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Agnes Jones Cashman (1901-1989) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 25/5

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Scope and Contents

The Agnes Jones Cashman Papers fill eighteen boxes and are organized in four main categories: biographical materials, education files, correspondence, and teaching files, with small amounts in five additional categories.

The biographical files include curricula vitae, performance schedules and programs, and a wide variety of clippings, many of which relate to her dance performances.

The education files contain many lecture and reading notes. Also here is considerable research material related to her master's thesis.

The general correspondence primarily concerns her professional and academic activities. The "Angels, etc." material (Box 7, Folder 1) is a scrapbook containing letters honoring her twenty years of directing the Christmas pageant at the Glenview Community Church. The remainder of the subject correspondence is related to various dance organizations and to her work in the last half of the 1930s arranging a variety of performances and classes in Chicago by such dancers as Martha Graham and Harold Kreutzberg. Persons using the subject folders should also consult related dates in the general correspondence.

The teaching files include lecture and reading notes for physical education and hygiene classes. There is also a large number of folders dealing with specific aspects of dancing and various sports.

The papers also include six folders of notes, programs, and diagrams related to Jones' performances (Box 16, folders 2-7); a number of musical scores marked for dancing (Box 17, folders 1-3); a student scrapbook for a dancing course (Box 18, folder 3); and record sheets related to her master's thesis (Box 18, folder 2).

Dates

  • 1918-1960

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is stored at a remote campus location and requires two business days advance notice for retrieval. Please contact the McCormick Library at specialcollections@northwestern.edu or 847-491-3635 for more information or to schedule an appointment to view the collection.

Extent

19.00 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Agnes Jones Cashman became an instructor in physical education and hygiene at Northwestern in 1927, teaching a variety of courses in dance and hygiene. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1931 and in 1932 became director of physical education in the College of Liberal Arts. The Agnes Jones Cashman Papers fill eighteen boxes and are organized in four main categories: biographical materials, education files, correspondence, and teaching files, with small amounts in five additional categories.

Arrangement

The Agnes Jones Cashman Papers fill eighteen boxes and are organized in four main categories: biographical materials (arranged alphabetically), education files , correspondence (arranged in part chronologically, and in part topically), and teaching files (chiefly in alphabetical order), research files (arranged alphabetically), production files, speeches, and publications.

Method of Acquisition

The Agnes Jones Cashman Papers were donated to the University Archives by John Cashman and Linda Cashman Modine on May 13, 1993, as Accession no. 93-68, and in a later accession #93-96.

Separated Materials

Three 16 mm. film reels were transferred to the University Archives audiovisual collection. Seventeen photos were transferred to the University Archives photographs collection. Approximately two linear inches of lecture notes were transferred to the Lew Sarett Papers (Series 20/9, Box 10). Small amounts of duplicate and extraneous materials were discarded.

Processing Information

William K. Beatty: June-November, 1993.

Title
Guide to the Agnes Jones Cashman (1901-1989) Papers
Author
William K. Beatty
Date
01/06/1993
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Library Details

Part of the Northwestern University Archives Repository

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