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Overview

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Scope and Content

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Related Material

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Maude Dillion Spitler Collection

Daisy Wiggins King, Student Assistant and Mark C. Shenise, Associate Archivist

United Methodist Archives and History Center
General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church

2017-11-27


Overview of Collection

Record Creator: Spitler, Maude Dillion
Title: Maude Dillion Spitler Collection
Date Span: 1892-1940Click here to view the finding aid format suitable for requesting material at the Archives.
Abstract: Maude Dillion (Dillion or Dillan) Spitler, (1876-1962), Evangelical United Brethren Church layperson, attended Ohio Weslyan University and graduated from Missouri University with a Master’s Degree in English. There are thirteen composition notebooks from Spitler's years from an unknown High School in Dayton, Ohio. In addition there is a 1892 report from the Covington Protestant Children's Home of Covington, Kentucky, as well as assorted publications by John William Lloyd.
Extent: 0.59 cubic feet
Identification: gcah.ms.631



Biographical Note

Maude Dillion (Dillon or Dillan) Spitler, (1876-1962), Evangelical United Brethren Church layperson, attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Missouri University with a Master’s Degree in English. She was cultured and an excellent French linguist, developing her interest in the arts through her scholarly work. Maude was the author of many published articles, including an account of John Kemp, Sr. coming to Ohio in 1805, which is now in the hands of many Ohio Kemp families. She never married.


Scope and Content Note

Thirteen composition books belonging to Maude Spitler are included in this collection. These books appear to be notebooks from classes Spitler took. Some of the classes include English, composition and rhetoric, science, mathematics, chemistry, and geography. The handwriting is clear. The inclusive dates appear to be 1892-1984. Spitler attended an academic institution identified only as C.H.S. near Dayton, Ohio. In addition there is a 1892 report from the Covington Protestant Children's Home of Covington, Kentucky, as well as assorted publications by John William Lloyd.


Arrangement

Materials have been arranged in the following manner.

The documents are arranged by record type.



Preferred Citation

When citing material from this collection please use the following format: Direct reference to the item or its file folder, Maude Dillion Spitler Collection, United Methodist Church Archives - GCAH, Madison, New Jersey. Do not make use of the item's call number as that is not a stable descriptor.


Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions for this collection.


Use Access

Detailed use restrictions relating to our collections can be requested from the office of the archivist at the General Commission on Archives and History. Photocopying is handled by the staff and may be limited in certain instances. Before using any material for publication from this collection a formal request for permission to publish is expected and required.


Related Material

None.

Index Terms

Subject Terms
Education
Women
Geographic Terms
Ohio
Subject Names - Corporate Bodies
Church of the United Brethren in Christ (New constitution)
Genre Terms
Notebooks
Publications
Reports
Added Names - Persons
Lloyd, John William


Container List

Call Number Folder Title Date(s)
1306-4-1: 1 Class book: Grammar Undated
1306-4-1: 2 Class book: History Undated
1306-4-1: 3 Class book: Vocabulary and Diction Undated
1306-4-1: 4 Class book: Anatomy Undated
1306-4-1: 5 Class book: Poetry Undated
1306-4-1: 6 Class book: Dramatics Undated
1306-4-1: 7 Class book: Science 1894
1306-4-1: 8 Class book: Chemistry 1893
1306-4-1: 9 Class book: Science 1893
1306-4-1: 10 Class book: Helpers Society Undated
1306-4-1: 11 Class book: Poetry Undated
1306-4-1: 12 Class book: Composition and Rhetoric Undated
1306-4-1: 13 Class book: Science 1892
1584-5-6: 1 Publications by John William Lloyd 1899-1940
1584-5-6: 2 Eleventh Annual Report of the Covington Protestant Children's Home of Covington, Kentucky 1892