Holdings:
* UM-System
* Columbia
Box 1-UMLD1 (C:22/18/2a)
Box 2-UMLD1
Call Number:
(C:22/18/2)
OSP 1-Ellis
LSV Senior Women, 1938
[Mildred Winters, Mary Custis Chenowith, Betty Ives, Peggy Young, and Jenny Harrington]
(University Archives, C:22/18/2)
Record Group: 22 C
Record Sub-Group: 5
Records Title: UMC; Student Life and Activities; LSV, Senior Women's Group; Organizational Records and Memorabilia
Dates: 1908-1991
Volume: 1/3 cubic foot, 0.42 linear foot; 1 OSP
Scope and Content Note
(A91-62)
This Record Sub-Group contains records of "LSV", an organization for senior women at the University of Missouri. LSV was formed in 1908; Luther and Cora Defoe seem to have been the group's original sponsors and advisors. Members knew it as simply “The Group.� One of the organization's traditions was that its full name was not to be spoken out loud.
Among materials included in this Sub-Group are photos of LSV members (ca. 1908-1991), photos of the Defoes, a "message" journal (containing brief epistles from one generation of members to the next), an organizational constitution, a LSV pin, alumnae correspondence, correspondence to Cora Defoe upon the death of her husband (Cora Defoe was made an honorary member in 1939), and a leather portfolio for holding correspondence.
Note to Researcher: To this day, it is believed, no one but members of the organization know what the initials "LSV" stand for.
Note to Archivist: In order to maintain original order, photocopies of the collection have been made; they constitute collection C:22/18/2a and are available in Box 2.
Series Descriptions:
This Sub-Group is not divided into separate record series. Arrangement of the Sub-Group follows the original, topical order.
Inventory
Box 1
FF 1 - "Message" Journal, 1931, 1955-1977 (contains "messages" from current members to the next year initiates).
FF 2 - Scrapbook photos, 1908-1991 (photos of each year's members and the Defoes).
FF 2a - Scrapbook photos, 1908-1991 (cont'd).
FF 3 - Correspondence regarding Savitar photos, 1949-1953.
FF 4 - Constitution, 1969.
FF 5 - Correspondence and LSV pin.
FF 6 - News clippings and napkin.
FF 7 - Alumnae Correspondence, 1986-1989.
FF 8 - In Memoriam of L.M. Defoe, 1933 (correspondence from members of LSV to Cora Defoe; note regarding membership of Cora Defoe to LSV; letter "to be read by each new LSV Group").
OSP 1
Item 1 - A leather portfolio made especially for correspondence, "In Memoriam Luther Marion Defoe 1860-1933 LSV".
