| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Garfield, Helen Newell |
| Title: | Helen Newell Garfield Papers |
| Dates: | 1882-1930 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Helen Newell Garfield was the daughter of John Newell, president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and Julia Poore Hills. She married James Rudolph Garfield, son of President James A. Garfield, in 1890, and had four sons; John N., James A., Rudolph H., and Newell. Helen was an advocate for the education and treatment of deaf children. She herself had become deaf around 1918. She ran the Lake Erie School of Speech Reading, and was an officer of the Cleveland Association for the Hard of Hearing and the American Federation of Organizations for the Hard of Hearing. Helen Newell Garfield died in 1930. The collection consists of speeches, notebooks, reprints, programs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and scrapbooks. One of the scrapbooks was compiled by Helen Newell Garfield on her father, John Newell, detailing his career as president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad and containing many family photographs. The other scrapbook provides a picture of the social life of Helen Newell Garfield as an upper class Chicago, Illinois school girl and debutante. Also included is material detailing her work with the American Federation of Organizations for Hard of Hearing, and her personal notebook on speech lessons. |
| MS Number | MS 4572 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Helen Newell Garfield (1866-1930) was the daughter of John Newell, president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and Julia Poore Hills. She married James Rudolph Garfield, son of President James A. Garfield, in 1890. Their sons were John N., James A., Rudolph H., and Newell. Helen was an advocate for the diagnosis, education and treatment of deaf children. She had become deaf herself around 1918. She ran the Lake Erie School of Speech Reading, and was an officer of the Cleveland Association for Hard of Hearing and the American Federation of Organizations for Hard of Hearing.
The Helen Newell Garfield Papers, 1882-1930, consist of speeches, notebooks, reprints, programs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia and scrapbooks.
This collection is of interest to researchers of the Garfield and Newell families. The scrapbook Helen compiled on her father, John Newell details his career, and contains many family photographs. The other scrapbook provides a picture of the social life of an upper class Chicago, Illinois school girl and debutante. The material on her work for the deaf provides a picture of acceptable civic work for a woman of her social position.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4572 Helen Newell Garfield Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Lake County Historical Society, 1988
Processed by Ann B. Ameling in 1991.
Helen Newell Garfield Papers 1857 1882-1930 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Notebook, speech lessons undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Reprint, "A Wayfarer's Guide to Speech-Reading" 1927 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Trip on behalf of American Federation of Organizations for Hard of Hearing, program, National Hearing Week, Chicago, itinerary and receipts, notes and speeches 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Trip on behalf of American Federation of Organizations for Hard of Hearing, newspaper clippings 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Death notice 1930 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Scrapbook, containing photographs, newspaper clippings, dance programs, memorabilia 1882-1901 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Loose items from scrapbook in Folder 5 1882-1901 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Scrapbook, containing newspaper clippings on career and death of John Newell, memorial service, letters of condolence, certificate of marriage John Newell and Julia Poore Hills (1857), and photographs 1882-1894 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Loose items from scrapbook in Folder 7 1882-1894 | |||||||||