Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Lucile Olive Davis
Dana Papers
1870-1974
Cage
313
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Dana, Lucile Olive Davis
- Title
- Lucile Olive Davis Dana Papers
- ID
- Cage 313
- Date [inclusive]
- 1870-1974
- Extent
- 13 containers., 6.5 linear feet of shelf space., 1700 items.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Correspondence, student notes, drafts of essays and photographs of a Washington State University student, 1912-1916, subsequently wife of Professor Homer J. Dana of the College of Engineering. The papers reflect her student experiences, her position as a faculty wife and her interest in the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Association of University Women, as well as her relationship with family members, principally her father, the Reverend William H. Davis, her sister Grace Davis, a mission teacher in India; and her step-mother Martha Jenks Davis.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 313, Lucile Olive Davis Dana Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
Lucile Dana was born as Lucy Davis in Webster, Kansas in 1891. While a small child, she was moved to Oregon City, Oregon, where her father, a clergyman and teacher, had accepted a new assignment. While attending preparatory school at Pacific College in Newberg, Oregon, she adopted the name Lucile. When her family moved to Albion, Washington in about 1910, she followed to the nearby city of Pullman, where she entered the State College of Washington (now WSU). She graduated from the State College's Department of History and Economics in 1916 and became a teacher, first at Amber, Washington, and then in the high school at Davenport, Washington.
In the summer of 1920, she married Homer Dana of the WSU engineering department staff and returned to Pullman. The rest of Mrs. Dana's life was largely composed of the activities of a professor's wife in a small college town, a role through which she attempted to preserve formal social traditions. She was also concerned with volunteer activities with the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Association of University Women. As a part of her DAR activities, Mrs. Dana served as the compiler of Volume 12 of Family Records of Washington Pioneers (Prior to 1891), Collected by the Daughters of the American Revolution (typescript, 1941-42). During much of Mrs. Dana's adult life, she was hampered by numerous minor physical and mental health problems. She died in Spokane in April 1974.
Scope and Content
Lucile Dana's papers consist of correspondence from 1907-1972, notes and papers accumulated while a student, drafts of essays written for the DAR and AAUW, and numerous photographs, mostly of personal and family subjects. Correspondents include Mrs. Dana's husband, Homer J. Dana (1890-1970); her father, Rev. William H. Davis (1842-1935), a clergyman and head of Edwards College at Albion, Washington; her sister, Grace Davis (ca. 1885-1953), a teacher at a mission school at Lucknow, India; her step-mother, Martha Jenks Davis (1869-1955); and other acquaintances and family members. The correspondence also includes a series of letters written by Mrs. Dana to her step-mother, Martha Davis, which Mrs. Dana acquired after the death of Mrs. Davis. Subjects discussed in the correspondence include personal affairs and interrelationships among the various members of the Davis and Dana families, as well as comments on the career of Professor Homer Dana. Some correspondence relative to the Daughters of the American Revolution is included. Mrs. Dana's student papers illustrate the content of instruction in the social sciences at Washington State University in 1912-1916.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged in three series: correspondence, student papers and writings, and photographs. The correspondence is arranged in one chronological sequence, except for the letters from Lucile Dana to Martha Davis, which are in a separate chronological sequence. Mrs. Dana's student notes and her later writings are arranged according to courses of instruction or subject. The photographs are arranged according to their principal subjects.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Acquisition Information
The papers of Lucile Dana were donated to the Washington State University Library in 1973 and 1974.
Related Materials
Separated Material
The donation accompanied her gift of the papers of her husband, Professor Homer J. Dana (Cage 299).
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- American Association of University Women
- Daughters of the American Revolution
Personal Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Dana, Lucile Olive Davis, 1891-1974. --Archives
Subject(s) :
- Davis, Grace, ca. 1885-1953
- Davis, Martha Jenks, 1869-1955
- Davis, William Henry, 1843-1935
- Dana, Homer Jackson, 1890-
Subject(s)
- Missionaries -- India--Correspondence
- Women
- Photographs
- Washington (State)
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1907-1972 |
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Correspondence of Lucile Dana |
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box-folder | ||||
1907-1911 60 items. |
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1912-1916 60 items. |
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1917 40 items. |
1 / 3 | |||
Jan.-Apr. 1918 45 items. |
1 / 4 | |||
May-Sept. 1918 40 items. |
2 / 5 | |||
Oct.-Dec. 1918 40 items. |
2 / 6 | |||
Jan.-Mar. 1919 25 items. |
2 / 7 | |||
Apr.-May 1919 25 items. |
2 / 8 | |||
June-Sept. 1919 25 items. |
3 / 9 | |||
Oct.-Dec. 1919 25 items. |
3 / 10 | |||
Jan.-Mar. 1920 35 items. |
3 / 11 | |||
Apr.-Dec. 1920 35 items. |
3 / 12 | |||
1921-1928 45 items. |
3 / 13 | |||
1930, 1934-1935 25 items. |
4 / 14 | |||
1926-1939 25 items. |
4 / 15 | |||
1940-1942 20 items. |
4 / 16 | |||
1944-1945 65 items. |
4 / 17 | |||
1946-1949 20 items. |
5 / 18 | |||
1950-1951 20 items. |
5 / 19 | |||
1952-1954 20 items. |
5 / 20 | |||
1955-1959 25 items. |
5 / 21 | |||
1960-1961 30 items. |
5 / 22 | |||
1962-1963 35 items. |
5 / 23 | |||
1964-1965 50 items. |
6 / 24 | |||
1966-1967 25 items. |
6 / 25 | |||
1968-1972 50 items. |
6 / 26 | |||
n.d. 25 items. |
6 / 27 | |||
Correspondence with Martha Davis |
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box-folder | ||||
1920-1929 35 items. |
7 / 28 | |||
1930-1939 50 items. |
7 / 29 | |||
1940-1944 50 items. |
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1945-1949 50 items. |
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1950-1952 45 items. |
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1953-1955 45 items. |
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Series 2: Student Papers and Writings, 1901-1960 |
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box-folder | ||||
Elementary and prep school materials, 1901-1912 40 items. |
9 / 34 | |||
College notes, 1912-1916 |
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box-folder | ||||
Economics 8 items. |
9 / 35 | |||
German 1 item. |
9 / 36 | |||
History 8 items. |
9 / 37 | |||
Lab Sciences 2 items. |
10 / 38 | |||
Sociology 12 items. |
10 / 39 | |||
Education (Psychology) 6 items. |
10 / 40 | |||
English, Greek, Geology, Sanitary Science and Political Science 8 items. |
10 / 41 | |||
Miscellaneous 10 items. |
10 / 42 | |||
box-folder | ||||
The Jews in America, essay 1916 1 item. |
11 / 43 | |||
The Promise of the Future, 1916 1 item. |
11 / 43 | |||
Gains from the War, 1918 3 items. |
11 / 43 | |||
College Souvenirs, 1912-1916 45 items. |
11 / 44 | |||
Davenport High School, 1918-1919 5 items. |
11 / 45 | |||
Daughters of the American Revolution and American Association of University Women, 1930-1960 8 items. |
11 / 46 | |||
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Series 3: Photographs |
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box-folder | ||||
Objects, scenes, buildings, 1905-1950 50 items. |
12 / 47 | |||
India, 1910-1920 30 items. |
12 / 48 | |||
Posed snapshots of persons, 1908-1950 60 items. |
12 / 49 | |||
Informal poses and candid snapshots, 1905-1955 50 items. |
12 / 50 | |||
Formal portraits, 1870-1925 30 items. |
12 / 51-52 | |||
Formal portraits, 1880-1960 70 items. |
13 / 53-56 | |||
Clippings re: Lucile Dana, 1974 2 items. |
13 / 57 | |||
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