Stone, Powhatan (Polly), papers A Guide to the Powhatan (Polly) Stone papers, 1920-1976 M 79
Repository
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Identification
M 79
Title
Powhatan (Polly) Stone papers 1920-1976
Quantity
12.4 Linear Feet
Creator
Stone, Powhatan
Language
English
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Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Powhatan (Polly) Stone papers, Collection # M 79, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Powhatan Stone was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on February 26, 1891. Her family soon moved back to their original home in
Virginia where Miss Stone attended school. After her mother's death, Polly left school to care for her younger brothers and
sisters. In 1913, Stone moved to Washington, D.C. for training in nursing, returning to Richmond for private duty nursing
until 1917. At the entry of the U.S. into World War I, Miss Stone joined the McGuire Unit and was sent to France to work in
a field hospital for the last four months of the war. Upon returning home, Stone received training from the Red Cross and
became a public health nurse. For the next eight years, she was a public health nurse, first in Kansas and then in Virginia.
Her next position took her to the University of Chicago's Billings Hospital. Here, Stone was able to study while working at
the hospital until poor health forced her to resign and move back to Virginia. After working for the Department of Health
in a variety of positions, Stone attained a job with the State Board of Education. She remained there until her retirement
23 years later. Possessed of a desire to express herself more creatively in writing, she enrolled in a writing courses at
RPI after her retirement.
This collection covers the span of Miss Stone's working life from 1920 onward. The material divides itself into three groups.
The first group includes dialogues by Miss Stone about her job and the people, places and things which she encountered. The
second group includes correspondence dating from 1920 to 1976. The third group consists of the majority of her literary works
including essays, poetry, short stories and class notes.
The materials are arranged into two series, personal and literary papers. The personal collection is arranged topically and
then chronologically. The literary papers are sorted alphabetically.
Authors, American -- Archives -- Virginia
Public health nurses -- United States
Stone, Powhatan
Mixed Materials box: 1
Nutrition Clinic Certificate
1928
Mixed Materials box: 1
Nursing Materials-Nutrition
1923-1928
Mixed Materials box: 1
Nutrition Notes
1925
Mixed Materials box: 1
Summary of work as public health nurse of Wythe Co., Va
Mixed Materials box: 1
Narratives and Tales-S.W. Virginia
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues-Tennessee and S.W. Virginia
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues
1921
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues
1923
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues
1924
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues
1925
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues
1926
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues
1927
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues
1928
Mixed Materials box: 1
Dialogues
1929
Mixed Materials box: 2
Narratives and Tales-Chicago
1928-1931
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1930
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1931
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1932
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1933
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1934
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1935
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1936
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1937
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1939
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1940
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1944
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1945
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1946
Mixed Materials box: 2
Dialogues
1947
Mixed Materials box: 3
Dialogues
1948
4 folders
Mixed Materials box: 4
Dialogues
1949
2 folders
Mixed Materials box: 5
Dialogues
1950
Mixed Materials box: 5
Dialogues
1951
Mixed Materials box: 5
Dialogues
1953
Mixed Materials box: 5
Dialogues
1955
Mixed Materials box: 5
Dialogues
1956
Mixed Materials box: 6
Dialogues
1957
4 folders
Mixed Materials box: 7
Dialogues (July-December)
1958
Mixed Materials box: 7
Dialogues
1959
Mixed Materials box: 7
Dialogues
1976
Mixed Materials box: 8
Dialogues, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 8
Notebooks, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 9
Photo of P. Stone in training, Washington, D.C.
1913-1916
Mixed Materials box: 9
Graduation program and invitation-Garfield Memorial Hospital
1916
Mixed Materials box: 9
Red Cross Nursing Certificate
1917
Mixed Materials box: 9
Nurses Examining Board Receipt
1916
Mixed Materials box: 9
WWI Nurses cap, cuff, dog tag and pins
1918
Mixed Materials box: 9
Newsclippings
1918
Mixed Materials box: 9
Correspondence-January-August
1918
Mixed Materials box: 9
Correspondence-August-February
1918-1919
Mixed Materials box: 9
Correspondence, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 9
Dialogues
1917-1919
Mixed Materials box: 9
Copy of The Atlantic Monthly
1918
Mixed Materials box: 9
Photos and post cards
1917-1919
Mixed Materials box: 9
Letter from King George of England to nurses
1918
Mixed Materials box: 9
Travel guide to Nancy, France
1918
Mixed Materials box: 9
Short Stories-Aboard the Adriatic of the White Star Lines, August
1918
Mixed Materials box: 9
Post WWI Christmas Card
1919-1920
Mixed Materials box: 9
Nurses of Base Hospital 45
1932
Mixed Materials box: 10
Correspondence
1910-1919
Mixed Materials box: 10
Correspondence
1920-1929
Mixed Materials box: 10
Correspondence
1930
Mixed Materials box: 10
Correspondence
1931-1932
Mixed Materials box: 11
Correspondence
1933-1934
Mixed Materials box: 11
Correspondence
1935-1941
Mixed Materials box: 11
Correspondence
1945-1949
Mixed Materials box: 11
Correspondence
1950-1959
Mixed Materials box: 11
Correspondence
1975-1976
Mixed Materials box: 11
Correspondence, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 12
Titled Short Stories and Narrative Fragments
Mixed Materials box: 12
Untitled Short Stories
Mixed Materials box: 12
At the Nurses Dining Table
Mixed Materials box: 12
A Day on S-4
Mixed Materials box: 12
Do I Sign
Mixed Materials box: 12
Dr. Bill
Mixed Materials box: 12
Fine Linen
Mixed Materials box: 12
A Grain of Sand
Mixed Materials box: 12
His Eagle Eye
Mixed Materials box: 12
His Handwriting
Mixed Materials box: 12
The Junk Dealer
Mixed Materials box: 12
The Ladies with Beautiful Hands
Mixed Materials box: 12
Low Washing Waves
Mixed Materials box: 12
Midnight
Mixed Materials box: 12
Mo' lasses
Mixed Materials box: 12
Mule Natures, One and Two
Mixed Materials box: 12
No Us 'um Arguin'
Mixed Materials box: 12
Nurses are like that
Mixed Materials box: 12
One Day
Mixed Materials box: 12
The Sister
Mixed Materials box: 12
Splash of Color on an Old House
Mixed Materials box: 12
These Deep Silent Men
Mixed Materials box: 12
To Meet the Future
Mixed Materials box: 12
Unclassified-A Fool
Mixed Materials box: 12
Your Tow Sons
Mixed Materials box: 12
Zebidee
Mixed Materials box: 13
Essay: A Hundred Years Without Senility
Mixed Materials box: 13
Essay: Learning and Living
Mixed Materials box: 13
Essay: Notions of a New (Old) Nurse
Mixed Materials box: 13
Essay: Not on the Books
Mixed Materials box: 13
Essay: Narrative Account of the conference at the Wilson Rehab. Center
Mixed Materials box: 13
Essay: Red Cross and the State
Mixed Materials box: 14
English Notes
Mixed Materials box: 14
English I
Mixed Materials box: 14
English III
Mixed Materials box: 14
English 130-247
Mixed Materials box: 14
English Class Notes
1927-1928
Mixed Materials box: 14
School Certificate
May 31, 1920
Mixed Materials box: 15
Art Class Notes and Clippings
Mixed Materials box: 15
Class notes
1931
Mixed Materials box: 15
Class Notes
1930-1931
Mixed Materials box: 15
Class Notes, n.d.
Mixed Materials box: 15
Class Notes, n.d. (literature/poetry)
Mixed Materials box: 16
Miscellaneous printed materials
1947-1956
Mixed Materials box: 16
Receipts, bank statements, etc...
1920-1960
Mixed Materials box: 16
Dr. A.A. Houser, December
1926
Mixed Materials box: 16
Poetry by others
Mixed Materials box: 16
Drawings, Illustrations, Maps and Photos
Mixed Materials box: 16
Periodicals and pamphlets
1925-1976
Mixed Materials box: 16
Newsclippings
1920