MSS 40

Teegarden, George Moredock, 1852-1936
Papers of George M. Teegarden, 1874-1936.

 

 

Gallaudet University Archives.

 

 

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 40
Creator:
Title: Papers of George M. Teegarden, 1874-1936.
Quantity: 4.5 Linear Feet (9 document boxes)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2006 January 10.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information:
Processed by: Carie Lyn Kelly. 1984 August 27.  
Processing Note:
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

 

 

Related Material in the Archives


Deaf Rare

·         Personal and holiday poems / by T. G. Arden [i.e. George M. Teegarden]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Rare

 

Photographs

·         George M. Teegarden [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits

·         Photograph album of Alice Teegarden [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Albums AL 11


Small Manuscripts

·         Papers, Alice May Teegarden, 1958-1967. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

 

Vertical Files

·         George M. Teegarden. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical

 

Biographical Sketch

 

1852 - Born in Green County, Pennsylvania, March 11.

1863 - Became deaf at the age of 11, from an attack of spinal meningitis.

1868 - Entered the Iowa School for the Deaf, Iowa City.

1871 - Graduated from the Iowa School for the Deaf.

1871 - Entered the National Deaf‑Mute College.

1876 - Graduated from the National Deaf‑Mute College, B.A. degree, April 26.

1876 - Became the first teacher at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Turtle Creek.

1880 - The Raindrop was published at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, of which G. M. Teegarden
          was the author of many of the stories.

1884 - Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, relocated at Edgewood Park.

1885 - Married Celia J. Maul, June 30.

1886 - Daughter Alice May was born, May 19.

1890 - Started the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf paper, The Holiday Gazette.

1891 - Name of the School Paper changed to The Gazette, commenced printing on a monthly basis.
1894 - Reading Lessons in Natural History, published.

1896 - Stories Old and New, published.

1915 - In the Silent Hours, published.

1924 - Retired from the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.

1929 - Vagrant Verse, published.

1936 - Personal and Holiday Poems, published.

1936 - Died November 14.

1936 - A citation and cash award established in memory of Mr. Teegarden at the Western Pennsylvania School for the
 Deaf.

1959 - Athletic field at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf was named the Teegarden Athletic Field, May 30.

 


Scope and Content

 

The collection contains several narratives relating to the boyhood days of Mr. Teegarden and the pioneer‑type move to Iowa. Several are written by Mr. Teegarden and one by Alice May Teegarden. Only brief mention is made of his admission to the Iowa School for the Deaf at Iowa City.

 

The only papers relating to his position for 48 years as a teacher in the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf are a Class Register, 1879‑80; a class book, not dated and a speech to a teacher's meeting. Several other speeches exist in the collection, but the occasion and date on which they were delivered is not specified.

 

The greatest strength of the collection lies in his published works of poems and children's stories of which many original manuscripts were saved, which date from 1874‑1936. Some were published under his pen name of T. G. Arden.

 

The correspondence in the collection date from 1887‑1936. Included are letters from The Rev. John G. Brown, Frederick H. Hughes, Harley D. Drake, A. C. Manning, A. D. Bryant, Enoch Currier, Edward Allen Fay, Edward M. Gallaudet, Dudley W. George, Frank C. Holloway, John B. Hotchkiss, James H. Logan, J. A. McIlvaine, A. W. Mann, Andrew Mellon, Roy J. Stewart and Oliver J. Whildin. These letters are arranged alpha­betically.

 

He was a reporter for The Pittsburgh News and The Deaf‑Mute's Journal for many years, of which documentation in the Papers are lacking.

 

He was a member of the Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf, the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf, the National Association of the Deaf, the Duquesne Bicycle Club and was an active participant in the Edward Miner Gallaudet Memorial Fund. Only a few items of scattered dates are represented: P.S.A.D., 1890­1908; Duquesne Bicycle Club, 1893‑99: Edward Miner Gallaudet Memorial Fund, 1924‑1931.

 

Nineteen address‑memo‑diary books dating from 1898‑1932 are in the collection. The entries for the diary portions of the books are not consistent. Days, months and even years have been missed. A large portion of the diaries dwell on the problems of the household.

 

The collection contains 14 items relating to the Rev. John G. Brown, founder and President of the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, Turtle Creek.

 

Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Teegarden to their only child, a daughter, Alice May, date from 1893‑1936 and are arranged chronologically. The letters do not document significant milestones in his life, but describe ordinary day to day events.

 

            Mr. Teegarden saved memorabilia relating to birthdays, trips and events which were important in his life. There are ten items relating to the George M. Teegarden Award for Poetry at Gallaudet College, of which the information is sketchy.

 

Alice May Teegarden initially arranged and labeled the collection in 1959, prior to giving it to the Edward Miner Gallaudet Memorial Library.

Series Descriptions and Folder Lists

No Series.

 

Box

Folder

Title of Folder

Date

1

1

"The Raindrop"

1880

1

2

Poem Books (Manuscripts)  Book III

1908-1917

1

3

Poem Books (Manuscripts)  Book I

1905-1907

1

4

Poem Books (Manuscripts)  Book II

1905-1908

1

5

Poem Books (Manuscripts)  Book IV

1905-1916

1

6

Poem Books (Manuscripts)  Book V

1920-1927

1

7

Poem Books (Manuscripts)  Book VI

1935-1936

1

8

Poem published in newspapers

1931-1937

1

9

Poems for Christmas

1924-1927

1

10

Poem ‑ scraps

1883‑1935

1

11

Poems, "In the Silent Hours"

1906‑1915

1

12

Poem, "Personal and Holiday Poems"

1874‑1935

1

13

Poem, "Vagrant Verse"

1906‑1927

1

14

Poems to Alice by G. M. Teegarden

1908-1918

2

1

Membership in Organizations

1916-1933

2

2

Clerc Literary Association

1883

2

3

Duquesne Bicycle Club of Allegheny County

1893-1899

2

4

The Edward Miner Gallaudet Memorial Fund

1924-1931

2

5

Gallaudet College Athletic Association

1927

2

6

Kappa Gamma

1935

2

7

Pennsylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf

1902-1908

2

8

PSAD - "Brief History of the Society" by G. M. Teegarden

1901

2

9

PSAD - Charter

1891

2

10

PSAD - Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf

1904

2

11

PSAD - List of Members: Addresses, Donation Day

1903‑04

2

12

PSAD - Conventions - 15th and 17th

1900, 1903

2

13

PSAD - Report - Board of Trustees to the Board of Managers

1902

2

14

Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf - Closing exercises

1884

2

15

Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf - 50th and 60th Anniversaries

1919-1936

2

16

Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

1899‑1946

2

17

List of Students

1876

2

18

Gallaudet College Presentation Day

1922

3

1

"Round the World," D. Murray Smith. Published by T. Nelson and Sons, London

1868

3

2

"First Time of Everything, Full of Famous Facts," published by Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company, New Haven, Conn.

n.d.

3

3

Personality, December 1921, Vol. XII, No. 12

 

3

4

"Handbook of English Synonyms, L. J. Campbell, Lee and Shepard, Boston

1881

3

5

Bible

 

3

6

Autograph Book: Entries are by students of the Western Penn. School for the Deaf

1881

3

7

Autograph Book

1876

3

8

"Beauties of the Bible" selected by J. H. B. Breed, Butler & Company

1861

4

1

Published works of Mr. Teegarden

1894-1958

4

2

Essay: Our Educational Progress

1875

4

3

Class Book (Manuscript) Stories

n.d.

4

4

Class Register (Manuscript)

1879-1880

5

1

Address Book

n.d.

5

2

Memo Book

1900-01

5

3

Addresses, obituaries

1932

5

4

Addresses, obituaries

n.d.

5

5

Addresses, etc

1906‑08

5

6

Addresses, obituaries, social events

1928‑29

5

7

Quotations, facts, etc

1928‑29

5

8

Addresses

ca.1921

5

9

Diary

1900

5

10

Notes on the Spanish‑American War

1898

5

11

Diary

1899

5

12

Remarks of celebrities regarding events of the Spanish‑American War

1898

5

13

Quotations, poem, etc

1899

5

14

Addresses, Diary

1913‑14

5

15

Addresses

n.d.

5

16

Addresses, memos, notes for Journal

1930‑31

5

17

Quotations, statistics, accounts

1902‑03

5

18

Quotations, jokes, definitions

n.d.

5

19

Diary

1898‑1904

6

1

Accident Accounts

1886-1934

6

2

Architectural drawings

n.d.

6

3

Art prints of various artists

n.d.

6

4

Biographical Accounts

1920-1936

6

5

Birthday Celebrations

n.d.

6

6

Conversation Scraps

n.d.

6

7

Designs for Carvings

n.d.

6

8

Materials re: Rev. John G. Brown

1911-1937

6

9

News clippings

1917-1958

6

10

Oil Paintings by Petrovits

n.d.

6

11

Poems not written by G. M. Teegarden

1977, n.d.

6

12

Quotations, Poems, Stories Collected

1918-1933

6

13

Real Estate and Stock

1918-1919

6

14

Reception Honoring G. M.Teegarden

1903

6

15

Retirement Party given by W. Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

1924-1925

6

16

Teegarden Award for Poetry

1938-1965

6

17

Trip to Ridgeview Park, Pa

1900

6

18

Trips ‑ George M. Teegarden

1922, n.d.

6

19

Birth of Alice M. Teegarden

1914

6

20

Wedding and 50th Anniversary

1885, 1935

6

21

Scrapbook

n.d.

6

22

Article: My Connection with and my activities at WPSD

1936

6

23

Articles published in the Deaf Mutes Journal

1891-1905

6

24

Articles Published in Various Papers

1873-1925

6

25

Speech: Only by doing hard things heartily can we gain power or win success

n.d.

6

26

Speeches

n.d.

7

1

Letter from A. D. Bryant

1936

7

2

Letter from E. M. Gallaudet

1906

7

3

Letter from Elizabeth Peet

1930

7

4

Letter from Parents

1893-1928

7

5

Letter from Parents

1929

7

6

Letter from Parents

1930

7

7

Letter from Parents

1931

7

8

Letter from Parents

1935

7

9

Letter from Parents

1935

7

10

Letter from Parents

1936

7

11

Letters from John G. Brown

1899-1904

7

12

Letters - Miscellaneous

1913-1946

8

1

Letter from A. D. Bryant

1936

8

2

Letter from Edith Cooley

1923-1937

8

3

Letter from Harrie M. Cook

1896-1910

8

4

Letter from A. L. E. Crouter

1894

8

5

Letter from Enoch Currier

1909

8

6

Letter from Edward Allen Fay

1891-1911

8

7

Letter from Edward M. Gallaudet

1890

8

8

Letter from Edward M. Gallaudet

1904

8

9

Letter from Dudley Webster George

1924

8

10

Letter from E. C. Harsh

1897

8

11

Letter from S. Henistreet

1930

8

12

Letter from Edwin A. Hodgson

1922-1928

8

13

Letter from F. C. Holloway

1928

8

14

Letter from John B. Hotchkiss

1913-1918

8

15

Letter from S. B. Linhart

1904

8

16

Letter from James H. Logan

1912-1914

8

17

Letter from Margaret P. Lowry

1935

8

18

Letter from J. A. McIlvaine

1908

8

19

Letter from A. W. Mann

1898

8

20

Letter from A. C. Manning

1922

8

21

Letter from Andrew Mellon

1935

8

22

Letter from Monroe & Cook (Editors of The Silent Educator)

1891

8

23

Letter from James L. Reider

1906

8

24

Letter from Malvina Scheider (Sec. to Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt)

1935

8

25

Letter from Roy J. Stewart

1931

8

26

Letter from George Taylor, Jr.

1930

8

27

Letter from Alice Teegarden

1893-1933

8

28

Letter from George W. Teegarden

1932-1933

8

29

Letter from G. M. Teegarden

1895

8

30

Letter from Ethel G. Wagner

1936

8

31

Letter from A. H. Walker

1908

8

32

Letter from Oliver J. Whildin

1931

8

33

Letter from Candice Yendes

n.d.

8

34

Letter from Percival Hall to Harley D. Drake

1935

8

35

 Letter to Annie Maul

1887

8

36

Letter to George and Alice

1898

8

37

Letter to Alice, Sara, and Brownie

1910-1930

8

38

Letter to Celia

1891-1923

8

39

Letter to Dr. Currier

1917

8

40

Letter to Dr. Gallaudet

n.d.

8

41

Letter to The Macmillan Company, Publishers

1936

8

42

Miscellaneous notes

n.d.

9

1

Funeral Expenses of Celia J. Teegarden

1944

9

2

G. M. Teegarden Fund, Gallaudet College

1945-1946

9

3

G. M. Teegarden Memorial Issue/Article

1937

9

4

Article: G. M. Teegarden Memorial Library

1937

9

5

Genealogy of the Teegarden Family

1929

9

6

In Memoriam, G. M. Teegarden

1936

9

7

Letters of Condolence to Alice M. Teegarden

1936

9

8

Letters of Condolence to Alice M. Teegarden from Her Pupils

1936

9

9

Obituary ‑ G. M. Teegarden

1936

9

10

Obituary ‑ Celia J. Teegarden

1944

9

11

Obituaries ‑ Family Members and Friends

1924–1933

9

12

Recipes ‑ Edible and Medicinal

n.d.

9

13

Register of Friends from the Funeral Home

n.d.

9

14

Resolutions

1936

9

15

Invoices and Receipts

1897-1932

9

16

Musical Recitals by Alice M. Teegarden

1896-1903

9

17

Speech by Alice M. Teegarden

n.d.

9

18

Speech by Alice M. Teegarden

1957

9

19

Notes Written by Alice May Teegarden re: this collection

n.d.

9

 

Scrapbook by Alice Teegarden

n.d.