LU_308Marguerite Wiatt CollectionLU.308Benedict ChatelainGreenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

March 10, 2021

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-07 13:51:18 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections Marguerite Wiatt Collection Wiatt, Marguerite. LU.308 1.45 Linear Feet 1 archival flat box and 1 archival photograph binder 1916-1917 English . 01 of 01 15 Restrictions on Access

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 Biographical sketch

Marguerite Mackey Wiatt of Gloucester County, Virginia was born in 1897. From 1915 to 1917 she attended [then] State Normal School for Women. While at the school she was a member of Pierian Literary Society, the Love Set Tennis Club, the Junior and Senior Basketball Teams, and served on the YWCA Membership Committee.

 Ownership and Custodial History

The materials in this collection were donated to the Greenwood Library Archives by Louise M. Corbo in May 2017.

 General Note

The photographs and diploma in this collection have been digitized and are available on request

 Scope and content

This collection, which dates from 1916 to 1917, consists of a Senior Class songbook (3) photographs, and Marguerite Wiatt's 1917 diploma.

 Wiatt, Marguerite Mackey. Senior Class, Songs, State Normal School, Farmville, Virginia (booklet)191701 of 01Marguerite Wiatt diploma, State Normal School for Women191701 of 01

Marguerite Wiatt, Diploma, 1917

PhotographsGroup photo of 10 women in front of unidentified building308.0011 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph10"x8" 15

Group photo of 10 women

General

Inscribed on reverse: "Marguerite-Bottom row-1st on left"

Field Day winners, Women dressed in middie blouses, with baseball equipment308.0021 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph mounted on board6"x10" 191615

Field Day winners, 1916

General

Inscribed on reverse: Those winning points on Field Day 1916, S.N.S." "Marguerite, in middle, seated on ground"

Junior Class Basketball Team308.0031 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph mounted on board6.25"x10.25"191715

Junior Class Basketball Team, 1917

General

Inscribed on reverse: "Marguerite, 5th from left." "M. Wiatt, Junior Team, 1916, S.N.S"