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Ethel Mary Ervin Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0568
Scope and Contents
This .21 linear foot collection contains one three-ring binder with 27 pieces of original correspondence, with a transcription and photocopies. Also included are notes of recommendation, programs, and student cards. Ethel Mary “Dot” wrote most of the letters with the last letter being written by her younger brother, Albert Goode Ervin, Jr. “Budy” when he was 12 years old. “Lily” is the nickname of her mother, Elizabeth Ervin.
Dates:
1891-1903
Edith Lillian Jones Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0580
Scope and Contents
This collection contains nine photographs and seven postcards.
Dates:
1898 - 1903
Alice Parr Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0609
Scope and Contents
This .21 linear feet collection is comprised of 22 photographs, in 13 file folders, taken between 1899 and 1902 of Alice Parr, her classmates, and a University of Nashville school building. The photographs are in alphabetical order where identified, otherwise grouped by date.
Dates:
1899 - 1902
Peabody Dames Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0551
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a miscellany of records (historical, financial, membership, press, and other) from this social club connected to George Peabody College for Teachers.
The collection is .84 linear feet and covers the years 1917 until 1974. In addition there is a scrapbook containing photographs, reports, yearbooks, and programs and which includes materials from the years 1953-1957.
The collection is .84 linear feet and covers the years 1917 until 1974. In addition there is a scrapbook containing photographs, reports, yearbooks, and programs and which includes materials from the years 1953-1957.
Dates:
1917-1974
E. G. Rogers Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0368
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 49 items: 45 letters, two poems, one biographical sketch, and one newspaper clipping. These items have been placed in 27 acid-free file folders, and will be stored in one Hollinger box totaling .165 linear feet.
The majority of the correspondence includes a typed biographical notation about the writer, and his relationship to him/her. It includes a biographical sketch written by Donald Davidson as well as two of his unpublished poems.
The majority of the correspondence includes a typed biographical notation about the writer, and his relationship to him/her. It includes a biographical sketch written by Donald Davidson as well as two of his unpublished poems.
Dates:
1932-1967
James D. Squires Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0588
Overview
The James D. Squires (1943-) papers were donated to Vanderbilt University in 2005 and encompass his careers as a journalist and editor, as a political adviser, and as an author. The Nashville native graduated from Peabody College in 1966 and started his journalism career at the Tennessean.
Dates:
Inclusive: 1955-2004; Bulk: 1981-2002; Majority of material found within 1981 - 2002
F. Fagan Thompson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0448
Scope and Contents
This collection contains four items, a Birthday Meditation, a Brochure, a Holiday Greeting and Verses. They will be housed in four file folders.
Dates:
1934
Voices of Peabody
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0606
Scope and Content and History Note
This Oral History Project was begun in the spring and summer of 2005 with the intention of making an archival record of diverse experiences of the Merger in 1979 of Vanderbilt University with George Peabody College for Teachers. This electronic archive and the transcriptions along with supporting materials include 27 interviews with faculty, staff, former students, and former Board Members both at Vanderbilt and Peabody and covers a range of questions including changes brought about at both...
Dates:
multiple
Estelle Ansley Worrell Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS.0808
Scope & Contents Note
This .21 linear foot collection contains twenty-two folders with original ink and pencil illustrations. The contents consist of 198 ink costume drawings (three of which are second versions), twenty-four pages of patterns and handwritten text, seven pages of pencil drawings, and two book jackets, all from her book Early American Costume. The scope is limited to the preparation and publication of this book. Many of her images are signed and dated 1974 and the book...
Dates:
1970s