May Cornelius Van Tromp Downs Collection

Location of collection:

Longwood University

Archives and Special Collections

Greenwood Library

Longwood University

401 Redford Street

Farmville, VA 23909

Contact for questions and access:

Email: specialcollections@longwood.edu

Phone: (434) 395-2432

Fax: (434) 395-2453

Web: digitalcommons.longwood.edu/special

Summary

Extent:

1 Folder

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a history of the State Teachers College Class of 1933.

Biographical / historical:

May Cornelius Van Tromp Downs was born on December 29, 1911 in Pulaski County, Virginia. She graduated from [then] State Teachers College in 1933 with a bachelor's degree in history. During her time at the school she was involved in many organizations, including: Granddaughter's Club (her mother, Sallie Willette Leache, attended the school in 1898), Dramatic Club, Executive Board, Field Hockey, the Y.W.C.A, and the Athletic Association.

Custodial history:

This collection was donated to the Greenwood Library Archives in 2012 by May Cornelius Van Tromp Down's son, Bill Ellis, retired professor at Penn State University.