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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View from roof of Keith Albee Theater, Huntington, 1937 flood
view from roof of Keith Albee Theater, up 4th Ave., Huntington, 1937 flood, b&w note on back reads: Looking up 4th Ave from Keith Albee roof. I took this. Frederick drug store where sign says "Drugs"--Bldg on left is on corner of 4th & 10th.
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View from roof of Keith Albee Theater, Huntington, 1937 flood
view from roof of Keith Albee Theater, 4th Ave., Huntington, 1937 flood, b&w note on back reads: From Keith Albee roof looking down 4th Ave toward Union Bank Bldg at 9th & 4th.
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Vincent Caldwell (center) and group at American Folk Song Festival, 1930's
Vincent Caldwell (center) and group at the American Folk Song Festival of 1932 or 1938,b&W Attached note reads: Vincent Caldwell center singing a hymn which he composed and suited to tune called "David, David, Yes, Yes." (two boys in front are Chad Gulled and Babe Caldwell) Leaning against the puncheon bench are home made banjos of white oak with coon hide for sounding head played by the mountain minstrels and home made walnut dulcimers also played by the mountain people in the Festival Sunday June 12th. (This was either 1932 or 1938, the only two years when June 12th fell on a Sunday when the festival was going on. )
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Walt Disney and John Hench planning Disneyland
Walt Disney (on right) and John Hench planning part of Disneyland, b&w Note on back reads: derailed model of the Plaza Inn, opening as a feature of Disneyland's Tencennial Summer, studied by John Hench (left) and Walt Disney.
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Winning couples, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, 1933
The 6 prize winning couples in the Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, May 1933, b&w
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W.Va. girls tour in front of Greenbrier Railroad Co. engine 2102
A W.Va. girls tour group in front of Greenbrier Railroad Co. engine 2102 at Marlinton, W.Va., b&w Sharon Underwood, daughter of Gov. Cecil Underwood, and Susan Agee, daughter of William F. Agee, both from Huntington, 2nd and 3rd from right, seated. The Greenbrier Railroad Company of Ronceverte, West Virginia started running steam excursions on May 30, 1971 and ran additional trips on July 11 and 25, August 1 and 8, September 5 and October 10 and 17. The largest operating steam engine in the United States at the time, ex-Reading Railroad's No. 2102, pulled the trips over the C&O Greenbrier Division from Ronceverte to Durbin and return, stopping in Cass where the majority of passengers got off to ride the Cass train to Whittaker and tour the town. Over three hundred railfans from thirty two states rode the initial trip. The Greenbrier Scenic Railroad tours continued through 1974, using C&O GP9 diesels for their last two seasons.
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W.Va. Governor Cecil Underwood crowning a girl at a W.Va. event
W.Va. Governor Cecil Underwood crowning a girl at a W.Va. event, b&w Underwood was the 25th and 32nd Governor of West Virginia from 1957 until 1961 and from 1997 until 2001. He ran for reelection in 2000 but was defeated by Bob Wise. Underwood was both the youngest and the oldest person ever to serve as Governor of West Virginia
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Publicity still of Jeannette MacDonald and John Barrymore
Virgil Apger
Publicity still of Jeanette MacDonald and John Barrymore on set of "Maytime" by MGM, b&w Note attached states it was "A Day with a songbird" on the set of "Maytime" at MGM studios. Movie was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and released in 1937.
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President Abraham Lincoln and son, Tad
Matthew Brady
President Abraham Lincoln and son, Tad, copyprint b&w On Saturday morning, July 15, 1871, Tad passed away at the age of 18. The cause of death was most likely tuberculosis. Tad's death occurred in the Clifton House in Chicago. (This photo was printed on front page of Harper's Weekly, attributed to Brady)
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Marion Kerby, singer and Bun Oney, fiddler , 1950
Guy M. Coffman
Marion Kerby singer and Bun Oney fiddler in 1950,b&W Marion Kerby, singer, and Bun Oney mountain fiddler at the latter's mountain home. Man in suit is Raymond McFeeter writing down the ballad. Kerby came to Ashland to perform at the American Folk Song Festival on June 11th (1950).
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John F. Kennedy, ca.1960
Catherine Bliss Enslow
John F. Kennedy, ca. 1960, col. Note on back reads: Cathy took the snapshot of JFK and had this enlargement made.
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Wallis Simpson, later Duchess of Windsor, ca. 1936
Fayer
Wallis Simpson, ca. 1936, who later married Edward VIII, and then became the Duchess of Windsor, b&W Note on back: Mrs. Ernest Simpson- Recent photograph made by Fayer of Vienna, of Mrs. Ernest Simpson, one of many in Edwina H. Wilson's new book, "Her Name was Wallis Warfield, The Life Story of Mrs. Ernest Simpson." Photo appears to have been made in 1936, as several similiar photos of her in same dress are dated 1936, the year before she divorced Simpson and married Edward VIII and bacame Duchess of Windsor.
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Linn Bliss Enslow
W. W. Foster
Linn Bliss Enslow, b&w mounted on cardboard Back reads Linn Bliss Enslow, "Uncle Linn" he was an uncle of Catherine Bliss Enslow
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Ken Hechler (on left) and Bert Combs (2 from right) at political meeting
HUPCO
Ken Hechler and group at political meeting, b&w on back: Ken Hechler on left, Bert Combs second from R. HUPCO stamp Bert Combs was Democratic Governor of KY, 1959 through 1963.
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Hulett C. Smith, Governor of W.Va. 1965-1969
Kaplan
Hulett C. Smith, Gov. of W.Va., ca. 1960's, b&w Hulett Carlson Smith (born October 21, 1918) served as the 27th Governor of West Virginia from 1965 to 1969.
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Ray Milland
Gaston Longet
Ray Milland , b&w This may have been a movie still for "Arise, My Love" in which Milland starred in 1940 with Claudette Colbert.?
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Aunt Polly Triplett performing at 26th American Folk Song Festival, 1956
Norman C. Mahan
Aunt Polly Triplett performing at 26th American Folk Song Festival, 1956 ,b&W HUPCO stamp on back with date Dec. 13, 1957
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Grace Shepard, Mrs. Harry Aleshire
S. V. Matthews
Grace Shepard, Mrs. Harry Aleshire, b&w Excellent period backplate.
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Publicity still of Ginger Rogers
John Miehle
Publicity still of Ginger Rogers, 1938, b&w Stamp on back states it is by John Miehle, copyright 1938 by RKO Radio Pictures
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Catherine Bliss Enslow & women's group, Mackinac Island, Mich.
National Photo Service Company
Catherine Bliss Enslow, group of women on tour of Mackinac Island, Mich., b&w
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Autographed photo of Mary Martin, ca. 1940
Vandamm
Autographed photo of Mary Martin, ca. 1940, b&W Autograph on front reads: "To Catherine Bliss Enslow with all best wishes for happiness, Mary Martin" She was born December 1, 1913 – died November 3, 1990.
