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Martha Barksdale Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 6.004
Scope and Contents

The papers include Martha Barksdale's diary for 1918-1919, recording her experiences as a member of the first class of women at William and Mary. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs that document student activities and women's sports at the college from her student years to her teaching career. The bulk of the photographs date from the 1920s-1940s.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Catherine Dennis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.004
Scope and Contents The papers of Catherine Dennis include pages from the scrapbook she kept at the College of William and Mary. Dennis was part of the first class of women to attend William and Mary beginning in 1918. Photographs feature Dennis and other students, including Martha Barksdale, around campus. The collection also includes an invitation to the Students' Army Training Corps Ball, a letter from William and Mary President Lyon G. Tyler to Catherine Dennis, and a copy of the September 1974 Alumni...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Department of Home Economics Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 207
Scope and Contents

This collection includes the annual report, course list, and invitations for the Department of Home Economics at the College of William and Mary.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Laura Parrish Papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.036
Scope and Contents

This collection contains completed questionnaires sent to women who attended William and Mary between 1918 and 1945, keypunch cards recording the data, computer printouts, and a code book. This data was gathered by Laura Parrish for her thesis "When Mary Entered with her Brother William: Women Students at the College of William and Mary, 1918-1945" (M. A. Thesis, College of William and Mary, 1988).

Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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College of William and Mary--Students 2
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Scrapbooks 2
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Athletics--Study and teaching 1
Athletics--United States 1
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Coeducation--United States--History--20th century 1
Coeducation--Virginia 1
College sports--United States--History--20th century 1
College sports--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Correspondence 1
Diaries 1
Education, Higher--Virginia--History 1
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 1
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Invitations 1
Reports 1
Student Government--Women Students' Cooperative Government Association 1
Student Rules--Women 1
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Barksdale, Martha, 1900-1974 2
Chamings, Dorothy Thurza Louise, d. 1958 1
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 1
College of William and Mary. 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of Home Economics 1
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Dennis, Catherine 1
Dept. of Home Economics 1
Parrish, Laura Frances 1
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 1
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