Harriet Duff Phillips - Revision history

Jrudiak at 18:36, 20 April 2017

2017-04-20T18:36:12Z

Jrudiak: /* A 1916 article about preserving his home: */

2012-03-24T05:59:46Z

‎A 1916 article about preserving his home:

Jrudiak: /* by Harriett Duff Phillips */

2010-11-07T19:35:14Z

‎by Harriett Duff Phillips

Jrudiak: /* Harriet Duff Phillips was the wife of John M. Phillips. Harriet Duff Phillips was also the daughter of Dr. John Milton Duff and Jennie (Kirk) Duff also of Carrick. */

2010-06-12T23:48:21Z

‎Harriet Duff Phillips was the wife of John M. Phillips. Harriet Duff Phillips was also the daughter of Dr. John Milton Duff and Jennie (Kirk) Duff also of Carrick.

Jrudiak: /* She was named president of the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women in 1934 and member of the Pittsburgh club. */

2009-01-19T00:25:04Z

‎She was named president of the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women in 1934 and member of the Pittsburgh club.

Jrudiak at 15:28, 13 January 2009

2009-01-13T15:28:54Z

Jrudiak: /* The photo below is from the collection of Joyce Chalfant. This is the famous "Crows Nest" bedroom in the home "Impton" of John M. Phillips. */

2009-01-06T05:15:57Z

‎The photo below is from the collection of Joyce Chalfant. This is the famous "Crows Nest" bedroom in the home "Impton" of John M. Phillips.

Jrudiak: /* by Harriett Duff Phillips */

2009-01-06T05:13:34Z

‎by Harriett Duff Phillips

Jrudiak: /* by Harriett Duff Phillips */

2009-01-02T18:54:57Z

‎by Harriett Duff Phillips

Jrudiak: /* This an biography of Harriet's husband, John M. Phillips, which mentions her. */

2008-12-21T03:00:08Z

‎This an biography of Harriet's husband, John M. Phillips, which mentions her.

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		+	== Undated memoir of Harriet Duff Phillips ==
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		+	The message came, “Mr. Frick wishes you to meet his daughter Monday morning, at 11 o’clock to arrange for two hours of tutoring each day until the middle of June.” The subjects were year high school English, French, Algebra along with something of current events each day. At the end of the school year, Mr. Frick sent for me on one of his visits to Pittsburgh. He and his wife lived in New York most of the time. He asked if I would continue with Helen for the next year. Father, Dr. John M. Duff, had died just a few weeks before so I was ready to start my career as a teacher.
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		+	Little did I know that this experience was the preparation for guiding my own children’s education. Mr. Phillips entered wholeheartedly into the plan of Mother and helped in the re-arrangement of our home so that one room was turned into a nursery and schoolroom. There was never any question of my legal right to teach the children since I was state certified as a teacher. There were just Anna Jane and Mary to start with so I managed very well. As the other children, Margaret, Jack, and Jim grew to school age my daily program became rather heavy. Therefore we hired a normal school graduate, Ms. Parson, to help us with the younger children. This program was carried on until each of the girls was ready for high school and the boys for fifth and seventh grades. The garage was used as a theater. Plays were written in English class, Other children in the neighborhood took part in the plays. My flower garden was our botanical garden. John M. gave the course in zoology – happily for the other neighborhood children this course was in the evenings. He was a practical teacher and reveled in having specimens – horn toads, snakes, toads, frogs, turtles, beetles, bears, raccoons, even a kangaroo. The education must have been sound because all five children passed those rigid college boards without a failure. Anna Jane, Mary, and Margaret are Vassar graduates. Jack is a Yale Alumnus and Jim is a Carnegie Mellon Tech graduate.

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		+	'''About John Brashear [http://johnbrashear.tripod.com/ click here]'''

	== And in his 70's in 1942: ==		== And in his 70's in 1942: ==

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 [[Image:John Phillips the crows nest.jpg]]
-(The photo is from the collection of Joyce Chalfant.  This is the famous "Crows Nest" bedroom in the home "[[Impton]]" of [[John M. Phillips]].)
+(The photo is from the collection of Joyce Chalfant.  This is the famous "Crows Nest" bedroom in his mother's home, [[John M. Phillips]].)
 	The room was very large; a high ceiling and five windows but no curtains.  It didn’t take long for me to learn his dislike for curtains; they kept out the sunlight.  On the wall above the fireplace hung a huge elk head.  A buffalo scull with vicious looking horns occupied the center of the mantel.  At the other end a stuffed horned owl glared at me with its glass eyes as though I were an intruder.  In a corner leaning against a rack was a small sized arsenal … every kind of gun imaginable.  A precious one that had belonged to Buffalo Bill lay on the table along with a pile of photographic equipment.  There was a collection of skees (skis) and snowshoes and Indian paraphernalia.  Under the bed were boxed and boxes of stereo pictures, the kind you looked at through a very popular gadget of that time … a kind of little frame telescope with a handle.  Over the head of the bed hung one of the largest grizzly bear hides ever brought out of British Columbia, its mounted head resting in the center of the pillow.
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 Addendum:  I have typed this into Microsoft Word in December, 2008 with very little editing, except to combine two versions of the final paragraph which I found in a notebook given to my children (her grandchildren) by Margaret Phillips Chalfant  (the youngest daughter of Harriet Duff and John MacFarlane Phillips).  I am sending this out to all of those descendants whose email addresses I have.  I do not know exactly when the original text was written but some time after the Second World War and prior to her death in 1958 at the age of 76.  In the text she talks about wanting to live to the age of 70 so as to pay off the debts from her philanthropic activities which would put the date between 1945 and 1950.  My plan is to scan several pictures in the notebook and other stories and make them available to you by email. I would also like to post this on the Carrick Historical Society web site.  Please send comments to Joyce Chalfant at jschalfant@gmail.com or call us at 724-443-7740.
 == The following Christmas Card was donated by one of our readers.  No date on this.  Anyone with knowledge of the Judge noted here would be appreciated.: ==

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 == [[Harriet Duff Phillips]] was the wife of [[John M. Phillips]].  Harriet Duff Phillips was also the daughter of [[Dr. John Milton Duff]] and [[Jennie (Kirk) Duff]] also of Carrick.  ==
-[[Image:Harriet Duff Phillips portrait.jpg]]
+[[Image:Harriet Duff Phillips portrait.jpg|500px]]
-[[Image:Harriet Duff Phillips Class of 1903.jpg]]
+[[Image:Harriet Duff Phillips Class of 1903.jpg|500px]]
 == Title: Graduating Class of 1903 ==

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		+	[[Image:Harriet duff phillips federation news clip 1936.jpg]]

	== In 1944 Harriet Duff Phillips was named American Mother. Shown here on the right are three newspaper clippings from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, St. Petersburg Times and again in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1944. ==		== In 1944 Harriet Duff Phillips was named American Mother. Shown here on the right are three newspaper clippings from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, St. Petersburg Times and again in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1944. ==

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	Addendum: I have typed this into Microsoft Word in December, 2008 with very little editing, except to combine two versions of the final paragraph which I found in a notebook given to my children (her grandchildren) by Margaret Phillips Chalfant (the youngest daughter of Harriet Duff and John MacFarlane Phillips). I am sending this out to all of those descendants whose email addresses I have. I do not know exactly when the original text was written but some time after the Second World War and prior to her death in 1958 at the age of 76. In the text she talks about wanting to live to the age of 70 so as to pay off the debts from her philanthropic activities which would put the date between 1945 and 1950. My plan is to scan several pictures in the notebook and other stories and make them available to you by email. I would also like to post this on the Carrick Historical Society web site. Please send comments to Joyce Chalfant at jschalfant@gmail.com or call us at 724-443-7740.		Addendum: I have typed this into Microsoft Word in December, 2008 with very little editing, except to combine two versions of the final paragraph which I found in a notebook given to my children (her grandchildren) by Margaret Phillips Chalfant (the youngest daughter of Harriet Duff and John MacFarlane Phillips). I am sending this out to all of those descendants whose email addresses I have. I do not know exactly when the original text was written but some time after the Second World War and prior to her death in 1958 at the age of 76. In the text she talks about wanting to live to the age of 70 so as to pay off the debts from her philanthropic activities which would put the date between 1945 and 1950. My plan is to scan several pictures in the notebook and other stories and make them available to you by email. I would also like to post this on the Carrick Historical Society web site. Please send comments to Joyce Chalfant at jschalfant@gmail.com or call us at 724-443-7740.
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		+	== The following Christmas Card was donated by one of our readers. No date on this. Anyone with knowledge of the Judge noted here would be appreciated.: ==
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		+	[[Image:Harriet Duff Phillips card to Judge outside.jpg]]
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		+	[[Image:Harriet Duff Phillips card to Judge inside.jpg]]

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 == by Harriett Duff Phillips ==
 	The wedding trip was over.  I followed my husband up the long flight of stairs to the second floor front room of the Victorian house he had built for his Mother.  Here Mrs. Phillips greeted me at the door; she had just lighted the flickering gas jets to welcome me to the ‘Crow’s Nest” as John called the room which had been his bachelor’s paradise for many years.  He had told me about this room but it was uniquely masculine beyond my wildest imagination.  I hesitated a minute in the doorway and he seemed to sense my bewilderment.  “This is only for a little while,” he said as he helped me off with my coat.  “Some day we’ll have our own home and it will be just as you want it.”
 == The photo below is from the collection of Joyce Chalfant.  This is the famous "Crows Nest" bedroom in the home "[[Impton]]" of [[John M. Phillips]]. ==

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	The wedding trip was over. I followed my husband up the long flight of stairs to the second floor front room of the Victorian house he had built for his Mother. Here Mrs. Phillips greeted me at the door; she had just lighted the flickering gas jets to welcome me to the ‘Crow’s Nest” as John called the room which had been his bachelor’s paradise for many years. He had told me about this room but it was uniquely masculine beyond my wildest imagination. I hesitated a minute in the doorway and he seemed to sense my bewilderment. “This is only for a little while,” he said as he helped me off with my coat. “Some day we’ll have our own home and it will be just as you want it.”		The wedding trip was over. I followed my husband up the long flight of stairs to the second floor front room of the Victorian house he had built for his Mother. Here Mrs. Phillips greeted me at the door; she had just lighted the flickering gas jets to welcome me to the ‘Crow’s Nest” as John called the room which had been his bachelor’s paradise for many years. He had told me about this room but it was uniquely masculine beyond my wildest imagination. I hesitated a minute in the doorway and he seemed to sense my bewilderment. “This is only for a little while,” he said as he helped me off with my coat. “Some day we’ll have our own home and it will be just as you want it.”
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		+	== The photo below is from the collection of Joyce Chalfant. This is the famous "Crows Nest" bedroom in the home "[[Impton]]" of [[John M. Phillips]]. ==
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		+	[[Image:John Phillips the crows nest.jpg]]

	The room was very large; a high ceiling and five windows but no curtains. It didn’t take long for me to learn his dislike for curtains; they kept out the sunlight. On the wall above the fireplace hung a huge elk head. A buffalo scull with vicious looking horns occupied the center of the mantel. At the other end a stuffed horned owl glared at me with its glass eyes as though I were an intruder. In a corner leaning against a rack was a small sized arsenal … every kind of gun imaginable. A precious one that had belonged to Buffalo Bill lay on the table along with a pile of photographic equipment. There was a collection of skees (skis) and snowshoes and Indian paraphernalia. Under the bed were boxed and boxes of stereo pictures, the kind you looked at through a very popular gadget of that time … a kind of little frame telescope with a handle. Over the head of the bed hung one of the largest grizzly bear hides ever brought out of British Columbia, its mounted head resting in the center of the pillow.		The room was very large; a high ceiling and five windows but no curtains. It didn’t take long for me to learn his dislike for curtains; they kept out the sunlight. On the wall above the fireplace hung a huge elk head. A buffalo scull with vicious looking horns occupied the center of the mantel. At the other end a stuffed horned owl glared at me with its glass eyes as though I were an intruder. In a corner leaning against a rack was a small sized arsenal … every kind of gun imaginable. A precious one that had belonged to Buffalo Bill lay on the table along with a pile of photographic equipment. There was a collection of skees (skis) and snowshoes and Indian paraphernalia. Under the bed were boxed and boxes of stereo pictures, the kind you looked at through a very popular gadget of that time … a kind of little frame telescope with a handle. Over the head of the bed hung one of the largest grizzly bear hides ever brought out of British Columbia, its mounted head resting in the center of the pillow.

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 Collection: Chatham College Archives Image Collection
-== This an biography of Harriet's husband, [[John M. Phillips]], which mentions her. ==
+== This an biography of Harriet's husband, [[John M. Phillips]], which mentions her. The page image is from: ==
-[[Image:John M. Phillips page three of three.jpg]]
+Title: History of Pittsburgh and environs, from prehistoric days to the beginning of the American revolution Vol. 3 / By George Thornton Fleming.
 == Harriet Duff Phillips founded the Brashear Association in 1917. ==