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Olive White Garvey and Ray Hugh Garvey Papers: 1922-1993 a Register of Their Papers at the Kansas Historical Society OLIVE WHITE GARVEY AND RAY HUGH GARVEY PAPERS: 1922-1993 A REGISTER OF THEIR PAPERS AT THE KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION NO. 809 FINDING AID PREPARED BY ANTHONY BRUSCA, KERRY R. MALCHOSE, AND KATHLEEN ROGGE KANSAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOPEKA, KANSAS ♦ 2008 CONTACT INFORMATION: Reference Section Library and Archives Division, Center for Historical Research Kansas Historical Society, 6425 SW 6 th Avenue Topeka, Kansas 66615-1099 voice: (785) 272-8681 fax: (785) 272-8682 TDD: (785) 272-8683 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.kshs.org © Kansas Historical Society 2007 Kansas Historical Society: Olive White Garvey and Ray Hugh Garvey Papers, 1922-1993 (MC 809) Contents Collection Summary .........................................................................................................................1 Repository ..................................................................................................................................1 Creators .....................................................................................................................................1 Title.............................................................................................................................................1 Dates..........................................................................................................................................1 Quantity......................................................................................................................................1 Abstract ......................................................................................................................................1 Identification ...............................................................................................................................1 Language ...................................................................................................................................1 Notes..........................................................................................................................................1 Biographies.......................................................................................................................................2 Olive White Garvey ....................................................................................................................2 Ray Hugh Garvey.......................................................................................................................3 Scope and Contents of the Papers...................................................................................................5 Arrangement of the Papers ..............................................................................................................5 Related Material................................................................................................................................5 Separated Material ...........................................................................................................................5 Other Finding Aid..............................................................................................................................5 Bibliography......................................................................................................................................5 Index Terms......................................................................................................................................6 Persons ......................................................................................................................................6 Corporate Names.......................................................................................................................7 Family Names ............................................................................................................................8 Geographic Names ....................................................................................................................9 Subjects .....................................................................................................................................9 Document Types ........................................................................................................................9 Titles...........................................................................................................................................9 Occupations .............................................................................................................................10 Restrictions on Access ...................................................................................................................10 Restrictions on Use ........................................................................................................................10 Preferred Citation............................................................................................................................10 Acquisition Information ...................................................................................................................11 Processing Information...................................................................................................................11 Accruals ..........................................................................................................................................11 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements ..................................................................11 Detailed Description of the Collection ............................................................................................11 Series Descriptions ..................................................................................................................11 Series List ................................................................................................................................11 February 1, 2008 Page ii Kansas Historical Society: Olive White Garvey and Ray Hugh Garvey Papers, 1922-1993 (MC 809) COLLECTION SUMMARY Repository Kansas Historical Society (Topeka) Creators Olive White Garvey and Ray Hugh Garvey Title Olive White Garvey and Ray Hugh Garvey Papers Dates 1922-1993 Quantity 125 boxes of various dimensions (70 cubic boxes, 34 5” boxes, 21 odd- or out-sized boxes). Abstract The collection contains two large series of manuscript materials from Olive White Garvey and Ray Hugh Garvey, a married couple, living in Kansas, who were very successful entrepreneurs in the farming, grain storage, petroleum, building, and investment businesses, and who were very engaged in civic, social, political, educational, and philanthropic activities throughout their adult lives. Identification Manuscript collection number 809 (identified as: MC 809). Consult the “Detailed Description of the Collection” section below for the contents of collection series and individual folders. Language English. Notes This finding aid describes materials held by the Kansas Historical Society. Materials may be used in the Research Room in the society’s Center for Historical Research during regular research hours. Support for telephone, mail, and online reference and research is limited. Descriptions are often based on a preliminary inspection of the material. As such, they may contain misspellings or other inaccuracies based on folder headings and other sources within the materials. As the collections are arranged and as time permits, these finding aids are improved and corrected. If you spot February 1, 2008 Page 1 Kansas Historical Society: Olive White Garvey and Ray Hugh Garvey Papers, 1922-1993 (MC 809) an error, please feel free to report it to the reference staff or an archivist. BIOGRAPHIES Olive White Garvey Born in Arkansas City, Kansas on July 15, 1893, the fourth of five children of Oliver Holmes White and Caroline Hill White. Died in 1993 at the age of 99. Garvey was a business executive, educator, author, playwright, poet, civic leader, and philanthropist. She attended public schools in Topeka, Kansas, and graduated from Washburn College with an A.B. degree in 1914. She taught high school English in Augusta, Kansas, for two years after her graduation before marrying Ray Hugh Garvey on July 8, 1916 and settling in Colby, Kansas. The couple had 4 children (Ruth Caroline, Willard White, James Sutherland, and Olivia Rae). Garvey was Chairman and Director of Garvey, Inc., Garvey Center, Inc. and SRI, Inc.; President & Trustee of Garvey Foundation and Family Charities Foundation; and Trustee of 34 trusts. She was Director & Trustee of Friends University [Chairman 1974 & Honorary Chairman 1975-1984]; of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association; Kansas 4-H Foundation; Music Theatre, Wichita Festival Committee; and Kansas Coliseum Board. She was a member of the National Board of Governors of the Institute of Logopedics; International Institute of Education; Republican Women; and the Wichita Metropolitan Council. She received awards from Phi Kappa Phi; Nonoso; Woman of the Year Award; and the Delta Gamma Cable Award. She was awarded an honorary doctorate in Public Services from Friends University, honorary doctorate of Letters from Oklahoma Christian College, and honorary doctorates from both Washburn University and Wilson College. She received the Salesman of the Year Award; Brotherhood Award NCCJ; Martin Palmer Humanitarian Award; Distinguished Service
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