Women's History Commons^™

Feminist Futures And Campus Changes: Dismantling Ursinus College's Greek Life, Jordan Ostrum

Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics

No abstract provided.

The Papers Of Pamella Tucker Farley, Brooklyn College

Finding Aids

The collection Papers of Tucker Pamella Farley contains primarily materials related to her teaching and activism in Brooklyn College. It includes syllabi, readings, bibliographies, students’ tests and papers, and correspondence that span over two decades. These materials help document the history of the Women’s Studies Program at Brooklyn College, and reveal the incorporation and development of lectures in the program. In addition, there are professional papers related to conferences and professional courses she attended, as well as article submissions. This collection also features newspaper clippings and flyers, mostly related to women and literature, but also related to lesbianism and women …

The Spinster (2016), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Charles Lewis Cocke Papers, Beth S. Harris

Finding Aids: Guides to the Collections

Personal and professional papers of Charles Lewis Cocke, educator, founder and first president of Hollins University, and Baptist layman.

Anna Julia Cooper: A Quintessential Leader, Janice Y. Ferguson

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This study is a leadership biography which provides, through the lens of Black feminist thought, an alternative view and understanding of the leadership of Black women. Specifically, this analysis highlights ways in which Black women, frequently not identified by the dominant society as leaders, have and can become leaders. Lessons are drawn from the life of Anna Julia Cooper that provides new insights in leadership that heretofore were not evident. Additionally, this research offers provocative recommendations that provide a different perspective of what leadership is among Black women and how that kind of leadership can inform the canon of leadership. …

Remembering Evelyn, Lisa K. Miller

DLPS Faculty Publications

This is a Powerpoint presentation shown at the November 21, 2014 Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award Luncheon held in the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The travel slides were loaned to WKU Libraries by Miss Thurman's nephews, Jeff Newton and Steve Newton.

Amanda Toney-Logan And Myrtis Sullivan, Amanda Toney-Logan '74, Myrtis Sullivan '74, Elissa Ledvort 2013

All oral histories

The primary subject of this joint interview is the founding of the Iota Zeta Chapter of the national service fraternity Delta Sigma Theta. Logan served as first Vice President and Dean of Pledges. Logan and Sullivan also discuss the group's activities on campus and their thoughts on the reason the IWU chapter closed. The two friends also recount their recent efforts in getting the chapter restarted and tell stories about the connections they made in life because of their Iota Zeta friendships.

Other topics include dorm and social life, "short term" and the cost of tuition. They discuss IWU's small …

Talk To Me: Using Ohms To Index An Oral History Project, Lisa Karen Miller

DLPS Faculty Publications

The presentation discusses using the University of Kentucky's Oral History Metadata Synchronizer to index the interviews comprising the Western Kentucky University Libraries Oral History Project, conducted by Lisa Karen Miller in 2013.

The Civil War In Southwest Virginia, Darlene Richardson

Articles about Hollins and Special Collections

Ellen Adair was a sweet, somewhat silly 17-year-old and well into her second year at Hollins Institute when one day in January 1863, with the Civil War showing no sign of ending anytime soon, her father unexpectedly showed up to take her home. Ellen’s idyllic days as a Hollins student were ending, and fate held cards it had yet to show. Diary entries from the period show the impact of war on a formerly quiet part of the state.

The Spinster (2013), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University

I Must And Will Survive: The Civil War-Era Diary Of Virginia Daniel Woodroof, Class Of 1866, Beth S. Harris

Articles about Hollins and Special Collections

Virginia Daniel Woodroof's diary covers many themes, including romantic love, duty to family and God, fear for those at war, college life, worry about the future, and the struggle to do the right thing. Virginia attended Hollins Institute 1864-1866. The diary covers February 1860 to October 1894..

The Lasting Importance Of Ephemera: What Scrapbooks, Diaries, Newspapers, And Receipts Tell Us About Life At Hollins During The Civil War., Karen Adams

Articles about Hollins and Special Collections

The University Archives and Special Collections at Hollins University contain a rich collection of documents, from academic catalogs, newspapers, and diaries to receipts, scrapbooks, and other artifacts. Together they tell a story of life at Hollins during the Civil War.

John Rutherford Everett, Beth S. Harris

Articles about Hollins and Special Collections

Biographical article on Hollins University's fourth president, John "Jack" Everett (1950-1961).

The Spinster (2012), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Deborah Morton Award Ceremony Fiftieth Anniversary Keepsake, Une Library Services Westbrook College History Collection

Deborah Morton Award 50th Anniversary (2011)

From Pamphlet:

The first Deborah Morton Awards were presented on April 20th, 1961, at a public Convocation entitled "The Modern World and the Education of Woman," celebrating the 130th anniversary of the founding of Westbrook Seminary and Junior College. Mr. William S. Linnell, President of the Board of Trustees, assisted by college President Edward Y. Blewett, presented the first Awards to twelve women of the Greater Portland area who had made significant and valuable contributions to the civic, cultural, and social life of the community, in the manner of Deborah Morton who had rendered more than fifty years of distinguished …

The Spinster (2011), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Discovering The Unexpected: The Margaret Wise Brown Collection At Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University, Beth S. Harris

Articles about Hollins and Special Collections

No abstract provided.

The Spinster (2010), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

The Spinster (2009), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

The Spinster (2008), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

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.

Hollins Columns (2007 May 2), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Campus security responds to tragedy
• Temporary appointments fill empty SGA positions
• QEP and SSLs: The ABCs of first year seminars
• Examples of QEP Seminars
• Hollins Students take a voluntary vow of silence
• Indie folk artist performs at Hollins
• Students frustrated with new email system
• Library extends hour for exams
• Spring 2007 exam schedule
• Hollins Alumni reappropriates porn
• Virginia tech victims are remembered
• Students question gun control policies
• Shapiro: A pretty good band
• Quality TV comes from "Mars"
• Media behavior shameful
• Columns Comic:
• Tennis team finished 3rd in ODAC
• In-House show offers friendly competition
• Fitness tips
• Hollins names …

Hollins Columns (2007 Apr 16), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Hollins elects new SGA officials
• Hollins riding places first in region, third at zone
• "Balanced Way" program offers healthy options
• Hollins golf team finished season
• "Smashed" author speaks to campus
• Renovations approved; said to start summer 2007
• Hollins professor receives George Garrett Award
• Students Participate in creating graffiti art
• Lee Smith: A true Hollins woman
• Green and gold go after the bra
• Hollins students venture "Into the Woods"
• SRLA Penny War Raises Money for SOS Fund
• A Night Out With the Drag Kings and Queens
• Porterdavis rocks our stacks
• Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in time at 84
• Fight …

Hollins Columns (2007 Apr 1), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Mrs. Degree teaches homemaking skills
• Hollins prepared for terrorist attacks
• Golf team sports Loch Ness Monster in pond
• Hollins students strip tease to success
• Out with Sodexho, in with Food Network Chefs
• Campus takes up cause to free Spears and Lohan
• 50% of Olsen Twins admitted to Hollins
• The gavel shares his life story
• "300" film embraced by Republican party
• This spring: Fugly is the New Black
• The straight and narrow path
• Columns Comic: Smokers vs. Capt Squirell
• Hollins wins Division III basketball title
• Fitness tips for bikini season

Hollins Columns (2007 Mar 13), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Grapheon presents 74th annual lit. fest
• Stables prevent spread of equine herpes
• Wilson Museum presents Godey's Lady's Book
• Students lend a helping hand in Lucea
• Housing Sign-ups Spring 2007
• Richard Rudolph conducts a new tune
• For students, Mrs. Dee means breakfast
• FBI Profiler speaks at Hollins
• OUTLoud sponsors drag king event
• Fans excited about "the Neon Bible"
• No excuse for smoking
• Hollins Comic: Critters vs. Smokers Part 1
• Varsity Tennis off to a promising start
• Lacrosse welcomes new members
• Fitness tips

Hollins Columns (2007 Feb 26), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• O'Toole acquitted of misdemeanor charges
• "Vagina Monologues" takes center stage
• Spinster staff prepares for book's release
• Wasserstein Festival held at Hollins
• Vaccine mandate under security
• Travelogues
• What's new in the study abroad programs?
• From Greece
• Share participates in service project
• Poet Brian Henry visits campus
• Hollins Columns: The new regime
• Staff Spring 2007
• Hollins Comic: Another night in Tinker
• Basketball team ends season
• Swim team exceeds expectations
• Fitness tips

The Spinster (2007), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

Hollins Columns (2006 Dec 6), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Faculty approves leadership program
• HUTV prepares for spring launch
• Women discuss careers in male-dominated fields
• Students debate faculty involvement in senate
• Safety tips for the holidays
• Class, students raise environmental awareness
• Students underrepresented at polls
• "The Queen" examines British politics
• Indie artist releases new EP
• Hollins Columns Manifesto
• Letter to the Editor: Message to Seniors
• Support the Basketball Team this January

Hollins Columns (2006 Nov 13), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Dining services address student concerns
• HPV Vaccinations available on campus
• J-Term offers new opportunities
• SGA offers student endowment
• Campus Construction
• Students speak against marriage amendment
• Curious critters cause stir on campus
• Hollins Alum leads sex discussion
• Riders focus on teamwork, skills
• Local Columnist visits class
• Intercultural center reaches out to community
• Fall Formal Enchants
• "The Prestige" creates bigscreen magic
• Virginia Coalition promote new album in Roanoke
• 7 fun ideas for bored first-years
• Join the Hollins Columns Staff for Spring '07

Hollins Columns (2006 Oct 30), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Looking back on Tinker Day celebrations
• Music department recovers from growing pains
• Burglaries on campus raise security concerns
• Career Development Center
• Visiting professors find a home on campus
• Ring Night tradition prevails
• "Place of Stones": Discovering the burren
• Fall formal plans to enchant students
• "Uncommon Women" hits the stage
• My Chemical Romance reinvent themselves in new CD
• Police and Mafia Clash in "The Departed"
• Hollins Columns seek Fresh Meat
• Correction: Student sets record straight