Finding Aid for Field-Lacy families papers, 1887-1979
03538

Summary Information

Repository
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Title
Field-Lacy families papers
ID
03538
Date
1887-1979
Extent
2.0 linear ft.
General Physical Description note
(2 boxes, 1 volume)
Language
English
Abstract
Papers of the Field and Lacy families. Notable items in the collection include photographs of Dwight D. Eisenhower (Box 2:1), Helen Keller (Box 2:6), and John F. Kennedy (see Scrapbook, Estelle L. Coakley).

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Biographical/Historical note

Mabel Field Lacy spent 11 years as an educator in Hawaii during the 1920's-1930's. She worked mainly with blind, deaf and other handicapped children. The daughter of Dr. George T. Field and Estella Consaul Field, Mabel was born in 1882 in Chase, Michigan. She married Plato R. Lacy in 1901. He died in a fire five years later. They had three children: Estelle, William and Volney.

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Biographical/Historical note

Estelle Lacy Coakley followed in her mother's footsteps by becoming a special education teacher. She worked at Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, Mass. Her cousin, Lois Field, daughter of Mabel's brother George, took up the same profession. She became principal of Evans School in Denver, Colorado, specializing in the education of deaf and blind youngsters. In their later years, Estelle and Lois lived together in Evergreen, Colo.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Feb. 19, 2010

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

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Field-Lacy families papers, 1887-1979 (OCLC record)

[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/520861950]

Controlled Access Headings

Family Name(s)

  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- (Dwight David), -- 1890-1969 -- Photographs.
  • Field family -- Archives
  • Keller, Helen, -- 1880-1968 -- Photographs.
  • Kennedy, John F. -- (John Fitzgerald), -- 1917-1963 -- Photographs.
  • Lacy family -- Archives

Genre(s)

  • Clippings (information artifacts) -- aat
  • Correspondence -- aat
  • Family papers -- aat
  • Photographs -- aat
  • Scrapbooks -- aat

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Other Finding Aids note

Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.

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Collection Inventory

BOX 1 

1:1 Estelle Lacy Coakley 

1:2 -- Journal, 1955 

1:3 -- Newspaper Clippings, 1954-1955 

1:4 Lois Field (1911-1996) 

1:5 -- Certificates & Diplomas, 1932-1937 

1:6 -- Scrapbook, n.d. 

1:7 -- Scrapbook, 1975 

1:8 Arthur J. Lacy, 1947-1975 

1:9 Mabel Field Lacy, 1901-1943 

1:10 Miscellaneous Family members 

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BOX 2: Photographs 

2:1 Estelle Lacy Coakley 

2:2 Lois Field 

2:3 -- Students & Classroom 

2:4 Denver/Evergreen, Colorado 

2:5 Field Family 

2:6 Mabel Field Lacy 

2:7 Lacy Family, 1880's-1920's 

2:8 -- 1930's 

2:9 -- 1940's-1950's 

2:10 -- 1970's 

2:11 Miscellaneous/Unidentified 

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Scrapbook: Estelle Lacy Coakley 

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