The Pow Family Collection

Size: The collection is contained in 1 full size document storage box, 3 six-inch size document storage boxes, 2 three-inch sized document storage boxes, and 2 scrapbook boxes. The size of the collection is 4.5 linear feet.

Prepared by Kevin Close, 2006

Biography

Myra Pow is the daughter of Robert Pow and Harriet Carrie Pow (Baldwin). This was Robert Pow’s third marriage. Myra had one sister, Lillie Pow (b. 1869). Myra was the first American born generation of Pow’s. Wife of John Kenyon, and mother of Martha and Elizabeth Kenyon.

Scope and Content

The Pow Family Collection consists mainly of photographs. The subjects include the Pow Family, Kenyon Family, and other relatives and friends. Also, a vast majority of the photographs are of the various Pow and Kenyon vacations. Included in the collection are Martha Kenyon’s trip itineraries. A small amount of correspondence is also found in the collection along with John S. Kenyon’s genealogy of the Pow family.

Box 1
Pow Family Papers (1854 – 1917)

Photographs of the Pow Family

Correspondence from Robert and Elizabeth Williams Pow to Parents Alexander and Harriet Baldwin Pow. 1861-1878

Correspondence from George Pow of Hiram College to Parents Alexander and Harriet Baldwin Pow.1867-1869.

Correspondence from N. Scott Baldwin (Harriet Baldwin Pow’s brother) in Civil War in Ohio 19^th Regiment to Harriet Baldwin Pow. February, 1862 – April, 1829.

Correspondence from L.C. and Alice Baldwin (Brother and sister-in-law) to Harriet Baldwin Pow and Alexander Pow. 1860-1869.

Correspondence from L.C. and Alice Baldwin (Brother and sister-in-law) to Harriet Baldwin Pow and Alexander Pow. 1870-1879, 1900, 1909.

Correspondence from Lucinda Cowdrey Russel (Harriet Baldwin Pow’s Aunt) to Harriet Baldwin Pow. 1862-1904.

Miscellaneous Family Letters to Alexander and Harriet Baldwin Pow. 1862-1881.

Correspondence from Sophia Leavitt (Mother of Harriet Leavitt Pow, Alexander Pow’s 2^nd wife) to Alexander and Harriet Baldwin Pow. 1861-1865.

Correspondence from Pierre A. and Nellie Laffer to Harriet Baldwin Pow and Alexander Pow. 1862-1869.

Miscellaneous Correspondence Relating to Alexander Pow’s Death, April 23, 1879 to Harriet Baldwin Pow.

Correspondence from Pierre A. and Nellie Laffer to Alexander and Harriet Baldwin Pow. 1870-1879.

Correspondence from Great Britain to Alexander Pow. 1873, 1876.

Correspondence from Hiram College to Alexander Pow. 1868, 1877.

Miscellaneous Correspondence to Harriet Baldwin Pow (Hettie). 1861, 1871, 1877.

Correspondence from (Nellie W. and M.C. Fenn?) to Harriet Baldwin Pow. 1862-?

Box 2

Pow Family Papers (1854-1917)

Harriet Pow’s Napkin Ring.

Miscellaneous Papers. 1854-1912.

Death Notices. N. Scott Baldwin and Barbara VanCleve Pow.

Information about the “Pow House” compiled by John D. Mulford.

Pow Family Records. Information on Maternal Great Grandparents [Martha Kenyon]. Compiled by John S. Kenyon (Husband of Myra Pow)

Genealogy of Family of John S. Kenyon (Husband of Myra Pow).

Harriet [Hetty] Carrie Baldwin Pow Miscellaneous. Diary and Scratch Pad.

Statements of Monetary Transactions Done by Alexander Pow and Several Partners. 1860-1862.

Alexander Pow Miscellaneous - Book of Financial Transactions, 1861-1866.
Undated Manuscript of Church Hymn

Miscellaneous. Steam and Inland Navigation of Scotland. Booklet, inscribed by R. Pow, 1848. “The Homeland” poem, undated – author unknown, manuscript

Photographs – Still being processed

Box 3 – Pow Collection: Baby’s Record, Good Times, Scrapbook

Page 1

            Two personal letters
            Hesperian Entertainment Program
            Young Women’s Christian Association Invitation to a Reception

Page 2

Ribbons:

                        Delphic Reunion, 40^th                     1855 Hesperian Reunion
                        YWCA Reception
                        1896, Washington D.C. International Convention
                        Delphic
                        Olive Branch
                        Garfield Society
                        Alethean
                        For Christ and the Church
                        Ohio Union, For Christ and the Church, International Convention

Page 3

Olive Branch Entertainment Programme, June 20, 1894
Alumni Banquet, 1893

Page 4

            Freshmen Banquet, December 7^th, 1894
            Class of ’97 Programme, Friday Evening Dec. 7^th, 1894
            Salem High School Class of ’93 Commencement

Page 5

            Myra Pows First Reception, ‘94
            Invitation by the girls of Bowler Hall to a masquerade party Oct. 31
            Portage County Union Ribbon. October 20, ‘94
            Hiram Song
            Twelfth Annual Reunion and Banquet. Alumni of Salem High School.
                  June 15^th 1894.

Page 6

            Party at which (Myra Pow) Held Mr. Nebstein’s Hand. Miller Hall
            First Class Prayer Meeting, 1895
            Freshmen party invitation
            Miss Henry’s reception invitation
            Rally day, Disciple Sunday School. Salem, Ohio. May 5^th, 1895.

Page 7

            Garfield Literary Society Entertainment. Tuesday, March 5, 1895.
            Junior Entertainment. Friday Evening, March 1, 1895.
            John Thomas Concert Company Programme

Page 8

            Freshmen Entertainment Program. Friday Evening, May 17^th, 1895.
            Myra Pows First Banquet. May 16^th, 1896.
            Banquet at Bachelors’ Hall, Chautauqua, New York
            Hiram College Wednesday, May 1^st, 1895.

Page 9

            Dinner Menu Monday May 20^th, 1895
            Sixth Annual Commencement Preparatory Department. Hiram College, June 18^th, 1895.
            Olive Branch Society Entertainment Program, June 20^th, 1895.
            Delphic Entertainment Programme. June 19^th, 1895.

Page 10

            Twenty Eighth Annual Commencement of Hiram College. June 20, 1895.
            Benefit Recital of the Oratorical and Musical Departments of Hiram College, for the Athletic
                 Association. Dec. 11, 1895.
            Programme of Sophomore Class, Hiram College. November 15, 1895.
            Invitation to Oxford Colleges Commencement, 1895.

Page 11

Various Events Myra Pow Attended in the summer of 1895.

Page 12

The Festive Bivalve. Vol. 1 No. 1. Hiram, Ohio, January 29, 1896.
Patriotic Oratorical Contest. Hiram College, Ohio. February 21, 1896.

Page 13

            Program for Garfield Literary Society. April 10, 1896.
            Oratorical and Musical Departments of Hiram College Benefit Recital for Home Missions. May 12, 1896.
            Concert and Readings by the Temple Quartette Concert Company of Boston.

Page 14

Entertainment of Freshmen Class of Hiram College, Friday Evening, May 8, 1896.
Hiram College Faculty Entertainment. Benefit of Organ Fund. Hiram, Ohio, June 12, 1896.

Page 15

            Invitation to Olive Branch Societies 45^th Anniversary, June 24^th, 1896.
            Senior Class Invitation to Commencement. Thursday June 25^th, 1896.
            Hesperian Entertainment Program. Wednesday June 24^th, 1896.
            Preparatory Department of Hiram College Commencement Exercises. June 23, 1896.

Page 16

Twenty-Ninth Annual Commencement of Hiram College. June 25^th, 1896.
3 Programs to Various Events.

Page 17

            Scores of Hiram’s Football and Baseball Team.
            Oratorical Contest Program. December 11^th, 1896.
            Garfield Literary Society. November 20^th, 1896.

Page 18

Delphic Literary Society Entertainment Program. January 29^th, 1897.
Alethean Literary Society Entertainment Program. February 22, 1897.

Page 19

            Delphic Literary Society. Pamphlet about a Bill to be voted on in Congress.
            Baseball Scorecard, April 20, 1898.
            Hiram College Minstrels Program. April 16, 1897.
            Hesperian Society Program. May 31, 1897.

Page 20

            Junior Senior Banquet. Menu and Toasts. June 4, 1897.
            Sixteenth Annual Contest of the Ohio Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Association Program. February 18, 1897.
            Kenyon Chant
            Baseball Score Card, May 21, 1898.

Page 21

            Programme of the Franz Wilczek Concert Company.
            Program of Swedish Quartet Company. March 10, 1897.
            Hesperian Commencement Program. June 21, 1897.
            Greek Drama. The Antigone…of Sophocles. Greek Department of Hiram College, March 10, 1897.

Page 22

            Graduating Recital by Earl B. Newton. June 16^th, 1897.
            Baseball Scorecard. May 30^th, 1898.
            Baldwin University Commencement Invitation. June 11^th to 17^th, 1897.
            Oberlin Kindergarten Training School Commencement Invitation. June 18^th, 1897.

Page 23

            Olive Branch Literary Society Program. June 23, 1897.
            Commencement of the Senior Prepartory Class of Hiram College. June 22, 1897.
            Senior Class Invitation to Commencement. June 20^th to 25^th, 1897.

Page 24

Alethean Entertainment Program. June 22^nd, 1897.
Twenty Second Annual Commencement of Medina High School. June 9^th, 1897. Invitation and Program.

Page 25

            Thirtieth Annual Commencement of Hiram College. June 24^th, 1897.
            World’s Student Conference. June 25^th – July 4^th, 1897.
            Programme for Loudin’s Original Fisk Jubilee Singers. Summer of 1897.

Page 26

Seventh Annual Convention of Portage County Christian Endeavor Union. October 30, 1897.

Page 27

            Oberlin Musical Union Holiday Concerts Program. December 16^th and 17^th 1897.
            Hiram College Conservatory of Music Opening Concert Program. September 28^th, 1897.
            Oratorical Contest. Hiram Auditorium, December 10^th, 1897.
            Journal and Scrapbook of Martha E. Kenyon entitled Good Times. Dates Span from March 1919 to 1922.
                  Pages 53 – 170.

Baby’s Record for Martha Kenyon. 1904.

Box 4 – Pow Family Papers- Martha Kenyon Travel Itineraries

Travel Diaries: 1924, 1926, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975

Trip Itineraries- Asia, 1973, 1979

Trip Itineraries- Europe, 1966, 1968

Trip Itineraries- Africa, 1970

Trip Itineraries- South Pacific, 1968

Trip Itineraries- North America, 1966-67

Box 5 through 8