Cornelia Jones Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
The Cornelia Jones Scrapbook dates from 1916 to 1920. The Scrapbook contains autographs and sentiments, pictures, personal holiday greetings, invitations, event programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, college documents, tickets, party favors and other memorabilia.
Dates
- 1916 - 1920
Creator
- Jones, Cornelia (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
Cornelia Jones of Rose Hill, North Carolina was a student of the North Carolina College for Women (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro), graduating in 1920 with a Bachelor degree in Music. During her time as a student, Jones was a member of the Cornelian Society, the Chorus, Y.W.C.A. Choir, and was also the Vice President of Chorus. She was described in the 1920 Pine Needles as a hard worker with a generous heart, sincere character, and great musical ability.
Extent
0.94 Linear Feet (1 scrapbook box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Cornelia Jones was a student of the North Carolina College for Women, graduating in 1920 with a Bachelor degree in Music. She was a member of the Cornelian Society, the Chorus, and the Y.W.C.A. Choir.
The Cornelia Jones Scrapbook dates from 1916 to 1920. Among its contents are pictures and photographs, autographs and sentiments, invitations, event programs, college documents, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other memorabilia.
Method of Acquisition
Transferred from Classed Archives in September 2008.
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Processing Information
Processed and encoded by Andrea Cole, June 2010.
- Title
- Cornelia Jones Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- 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