Mabel E. (Cutter) Packer Lewton [RG1103.AM]

HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG1103.AM:  Mabel E. (Cutter) Packer Lewton, 1890-1978

Papers:  ca. 1909-1955
Ashland, Saunders County, Nebraska
Size:  2.0 cu.ft.; 2 boxes

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Born March 24, 1890, in Weeping Water, Nebraska, Mabel E. (Cutter) Packer Lewton was the daughter of Abrahm and Annie Cutter.  On September 21, 1916 she married Dr. John M. Packer, residing in Memphis, Nebraska, for two years and then Ashland, Nebraska, for thirty-five years.  Dr. Packer died in 1956.  On June 14, 1959, Mabel married Ellis Lewton.  The couple moved to Stanton, Nebraska, where they lived for nineteen years.

Mabel was a member of numerous organizations throughout her life, including the First Christian Church in Ashland; P.E.O. Sisterhood of Ashland; Ashland Woman’s Club; Matthews Chapter 242, Order of the Eastern Star; P.E.O. Sisterhood of Stanton; Women’s Fellowship of the Congregational Church; and the Stanton Woman’s Club.  She died on December 1, 1978.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of two boxes containing papers and records collected by Mabel Packer Lewton.  The materials generally relate to the various organizations she served in over the years.  The collection is not fully processed, but an inventory is available.

INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder/item

1. The Delphian Society, Acacia Chapter, Ashland, Nebraska, Yearbook, 1929, 1933-1940, also charter membership card.
2. Ashland Garden Club, program and membership, 1952-1954
3. American Legion Auxiliary, Ashland Unit #129, officers and membership, 1951-1955
4. Fales Auxiliary, 1950, 1951, and 1954
5. Women’s Club, Ashland, Nebraska, Yearbook: 1923-24, 1927-29, 1931-36, 1938-1942, and 1944-1952
6. PEO Sisterhood, including:
   Chapter BD: Ashland, NE, program and membership, 1924-1927, 1929-1937, 1939-1955
   Chapter AN: Lexington, Nebr., program and membership, 1930-1932, 1934-1935, 1939-1940
   Chapter CA: Des Moines, Iowa, 1952-1953
   Chapter CP: Omaha, Nebraska, 1927-1934
   Chapter CS: Lincoln, Nebraska, 1927-1928
   Chapter CZ: Wakefield, Nebraska: 1927-1928
   Chapter DA: Hastings, Nebraska, 1928-1929
   Chapter I: Wahoo, Nebraska, 1929-1930
   Nebraska State Chapter: State Convention, 39 (1928) and 52 (1941)
7. First Christian Church, Ashland, Nebraska, materials:
   Ladies Aid Society, Yearbook, 1927-1932
   Christian Women’s Fellowship, 1950-1951. Program and membership
   Women’s Council, officers and program, 1937-1941, 1944-1950
   Constitution and by-laws of the Women’s Council
8. Christian Church, state conventions, 1933, 1938, and 1943 (Nebraska Yearbook, 1940)
9. Christian Women’s Fellowship, Humboldt, Nebraska, 1953-1955; Fairbury, Nebraska 1954-1955; Bethany Christian Church, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1954-1955
10. Bethany Christian Church, Directory and Program Guide, 1952-1953
11. Yearbook of Programs of Missionary Societies, 1932-1933, and Through Eye-Gate to State Missions, Nebraska Christian Missionary Society
12. Minutes of First Christian Church Circle Group, 1934

Box 2
Folder/item

1. Basketball and baseball:
   Nebraska High Schools, 12th annual basketball tourney, 1922 (program)
   Basketball score books, Ashland, Nebraska, 1920-1921
   Minutes of the Memphis Athletic Club, 1916
   St. Louis vs. Philadelphia, World Series, 1930 (official score card)
2. Cotner University:
   Baccalaureate Day program, June 4, 1916
   Handbooks 1, 3 and 4
   Songs of Old Cotner
   William Prince Aylsworth – Biography
3. Official World’s Fair Weekly, July 23, 1933
4. Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, official program, January 1, 1941
5. Sigma Theta, Directory, 1915-16
6. Saunders County Eighth Grade Promotion Exercises, May 13, 1950 and Ashland High School Graduation Exercises, 1947 (programs)
7. Nebraska Clippings
8. Bankbook of J.M. Packer, August 1915-November 1920
9. Records of the Avoca Christian Church (Now the Congregational Church at Avoca), one book, two ladies’ aid secretaries books
10. Cotner University programs, 1909-1914; letter from G.J. Van Buren concerning basketball
11. Three party programs of Mabel Cutter
12. “Prize winners in Ashland stir up Contests” from Omaha Bee News, October 11. 1935
13. Order and bill of sale for Ford Model T Runabout, 1915 and receipt
14. A few tax receipts
15. Iowa Wesleyan News, January 15, 1927
16. The Christian Reporter, July 17, 1925
17. The Nebraska Tidings, November 1933

Subject headings:

Ashland (Nebraska) — History
Ashland Woman’s Club (Ashland, Nebraska)
Avoca Christian Church (Avoca, Nebraska)
Avoca Congregational Church (Avoca, Nebraska)
Colleges and universities — Nebraska
Congregational Church in Nebraska
Cotner College (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Delphian Society (Ashland, Nebraska)
Disciples of Christ — Nebraska
First Christian Church (Ashland, Nebraska)
Lewton, Mabel E. (Cutter) Packer, 1890-1978
Packer, John M., 1883-1956
PEO Sisterhood (Ashland, Nebraska)

SS                      04-07-1959
Revised TMM     03-14-2017