Cora Garland Straughan Ephemera

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:
0.7 Linear Feet 1 flat box and 12 Folder
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection, which dates from 1957 to 1959, consists of ephemeral items accumulated by Cora Straughan while a student at Longwood College.

Biographical / historical:

Cora Garland Straughan of Northumberland County, Virginia was born in 1938 to Howard Randolph and Ann Rice Straughan. From 1957 to 1959, Straughan attended then-Longwood College. While a student at Longwood, she served as Freshman and Sophomore Class Secretary, Secretary of the Northern Neck Club, and was a member of Kappa Delta and the Canterbury Club.

Custodial history:

The items in this collection were accumulated by Cora Straughan while a student at Longwood College. The collection was later acquired by Nancy Shelton during her tenure with the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations. It is unknown when the collection as transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Straughan, Cora Garland