M'Ledge Moffett Collection: World War II Era Community and College Documents , 1938-1946

Access and use

Location of collection:
Radford University
University Archives
McConnell Library
Radford University
P.O. Box 6881
801 East Main Street
Radford, VA 24142
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Bud Bennett
Phone: (540) 831-5694
Phone: (540) 831-5701

Summary

Extent:
4.0 Linear feet
Creator:
M'Ledge Moffett
Abstract:
The M'Ledge Moffett Collection: World War II Era Community and College Documents contains correspondence, government publications, local organizational publications, newspaper clippings, gas rationing documents, and official local records related to M'Ledge Moffett's membership and leadership in local organizations during World War II. The collection reflects the original order of Moffett's files, and whenever possible, notes the specific contents of folders and envelopes saved by Moffett.M'Ledge Moffett Collection: World War II Era Community and College Documents
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The M'Ledge Moffett Collection: World War II Era Community and College Documents contains correspondence, government publications, local organizational publications, newspaper clippings, gas rationing documents, and official local records related to M'Ledge Moffett's membership and leadership in local organizations during World War II.The collection reflects the original order of Moffett's files, and whenever possible, notes the specific contents of folders and envelopes saved by Moffett. This is a 7 Box collection.

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Biographical / historical:

M'Ledge Moffett was born in 1892, the only child of William Ledgerwood Moffett and Mary Stoops Moffett. The name M'Ledge was formed from shortened versions of her parents names, Mary and Ledgerwood. She was hired at what is now Radford University in 1913 by President J.P McConnell as the youngest faculty member and the only member of the Household Arts Department. For the first several years after the college opened, Moffett taught all of the Household Arts courses (Elementary Sewing, Elementary Cooking and Household Management) which met five times a week.

In 1920, the Radford Normal School was reorganized and McConnell appointed Moffett as the new Dean of Women, a year before she received her Master of Arts degree. She was the first person to hold that post at any of the Virginia institutions of higher education. During the World War II years (1941-45) she was active in community and college defense planning and preparation. She was a leader in the community Civilian Mobilization program and was active in planning and educating the community about Victory Gardens. This collection contains official publications, correspondence, memoranda, and documents related to Victory Gardens, the Red Cross, Civilian Mobilization, Child Care, Nutrition, and other topics related to the domestic front at Radford College and the city of Radford during World War II. She held the Dean's post until her retirement in 1962. She died in 1969.

Arrangement:

This is a seven box collection that reflects the original order of Moffett's files, and whenever possible, notes the specific contents of folders and envelopes saved by Moffett.

Physical location:
Locked in compact shelving, level 1, shelf 20E.
Physical description:
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