Lelia Marion Bryant Memorabilia, 1932/1934

Location of collection:

Longwood University

Archives and Special Collections

Greenwood Library

Longwood University

401 Redford Street

Farmville, VA 23909

Contact for questions and access:

Email: specialcollections@longwood.edu

Phone: (434) 395-2432

Fax: (434) 395-2453

Web: digitalcommons.longwood.edu/special

Summary

Extent:

1 Folder and 1 Object

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection, which dates ca.1932 to 1934, consists of a freshman "rat cap" beanie and a diploma.

Biographical / historical:

Lelia Marion Bryant of Carrsville, Virginia was born in 1913 to Walter Bryant and Gertrude (Lewis) Bryant. In 1932 she enrolled in then State Teachers College in Farmville, Virginia, earning her diploma in 1934. While a student at State Teachers College, Bryant was a member of the Granddaughters Club, College Choir, YWCA, and the Athletic Association.

Custodial history:

The items in this collection, which belonged to Lelia Marion Bryant while she was a student at State Teachers College, were donated to the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations by Marienne Stern of Avon Lake, Ohio. It is unknown when this collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Bryant, Lelia Marion