Anna Dorsey Cooke Allison Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Allisons Greek 303 class notes, her freshman Duc cap, a scrapbook she kept while an undergradate at William & Mary, and her gym shirt.
The scrapbook includes ephemera such as pins, tickets stubs, and programs, as well as the 1955 orientation program, a meal ticket, and her Rush schedule. Also included in the scrapbook are her student identification cards from all four years.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1959
Creator
- Allison, Anna Dorsey Cooke (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Biographical / Historical
Anna Dorsey Cooke Allison graduated from William & Mary in 1959.
Extent
1.0 Linear Foot
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anna Dorsey Cooke Allison in 2016 (accession 2016.187).
Separated Materials
A second gym shirt was removed and added to the Education Collection so that it can be used for exhibits.
Source
- Allison, Anna Dorsey Cooke (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Anna Dorsey Cooke Allison Papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository