Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Staff
Series 11: FARM AND FARMING
ELIZABETH HENCH
Scrapbook
Joy Makes History
Introduction and donor list
Elizabeth Hench Scrapbook, “Joy Makes History,” 1920-1932. [hench_scrapbk_00001-57.jpg]
TAGS: Elizabeth Hench, guide, scrapbooks, Joy Makes History, Book of the Cow, Ayrshire milking cows, Joy Stock Company, fundraising, subscribers, income, donors
Introduction: ELIZABETH HENCH Scrapbook Joy Makes History
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.
Elizabeth Hench’s Joy Stock Company was one of the most successful of the funding campaigns launched by the School. Her deep affection and interest in cows that informed her lively correspondence can be seen in the scrapbook. It is filled with cow-lore, cartoons, poetry, stories, and correspondence. It also includes the list of subscribers to her Joy Stock Company that kept the bovines in food and hay for most of the years between 1921 and 1949.
The delightful choice of the name “Joy” allowed Hench to play with the naming of the successive members of the herd and to also pull from the bovine, “Joy,” numerous aphorisms. “Joy” was the local name of the first Ayrshire cow, as many of the pedigreed herd came with long pedigree names. The November 1927 Notes from the Pine Mountain Settlement School describes the arrival of one of the most famous of the cows that derived their names from “Joy” and, subsequently, her Joy Stock Company.
Elizabeth Hench describes the event in her scrapbook in the following manner:
“An Epic event of the summer was the arrival of a pedigreed personage, Cavalier’s Ruth III, the Ayrshire heifer given us by the Joy Stock Company. The cow is familiarly known as Joyce, and it is her duty and will be that of her daughters to help us realize our goal of a quart of milk per day per person. The Joy Stock Company is directed by Miss Elizabeth Hench, Secretary of our Board of Trustees, and has for some years supported a cow at Pine Mountain.
Notes, November 1927
Barn. Ayrshire cow. This may or may not be Cavalier’s Ruth III — most likely her progeny. [II_7_barn_285.jp
ELIZABETH HENCH Scrapbook Joy Makes History: Income List, 1920-1932
INCOME
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July 1920 to October 18, 1921, and Interest |
235.61 |
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October 19, 1921, to May 30, 1922 |
299.05 |
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June 1, 1922, to January 1, 1923 |
197.00 |
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1923 |
287.05 |
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1924 |
289.00 |
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1925 |
236,29 |
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1926 |
246.00 |
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1927 |
363.90 |
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1928 |
320,00 |
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1929 |
278.00 |
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1930 |
275,00 |
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1931 |
200.00 |
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1932 |
170.00 |
ELIZABETH HENCH Scrapbook: Contributors, 1921-1949
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NAME |
ADDRESS |
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Frances Gage |
Cambridge |
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Mrs. George S. Gardiner |
Laurel, Mississippi |
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Mrs. Philip Gardiner |
Laurel, Mississippi |
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Miss Macy Malott |
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Miss Mabel Goddard |
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Miss Mary Goodrich |
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Miss Lillie Goodridge |
Plattsburg, N.Y. |
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Miss Ada Griswold |
Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
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Mr. Frederick H. Hall |
Dundee, Illinois |
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Mrs. Julia F. Hall |
Dundee, Illinois |
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Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Hanson |
New York City |
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Mr. J.P. Harrington |
Indianapolis |
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Miss Ann K. Hays |
Nyack, N.Y. |
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Miss Emily Helming |
Indianapolis |
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Miss Elizabeth Hench |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
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Miss Mary Hench |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
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Miss Herrick |
Buffalo, N.Y. |
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Misses Betty and Jane Hering |
Wilmington |
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Mr. Alfred M. Hitchcock |
West Hartford |
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Kansas City |
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Mrs. S.E. Howell |
Omaha |
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Mrs. Frederick A. Ingalls |
Chicago |
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Mr. W.H. Insley |
Indianapolis |
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Mrs. R.M. Johnston |
Detroit |
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Mrs. Rosa B. Jones |
Banner Elk, North Carolina |
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Mrs. J.R. Kaclolay |
Indianapolis |
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Mrs. Eleanor Kelly |
Pittsburgh |
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Mrs. S.R. Kelly |
Pittsburgh |
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Mr. David Kendall |
Jackson, Michigan |
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Miss Elizabeth King |
Cincinnati |
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Dr. Edgar Kiser |
Indianapolis |
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Miss Mattie B. Lacy |
Oak Park |
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Mr. Fisk Landers |
Indianapolis |
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lewis |
Indianapolis |
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Mrs. Benjamin Lipman |
Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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Franconia, New Hampshire |
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Mrs. Franklin Magee |
New York City |
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Buffalo |
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Mrs. A.C. Mathews |
Indianapolis |
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Miss Ellen McKenon |
Boston |
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New York City |
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Mr. and Mrs. George K. Meneely |
Antigo, Wisconsin |
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Prof. and Mrs. Frank Justus Miller |
Westport, Conn. |
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Mr. John F. Moffat |
Indianapolis |
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Miss Belle Pepper |
Providence, Rhode Island |
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Miss Lola Perkins |
Indianapolis |
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Mr. Joseph K. Pollack |
Cincinnati |
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Mrs. Laura Breed Roads |
Berkeley |
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Miss Amy Rogers |
Oxford, Ohio |
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Mrs. Wallace B. Rogers |
Laurel, Mississippi |
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Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Rothwell |
Boston |
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Mrs. Henry Sands |
Chicago |
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Miss Anna Schaefer |
Indianapolis |
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Mrs. Pierre V.C. See |
Akron, Ohio |
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Mrs. John Davis Sells |
Philadelphia |
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Mr. Senton |
Laurel, Mississippi |
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Mr. Hathaway Simmons |
Indianapolis |
See Also:
THE DAIRY
ELIZABETH HENCH Trustee – Biography
ELIZABETH HENCH GUIDE Joy Stock Limited Letters 1927 – 1933
DANCING IN THE CABBAGE PATCH Cows
DANCING IN THE CABBAGE PATCH FARM & DAIRY I The Early Years
DANCING IN THE CABBAGE PATCH FARM & DAIRY II The Morris Years
See Selected Images from the Scrapbook:
ELIZABETH HENCH SCRAPBOOK Joy Makes History Selected I – images #01-40
ELIZABETH HENCH SCRAPBOOK Joy Makes History Selected II – images #41-82
ELIZABETH HENCH SCRAPBOOK Joy Makes History Selected III – images #83-120
