Culture and History)
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Nancy Bliss Enslow, 2nd from left
Nancy Bliss Enslow (2nd from left), grandmother of Catherine Bliss Enslow, and friends. b&w Notes reads: "This Kodak picture taken with Mrs. Collis Emmons (foreground) on the porch of the beautiful Emmons house, with some friends at a reumion dinner, is the only existing photograph of grandmother Nancy Bliss Enslow taken after she came to Huntington to live with her son Frank. She is the second from the left with the dark grey hbair and folded hands."
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"Old Maid's Convention"
"Old Maid's Convention," Mary Burks, Lou Pollard, Bob Adkins, and Lulu Burks, b&w
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Panoramic postcard view of Greenbrier Hotel
Panoramic postcard view of Greenbrier Hotel b&W front reads: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
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Pat & Harriet Stapleton, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, 1933
Pat & Harriet Stapleton, Team #45, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, May 1933, b&w lWritten note on back reads: Best wishes, pat Stapleton, Harriett Stapleton no postmark, no addressee
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Paul Innella & Helen Kelly, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, 1933
Paul Innella & Helen Kelly, Team #1, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, May 1933, b&w long written note to Catherine Enslow on back calls her "the darling pride of all us kids." from Helen Kelley of Brooklyn, N.Y. no postmark, no addressee
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Paul Walker Long, son of Col. Joseph Harvey Long
Paul Walker Long, son of Col. Joseph harvey Long, b&w Paul Walker Long was general manager of the Herald-Advertiser.
