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Box 69

 Container

Contains 8 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs, circa 1868-1920s

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 10
Scope and Contents The series documents the life and activities of Charles and Alice Major. Notable people include: Mrs. Grover Cleveland, George Barr McCutcheon, Julia Marlowe, Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, and Bertha Galland. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically by type.
Dates: circa 1868-1920s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 82, Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers

Family, Friends, Actors, and Miscellaneous, circa 1880s-1920s

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Box 69
Scope and Contents From the Series: The series documents the life and activities of Charles and Alice Major. Notable people include: Mrs. Grover Cleveland, George Barr McCutcheon, Julia Marlowe, Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, and Bertha Galland. Materials in the series are arranged chronologically by type.
Dates: circa 1880s-1920s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 82, Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers / Photographs

Family and Friends, circa 1886-1920s

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Box 69
Scope and Contents 81. Joe Bice, undated 82. Daniel Shaw, circa 1880s 83. Mrs. Cleveland, 1886 84. Margaret Frohman, circa 1900 85. Wilbur Nesbit, 1903 86. George Barr McCutcheon, 1904 87. Clara Burdettte and son, circa 1920s

Family, Dolan, circa 1917-1920 [18] Family, Katherine, Hester, and Genevieve in garden, undated [11]

Friends, undated 146. James MacArthur, undated [autographed] 147.Margaret Frohman, n.d [autographed]
Dates: circa 1886-1920s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 82, Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers / Photographs / Family, Friends, Actors, and Miscellaneous

Children, 1890s-1920s

 File — Box: 69
Identifier: Box 69
Scope and Contents Contains 136 photographs of unidentified related or neighborhood children at Major's Shelbyville home; mainly girls playing with Alice Major's doll collection
Dates: 1890s-1920s
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 82, Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers / Photographs / Family, Friends, Actors, and Miscellaneous

Garden Party, 1917

 File — Box: 69
Identifier: Box 69
Scope and Contents Natalie Dolan, Florence Lewis, Laura Buxton, Kate Teal, the Porters, Gertrude, and Alice Major in the Major's garden.
Dates: 1917
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 82, Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers / Photographs / Family, Friends, Actors, and Miscellaneous

Theater and film actors, circa 1896-1922

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Box 69
Scope and Contents 88. Unknown actress, undated 89. Daddy Bob O’Link and Blossom, undated 90. Rebecca [?], undated 91. A. Hawkins, undated 92. Anna Day, undated 93. E. H. Sothern, circa 1896 94. James M. Barrie, circa 1900 95. Ian MacLaren, circa 1900 96. Julia Marlowe, 1900 97. Actress from Madame Butterfly [?], circa 1900 98. Julia Marlowe, 1901 99. Mary Mau ...[?], 1902 100. Mary Mau ...[?], circa 1902 101. Mary Mau ...[?], circa 1902 102. Lulu Glaser [in nightgown], circa 1904 103. Lulu Glaser...
Dates: circa 1896-1922
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 82, Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers / Photographs / Family, Friends, Actors, and Miscellaneous

Places, circa 1906-1920

 File — Box: 69
Identifier: Box 69
Scope and Contents 108. Sundial, undated 109. Friend’s summer home in Greece [?], undated 110. Village in Greece [?], undated 111. Dog sled, undated 112. Bear with cubs, undated 113. Dorothy Vernon’s Foot Bridge at Haddon Hall, undated 114. Grand Hotel – Lugano, undated 115. Views of Spokane, Washington, undated [24] 116. Ice floe, Eastern Europe(?), circa 1906 117. European trip, circa 1906 118. New fraternity house at Purdue [Sigma Chi?], circa 1913 119. Indianapolis [?], 1920 120. Jersey...
Dates: circa 1906-1920
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 82, Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers / Photographs / Family, Friends, Actors, and Miscellaneous

Major-related, circa 1899-1923

 File — Box: 69
Identifier: Box 69
Scope and Contents 121. Group gathered around fireplace [book illustration], undated 122. Uncle Tom-Andy-Bill [book illustration], circa 1908 123. Photo of Cherub painting, undated 124. Major Coat of Arms, 1899 125. Morrison’s Photographs of Celebrities, circa 1900 126. Charles Major Memorial Plaque, circa 1922 127. Charles Major Bas Relief, circa 1923
Dates: circa 1899-1923
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSP 82, Charles and Alice Shaw Major papers / Photographs / Family, Friends, Actors, and Miscellaneous