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1. Students Performing at the Mother's Day Sing in the Field House, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022338
Title:
Students Performing at the Mother's Day Sing in the Field House, West Virginia University
Date:
1959
'Mother of Miss Anna Jarvis the founder of Mother's Day. She taught the Primary Department in Andrews Sunday School for 20 years. She is known as the Mother's Day World Mother. Shortly after the Civil War she expressed a desire that some one, some time, would establish a Mother's Day, and the action of the daughter made it a reality.'

2. Ann Reeves Jarvis, the Mother of Mothers' Day

IDNO:
029185
Title:
Ann Reeves Jarvis, the Mother of Mothers' Day
Description:
'Mother of Miss Anna Jarvis the founder of Mother's Day. She taught the Primary Department in Andrews Sunday School for 20 years. She is known as the Mother's Day World Mother. Shortly after the Civil War she expressed a desire that some one, some time, would establish a Mother's Day, and the action of the daughter made it a reality.'
'Memorial services held in West Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pa. May 8, 1949 for Miss Anna Jarvis founder Mother's Day. The floral design displayed on top of monument is a contribution from Andrews Methodist Church Grafton, W. Va.'

3. Memorial Ceremony at Tombstone of Anna Jarvis

IDNO:
029188
Title:
Memorial Ceremony at Tombstone of Anna Jarvis
Date:
1949/05/08
Description:
'Memorial services held in West Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pa. May 8, 1949 for Miss Anna Jarvis founder Mother's Day. The floral design displayed on top of monument is a contribution from Andrews Methodist Church Grafton, W. Va.'
'Founded Mother's Day in honor of her mother Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis. In May 1914 the United States Congress passed a resolution officially recognizing her as the founder, and at her request designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. This was the anniversary of her mother's death.'

4. Anna Jarvis

IDNO:
029191
Title:
Anna Jarvis
Description:
'Founded Mother's Day in honor of her mother Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis. In May 1914 the United States Congress passed a resolution officially recognizing her as the founder, and at her request designated the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day. This was the anniversary of her mother's death.'
'The mother of Mother's Day - Sister in law of Mrs. Issac H. Shickler and mother of Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day.'

5. Ann Jarvis

IDNO:
029198
Title:
Ann Jarvis
Date:
1906/05/09
Description:
'The mother of Mother's Day - Sister in law of Mrs. Issac H. Shickler and mother of Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day.'

6. Anna Jarvis

IDNO:
029200
Title:
Anna Jarvis
Date:
1910/04
Gathering on Jarvis Family Plot for Mother's Day Celebration. In front is tombstone of Claude Jarvis.

7. Memorial Service at Jarvis Family Plot

IDNO:
037616
Title:
Memorial Service at Jarvis Family Plot
Date:
1949/05/08
Description:
Gathering on Jarvis Family Plot for Mother's Day Celebration. In front is tombstone of Claude Jarvis.
Memorial Services held in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. May 8, 1949 for Miss Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day.

8. Memorial Service at Jarvis Family Plot

IDNO:
037617
Title:
Memorial Service at Jarvis Family Plot
Date:
1949/05/08
Description:
Memorial Services held in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. May 8, 1949 for Miss Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day.
This church known as the "Mother Church of Mother's Day" and is where the Mother's Day holiday began when Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis began an effort to reunite family ties that had been broken during the Civil War. The day of reunification, first called "Mother's Friendship Day", was an organized event in which mother's of the community were brought together. Union and Confederate soldiers and their family members also participated, shaking each other's hands and rekindling friendship.Today, the holiday has grown to be internationally celebrated and recognized. This church currently holds an International Mother's Day shrine.

9. Andrews Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051216
Title:
Andrews Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.
Date:
1964/01/28
Description:
This church known as the "Mother Church of Mother's Day" and is where the Mother's Day holiday began when Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis began an effort to reunite family ties that had been broken during the Civil War. The day of reunification, first called "Mother's Friendship Day", was an organized event in which mother's of the community were brought together. Union and Confederate soldiers and their family members also participated, shaking each other's hands and rekindling friendship.Today, the holiday has grown to be internationally celebrated and recognized. This church currently holds an International Mother's Day shrine.
A view of the sitting room of Anna Jarvis's birthplace in Philadelphia, Pa. Jarvis was the founder of Mothers' Day.

10. Anna Jarvis's Sitting Room, Philadelphia, Pa.

IDNO:
053432
Title:
Anna Jarvis's Sitting Room, Philadelphia, Pa.
Date:
undated
Description:
A view of the sitting room of Anna Jarvis's birthplace in Philadelphia, Pa. Jarvis was the founder of Mothers' Day.
A view of Anna Jarvis's porch garden at her home in Philadelphia. Jarvis, a native of West Virginia, founded Mother's Day.

11. Anna Jarvis's Porch Garden, Philadelphia, Pa.

IDNO:
053433
Title:
Anna Jarvis's Porch Garden, Philadelphia, Pa.
Date:
undated
Description:
A view of Anna Jarvis's porch garden at her home in Philadelphia. Jarvis, a native of West Virginia, founded Mother's Day.
A view in Anna Jarvis's home in Philadelphia. Jarvis, the founder of Mother's Day, was a native of West Virginia.

12. Anna Jarvis's Sun Parlor, Philadelphia, Pa.

IDNO:
053434
Title:
Anna Jarvis's Sun Parlor, Philadelphia, Pa.
Date:
undated
Description:
A view in Anna Jarvis's home in Philadelphia. Jarvis, the founder of Mother's Day, was a native of West Virginia.