Collection Overview
Title: Margaret Hay Edwards Papers, 1901-1994
Creator: Edwards, Margaret Hay.
Extent: 3.0 Boxes (General)
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in three series:
Series 1: Biographical, Certificates, Writings and Correspondence
Series 2: Photographs
Series 3: Oversized Items
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
A native of Appalachia, Margaret (Hess) Hay Edwards was a 1930 graduate of Villa Madonna Academy in Villa Hills, KY and a 1934 graduate of Western College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. Edwards taught high school mathematics and English for a short time in Kentucky (including the Villa Madonna Academy) before attending medical school. Margaret entered the medical profession after earning her M.D. from Temple University in 1949.
From 1952-1958, Dr. Edwards, M.D. was in private practice in Trenton, NJ, during which time she also served at the tumor clinic at Woman’s Medical College, Philadelphia. She also earned a master’s degree in public health from Harvard University in 1960. Expertise in these fields, as well as her interest in teaching, led her to the National Cancer Institute in Washington, D.C. in 1963. It was here that she directed the NCI’s Training/Education Grant Program until her retirement in 1983. Dr. Edwards was instrumental in establishing peer-reviewed cancer education support mechanisms and was the author of numerous scientific publications.
The American Association for Cancer Education established the Margaret Hay Edwards Award in 1986 to honor sustained outstanding contributions to cancer education. Dr. Edwards gave a lifetime of service to others and was a lifelong friend and benefactor of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery in Kentucky. Edwards retired in Seattle, WA, where she passed away on September 11, 1994.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The collection contains correspondence and biographical information; educational and professional records; numerous photographs and written works by Edwards; as well as numerous awards and certificates representing many of her accomplishments.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
There are no known restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations. Please cite all references to this collection. Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Acquisition Source:
The papers were given to Berea College by Sister Mary Catherine Wenstrup of the Benedictine Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery, Kentucky.
Preferred Citation:
[Item/Folder/Box], Margaret Hay Edwards Papers, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Berea, Ky.
Processing Information:
The finding aid and box list were created in March 2014 by Lori Myers-Steele, Project Archivist.
Other Note:
Collection Number: BCA 0231 HC 56
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Biographical, Certificates, Writings and Correspondence
- Contains biographical information, grade cards and transcripts, correspondence, awards, certificates, publicity, and pieces written about, by, and collected by Edwards.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Biographical Information and Miscellaneous
- Folder 2: Grade Cards
- Folder 3: Correspondence
- Folder 4: Awards and Certificates
- Folder 5: Publicity
- Folder 6: Poetry and Other Writings
- Series 2: Photographs
- Series includes photographs and negatives (most likely taken by Edwards). Included in this series is a photographic album compiled by Edwards.
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Photographs: Washington DC, nd
- Folder 2: Photographs, nd
- Folder 3: Photographs: Philadelphia, 1940s
- Folder 4: Photographs: Philadelphia, 1942
- Folder 5: Photographs: Washington DC, 1954
- Folder 6: Negatives, nd
- Folder 7: Negatives, nd
- Folder 8: Negatives, nd
- Folder 9: Negatives, nd
- Folder 10: Negatives, nd
- Box 2
- Item 1: Photographic Album compiled by Edwards
- Series 3: Oversized Items
- Includes awards and certificates (received by Edwards, her mother, and her father), books of poems written by Edwards, and the AACE Achievement Medal awarded to Edwards in 1986.
- Box 2
- Item 2: Ros Maris - The Annual of Villa Madonna Academy, 1930
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Certificates and Family History
- Folder 2: Certificates, Awards and Degrees of Margaret Hay Edwards
- Folder 3: Certificates of Mabel Catherine (Hess) Hay (Mother)
- Folder 4: Certificates of George Washington Hay (Father)
- Item 1: AACE Achievement Medal, (1986)
- Item 2: Handmade book of Poems by Margaret Hess Hay
- Item 3: Scrapbook of Poems by Margaret Hay Edwards.
- Some poems are dated 1940s-1950s