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Display note identifying Jenny Violet Mayberry Nutting and the flax-label handwriting

Display note identifying Jenny Violet Mayberry Nutting and the flax-label handwriting.
Display note identifying Jenny Violet Mayberry Nutting and the flax-label handwriting.

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Identification card transcribed with capitalization normalized. The card attributes handwriting to Jenny Violet Mayberry Nutting and identifies Cecile E. Nutting as donor and granddaughter; it does not explicitly identify a textile maker. #2014.36, collection 76 and box 1 are catalog references, not dates. Names and relationships are attributed to the display label unless otherwise noted. Historical dates are not photo capture dates.

Original title
Station #3 – Women’s Clothing and Textiles, hosted by President Shirley Hamilton
Names mentioned
Cecile E. Nutting, Clinton E. Nutting, Jenny Violet Mayberry Nutting, Mary (Stone) Mayberry, Samuel Mayberry, Shirley Hamilton
Places mentioned
Oak Hill, Otisfield
Years mentioned
1879
Preview image
768 × 576 pixels · JPEG
Catalog sources
Original caption / filename; Text transcribed from image (visual review); Text transcribed from photographed display card, 2026-09-13; Visual review; Visual review, 2026-09-13

Text in this image

Transcribed from the image and visually reviewed.

# 2014.36 The handwriting on this note belongs To: Jenny Violet Mayberry Nutting Born May 20, 1879 on Oak Hill, Otisfield, Maine She was the daughter of: Samuel and Mary (Stone) Mayberry She married Clinton E. Nutting of Otisfield Donated by Cecile E. Nutting her Granddaughter COLL. 76 BOX 1

Identification card transcribed with capitalization normalized. The card attributes handwriting to Jenny Violet Mayberry Nutting and identifies Cecile E. Nutting as donor and granddaughter; it does not explicitly identify a textile maker. #2014.36, collection 76 and box 1 are catalog references, not dates.

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