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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Catherine Bliss Enslow interviewing Dagmar, 1957
J. Foster
Catherine Bliss Enslow interviewing Dagmar, 1957, b&w Back has HUPCo stamp, with date, Aug. 5 1957
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Catherine Enslow, Jean Thomas, Aunt Polly Triplett & Rosie Day, 1956
Catherine Bliss Enslow (far right), Aunt Polly Triplett, (2nd from right) Jean Thomas, (3rd from right) and Rosie Day, 1956,b&W Back has HUPCO stamp showing it was used in the newspaper.
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Dedication of Wee House in the Woods, jean Thomas standing behind little girl
Dedication of Wee House in the Woods, Jean Thomas standing behind little girl, b&W Attached note reads: At the dedication of Wee house in the Woods, Nov. 11, 1956-(Left to right) Bun Oney (fiddle), Rosie Day in homespun frock, Aunt Polly Triplett with dulcimer, Blanche Preston Jones, who wrote a ballad for the occasion, jean Thomas The Traipsin Woman, Mrs. Lyda Messer Caudill in her royal Stuart plaid, Volna Fraley, age 81 with mouth harp. Front row Little Corie Wells, Age 4 Aunt Polly Triplett is 84 years old.
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Sam Snead, Stan Musial, and 2 friends
Sam Snead , Stan Musial, and 2 friends, b&w Stan Musial (on left) and Sam Snead(on right)
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Catherine Bliss Enslow and Connie Bennett, 1955
Kaplan
Catherine Bliss Enslow (far right) and Connie Bennett (with dog), 1955, b&w back reads: Connie Bennett & group, and left Veta Lee Smith
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Catherine Enslow interviewing Marguerite Piazza, opera singer
Catherine Enslow interviewing Marguerite Piazza, opera singer, b&w In 1944, Piazza joined the New York City Opera.
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Col. Joseph Harvey Long on his 90th birthday, May 21, 1953
Col. Joseph Harvey Long, on his 90th birthday, May 21, 1953, b&w since 1895 Long was editor and publisher of the Huntington Advertiser, Long was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1863, and is a son of Edward C. and Sarah (Roebuck) Long.
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Actor Charles Laughton
Actor Charles Laughton, center while working on the George Bernard Shaw play "Don Juan in Hell", 1951, b&w Back reads: Charles Laughton, "Don Juan in Hell", Nov. 19, 20, 1951 (could not find the movie with that title with Laughton) Paul Gregory (right in photo) headed a Hollywood production company.
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Performers at 20th American Folk Song Festival, 1950
Performers at 20th American Folk Song Festival, 1950,b&W Writing on back identifies performers: Darty, William seated on puncheon bench with dulcimer Craft, Larry McKinney, Janet Craft, Sharon Douglas, Jimmyh Douglas, JoAnn Grimmett, Andrew Wagoner, Ruth Craft, Glada Craft, Johnell Howard, Paul Rankin, Shirley Rankin, Bobby
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Jean Thomas in 1950
W. Archibald Wallace
Jean Thomas in 1950,b&W Back Reads: Jean Thomas "The Singin fiddler of Lost Hope Hollow" June first E. P. Dutton & Co.
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Catherine Bliss Enslow and Pierre Balmain, 1950
Bill Wasile
Catherine Bliss Enslow (far right), Pierre Balmain (far left) , model Praline at the Greenbrier, 1950, b&w back reads: Balmain with Patrick C. Snidow??, Stamp for the Greenbier with date 10-7-50 Pierre Balmain was a famous French fashion designer. Praline, his favorite model, was killed in 1950 in a car wreck outside Paris.
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Catherine Bliss Enslow, Pierre Balmain and model Praline at Greenbrier
Bill Wasile
Catherine Bliss Enslow, Pierre Balmain and model Praline, at the Greenbrier, 1950, b&w back reads: Pierre Balmain & favorite model, Praline, at Greenbrier Balmain was famous French designer
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Catherine Bliss Enslow, Aug. 1948
Catherine Bliss Enslow, Aug. 1948, b&w Stamp on back: Aug. 9, 1948
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Allied Artists of Huntington, Joseph Jablonski standing on far right
Ben Wooley
Allied Artists of Huntington, 1948, Joseph Jablonski standing on right, b&w Joseph Jablonski was a prominent Marshall art professor for several decades, from the 1930's through the 1960's.
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Huntington group with Taylor Vinson in back, Mrs. Vinson seated in front
Huntington group with Taylor Vinson standing in back, and Mrs. Vinson seated in front, 1947, b&w
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Mary Frisby standing in front of sign outside Tokyo, 1946
Mary Frisby standing in front of sign on outskirts of Tokyo, 1946, b&W Note on back reads: Taken June 26, 1946 on Route 1 E. Mary Frisby. This sign was taken down the next day.
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Sir William F. Webb, president of IMTFE war crimes court, Tokyo, 1946
Signal Corps U.S. Army
President of IMTFE war crimes court, Sir William F. Webb, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia, 1946, b&W Note on back reads: 7 Aug 1946: President of International Military Tribunal of the Far East, the Honorable Sir William F. Webb, Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia, in his chambers at war ministry Bldg., Tokyo, Japan. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trials, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal or simply as the Tribunal, was convened on May 5, 1946 to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of crimes: "Class A" (crimes against peace), "Class B" (war crimes), and "Class C" (crimes against humanity), committed during World War II.
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Trials of Japanese before Inter. Military Tribunal of the Far East, 1946
Signal Corps U.S. Army
View of courtroom at International Military Tribunal of the Far East, trying the Japanese for war crimes, 1946, b&W Note on back reads: 14 May 1946 View of War ministry building courtroom showing prisoners' box. Prisoers stand as tribunal judges enter courtroom at IMTFE, Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Tojo is in front row of prisoners. The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trials, the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal or simply as the Tribunal, was convened on May 5, 1946 to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of crimes: "Class A" (crimes against peace), "Class B" (war crimes), and "Class C" (crimes against humanity), committed during World War II.
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Launching of U.S.S. Huntington, 1945, christening by Mrs. Milton L. Jarret
Launching of the ship U.S.S. Huntington, Camden, N.J., 1945, Mrs. Milton L. Jarret, Jr. of Huntington (2nd from left) performed christening, b&w Note on photo reads: 4.8.45 launching of the U.S.S. Huntington. (left to right) Rear Admiral C. L. Brand, Mrs. Milton L. Jarrett, Jr, Rear Admiral R. W. Ryden, Mrs. John Clark Ensign, Rear Admiral D. Royce, at the NY Shipbuilding Corp, Camden N. J. USS Huntington, CL107 was a 10,000 ton Fargo class light cruiser decommissioned in mid-June 1949 and laid up in reserve at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was stricken from the Navy list in September 1961 and sold for scrapping April 1962.
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Launching of U.S.S. Huntington, 1945, christening by Mrs. Milton L. Jarret
Launching of the ship U.S.S. Huntington, Camden, N.J., 1945, Mrs. Milton L. Jarret, Jr. of Huntington performing christening, b&w Note on bottom of photo reads: 4.8.45 launching of the U.S.S. Huntington. Photo shows sponsor Mrs. Milton L. Jarret, Jr. christening the ship at the NY shipbldg Corp, Canden N. J. USS Huntington, CL107 was a 10,000 ton Fargo class light cruiser decommissioned in mid-June 1949 and laid up in reserve at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was stricken from the Navy list in September 1961 and sold for scrapping April 1962.
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actress Charlotte Greenwood, 1942
Actress Charlotte Greenwood, 1942, b&w American actress and dancer.
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Joan Hyldoft
ice skating performer Joan Hyldoft, b&w Starred with Sonja Henie in two ice-skating movies in 1940's
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Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt reviewing 3rd term inaugural parade, 1941
Pres. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, reviewing his 3rd term inaugural parade, 1941, b&W note on back reads: Franklin Delano Roosevelt reviewing 3rd term inaugural parade-1941
