Articles, Conferences, Addresses, and Meetings, 1949-1970
Articles, Conferences, Addresses and Meetings, 1949-1970 [boxes 1-14]. Arranged chronologically regardless of type of material, this series is comprised of heterogeneous files. Correspondence, lecture notes, topical files, printed material, speeches, and rough drafts are filed by date of creation or presentation. Donahue created a new folder for each correspondent and for each time she delivered a speech; hence these files include multiple copies of addresses given at different times and places to various groups. This heterogeneity and redundancy may present problems for the researcher, but the preservation of original order (in all its diversity) gives the researcher a sense of Donahue's productivity and industry. One caveat: the bulk of the materials from 1949 to 1954 (boxes 1-3) were part of a later accession to the Institute of Gerontology archives. These are interfiled with the material processed earlier. Given the diversity of materials in this series, the best way to make sense of the materials is to refer to Donahue's curriculum vita (in the front of box 1) and to her appointment calendars (in box 14) to discern which topics might be covered in any time span.