Davis, Mary Bailey Williams, 1990 February 23

File — Box: 3, Folder: 17

Identifier: 01-UA112-OH003- Series 2- File Folder 17

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Scope and Contents

Davis recalls student life during the Depression as a town student and graduate of Curry School. She discusses faculty role models and chancellors, traditions such as the class jacket and the visit of Eleanor Roosevelt to campus. She talks about the controversy between Chancellor William Moran and the Alumni Association and her love for the Alumni House and the institution. Subjects: Being a day student which was very unusual in the 1930s, chapel, class jackets, going to school during the Depression, class colors, class loyalty, her mother's high regard for Charles McIver, relationships between day students and regular students, campus life, Harriet Elliott, teachers Vera Largent and Bernice Draper, student life (dances, concerts, and lectures), Woman's College being a top school, Alumni House, Barbara Parrish.

Dates

1990 February 23

Creator

From the Collection: History, Department of (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Mary Bailey Williams Davis (1912-1997) was a member of the Class of 1933 of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She was a history major and class officer. Her mother and her daughter also graduated from the institution.