ELIZABETH HENCH Scrapbook Joy Makes History Selected part I

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ELIZABETH HENCH Scrapbook Joy Makes History Selected I

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JOY MAKES HISTORY (Book of the Cow)

The scrapbook Joy Makes History, also known as BOOK OF THE COW, was assembled by Elizabeth Hench, a former worker and later Secretary of the PMSS Board of Trustees. Her efforts to bring milking cows to Pine Mountain Settlement School resulted in the fine herd of Ayrshire milking cows that at one time numbered 24 animals and supplied the dairy needs of the institution.

The Book of the Cow was begun after the organization of the Joy Stock Company, Limited, in 1920. The purpose of the cow company was to increase the supply of milk at the Pine Mountain Settlement School, Kentucky.

The Book of the Cow contains a collection of items on cows — items clipped or copied from daily papers, magazines, and books. Oftentimes these items are used in the twice-a-year letters written to the friends who contribute money voluntarily for this unique benevolence.

CONTENTS: ELIZABETH HENCH Scrapbook Joy Makes History Selected I

[Note: The following items have been carefully selected from Hench’s scrapbook. Therefore, not all items are represented. The dates and/or sources of the item are unknown unless indicated otherwise.]

ELIZABETH HENCH SCRAPBOOK: Correspondence

01 Handwritten card to Dr. Liddle from E.C.H. (Hench) thanking him for a Christmas gift for “Rejoice” the cow; Typewritten poem, “A Milk Toast” by Burgess Johnson.
02 Handwritten card to Dr. Liddle from E.C.H. (Hench) thanking him for his check that “will keep young ‘Joy’ at Pine Mountain on Leap Year day, Feb. 29, 1928.” Typewritten paragraph, “the Parable of the Prodigal Son.”
03 Handwritten card to Dr. Liddle from Joy Stock Co. Ltd (Hench) thanking him for his generosity. Typewritten paragraph, “Bossy’s Philosophy.”
05 Handwritten card to Dr. Liddle from Joy Stock Co. Ltd (Hench) thanking him for his Christmas gift to “Joyce” which “will feed her on March 22.” Typewritten paragraph, “The composition of a little Phillipine girl on: THE COW.”

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06 Poem: “The Calf-Path.”

07 “Smitty” comic strip in color. (Copyright 1934? by The Chicago Tribune.)

10 Three black-and-white prints of paintings: “The Annunciation,” by Benedetto Bonfigli, “The Nativity,” by Giotto, and “The Nativity” by Ghirland.

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ELIZABETH HENCH SCRAPBOOK: Anti-Saloon League

11 “ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE.” June 17, 1925. Page titled “Consider the Cow” by Harry M. Chalfant, with black-and-white photographs of first grade students in a classroom ; “A Special Message” dated June 17, 1925, to Mr. Chalfant from H.W. Wiley, Washington, DC, preferring milk to beer or soft drink for children and adults.

12 “Anti-Saloon League”: Page of articles concerning beer vs. milk; “Changing the Current” ; “A Message from Milwaukee.”

13 “Anti-Saloon League”: Page of articles: “Death Rate from Tuberculosis and Per Capita Milk Consumption in Philadelphia, 1918-1924 (bar graph) ; “Transformation” of breweries into ice cream factories. “Over There in 1915” ; (caption) “The Beer and Wine Reserve for the German Army.”

16 A page with illustrations and an article titled “Brindle Doing Her Bit,” issued by Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League, Philadelphia, PA.

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18 “HUMOR”: Full-page illustration with the caption, “A Business Tragedy: The Directors of the Carnation Milk Co. Discover a Discontented Cow.”

19 Page from “Humane Education Leaflets – No. 7. Cattle. Selections of Choice Literature for Schools and Bands of Mercy. Published at the Offices of the American Humane Education Society, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the Parent American Band of Mercy…Boston.” Photo of calves and poem titled “The Voices of the Dumb.”

20 Page with articles titled “Daniel Webster’s Oxen,” “Cruelty to Cows,” “The Cows” (poem by Helen M. Richardson), and “The Rights of Animals” (by Edwin K. Whitehead).

21 Page with illustrations and article “Whatsoever Things Are Lovely” by Henry Turner Bailey, concerning the depiction of the ox in ancient writings and art.

22 Page with illustrations and an article titled, “Very Awkward…for the Coo (Cow)” concerning whether the first railroad from Liverpool to Manchester should be built.

23 A typewritten quote from Honore Willsie Morrow’s We Must March, p. 176, describing the Milk Fair in London ; Clipping titled “Consider the Cow” ; print of milking a cow and caption describing how to make a refreshment with milk called “Syllabub.”

24 “HISTORY”: Typewritten page with an excerpt from “In the Days Before Columbus” by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. [RESTRICTED]

25 “FINANCE”: Typewritten page describing the use of cattle and milk as a medium of exchange in early Greece and Rome, feudal times, and early Indians.

26 “EDUCATION”: A page with illustrations and sayings about cows and milk.

27 “DRAMA”: Clipping from The New York Times titled “Mr. Keaton’s Cow,” about Buster Keaton’s film “Go West.” (Hench’s notation in top margin: “The Joy Stock Co. should go in a body.”) ; a second clipping about a cow beauty contest promoting Buster Keaton’s, “Go West” ; A cartoon about the cow.

31 “DEWLAP”: Typewritten page listing sayings about the dewlap ; A typewritten letter to “Madam” from S.H. Fairchild, Agricultural Experiment Station, Lafayette, Indiana, in response to a question about the usefulness of a cow’s dewlap.

33 “CHINESE CHRONOLOGY”: Typewritten page with quotes from In a Yun-nan Courtyard by Louise Jordan Miln about the “year-of-the-cow” ; Quotes from A Chinese Mirror by Ayscough explaining the Chinese zodiac.

35 Austrian poster with black-and-white illustration of a cow and child holding a bottle and caption, “Tell Your Mother to Nurse You Herself.”

36 Page with three cartoons: (1) “My Virgin Cow” from H. le B. Bercoivi’s book; (2) cartoon ; (3) cartoon with caption “Slum Boy…” from the London P[?].

37 Typewritten page with several jokes concerning cows.

39 Two clippings about cow owners suing railroads for the death of their cows: (1) “Sarcastic Witness” from the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph ; “(2) The Sway of Eloquence,” copyright 1921 by the Central [?]sociation. [truncated page]

ELIZABETH HENCH SCRAPBOOK: Medicine

41 “MEDICINE”: The usefulness through cow-pox which Lady Mary Wortly Montague brought to England in 1721.” Clipping from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company titled “The History of Vaccination.”

44 Clipping with photo and article titled “Darlene’s Whistle,” describing Dr. Christiansen’s invention of a bloat-cure device for cows.

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45 “[?]tain Tales,” a typewritten page on a Pine Mountain Settlement School stationery with a quote from Jasper Day about “going a-cowing” ; and a courtroom conversation titled “Case in Court” from Teefftallow by T.S. Stribling.

GALLERY: Images #01-40 

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ELIZABETH HENCH Scrapbook Joy Makes History Selected part II – Images 41-82
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See Also:
THE DAIRY
ELIZABETH HENCH GUIDE Joy Stock Company Limited Letters 1927-1933
ELIZABETH HENCH Trustee – Biography

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