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0763: Elizabeth Francis Agee Scrapbook, 1929-1934, Marshall University Special Collections
0763: Elizabeth Francis Agee Scrapbook, 1929-1934, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of one scrapbook entitled containing photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia collected by Elizabeth Francis (later Agee) during and after her time at Marshall. Materials in the scrapbook include an autograph and note section, dance cards, sorority correspondence and invitations, student government materials, a student directory, event programs, photographs of Francis at Marshall and, later, family photographs, a gradebook for an 8th grade course taught by Francis, and other mixed materials such as handkerchiefs and calling cards. Also included in the scrapbook are slips of paper identifying subjects or items written by Susan Riggs, Agee’s daughter.
0734: Huntington High School Papers, 1890-2003, Marshall University Special Collections
0734: Huntington High School Papers, 1890-2003, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is an artificially created collection from different donors, consisting primarily of scrapbooks, programs, and other ephemera related to Huntington High School. Ephemera includes a 1920 issue of the Tatler student newspaper, commencement programs, and materials created during various class reunions for the classes of 1921, 1928, 1929, 1937, and 1945. Scrapbooks for the class of 1921 reunions and Myrtle R. Cooke’s “The Girl Graduate’s Scrapbook” include extensive amounts of photographs and printed material related to the reunions and Huntington High School respectively. Cooke’s scrapbook also includes unrelated family materials.
0681: Virginia Talbott Quay Papers, 1918-1984, Marshall University Special Collections
0681: Virginia Talbott Quay Papers, 1918-1984, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of several formats and topics of materials related to the activities of Virginia Talbott Quay, including a scrapbook of newspaper clippings dating between 1930 and 1950 about social and cultural events as well as the activities of lineage societies, including the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Other materials relate to her work with several lineage societies, including the U.S. Daughters of 1812 and Daughters of American Colonists. Also included in the collection are World War II materials such as a paper soldier cap, a pledge to sell bonds, and newspaper clippings. Other portions of the collection include …
0556: Huntington Humane Society Scrapbook, 1951-1953, Marshall University Special Collections
0556: Huntington Humane Society Scrapbook, 1951-1953, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of a scrapbook containing clippings related to the activities of the Huntington Humane Society, including adoption events, announcements in the newspaper, and more. Also included in a folder in the front of the scrapbook is an adoption application and bylaws by the Women’s Board to the organization.
0371: Irene Drukker Broh Papers, 1880-1978, Marshall University Special Collections
0371: Irene Drukker Broh Papers, 1880-1978, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of scanned copies of clippings, a book, two scrapbooks primarily about Irene Drukker Broh and her mother Sara Tobias Broh. Included are one scrapbook each by Irene and Sara, each consisting primarily of clippings about social issues and other ephemera. Also included in the collection is a significant number of clippings about Irene throughout her life, a term paper written about Irene’s activist work, and a copy of “A Literary Find” by Sara Tobias Drukker, composed of a posthumous publication of Drukker’s work. As all items in the collections are scanned, legibility varies.