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Mary Floyd Papers

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Biographical Note

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Correspondence

Alfred Leland Crabb Christmas Greetings

Military Correspondence



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Mary Floyd Papers, 1930-1956 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

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Primary Creator: Floyd, Mary

Extent: 3.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 08/26/2003

Subjects: American literature--Kentucky., Authors, American--Kentucky., Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979, Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae., Eastern Kentucky University--Faculty and staff., World War, 1939-1945.

Languages: English, Chinese, French, Korean, Japanese, Lao, Thai, Malay

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Correspondence from friends serving in the Army and Army Air Corps during WWII along with propaganda leaflets and a silk flag. Also included are Christmas cards from friends, most notably from author, A. L. Crabb and family. There is also some official EKU Library correspondence regarding the John Wilson Townsend Collection and other items that were added to the library collections over the years.

Biographical Note

Mary Floyd was a native of Pulaski County and taught in the public schools of Somerset, Campbellsville and Louisville for several years. She came to Eastern State College, first as student and then as teacher, in the early 1920s, serving as a professor of history and as college librarian from 1929 until her retirement in 1957.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church, the Cecilian Music Club and the Woman's Club. She held memberships in a number of professional organizations, including the American Association of University Women, the American Library Association and the Kentucky Library Association which she served for a term as director.

She held academic degrees from Eastern, the University of Chicago nd Columbia University.

Subject/Index Terms

American literature--Kentucky.
Authors, American--Kentucky.
Crabb, Alfred Leland, 1884-1979
Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae.
Eastern Kentucky University--Faculty and staff.
World War, 1939-1945.


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Folder 2: Alfred Leland Crabb Christmas Greetings, 1935-1956Add to your cart.
Crabbe wrote short poems each year that he typed on cards or later had printed and these were sent to family and friends as Christmas Cards.
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