]> Finding Aid for the Anna Maria Gove Collection, 1864 - 1952 Processed by: Processed by archives staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jason Alston University Libraries, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2009 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: June, 2009; Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS Finding Aid for the Anna Maria Gove Collection, 1864 - 1952 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Descriptive Summary Anna Maria Gove (1867-1948) came to the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) in 1893, and served as resident physician, professor of hygiene, and director of the Department of Health until her retirement in 1937. She also served with the Red Cross during World War I. The Anna Maria Gove Collection dates from 1864 to 1952 and contains correspondence, notebooks, lecture notes, greeting cards, photographs, postcards, travel brochures, reports, and other miscellaneous items. Anna Maria Gove Collection, 1864 - 1952 Mss002 Gove, Anna Maria 12 Linear Feet, 24 Boxes University Archives and Manuscripts English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], Anna Maria Gove Collection, University Archives and Manuscripts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.

 Acquisition Information

The majority of the collection was saved by Anne Shamburger after Dr. Gove's passing in 1948. Some biographical material was transferred from the University Archives vertical file.

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Encoded by Jason Alston, June, 2009.

Biographical Note

Anna Maria Gove was born July 6, 1867, in Whitefield, New Hampshire. After her education at MIT and Woman's Medical College of New York Infirmary, from which she graduated in 1892, Dr. Gove served for a year in the New York Infant Asylum. In 1893 she came to the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG). She remained at the school as resident physician, professor of hygiene, and director of the Department of Health until her retirement in 1937.

Fond of travel, Dr. Gove visited many parts of the world. In 1896-1897 and again in 1913-1914, she visited Vienna for postgraduate study. During WWI, she served with the Red Cross in the Children's Relief Division in Marseilles and Ardeche and with the Smith College Relief Unit. In 1926-1927 she took a leave of absence from the college and traveled extensively in the Orient. She also spent many summers in study and clinical work in the United States at Cornell, Chicago, New York and Michigan. Dr. Gove died in Greensboroon January 28, 1948.

 Collection Overview

Although there are some letterswritten by Dr. Gove, the bulk of the correspondence consist of letters from relatives, friends and acquaintances. For the early years the most important correspondence is that between Dr. Gove and her parents, Dr. George Sullivan and Maria Pierce Gove. This consists of family news, advice, and encouragement during her student years as well as throughout her early career until the death of her parents in 1912.

When Dr. Gove came to Greensboro, her parents expressed the hope "that nothing will happen to make any of us regret your acceptance of the situation and that it will be a stepping stone to something better for you" (September 27, 1893). Her father gave her advice on how to approach her work mentally--"Do not worry about your patients when you have done your best for their relief. . . . Let the patients and their friends do the worrying" (March 16, 1899). He also counselled her when she lost her patients during the typhoid epidemic (December 14, 1899). Apparently this experience affected her so deeply that she contemplated leaving Greensboro (March 22, 1900).

Some of the letters deal directly with Dr. Gove's career. In a letter of April 27, 1896, Dr. Gove replies to criticism from a mother whose daughter had died of measles at the Normal. In 1906, there are letters from patients who were quarantined with measles. Also included are letters of recommendation from William G. Sedgwick, professor at MIT (July 10, 1891) and Dr. Emily Blackwell of the Woman's Medical College of New York Infirmary (February 25, 1892).

There is also correspondence concerning Dr. Gove's service during WWI. Her letter of appointment to the American Red Cross on January 29, 1918, is included as is her discharge on August 2, 1919. There is also a telegraph from Dr. Julius I. Foust, President of the North Carolina College for Women (now UNCG) asking her to return as college physician (April 21, 1919).

Life at the North Carolina College for Women during the 1920's is reflected in some of the letters written to Dr. Gove by her colleagues while she was travelling. During her trip to the Far East, Dr. Ruth Collings, who assumed Dr. Gove's position during her leave of absence in 1926-27, commented that a textbook on hygiene was "too dangerous for use here" because "there was a section in the end of social hygiene with a discussion of the male also." In another letter of December 8, 1926, Mary Channing Coleman, head of the Department of Physical Education, remarked that in a dispute with Sue Stone Durand, Dean of Students, the senior class became convinced that they were "living in a Sue-Stone age." Letters throughout the collection from Dixie Lee Bryant often mention some of the earlier days of the college as well as comment on current affairs.

The collection also contains correspondence with Dr. Gove's foreign friends and acquaintances. These letters often reveal information about economic conditions abroad as well as insights into civilian opinion of public events. The correspondence from Austrian friends discuss the economic problems of inflation; letters from American missionaries in China and Korea speak of conditions in those countries. Later the correspondence reflects the drift into WWII. A letter on the martial spirit of the Chinese (February 6, 1938), a description of life in Nazi-occupied Vienna (July 30, 1938), attitudes toward the Munich agreement and its aftermath in France, and thoughts on the fall of France (November 1, 1940) are some of the topics.

Dr. Gove's American correspondents offer glimpses of events happening in the States. Some of the most interesting are the letters of Louise R. Swift, a close friend and frequent correspondent. Mrs. Swift frequently comments on politics and foreign policy. Among her comments are jokes about Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas E. Dewey in 1944 and her anti-Russian, anti-communist views of the Cold War in 1947. Other correspondents comment on the possibility of bombing attacks on Alexandria, Virginia (February 1, 1942), civilian life and opinion during WWII, and the shortages of goods after the war (October 9, 1946).

The photograph and postcard collection reflects her travels as well as those of her friends. Her visit to Vienna in 1896-97 is reflected in photographs of Vienna as well as several from Italy and Morocco. Several photographs were taken during her trip to a medical conference in Moscow in 1897. There are photographs from a trip to Nicaragua in 1896 and another to Constantinople in 1913. Numerous snapshots of refugees, war damage, and other aspects of WWI in France are included. A final group of photographs and postcards originated from Dr. Gove's trip to the Far East in 1926-1927.

Dr. Gove also collected snapshots, photographs, and postcards on her personal trips in the United States and from friends who traveled. The collection includes items from Southern California, Utah, Missouri, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Floridaand New York as well as from New Orleans, Atlanta and Charleston, South Carolina. Special events pictured in the photographs are Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in Greensboro and the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. There is also a collection of photographs of African Americans, probably dating prior to 1900. It is believed that Dr. Gove took these photographs in the Greensboro/Guilford County area. Some of the postcards originally belonged to her mother.

There are a large number of portraits in the collection. These are apparently pictures of friends, relatives, students and acquaintances of Dr. Gove. Finally, there is a large collection of photographs of Dr. Gove and her family.

Miscellaneous items in the collection include the notebooks which she kept of her lectures in Vienna and conferences in the United States, a French guidebook to Moscow, a French phrase book, French ration books, maps of France and a French manual on child care. There are also interesting notes apparently prepared for a talk on China and the Chinese people and a collection of personal bills and accounts, 1912-1923. The collection also includes Dr. Gove's license to practice medicine in New Hampshire and North Carolina, her wills, and a manuscript book of recipes.

Collection Arrangement

Detailed Description of the Collection 1 General Correspondence, 1891-1895 General Correspondence, 1896-1900 General Correspondence, 1901-1905 General Correspondence, 1906-1910 General Correspondence, 1911-1915 General Correspondence, 1916-1917 General Correspondence, 1918 General Correspondence, 1919 2 General Correspondence, 1920 General Correspondence (Carbons), 1920 General Correspondence, 1921-1925 General Correspondence, 1926-1927 General Correspondence, 1928-1930 General Correspondence, 1931-1933 General Correspondence, 1934-1935 General Correspondence, 1936 General Correspondence, 1937 3 General Correspondence, 1938 General Correspondence, 1939 General Correspondence, 1940 General Correspondence, 1941 General Correspondence, 1942 4 General Correspondence, 1943 General Correspondence, 1944 General Correspondence, 1945 General Correspondence, 1946 General Correspondence, 1947 General Correspondence, undated Daily Infirmary Reports, 1911-1912 Daily Infirmary Reports, 1912-1913 Infirmary Statistics and Reports, 1930s Nutrition Information Mohonk Conference, 1922 Recipe Book 5 Personal Bills and Accounts A Personal Bills and Accounts B Personal Bills and Accounts C-E Personal Bills and Accounts F-G Personal Bills and Accounts H-J Personal Bills and Accounts M Personal Bills and Accounts N-R Personal Bills and Accounts S-T Personal Bills and Accounts W-Y Personal Bills and Accounts Miscellaneous Mary J. Clark Estate, 1918-1919 Estate, 1914-1915 6 Notes from Classes 7 Travel Diary Notes from Classes, Notebooks, Momentos, 1896-1946 8 Greeting Cards - Christmas, Easter, Valentine, 1933-1944, undated 9 Mementos of Travels, WWI Newspapers 1918, 1919 French/English Phrases Maps Maps of France 10a Postcards, Algiers Postcards, Annam (Vietnam) Postcards, ARC Postcards Postcards, Art Museum Postcards, Austria Postcards, Bermuda Postcards, Black Americana - Stereotypes Postcards, Bratislava Postcards, Burma Postcards, Canada Postcards, Canal Zone Postcards, Ceylon Postcards, China Postcards, Colleges/Universities/Schools Postcards, Ecuador Postcards, England Postcards, Finland Postcards, France 10b Postcards, France Postcards, Germany Postcards, Greece Greeting Cards Xmas Cards - Postal Postcards, Guatemala Postcards, Holland/Amsterdam Postcards, Hudson-Fulton Celebration Postcards, India Postcards, Ireland Postcards, Italy Postcards, Japan Japanese Art Postcards, Medical Postcards, Mexico Postcards, Norway Postcards, Romania Postcards, Ships Postcards, Spain Postcards, Sweden Postcards, Switzerland 11a Postcards, Turkey (Constantinople) Postcards, Arkansas Postcards, California Postcards, Colorado Postcards, Connecticut Postcards, Florida Postcards, Georgia Postcards, Illinois Postcards, Iowa Postcards, Kentucky Postcards, Louisiana Postcards, Maine Postcards, Maryland Postcards, Massachusetts Postcards, Michigan Postcards, Minnesota Postcards, Missouri Postcards, Nebraska Postcards, Nevada Postcards, New Hampshire Postcards, New Jersey Postcards, New Mexico Postcards, New York Postcards, North Dakota 11b Postcards, North Carolina Postcards, Pennsylvannia Postcards, South Carolina Postcards, Tennessee Postcards, Texas Postcards, Utah Postcards, Vermont Postcards, Virginia Postcards, Washington (State) Postcards, Washington, D.C. Postcards, Wisconsin Postcards, Wyoming Postcards, World War I Postcards, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 Postcards, Other 12a Photographs, Travels, Atlanta, 1896 Photographs, Travels, California Photographs, Travels, Charleston, SC, 1896 Photographs, Travels, Columbian Exposition, 1893 Photographs, Travels, Dunlop, Iowa Photographs, Travels, Florida Photographs, Travels, Massachusetts Photographs, Travels, Michigan, 1924 12b Photographs, Missouri, 1896 Photographs, New Hampshire Photographs, New Orleans, 1895-96 Photographs, New York, 1919 Photographs, Newport, Rhode Island Photographs, Salt Lake City, Utah Photographs, Vassar College, 1902 13a Photographs, African Americans, pre 1900 Photographs, Greensboro/Guilford County Photographs, Algiers Photographs, Canada Photographs, China, 1926 Photographs, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC Photographs, Wild West Show, Greensboro, NC Photographs, Morocco, 1896 Photographs, Italy, 1897 13b Photographs, New York Infant Asylum, 1892-93 Photographs, Nicaragua , 1896 Photographs, North Carolina Photographs, Return Voyage, 1897 Photographs, Russia, 1897 Photographs, Vermont Photographs, Japan, 1926 14a Photographs, World War I, Ardeche, France, 1918 Photographs, World War I, Marseilles Emergency Camp for Children Photographs, World War I, Arles and vicinity Photographs, World War I, Canizy, France Photographs, World War I, Convent St. Regis Photographs, World War I, DISPENSARY at Chartreux, 1918 Photographs, World War I, Hyeres, France, 1919 Photographs, World War I, Marseilles, "Barracks", 1918 Photographs, World War I, Identified People, France, 1918-1919 14b Photographs, Marseilles Photographs, Marseilles, July 4 and July 14, 1918 Photographs, World War I Photographs, Vienna, 1896-1897 Photographs, Marseilles Photographs, Mont Blanc, Gemnos, Cassis Photographs, Rheims Area, 1919 Photographs, San Joseph, Marseilles Photographs, Smith College Relief Unit, Grecourt, 1918-1919 Photographs, Unidentified, WWI, France, 1918-1919 Photographs, Verlaine, Somme, 1919 Photographs, Versailles, 1919 Photographs, War damage, France, 1918-1919 Photographs, Austria Photographs, Classroom [Vienna?] 15a Photographs, Unidentified Portraits 15b Photographs, Unidentified Portraits 16 Photographs, Identified Portraits 17 Photographs, Miscellaneous Photographs, Miscellaneous Photographs, Miscellaneous Photographs, Miscellaneous Photograph Negatives, Boxes 12, 13, 14, and 17 Correspondence About Her Career Wills Biographical Information 18 Framed Family Portraits European Photo Album Family Photo Albums Textbooks Belonging to Dr. G. Gove, Father of Dr. Anna Gove Photos from Whitefield, New Hampshire Scrapbook of Clippings