Minnie Lee Peedin Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
The Minnie Lee Peedin Scrapbook dates from 1904 to 1912. It is a published blank book with printed page headings throughout, titled, My Commencement. It contains pictures (including the 1908 class marshals, campus buildings, and basketball team), autographs from teachers, classmate information, and notations under the printed headings, Account of the Commencement Exercises, The Class History, and Class Poems. The Scrapbook also contains notations entitled, Message of President Foust to the Graduating Class.
Dates
- 1904 - 1912
Creator
- Peedin, Minnie Lee (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical or Historical Information
Minnie Lee Peedin of Selma, North Carolina was a student of the State Normal and Industrial College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). She graduated in 1908 and presented her Representative Essay on The Importance of Physical Training in our Public School System.
Extent
0.09 Linear Feet (1 scrapbook)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Minnie Lee Peedin was a student of the State Normal and Industrial College, graduating in 1908.
The Minnie Lee Peedin Scrapbook dates from 1904 to 1912. It contains pictures, autographs, and notations.
Method of Acquisition
Gift of Daphne Carraway, Class of 1903. Transferred from Classed Archives in September 2008.
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Processing Information
Processed and encoded by Andrea Cole, June 2010.
- Title
- Minnie Lee Peedin Scrapbook
- Author
- Andrea Cole
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository