Contents
Collection Overview
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Organization of the Collection
Search Terms
SERIES I. CRUMPERIE TEA ROOM
SERIES II. GRENFELL MISSION
SERIES III. WAR WORK
SERIES IV. MISCELLANEOUS
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Mary Alletta Crump Papers, 1916-1970Finding Aid© 2006
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Crump, Mary Alletta, 1887-1970 | | Title: | Mary Alletta Crump Papers | | Dates: | 1916-1970 | | Abstract: | Owner, Crumperie Tea Room; Red Cross volunteer; YWCA volunteer; Suffragist. Collection includes guest books and memorabilia from the Crumperie Tea Room (Greenwich Village, N.Y., 1916-26) with entries from theatrical and literary personalities; and materials from Mary Alletta Crump's volunteer work with the Grenfell Mission (Labrador) and American Women's Voluntary Service in World War I.
| | Extent: | 3 boxes(.75 linear ft.) | | Language: | English | | Identification: | MS 37 |
Mary Alletta Crump in her "Crumperie" tea room, Greenwich Village, New York, circa 1916-1920Mary Alletta Crump ("Crumpy") was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1887 to Annie L. Hulst Crump and Leonard Crawford Crump. With her mother, she owned and operated the Crumperie Tea Room in Greenwich Village, New York from 1916 to 1926. The Tea Room was "characteristic of the best days of the Village," attracting devotees from the theatrical and literary worlds. Crump was a YMCA entertainer in London and France during World War I and appeared in two Cherry Lane revues. She was active in the suffrage movement in the 1920s, and she later volunteered for the Red Cross' Grenfell Mission, Labrador as a summer teacher and nurse. Crump was one of the first members of the American Women's Voluntary Service and designed the organization's flag. In 1946, she participated in International Assembly of Women in New York City. In 1958 she was a contestant for 5 weeks on the "$64,000 Question." Mary Alletta Crump died in July of 1970. Return to the Table of Contents
The Mary Alletta Crump Papers include guest books from the Crumperie Tea Room (including sketches, poems and letters). Entries include notable patrons such as Laura and William Rose Benet, Charles Coburn, Dorothy Dix, Jessie Beals, Theodore Dreiser, Fannie Hurst and Christopher Morley. There are also materials from the Grenfell Mission and the American Women's Voluntary Service. The collection includes programs, certificates, correspondence, a diary of her 1958-59 trip to Germany, photographs, and a wide variety of memorabilia. The Papers document Crump's life, in part, as well as life in Greenwich Village circa 1920's. Return to the Table of Contents
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This collection is organized into four series: Return to the Table of Contents
SERIES I. CRUMPERIE TEA ROOM
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 1 | Obituaries of Crump and May Singhi Breen
1970 |
| 2-2a | Guest books (photocopies) and summary by Susan E. Lyman
1916-27, 1966 |
| 4 | Photographs and postcards
1916-27 |
| 5 | Clippings, advertisements, apron fabric and memorabilia
1916-27 |
SERIES II. GRENFELL MISSION
Box |
Folder |
| | 1 | 6 | Photographs and printed material about the Grenfells and the Mission
n.d. |
| 7 | Recording by Crump for Joyce Grenfell (reel-to-reel audio tape) and insert: Christmas card with song by May Singhi Breen
1958 |
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| "Garden book" (phonograph record)
1943 |
SERIES III. WAR WORK
Box |
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| | 1 |
| Correspondence to Crump |
| 10 | Mrs. E. Rickenbacher
1942 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 11 | Clippings, photographs, and periodicals
1941-45 |
| 12 | Color Guard: articles, photographs, and clippings
1942-44 |
| 13 | Civilian Protection School: certificate, memorabilia, and letters to May Singhi Breem
1943 |
| 14 | International Assembly of Women: clippings and photographs
1942-46 |
SERIES IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 15 | "$64,000 Question" and trip to Europe: photographs, clippings, and journal
1958 |
| 16 | Miscellaneous correspondence
1913-64, n.d. |
| 17 | Miscellaneous photographs
1902-58 |
| 18 | Memorabilia and AWVS sketches
1940-45, n.d. |
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