Martha Virginia Sleet was a student at William & Mary, 1924-1928. After graduating, he taught school for a short time, then became a medical secretary and worked in medical records until her retirement in the mid-1970s. Her father had been a physician. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Acc. 1985.079. Accession 2022.189 donated by Robbie Stonebraker.
A green and orange William & Mary pennant, a purple and yellow Atlantic University pennant, a Phi Beta Kappa Key from 1930, two football pins, a basketball pin, and a William & Mary button are housed and described in the University Archives Artifact Collection.
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Martha Virginia Sleet Collection, Special Collections Research Center, College of William & Mary Libraries.
The Martha Virginia Sleet Collection contains correspondence, photographs, and student publications collected by Martha Virginia Sleet while she was a student at William & Mary. Included in the collection are various issues of the student newspaper, The Flat Hat, an issue of The Scalper that contains information about fraternities and sororities on campus in 1925, and William & Mary football programs from the 1920s. In addition, the collection includes donations of materials that document the life of Martha Virginia Sleet.
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan and Mary Mildred Sullivan awards are presented to undergraduate senior students at multiple Universities across the United States. Named for the first president of the Southern Society of New York, Lawyer Algernon Sydney Sullivan, the awards recognize students and members of the college community who have provided service to others in their communities.