Women's History Commons^™

Abwa (June 1996), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Abwa (May 1996), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Hollins Columns (1996 Apr 30), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Bookshop manager justifies textbook prices
• Housing problems surface during sign-ups
• Thank you and good luck
• The library responds to students
• Senior Wills from the Class of '96
• Roberta retires, future of Health Services questioned
• The hardest to learn is the least complicated
• Spring Dance Concert Series inspires audiences
• Tennis makes final wrap up
• What makes Hollins...Hollins?

Hollins Columns (1996 Apr 15), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Institutional Effectiveness: Hollins gears up for phase 2 or reaccreditation
• Executive producer of 'Larry King Live' to speak at 1996 commencement
• Leadership: an opportunity and an adventure
• Ritalin: A Wonder Drug?
• Theatre deserves recognition
• Freya thanks the Hollins community for support
• Student frustrated with SGA elections
• Freshman characteristics: Results of national survey
• 'New look' for Paris program
• Two years of Hollins Take Care
• Work continues on the Habitat for Humanity House
• Scholarships available in D.C.
• Arkansas Bear delights, inspires audiences
• Roanoke provides alternatives
• Riding team wins top showing at ODAC meet
• Lacrosse team wins big

Hollins Columns (1996 Apr 1), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Disgruntled Hollins Columns staff sets fire to newspaper office
• Editor seeks help
• Dear Hollie Collie.....
• Stop the parking madness!
• Spies defects from Hollins over embarrassment of tennis courts
• Congrats to Hollins Recycling Program
• Hillary Rodham Clinton to be President of Hollins College
• 1996 Commencement speaker announced to student body
• Hollins reaching new highs
• A new crew at Hollins sets to enlarge creek
• Spring Cotillion highlights old favorites
• Missing mail found...finally
• Movie to be filmed at Hollins: Extras needed!!!
• MAI-TAI and SHAB save the day
• New events bring interesting options to Hollins campus

Hollins Columns (1996 Mar 18), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Ring Night causes controversy
• Hollins literary festival showcases new talent
• Right Night: More than just three days of craziness
• Students respond to library survey
• Plagiarism plagues student
• Golden Rule dinner supports Habitat
• Yearbook complications cause delay
• BSA to host forum on racial issues
• Ring Night complaint
• W&L Mock Convention draws a large crowd
• The 1996 Presidential election update
• Disappearing Acts fine intro to McMillan's honest world
• Roanoke events provide activities
• Academy Awards are bound to be interesting
• Redford, Pfeiffer light up silver screen
• Get involved with PREVIEWS program, April 11-12
• SHAB advises women to get to know …

Abwa (March 1996), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Hollins Columns (1996 Mar 4), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Crist speaks about financial future of Hollins
• Hollins celebrates 100th anniversary of athletic program
• The Honor Code: Outdated or eternal?
• No place to party for faculty
• LEO continues tradition of recognizing campus leaders
• Tech law suit questions campus judicial systems
• Women's Studies: On the frontier of feminism?
• W&L faces new rules about drinking
• African-American employees honored at banquet
• Roanoke offers attractions for students in the spring semester
• Europe not worth 84 cents
• Roanoke County Police apprehend suspect in apartment break-in
• Player's number means more than meets the eye
• Riding team prepares for the Hollins Medal finals on …

Hollins Columns (1996 Feb 19), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Founder's Day unveils historic exhibit
• New year brings changes, challenges
• Christmas Day bullfight in Mexico City
• Alumna expresses disagreement with Hollins, Sweet Briar and R-M Woman's College consortium
• Hollins Basketball, according to Professor Spies
• Hollins hospitality comes to the rescue
• Great change for Hollins can't take place overnight
• Student endorses intimacy of the Hollins community
• Correction
• VMI deliberation impacts area colleges
• SHAB sponsors Eaten Alive
• Author Naylor inspires students
• Roanoke sights offer alternatives to road-trips
• Senior theater project: A behind the scenes look at The Eclipse
• French Film Festival
• Hillier Group unveils master plan for campus
• Reggae …

Abwa (February 1996), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Hollins Columns (1996 Jan 22), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Memories of the Storm of the Century
• A Snow Day at Hollins
• Evolution of Sweet Briar University
• Letter from the Editor
• More memories of Anne Harper
• Gloria Naylor to speak at Hollins in February
• 28 Students Named to Who's Who
• Calendar of Events
• Hollins basketball team reaches turning point
• Review of student art exhibit in Art Annex
• Buck Mountain Grille: A palatable choice
• Student-directed play is a 'light drama'
• Waiting to Exhale leaves viewers breathless

Abwa (January 1996), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Westbrook College Yearbook 1996, Une Library Services Westbrook College History Collection

Yearbooks

1996 yearbook of Westbrook College in Portland, Maine.

Ua94/6/1 Scrapbook, Anna Jo Cook, Betty Jo Cook

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

Photo scrapbook created by twins Anna Jo Cook Pickens and Betty Jo Cook Gibson. They were recruited as cheerleaders by E.A. Diddle in 1944. Items date from 1941 through 1996.

Clippings:

• Is Betrothed - Betty Jo Cook
• Starting Lineup for the Hilltoppers
• Cook Twins Praised Highly for Cheering
• Harmony & Rhythm
• Cook Twins to Tour with Western Quintet
• Western Whooper-Uppers
• McNerney, Jerry. Cook Twins Wow 'Em
• Pennington, Penny. Strictly Personal
• Friday Nighter's Cup Goes to Cook Twins
• Production Credit Association Annual Stockholders Meeting Set for Saturday
• Okay, Bring on the Twins, Is Reply for All-Star Game
• Knott, Larry. Western to …

Ua77/3 Margaret Munday Oral History, Gene Crume

WKU Administration Documents

An interview in 1996 with Margaret Munday first African American undergraduate to attend Western Kentucky University conducted by Gene Crume.

Adams County History 1996

Adams County History

No abstract provided.

Fin De Siecle Diana: The New Woman Discovers The Maine Woods, Nan Cumming Ma

All Student Scholarship

Women's roles were in flux during the late nineteenth centuury and early twentieth century. Faced with neurasthenia and other health problems, many upper and middle class women accepted the suggestions of doctors and social reformers that they take more exercise, usually in the form of calisthenics and bicycling.The quest for genuine experience in the increasingly artificial and overpopulated cities brought many male sports to Maine's untamed woods and, by 1890, women joined them in increasing numbers.

This study explores the attraction that the Maine wilderness held for upper and middle class Victorian women.

The Jameson Raid (1758) As A Focus For Historical Inquiry, Charles H. Glatfelter

Adams County History

Each year the Adams County Historical Society receives inquiries either in person or by mail from persons asking for information about a young woman who with the rest of her family was seized and carried off from their home in what is now Adams county during the French and Indian War. She was the only member of that family who was not slaughtered as the raiding party and its captives moved into the western part of Pennsylvania. The subsequent life of this woman among the Indians was deemed of sufficient historical importance that she was chosen to be among some …

The Spinster (1996), Hollins College

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)

0639: Huntington Homemakers Papers, 1957-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

African-American extension homemakers’ group of Huntington, West Virginia Papers consist of programs of events, correspondence, certificates, photographs, club rosters and newspaper clippings.

0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Point Pleasant, West Virginia, teacher. Papers consist primarily of letters written to Mrs. Rayburn from West Virginia state legislators regarding her lobbying efforts to raise teacher retirement benefits. Includes material related to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, and local history of Point Pleasant and Mason Co., West Virginia.

James Sisters Papers - Accession 869, James Sisters

Manuscript Collection

The James Sisters Papers consist of personal correspondence between the sisters and their parents while they attended Winthrop and other papers, memorabilia, and photographs relating to their college and professional lives.

Hollins Columns (1995 Dec 11), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Maggie breaks it to us...she's leaving
• Students honor Anne Harper's life and mourn her death in memorial services, candlelight vigil
• The Last Word: Memories of Anne
• One final note...
• A letter of thanks to Freya from NEFA
• Lack of information is a frustration for some students
• Abroader reports from Kenya, thanks students for support
• Professor Spies on basketball and the White Gift Service
• Final plans unveiled for new campus library
• Renovations provide for "un-Pleasant" reorganization during spring semester
• Abroader Update: reports from Australia and Italy
• Casino: A Safe Bet
• Virginia gets new area code
• December named National …

Abwa (November 1995), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Hollins Columns (1995 Nov 7), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Institutional work study confusion rectified
• Just one final thank you
• The Last Word: Learning to thrive in the working world
• Student expresses thoughts on Shannon Faulkner
• Edwards and Lipkes discuss HAP program changes
• Recent campus theft raises questions about security
• April in Paris becomes a reality
• Cinema Society to show controversial film
• Days: more hectic than Strange
• Hollywood goes Prime Time
• Hoon's death leaves many asking, 'Who's next?'
• Midterms+Papers+Quizzes+Theses=STRESS
• Juniors and Seniors, please apply for ODK
• News From London, Paris, Vienna, Puebla, and Florence
• The Mariachis are coming!
• Fall sports teams wrap up successful season

Abwa (October 1995), Department Of Library Special Collections

The Colonelette

On September 22, 1949, Shirley Cupp, Irma Beisel, Frances Stuckey and Mr. Hilary Bufton Jr. met in a coffee shop in downtown Kansas City to incorporate the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA). Jean Fulkerson helped start The Kentucky Colonels Chapter on 3 June 1964 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Twenty-six women met at Western Hills Restaurant and elected Linda Sidebottom as the first president. Besides providing professional development opportunities for local businesswomen, the Chapter gave scholarships to women furthering their education, and held social and recognition events throughout the year. Their newsletter, “The Colonelette,” was started in June 1964. Also included …

Hollins Columns (1995 Oct 23), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Termination of Paris program shocks students
• The push for Paris program continues
• Student expresses frustration over Paris program
• Freya asks for continued anonymity
• Ad Hoc committee set precedent for finding solution for weekend boredom
• Student loses faith in the administration
• New study trips, experiences offered for Short Term
• Junior class reclaims spirit stick at annual fall pep rally
• A Midsummer's Night Dream leaves all enchanted
• Capital Campaign makes public announcement on donations
• Campus chapel opens door to gays and lesbians
• Being an athlete is no easy challenge to students
• Don't Believe the Hype: Transcending O.J.

Hollins Columns (1995 Oct 10), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• VPAA Bowen to take leave of absence
• Students fume over no smoking policy
• Reflections on a crazy week
• Publicity and Promotion chair warns against illegal banners
• Participants in Tinker Day scare drop the matter
• Are traditions taken too far?
• Respect is the key for Tinker Day
• Tennis courts are a disgrace
• Prepping for Family Weekend 1995
• Fun from binge drinking comes at a price
• HOP/LEAD introduces new coordinators and programs
• Lesbians and bisexuals question campus diversity on NCOD
• Seven leaves you reeling
• The genesis of Tinker Day
• Regional bands hit the charts
• Upcoming Wednesday Lectures
• Class of …

Hollins Columns (1995 Sept 26), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Historian speaks at Hollins
• Resident await opening of multi-cultural house
• Eating disorders: More common than you like to think
• ADA promotes school spirit
• Trash an eyesore on porch
• Student learns speeding lesson the hard way
• Changes in loft policy create confusion
• Campus phone lines abuzz with new voice mail system
• Front gates undergo major construction
• Residents of West face stricter rules
• Orientation welcomes new students
• R.E.M.: A Monster of a tour
• Hollins women: anything but couch potatoes
• Competitive cheerleading team may start
• Blast from the Past: Women's college or girls' school?
• Annual Oktoberfest to be held on …