Mary Dudley Williams Ephemera

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

Restrictions:

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

Summary

Extent:

1 Folder

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

The items in this collection, which date from 1917 to 1918, consist of a YWCA Handbook and a Junior Class Songbook, issued to Mary Dudley Williams when she was a student at State Normal School for Women.

Biographical / historical:

Mary Dudley Williams of Iraville, Virginia was born in 1900 to Henry Benjamin and Mattie Brown Williams. In 1917, Williams enrolled as a student at State Normal School for Women in Farmville, Virginia and earned her diploma in 1919. While a student at State Normal School for Women, she was a member of the YWCA, the Athenian Literary Society, and the Ruffner Debating Society.

Custodial history:

The items in this collection, which belonged to Mary Dudley Williams when she was a student at State Normal School for Women, were acquired by Nancy Shelton during her tenure with the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations. It is unknown when the collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Williams, Mary Dudley