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Woman's College of the University of North Carolina -- Alumni and alumnae

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Clara Booth Byrd Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0020
Abstract Clara Booth Byrd was an alumna of the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) and spent several decades working on behalf of the Alumnae Association, eventually serving as director of the Alumnae House. She also established the Historical Book Club of North Carolina and served as president of the UNCG Friends of the Library.The Clara Booth Byrd Papers contain correspondence, meeting minutes, drawings, photographs, blueprints, construction contracts and specifications, and...
Dates: 1892 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1970

Jean Farley Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0033
Abstract

Jean Farley (1928-1974) was a poet and a 1950 alumna of Woman's College (now UNCG).

This collection includes draft copies of Farley's book of poems, Figure and Field, and a number of additional poems.

Dates: 1970 and undated

Charlesanna L. Fox Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0049
Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, photographs, and biographical materials documenting her experience as a camp librarian at Camp Lejeune, NC, and at Pear Harbor, HI; along with various printed materials, including newspaper clippings and souvenirs, and an oral history transcript, 5 March 1999.

Dates: 1942-2008

Caroline Morrison Garrett Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0426
Scope and Contents The collection includes materials created and/or used by Caroline Morrison during her time serving as a dietetic student at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and as a dietitian in the Army Medical Corps from 1944 through 1947.The collection contains correspondence, educational materials, military records, newspaper clippings, photographs, pins and patches, publications, scrapbooks and an oral history...
Dates: 1941-1948

Caroline Morrison Garrett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0287
Abstract

Caroline Morrison Garrett was a student at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) from 1940-1944. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics.

The collection contains correspondence, journals, scrapbooks, and records from Garrett's years attending the Woman's College (now UNCG).

Dates: 1940 - 1960; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1944

Ellen Griffin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0130
Content Description This collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, notes, publications, records, and audiovisual materials related to Ellen Griffin, National Golf Foundation, Athletic Federation of College Women, and Griffin's career as a golf instructor. The collection contains materials related to her time as a Woman's College (now UNCG) Physical Education professor and coach, as a golf education consultant at National Golf Foundation, and as the founder, owner, and instructor...
Dates: 1929 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1980

Agnes "Scottie" Hudson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0339
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an interview, textiles, and photographs.

Dates: Other: 1961 - 2008

Margaret Alice Bennett Mauney Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0396
Abstract

Margaret Alice Bennett Mauney attended Woman's College (now UNCG) from 1956-1960.

The scrapbook contains correspondence, ephemera, newspaper clippings, and photographs from Margaret's time at Woman's College.

Dates: 1956 - 1960; Other: Date acquired: 2010 April 15

Maggie V. McPherson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0123
Scope and Contents

The collection includes printed materials; including newsletters; booklets; yearbooks; and clippings especially from her time in Korea. Also, it includes 3 scrapbooks that document McPherson's Red Cross service, 1947-1959; additional scrapbook of club service at Double Five, Osan, Korea, 1959-1960.

Dates: 1943-1976

Heather Ross Miller Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0028
Abstract

Heather Ross Miller (1939- ) received both her undergraduate degree and Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from UNCG. She went on to become an award-winning author and an instructor in reading and writing.

This collection includes manuscripts of three of Miller's books and two unpublished poems.

Dates: 1964 - 1968

Margaret Catherine Moore Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0088
Abstract

Margaret Catherine Moore (1913-1975) was a Woman's College alumna, nurse and nurse educator after whom the UNCG School of Nursing building is named. The Margaret Catherine Moore Papers date from 1913 to 1982 and contain biographical material, diplomas and degrees, a high school annual, photographs, Moore's thesis from New York University, and World War II materials.

Dates: 1913 - 1982

Judith Bullock Nisbet Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0056
Scope and Contents Judith Bullock Nisbet was born in Red Springs, North Carolina, and served in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Emergency Services-Navy) from 1942 to 1943. An oral history interview, memoir, photographs and textiles primarily document Nisbet's service during World War II. The oral history interview provides information about Nisbet's childhood in Red Springs, N.C., during the Depression, her education at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, and her service as a WAVE. Prominent...
Dates: 1942-1999

Dorothy Turlington Norment Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0187
Abstract

Dorothy Turlington was a 1943 graduate of Woman's College (now UNCG) and a fifth grade teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Dorothy Turlington Norment Papers date from approximately 1935 to 1947 and include letters, greeting cards, a wedding invitation, newspaper clippings, grades and schedules from Woman's College and an ORD program.

Dates: circa 1935-1947 and undated

Mary "Pat" Elizabeth Partridge Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0310
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, maps, patches, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and official documents pertaining to Partridge's Red Cross service.

Dates: 1935-1972

Jessie Rosenberg Schell Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0034
Abstract

Jessie Rosenberg Schell is a freelance writer who received both her bachelor's degree and an MFA in creative writing from UNCG. This collection contains an undated draft copy of her 1977 novel, Sudina.

Dates: 1967

Paulette Pat Sweeney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0553
Abstract

Paulette Pat Sweeney served in the American Red Cross from 1964-1966. During this time she spent thirteen months working in Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas Programs throughout South Korea before spending a year working at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Dates: 1962-1966; Other: Date acquired: 11/10/2013

Mary Ellen West Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WV 0059
Abstract

Mary Ellen West (b. 1922) of Dover, North Carolina, served in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1943 to 1946.

The Mary Ellen West Papers primarily date from 1943 to 1948 and contain papers, printed material, photographs, textiles, artifacts, and an oral history interview which document West's military service.

Dates: 1943-1948, 1999; Other: Majority of material found within 1943 - 1948

Sylvia Wilkinson Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0032
Abstract

Sylvia Wilkinson (1940- ) is an alumna of Woman's College (now UNCG) and an award-winning author.

This collection contains editor's notes, a book review, and manuscripts of Wilkinson's books, Moss on the North Side and A Killing Frost.

Dates: 1964 - 1968