Collection Summary
Kennedy, Eleanor C., 1901-1993.
Eleanor C. Kennedy family papers
1833-1990
05229
6.70 cubic feet (7 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
This collection contains photographs, art, and other materials related to Eleanor Chatterton Kennedy and her family.
Biography of the Eleanor C. Kennedy family
Eleanor Chatterton was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1901. She was the daughter of Fenimore Chatterton (1860-1958) and Stella Wyland Chatterton (1869-1954). Fenimore Chatterton, the son of Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan and G.H. Chatterton, served as acting governor of Wyoming from 1903 to 1904. Fenimore and Stella also had another daughter, Constance Chatterton, (b. 1904) who was married to Walter L. Spears.
Eleanor Chatterton graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1925 and was married on August 16, 1925, to Merton G. Kennedy. Kennedy (d. 1963), the son of Adela Stough Kennedy, was an executive with the construction firm Morrison-Knudsen Inc. of Boise, Idaho. The Kennedys lived in the western U.S. before Kennedy served as president of Morrison-Knudsen's Brazilian operations from 1943 to 1949 after which they returned to the U.S. Eleanor Chatterton Kennedy died in August, 1993.
Scope and Content
Collection contains the papers of Eleanor Chatterton Kennedy and her extended family from 1861 to 1988. Kennedy's personal papers include biographical material, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs and photograph albums, a reminiscence, slides, a home movie and the constitution and by-laws for the University of Wyoming's S.H. Knight Science Camp Geology Alumni.
The collection also includes materials relating to Kennedy's extended family, which contain photographs of the Chatterton, Mazuzan, Wyland, Spears, and Stough families. Included are tintypes, photographs/ photograph albums of Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan Chatterton, the Chatterton family, Fenimore Chatterton, G.H. Chatterton, Stella Wyland Chatterton, Adela Stough Kennedy, Mary J. Mazuzan, Constance Chatterton and Walter L. Spears, Margaret Savage Wyland and the Wyland family.
Also included is material from Merton G. Kennedy and his work for Morrison-Knudsen in the U.S. and Brazil.
There is also miscellaneous materials relating to Constance Chatterton and Walter L. Spears' attendance at the University of Wyoming; genealogical materials on the Stough family; and biographical information on C.J. Wyland.
The collection also includes drawings, photographs, miscellaneous materials, and letters received by Eleanor Chatterton Kennedy's great aunt, Mary J. Mazuzan (a sister to Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan Chatterton) regarding an art correspondence class with the Art Students League of New York City.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by the Eleanor C. Kennedy family at the date of processing.
Finding aid available in repository.
Materials were reicieved from the Estate of Eleanor C. Kennedy.
The collection was processed by Brittany Heye in September of 2023.
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Chatterton, Fenimore, 1860-1958.
Chatterton, Stella Wyland, 1869-1954.
Chatterton, G. H.
Chatterton, Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan.
Spears, Constance Chatterton, b. 1904.
Spears, Walter L.
Kennedy, Merton G., d. 1963.
Kennedy, Adela Stough.
Wyland, C. J.
Wyland, Margaret Savage.
Chatterton family.
Kennedy family.
Mazuzan family.
Spears family.
Stough family.
Wyland family.
Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc.
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
University of Wyoming.
University of Wyoming. Science Camp.
Genealogy.
Brazil -- History -- 1945-1954.
Wyoming -- History -- To 1889.
Wyoming -- History -- 1890-1918.
Wyoming -- History -- 1919-1945.
Wyoming -- History -- 1946-
Motion pictures.
Photograph albums.
Photographs.
Reminiscences.
Tintypes.
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Mazuzan, Mary J.
Wyoming
Education
Colleges and Universities
Series I. Personal Papers
1907-1990
11Biographical Material1925-1944
12Certificates 1963-1944
13Correspondence 1914-1988
14S.H. Knight Science Camp Geology Alumni1925, 1966
15Miscellaneous 1937-1954
17Newspaper Clippings 1925-1982
18-15Photograph Album1937-1941, 1952-1954, 1963-1971
116Photograph Album- California and Canadian Vacation 1968
117-21Photograph Album- Miscellaneous1925-1963,1962-1971
122Photograph Album- Savage, Pearl and Margaret1969-1971
123Photograph Album- Snowy Range & Lander, Wyomingundated
124Dee Thies' Cabin, Albany County, Wyoming 1963-1965
1, 225-27; 15Photographs- Eleanor Chatterton Kennedy1907-1967; Oct. 7, 1990
128Reminiscence1978
129Slides- Arizona Trip1962
130Slides- Australian Tripundated
131Slides-Canadian Trip1966
132Slides- Colorado and Wyoming 1958-1962
133Slides- Mexico Trip1962
134Slides- Miscellaneous 1959-1962
21Slides- Saratoga, Wyoming 1958-1961
45Photographs- Eleanor Chatterton 1925
51Motion Picture- Kodak film1960
Series II. Family Papers
1833-1963
22Photograph- Amoreta Fenton Mazuzan Chattertonundated
23Photograph Album- Chatterton Family1940-1945
24Photographs- Chatterton Family1926, undated
25Fenimore Chatterton- Miscellaneous and Photographs 1861, 1904, 1946
26G.H. Chatterton- Photograph undated
27Stella Wyland Chatterton- Miscellaneous and Photographundated
28Adela Stough Kennedy- Photographundated
29Merton G- Kennedy- Biographical Material 1917-1963
210Merton G- Kennedy- Photograph Album1890-1962
211-12Merton G- Kennedy- Morrison-Knudsen Activities in Brazil1944-1949
213-14Morrison-Knudsen Activities- Photographs 1927-1933, 1946-1961
216Mary J. Mazuzan- Correspondence1882-1912
217Mary J. Mazuzan- Drawingsundated
218Mary J. Mazuzan- Miscellaneous1891-1904
219Mary J. Mazuzan- Photographsundated
220Constance Chatterton Spears- Photographs 1907
221Constance Chatterton Spears- University of Wyoming Material1923, 1926
222Walter L. Spears- Photographsundated
223Walter L. Spears- University of Wyoming Diploma 1925
224Stough Family- Genealogy1951
225C.J. Wyland- Biographical Materialundated
226Margaret Savage Wyland- Photographsundated
227Wyland Family- Photograph Albumundated
228-29Wyland Family- Photographsundated
31Fenimore Chatterton- Joseph and His Brethren (book)1863
31Fenimore Chatterton- That Sweet Story of Old (or) The History of Jesus (book)1863
31Chatterton Family- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin1903
31James A. Kennedy- Gospel Hymns Consolidated (book)1886
31Grace Wyland- Laurel Crowned Tales: Picciola by Saintine (book)1891
31Grace Wyland- Van Bibber and Others by Richard Harding Davis (book)1893
31G.J. Wyland- The Works of Robert Burns (book)1833
42Board of Directors for Morrison-Knudsen Co.undated
43Constance Chatterton Spears- Photographs (youth) undated
44Walter L. Spears- Portraitundated
41Merton Grant Kennedy- Portraitundated
Series III. Art and Artifacts
1881, undated
230Pocket Knife with Purseundated
46University of Wyoming painting1881
47Carving Set in Green Velvet Case (fork, kife, skewer with antler handles and the intial C engraved in the handle bases)undated
61Johnson County War painting undated
71Wooden Chest (three drawers for silverware or jewlery)undated