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Gloria Lois Bowen McCoy scrapbooks, 1911-1969

 

Summary

Creator:
McCoy, Gloria Lois Bowen, 1926-2022
Abstract:
This collection consists of three scrapbooks created by Gloria Lois Bowen (later Gloria Lois Bowen McCoy) during her youth in Ohio and Florida, circa 1937 - 1940, and undated. The scrapbooks include greeting cards; newspaper clippings; church, school, and community programs; photographs; and ephemeral items. Also included in the collection are postcards of buildings and tourist-related activities in and around the Daytona Beach, Florida, area, 1911 and undated. There is an issue of the the Daytona Beach Morning Journal from July 21, 1969, covering the lunar moon mission. Gloria Lois Bowen was born in Lakeland, Ohio to Dana Thomas Bowen and Lois Knauff Snow Bowen. She had one younger sister, Phoebe May Bowen. Beginning in the early 1930s, the Bowen family became seasonal residents of Florida, spending half their year in Daytona Beach, FL and returning to Lakeland, OH between May and October. By 1936, the Bowen family purchased a home in Daytona Beach and Gloria attended Lenox Avenue Elementary School. In 1944, she graduated from Sea Breeze High School and enrolled at Duke University in the Woman's College. There, she met John Philip McCoy Sr. and the couple married on November 16, 1946. They had three children: Dana Lois McCoy, John Philip McCoy Jr., and Carol Bowen McCoy. The McCoys eventually returned to Daytona Beach, where they lived from 1960 to 1995. John Philip McCoy Sr. was a partner at a Daytona law firm until his retirement in 1982. He passed away in 2011. Gloria was active in the First Presbyterian Church, the St. James Episcopal Church, the Volusia Easter Seal Society, and the Cherry Laurel Garden Club in Daytona. Gloria Lois Bowen McCoy passed away on May 20, 2022.
Extent:
0.42 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gloria Lois Bowen McCoy scrapbooks, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of three scrapbooks created by Gloria Lois Bowen (later Gloria Lois Bowen McCoy) during her youth in Ohio and Florida, circa 1937 - 1940, and undated. The scrapbooks include greeting cards; newspaper clippings; church, school, and community programs; photographs; and ephemeral items. Also included in the collection are postcards of buildings and tourist-related activities in and around the Daytona Beach, Florida, area, 1911 and undated. There is an issue of the the Daytona Beach Morning Journal from July 21, 1969, covering the lunar moon mission.

Biographical / historical:

On June 21, 1926, Gloria Lois Bowen was born in Lakeland, Ohio to Dana Thomas Bowen and Lois Knauff Snow Bowen. She had one younger sister, Phoebe May Bowen. Beginning in the early 1930s, the Bowen family became seasonal residents of Florida, spending half their year in Daytona Beach, FL and returning to Lakeland, OH between May and October. By 1936, the Bowen family purchased a home in Daytona Beach and Gloria attended Lenox Avenue Elementary School. In 1944, she graduated from Sea Breeze High School and enrolled at Duke University in the Woman's College. There, she met John Philip McCoy Sr. and the couple married on November 16, 1946. They had three children: Dana Lois McCoy, John Philip McCoy Jr., and Carol Bowen McCoy.

The McCoys eventually returned to Daytona Beach, where they lived from 1960 to 1995. John Philip McCoy Sr. was a partner at a Daytona law firm until his retirement in 1982. He passed away in 2011. Gloria was active in the First Presbyterian Church, the St. James Episcopal Church, the Volusia Easter Seal Society, and the Cherry Laurel Garden Club in Daytona. Gloria Lois Bowen McCoy passed away on May 20, 2022.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Dana McCoy Anderson, daughter of Gloria Lois Bowen McCoy, in 2022 (Accession no. CFM2022_16).
Processing information:

Collection processed by David Benjamin, 2023; finding aid prepared by David Benjamin, 2023.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by like-item.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The entire collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

Gloria Lois Bowen McCoy scrapbooks, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA