Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973

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Wild west show, circus, and rodeo performer who starred in western films from the late 1920's to the mid 1940's.

From the description of Ken Maynard circus material, 1914-1940 (bulk 1936-1938) [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79597925

Wild West show, circus and rodeo performer who starred in Western films from the late 1920's to the mid-1940's.

From the description of Ken Maynard collection, 1925-1944 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77576131

Wild west show, circus, and rodeo performer who starred in western movies from the late 1920's to the mid 1940's.

From the description of Ken Maynard story, lyrics, and poems, [1930-1970?] [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. (Autry National Center). WorldCat record id: 81613465

Carol Hutchings Maynard, known as "Hutch," was born to Caroline (Baxter) and Edwin Maynard in Mount Vernon, New York on 15 August 1895. The second of five children, she was raised in Worcester, Massachusetts. She graduated from Classical High School in 1915. Following graduation, Maynard settled in New York City, where she became active in the campaign for women's suffrage, canvassing and marching on behalf of New York suffrage leagues. Her work was publicized in Worcester newspapers. In 1918, she enlisted in the Woman's Land Army of America, a war-time venture that trained women to perform agricultural labor. The colloquially termed "farmerettes" were deployed to replace male farm workers engaged by the war. Maynard completed Land Army training at Wellesley College and was stationed at Bedford, New York. After the war, she traveled west as a self- described vagabond, settling in Alaska for a period of time in the early 1920s. There, she lived alone and took work in the salmon canneries.

From the 1930s forward, Maynard was employed as an educator and agriculturalist at a series of secondary schools. This phase of her career started at women's reform institutions. She was hired by the South Carolina State Industrial School for Girls in 1928 but was soon dismissed by the state governor in a controversial case targeting the institution's leadership. Subsequently, she took employment at the Montrose School for Girls in Reistertown, Maryland. In 1935, Maynard applied for a position with the farm program at the newly opened Putney School, a preparatory high school in Vermont that emphasized progressive ideals and manual labor. Initially camouflaging her gender by submitting an application under the name "C.H. Maynard," Maynard was hired to manage the school's farm. She also supervised the student work program, which was the labor-oriented segment of the curriculum. In the late 1930s, Maynard took a hiatus from Putney, worked at the Massachusetts Reformatory for Women in Framingham, and returned to Putney in 1944. Her association with the Putney School continued for the remainder of her life.

In her positions at each of these educational institutions, Maynard combined her passions for agriculture, animal husbandry, and creative writing. She encouraged her students to do the same, offering instruction in dairying and poetry alike. Maynard herself was an artist, dramatist, and a prolific poet. Her poetry frequently focused on agricultural life--animals, plants and seasons--but was far-ranging, touching upon love, loss, and the arts. From the 1940s to the 1960s, she developed the farming side of her career as a tester for the Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Association. She also was involved in the 4-H and was active in civic life, serving as a member of the town's school board and planning commission. She took particular interest in the town and school gardens, and after her death, the Hutch Maynard Fund was started at the Putney School to support its greenhouse. Hutch Maynard died on January 7, 1973 at the age of 77.

From the guide to the Carol Hutchings Maynard Papers MS 674., 1905-2002, 1910s-50s, (Sophia Smith Collection)

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referencedIn John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973. Ken Maynard circus material, 1914-1940 (bulk 1936-1938) [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Lovell, Tom, 1909-1997. Tom Lovell papers, circa 1845-1997. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
creatorOf Columbia Records, Inc. John Edwards memorial collection, n.d. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973. Ken Maynard collection, 1925-1944 [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
creatorOf Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973. Ken Maynard story, lyrics, and poems, [1930-1970?] [manuscript materials] : at the Autry National Center. The Autry Museum of the American West, Autry Library and Braun Research Library
creatorOf John Edwards Memorial Collection, ca. 1929. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Carol Hutchings Maynard Papers MS 674., 1905-2002, 1910s-50s Sophia Smith Collection
creatorOf Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973,. Letters : from Emmett Dalton and G.W. Lillie, 1929-1933. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899. Circus World Museum poster collection, 1841-[ongoing] Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Circus World Museum film and video collection, 1906-[ongoing] Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
creatorOf Maynard, Ken, 1895-1973. Letters : from G.W. Lillie, 1927-1932. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
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associatedWith Biller Brothers Circus. corporateBody
associatedWith Cole Bros. Circus. corporateBody
associatedWith Columbia Records, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Dalton, Emmett. person
associatedWith Dalton family. family
associatedWith Diamond K. Ranch Circus. corporateBody
associatedWith First National Pictures. corporateBody
associatedWith Ken Maynard's Diamond K Ranch. Wild West Circus and Indian Congress. corporateBody
associatedWith Lovell, Tom, 1909-1997. person
associatedWith MCI-Framingham (Correctional facility ) corporateBody
associatedWith Miller Bros. & Arlington 101 Ranch Real Wild West (Organization) corporateBody
associatedWith Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942. person
associatedWith Putney School corporateBody
associatedWith Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980 person
associatedWith Universal Pictures. corporateBody
associatedWith Women's Land Army of America corporateBody
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United States
Putney (Vt.)
United States
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Poets, American
Women authors, American
Circus
Circus performers
Farm life
Feature films
Juvenile delinquency
Motion picture actors and actresses
Radio programs
Reformatories for women
Rural women
Single women
World War, 1914-1918
Western films
Wild west shows
Women
Women adventurers
Women artists
Women farmers
Women poets, American
Women prisoners
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1895-07-21

Death 1973-03-23

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