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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Groundbreaking for building, Ken Hechler with shovel
Groundbreaking for building, Ken Hechler with shovel, b&w Back reads: City Manager - Kim Hoisington Rev. Ted Gusk(?) - Highlawn Baptist Ken hechler with shovel 62 - 68?
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Hagen home, Lombardy Lawn, Huntington
William Henry Hagen & wife Mary Jane Buffington home, Lombardy Lawn, 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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Heath Holman Kelly
Heath Holman Kelly, Catherine Enslow's uncle, col. Note on back states: Uncle Heath Holman Kelly, my mother's brother (C. Enslow) This is an odd size for a cabinet card.
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Henry C. Simms house, 3rd Ave between 11th & 12th Streets, 1896
Henry C. Simms house, 3rd Ave between 11th & 12th Streets, 1896, Huntington, W.Va., b&w Back reads: Henry C. Simms house, 3rd Ave between 11th & 12th Streets, Circa 1896
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Henry Fonda, Lloyd Nolan, Stewart Smith
Henry Fonda (right), Lloyd Nolan (left), Stewart Smith, 2nd from left, , b&w Back reads "Caine Mutiny Court Martial" 1953-54 The movie was "Caine Mutiny" which came out in 1954, but these men were not in that movie.
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Hollywood publicity still of Marion kerby, singer-actress
Hollywood publicity still of Marion Kerby, singer-actress,b&W Note on back reads: Marion Kerby of Hollywood well known signing-actress will again sing "He's Got the Whole World in His hands" and a Ky mountain ballad "Walta the Hall" and an Elizabethan ballad "When I wore My Apron Low" at the American Folk Song Festival Sunday June 8th at Traipsin Woman cabin about 18 miles south of Ashland on the Mayo Trail US 23. Singer-actress Marion Kerby, was best known for her recording of "He's Got the Whole World in His hands", and for the Marion Kerby original collection of Negro exaltations. This was either 1952 or 1958, two years when June 8 fell on a Sunday.
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Huntington, 3rd Ave. from 10th Street, 1884 flood
3rd Avenue from 10th Street, 1884 flood, b&w mounted on cardboard 3rd Avenue, west from 10th Street, north side.
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Huntington Bicycle Club
Huntington Bicycle Club, Huntingon, W.Va., b&w Newspaper article with photo gives names, and states photo was taken in front of Law offices of Henry Simms and Frank Bliss Enslow, in the old Huntington National Bldg, 10th St & 3rd Ave. Left to right: Davies, Dick Douthat, Ed Archer, Mather Frampton, Pete Fullerton, Elmer Hutchinson, Lon H. Hutchinson, Mrs. Lon H. Eversole, George Pigman, Jim Emmons, J. Alden
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Huntington, South side of 3rd Ave. from 10th Street, 1884 flood
South side of 3rd Avenue west of 10th Street, Huntington, 1884 flood, b&w mounted on cardboard South side of 3rd Avenue, west of 10th Street, Huntington, W.Va.
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inidentified women
unidentified women, b&w mounted on cardboard Stamp on back reads: Thornton Barrette's Photograph, Art Gallery, Huntington, W.Va.
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Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer
Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer, b&w Typed note reads "Irene Dunne pins the badge of membership in the eight-ball club on her co-star, Charels Boyer, in Universal's "The Modern Cinderella." The movie "Modern Cinderella" was released in 1939.
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Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason, b&w Attached caption stated Gleason was one of the top stars on NBC-TV's Sunday night "Colgate Comedy Hour"
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Jean Thomas &17th annual American Folk Song Festival, 1947
Seventeenth annual American Folk Song Festival, 1947, Jean Thomas on far left, b&W handwritten note on back reads: Property of Jean Thomas, The Traipsin Woman, 3201 Cogan St., Ashland, Ky. Jean Thomas on far left.
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Jill Hayes & Sydney Smith, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, 1933
Autographed card of Jill Hayes & Sydney Smith, Team # 32, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, May 1933, b&w Autographed: Sincerely yours Jill Hayes. no postmark, no addressee
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Jimmy Mullete & Frances Leonard, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, 1933
Jimmy Mullete & Frances Leonard, Team #11, Vanity Fair Marathon dance, Huntington, May 1933, b&w
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J. K. Robinson
J. K. Robinson, b&w 1973.06.0010.59.07.01 has a Martha Thompson tagged in it as well. Conflicting information on this photo. Martha could be tagged in another collection?
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Kathleen Guthrie, Mrs. T. Witley McCullough
Kathleen Guthrie, Mrs. T. Witley McCollough, b&w mounted on cardboard
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Keith Albee Theater & 4th Ave., Huntington, 1937 flood
Keith Albee Theater & 4th Ave., Huntington, W.Va., 1937 flood, b&w Note on back reads: Catherine Enslow papers, '37 flood
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Leslie Combs, II and the Greenbrier Polo Club
The Greenbrier Polo Club, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Leslie Combs, II on far left, b&w Leslie Combs married Dorothy Louise Enslow. Attached note reads: Mrs. Kenneth O'Brien presents the winners cups to the victorious Greenbrier Polo Club (left to right:) Leslie Combs, II, Paul Mazuzan, Mrs. Kenneth O'Brien, Lawrence McClure, Captain Tom harris
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Leslie Combs, II at White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
Leslie Combs, II, racing commissioner for West Virginia Racing Commission, 1935, b&w Leslie Combs married Dorothy Louise Enslow. Combs was a member of the Greenbrier Polo Club.
