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College Life Quotes, Maine Women Writers Collection, University Of New England

Haven't A Studious Inclination: College Life In The Early 20th Century (Multi-Page Items)

Quotes used in the exhibit: Haven't a Studious Inclination: College Life in the Early 20th Century, on display at UNE in 2016.

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The Spinster (2016), Hollins University

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)

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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.

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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..

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