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Women--Socialization

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Jane M. Ruffin Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-071
Scope and Contents

One circa 1909-1920 scrapbook of cards, invitations, correspondence, telegrams, photographs, score cards, sketches, programs, ticket stubs, receipts, business cards, clippings, napkins, ribbons, menus, and other ephemera of Jane M. Ruffin. The scrapbook contains programs for Maury High School in the 1910s, theater programs for plays, musicals, and movies, and ephemera relating to trips to New York, Kentucky, Vermont, China, and Japan.

Dates: created: 1894-1942, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Jean Curry Cooke Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-250
Scope and Contents

One book listing 327 individuals' names and gifts received from each for an engagement party or wedding shower of Jean Curry Cooke and Charles James Andrews of Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs, possibly from a honeymoon, used checks, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. Also included is a Christmas greeting card from Virginia McKnew in 1970.

Dates: created: 1903-1970; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Lena Rosa Knecht Autograph Book

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-281
Scope and Contents

Autographs and comments from classmates of Lena Rosa Knecht, who graduated in 1934 from Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1934; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Margaret Thomas Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-075
Scope and Contents

One 1927-1929 scrapbook relating to Margaret Thomas during her time at Maury High School. The 142-page scrapbook includes information about school clubs, report cards, football games, and personal saying and jokes. It also includes photographs taken at Maury High school in Norfolk, Virginia and at Camp Owaissa in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The scrapbook also contains select dates for local newspaper headlines during World War II.

Dates: created: 1921-1945, undated; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Margery Eldredge Howell Papers

 Collection — 3 boxes
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-219
Scope and Contents Poems by Mary Eldredge Howell from approximately 1907 to 1946. The collection contains both handwritten and typescript copies of her poems, with typescript materials frequently cross-referenced to the four handwritten composition books. Also, one September 1936 - May 1941 minute book from the Writers' Club of Norfolk and one 1899-1907 photograph album. The album contains photographs of Margery Eldredge Howell, family and friends, and various scenes in Norfolk, Virginia; Virginia Beach,...
Dates: created: 1899-1946; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/0000

Martha Iredell Scrapbooks

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-062
Scope and Contents

Two 1920s-1930s scrapbooks created by Martha Southgate Iredell. The scrapbooks feature newspaper clippings relating to the Norfolk German Club debutantes and Norfolk society, dance invitations, calling cards, wedding invitations, theater programs from Wells Theatre, and exhibit catalogs from the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1927-1934; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Mary Arthur Billups Scrapbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-056
Scope and Contents Three 1927-1944 scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, correspondence, and other ephemera relating to Maury High School, Virginia State Teachers College, high school and college football, social engagements, sororities, wedding announcements, and the United States Navy during World War II. The first two scrapbooks dating from 1927 to 1935 and from 1935 to 1942 are personal to Mary Arthur Billups (Prince), whereas the third scrapbook dating from 1941 to 1944...
Dates: created: 1927-1944, undated; Other: Date acquired: 09/11/1991

Mary Hall Whitehurst Scrapbook

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-081
Scope and Contents

One circa 1960s-1970s scrapbook of poems, correspondence, greeting cards, and newspaper clippings relating to Edna Reed Hainsworth of Norfolk, Virginia. Letters and greeting cards were addressed from Edna Reed Hainsworth and sent to Mary Hall Whitehurst, who presumably compiled the scrapbook.

Dates: created: 1918-1978; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Mary Sinton Leitch Poetry Papers

 Collection — 1 folder
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-029
Scope and Contents

Circa 1950s poems and one letter written by Mary Sinton Leitch. Several poems are dated after 1952 and place the poet at "Wycherley" on the Lynnhaven, Bayside, Virginia.

Dates: created: circa 1950s; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Monday Club Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-149
Scope and Contents Minutes, organizational records, programs, and papers of the Monday Club in Norfolk, Virginia. The minutes cover 1892-1902, 1914-1918, and 1962-2008. There are also copies of the club's constitution from 1916-2005. Correspondence in the collection is dated 1955 and 1992-2011. There are also photographs of Monday Club members, most of which were taken during the 100th Anniversary Luncheon on October 12, 1992. A list of topics discussed during each year's club meetings ranges in date from...
Dates: created: 1892-2022; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1962