Scope and Content Note The Verna Cook Garvan papers comprise family records that include materials pertaining to Garvan’s parents, Arthur Bacillius and Essie Bordis Cook; her sister, Dorothy Cook Baker; Alonzo Bernard Alexander and Francis Patrick Garvan, her first and second husband, respectively; personal correspondence; legal and financial materials; newspaper clippings; and handwritten notes. Contained also are the business records of A.B. Cook, Wisconsin and Arkansas Lumber, and Malvern Brick and Tile...