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- catalog abstract "Collection includes courtship and later correspondence of Ada and John Worthington; family correspondence; John Worthington's military records; business records including manufacturing instructions, payroll and sales records, publicity, and clippings; and photographs.".
- catalog contributor b3619705.
- catalog date "1897".
- catalog description "Ada E. and John C. Worthington Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.".
- catalog description "Ada E. and John C. Worthington were married on August 19, 1926, and lived for a short time in Trinidad before settling in Truro, Massachusetts, in 1933. They had three children: John C. Jr., 1927, Christopher H. "Toppy," 1928, and Diana, 1939. Ada Elizabeth (Warden) Worthington, daughter of William and Marie Christine (Halsey) Warden, was born September 2, 1899, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Educated in England, she served in the Women's British Auxiliary Ambulance Corps during World War I before coming to the United States in 1918. She worked at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, eventually becoming a registered nurse. In 1933, Ada Worthington founded Cape Cod Fish Net Industries, a firm that by 1938 employed more than 40 people. She owned and operated women's boutiques in Hyannis and Truro, Massachusetts; New York City; Sausalito, California; and Miami, Florida. In New York her fashions sold in 21 stores; she and her fishnet products, which included dresses, scarves, dolls, curtains, etc., were featured in several fashion magazines. She retired in 1980 and died April 17, 1989.".
- catalog description "Collection includes courtship and later correspondence of Ada and John Worthington; family correspondence; John Worthington's military records; business records including manufacturing instructions, payroll and sales records, publicity, and clippings; and photographs.".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00337".
- catalog description "John Cheney Worthington, son of Robert Briggs and Velnette (Cheney) Worthington, was born February 2, 1899, in Dedham, Massachusetts. He attended Kent School and enlisted in the Marines during World War I. While working in the oil fields of the American Southwest and Mexico, he learned to fly airplanes and competed in many air races. He assisted in the design of several airports and worked as a sales represntative for the Merrimac Chemical Co. In 1933, John Worthington started the Pond Village Cold Storage Co., a fish processing plant, which he ran until his retirement in 1963. He served in the Ferrying Division of the Army Air Transport Command during World War II. Beginning in the 1950s, he became active in Truro town affairs and served three terms as selectman. He was an advocate of preserving Cape Cod's beaches, testifying before several government bodies. He was also active on behalf of marine fisheries and served on the governor's fishery advisory board through the 1960s. John Worthington died on December 23, 1992.".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid.".
- catalog extent "4.5 linear ft.".
- catalog issued "1897".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "Businesswomen Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Cape Cod Fish Net Industries.".
- catalog subject "Clothing factories Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Courtship United States.".
- catalog subject "Fashion designers United States.".
- catalog subject "Fisheries Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Fishing Research Corporation.".
- catalog subject "Marriage United States.".
- catalog subject "Parent and child United States.".
- catalog subject "Parris Island (S.C. : Recruit depot)".
- catalog subject "Pond Village Cold Storage Company.".
- catalog subject "Suicide United States.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command. Ferrying Division.".
- catalog subject "United States. Marine Corps Military life.".
- catalog subject "Women's clothing industry United States.".
- catalog subject "Women-owned business enterprises Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog subject "Worthington, Ada Elizabeth, 1899-1989.".
- catalog subject "Worthington, John C., 1899-1992.".
- catalog title "Papers of Ada E. and John C. Worthington, 1897-1988 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Financial records. aat".
- catalog type "Photographs. aat".
- catalog type "collection".