This collection deals primarily with Dorothy Jones' career as a professor at the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary, Old Dominion College, and Old Dominion University. Included in the collection are directories; reports; studies; pamphlets; papers; correspondence; newspaper clippings; photos; speeches, and various other material. The collection does not contain a lot of personal information about Dr. Jones.
The collection is organized into four series: Series I: Head of Merchandising; Series II: Associate Professor of Business Administration; Series III: Retirement; and Series IV: Albums/Scrapbooks.
Open to researchers without restrictions.
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Dorothy M. Jones
Gift.
Oral Histories in the Perry Library:
[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
The collection was processed by and finding aid completed by Victoria Winn in February 2005.
Dorothy M. Jones was a professor at Old Dominion University from 1954-1976. She retired after 20 years of teaching and passed away in 1992. Ms. Jones was one of four children of a schoolteacher. Ms. Jones attended Randolph Macon Women's College from 1928 until 1932, when she graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Abnormal Psychology. After graduating from Randolph Macon, Dorothy Jones was offered two fellowships. She decided to accept the fellowship offered by New York University. In 1933, she graduated with a Masters degree in Marketing from New York University.
After graduation, Jones began her business career by being retained at Stern Brothers as an Assistant Buyer in the Fashion Department. She later transferred to Lord and Taylor and served in a similar position. Jones would eventually end up working for Consolidated Millinery Department and through that company would be transferred to 3 different states during her 14-year employment with the company.
It was when Jones suffered a foot injury that required surgery that she decided to pursue a teaching career. So Jones joined Old Dominion University (then the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary) as the Head of the Merchandising Department in 1954, and continued to serve as the head until 1959. Jones served as the Assistant Professor of Distributive Education during her career in the Merchandising Department as well. When she left that Distributive Education, Ms. Branigan and Joe Bigs followed her to fill that position. Jones served in the capacity of Head of Merchandising for five years until 1959 when she left that position to become the Associate Professor of Business Management in the School of Business, until her retirement in 1976. Jones retired with Emeritus status and she was an integral figure in promoting the conception, establishment, and organization of the ODU Emeriti program.
During her career at Old Dominion University, Jones eventually sought funds from local businesses to establish the founding of a Chair of Merchandising within the Business Department. She was unable to obtain this goal before her retirement, a fact that disappointed her. There are two scholarships at Old Dominion University that are connected to Dorothy Jones. The first is one that she established in honor of her parents, which is the Bagwell-Jones scholarship. The second scholarship shows the popularity of Jones with her students and the impact that she had on their lives. A former student of Jones' established it anonymously in her honor.
Note written by Victoria Winn
This series contains pictures, papers and material relating to Dorothy M. Jones during her time as the Head of the Merchandising Department.
Chronologically
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Articles Relating toJDorothy Jones' Tenure as Department Head, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Paperwork Filed with Distributive Education, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Pennywise Shopping Survey, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Graduate Paper by Dorothy Jones Submitted at Chapel Hill, Newspaper Articles Relating to Her Time in Chapel Hill, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Correspondence and Subsequent Publications with the National Research Bureau, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series contains pictures, papers and material relating to Dorothy M. Jones during her tenure with the Department of Business Management. Of particular interest would be the number of Shopping surveys Ms. Jones completed during this time.
Chronologically
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Shopping Survey, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Graduate Paper by Dorothy Jones Submitted at Chapel Hill, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Essays and Publications, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Research and Papers on the Williamsburg Pottery, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, Newspaper Articles on the Williamsburg Pottery, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, Newspaper Articles Relating to Dorothy Jones as Associate Professor of Business Management, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, Class Materials, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, ODU Campus, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, Guidelines for Professors Handbook, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, Personal Correspondence, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, Shopping Survey, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 7, Naval Supply Center Speech, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 8, GEX, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 9, Student Wives' Club, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 10, Essays and Publications, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series contains papers that were in the collection that are dated after her retirement. The papers related mainly to Emeriti matters.
Chronological
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 11, Emeriti Matters, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 12, Blue Cross/Blue Shield Emeriti Paperwork, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 13, Library, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 14, Miscellaneous Paperwork, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 15, Woolworth Book, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 16, North Carolina Court of Appeals Book, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series is interesting and valuable as it contains the scrapbooks and albums that Ms. Jones constructed herself. The original were preserved through copies and the original material was removed in the interests of preservation. The documents in this series range from a number of photographs to programs for events and personal letters and correspondence
chronological
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, Copy of the Original Scrapbook, 1955, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Original Material From Scrapbook, 1955, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Copy of the Original Scrapbook, Volume One, 1954-1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Original Material From Scrapbook, Volume One, 1954-1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Copy of the Original Scrapbook, Volume Two, 1954-1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Original Material From Scrapbook, Volume Two, 1954-1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Copy of the Original Scrapbook, Book One, 1956-1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, Original Material From Scrapbook, Book One, 1956-1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Copy of the Original Scrapbook, Book Two, 1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Copy of the Original Scrapbook, Book Three, 1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, Original Material From Scrapbook, Book Three, 1957, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Copy of Original Scrapbook, 1957-1958, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, Original Material From Scrapbook, 1957-1958, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Original Material From Scrapbook, 1957-1958, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, Original Material From Scrapbook, 1957-1958, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 4, Original Material From Scrapbook, 1957-1958, Dorothy M. Jones Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.