Catharine Holmes Jones Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook One contains materials dating from 1907 to 1911. It is a published blank book with printed page headings throughout, titled, The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book. It contains photographs, correspondence, invitations, event programs, tickets, newspaper clippings, ribbon, as well as an Adelphian poem, a college song, her 1911 Marshal regalia and other memorabilia.
Scrapbook Two contains materials dating from 1905 to 1912. It is a black bound book titled, Photographs and has black pages. It contains photographs featuring campus buildings, dorm rooms, faculty, and student life. The majority of the persons and places photographed are labeled.
Dates
- 1905 - 1912
Creator
- Jones, Catharine Holmes (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information. Please see our Sensitive Materials Statement.
Biographical or Historical Information
Catharine Holmes Jones of Durham County, North Carolina was a student of the State Normal and Industrial College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), graduating in 1911. Jones was a member of the Adelphian Society and was a Marshal in 1910. She presented her Representative Essay on The Commission Form of Government.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 diploma)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Catharine Holmes Jones was a student of the State Normal and Industrial College, graduating in 1911. Jones was a member of the Adelphian Society and was a Marshal in 1910.
The Catharine Holmes Jones Scrapbooks consist of one book titled, The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book and another titled, Photographs. The collection dates from 1905 to 1912. It contains photographs, event programs, correspondence, invitations, tickets, news clippings, and other memorabilia.
Method of Acquisition
Gift of Catharine Jones, Class of 1911. Transferred from Classed Archives in September 2008.
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Processing Information
Processed by Andrea Cole, June 2010
- Title
- Catharine Holmes Jones Scrapbooks
- 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