Finding Aid for Hussey Family Papers, 1879-2000 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Hussey Family Papers, 1879-2000

ID: 41/20/141

Primary Creator: Hussey, Mary Adeline

Extent: 6.5 cubic feet

Arrangement: subject, and chronological thereunder

Subjects: Afghanistan - Education, Agriculture, Alaska, Centennial, University, Chemistry, Civil Service Commission, Illinois, Class Reunions, Diplomas, Dissertations, Drama, English as a Foreign Language, Teaching of (TOEFL), English Department, Faculty Appointments, Faculty Players Club, Faculty Salaries, Faculty Social Life, Films, Foreign Student Advisors, Fulbright Awards, Genealogy, Graduate Study, High Schools Curriculum, Illinois Alumni News, International Education, Local History, Poetry, Politics, Presidents, United States, Republican Party, Rhetoric, Teacher Certification, World War II - Service and Training

Formats/Genres: Farm Accounts, Papers

Languages: English

Hussey Family Papers (1879-2000) including material on Mary Adeline Hussey (B.A. UI, 1928; M.A. 1929; Professor of English as an International Language, 1947-1974); her brother Stewart Clark Hussey (B.S. UI, 1926; M.S. 1927; Ph.D. 1930); their uncle Alfred T. Hussey, an engineer for the Ford Motor Company and also an Illinois farmer; and their mother, Mary Olive Riddle Hussey. Materials include family history; graduation and musical production programs (some from the 1880s and 1890s); elementary, high school, college, and graduate school diplomas (1915-1930); travel and tourism information, including Afghanistan and Alaska (c. 1940s-1990s); Alfred Hussey farm and personal account books (c. 1910s-1960s); photographs and photo albums (c. 1910s; 1970s); UI transcripts and exam results for Mary Adeline Hussey and Stewart Hussey (1924-1929); Mary Adeline Hussey teaching materials from Monticello Community High School and the UI; UI Faculty Players Club memorabilia; Mary Adeline Hussey U.S. Civil Service Commission Wartime Employment Correspondence (1940-1943); UI English Department Memos and Business (1950-1973); UI activities and programs (1952-1991); histories and memorabilia for the centennials of the towns of Williamsville and Monticello, IL (1937; 1953; 1991); UI Rhetoric Staff Photographs (1949; 1961); Alfred Hussey Masonic minutes book and certificates (1911; 1914; 1932-1940); Alfred Hussey Automobile Assembly Line Layout Drawings (1922); Stewart Hussey Doctoral Dissertation (1930); and general correspondence from friends, family, students, and colleagues in Germany, Japan, China, Afghanistan, Africa, Colombia, England, and the United States regarding travel, animal rights, politics, UI English Department, and World War II, including letters to Mary Adeline Hussey from UI colleague John Hamilton (1942-1945) and letters to Mary Olive Riddle Hussey from her son Stewart Hussey (1942).

Afghanistan - Education
Agriculture
Alaska
Centennial, University
Chemistry
Civil Service Commission, Illinois
Class Reunions
Diplomas
Dissertations
Drama
English as a Foreign Language, Teaching of (TOEFL)
English Department
Faculty Appointments
Faculty Players Club
Faculty Salaries
Faculty Social Life
Films
Foreign Student Advisors
Fulbright Awards
Genealogy
Graduate Study
High Schools Curriculum
Illinois Alumni News
International Education
Local History
Poetry
Politics
Presidents, United States
Republican Party
Rhetoric
Teacher Certification
World War II - Service and Training

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 5/31/01; 10/27/2023

Acquisition Source: William A. and Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh (2023 accrual)

Other Note: 5 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/4120141.pdf

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