Susan Vandegrift Durrett Ephemera, 1945

Location of collection:

Longwood University

Archives and Special Collections

Greenwood Library

Longwood University

401 Redford Street

Farmville, VA 23909

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Restrictions:

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:

1 Object

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

The small sterling silver dish in this collection, which dates circa 1945, is engraved with the Greek letters, Phi Zeta Sigma.

Biographical / historical:

Susan Vandegrift Durrett of Richmond, Virginia was born in 1925 to William D. and Elfride S. Durrett. In 1941, she enrolled as a student at then-State Teachers College in Farmville, Virginia and graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1945. While a student at State Teachers College, Durrett was a member of Kappa Delta Pi and Phi Zeta Sigma. Shortly after graduation in 1945, she married Lawrence John Cash Salter of Ontario, Canada.

Custodial history:

The item in this collection, which belonged to Susan Vandegrift Durrett while a student at State Teachers College, was later acquired by Nancy Shelton during her tenure with the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations. It is unknown when this collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Durrett, Susan Vandegrift
Phi Zeta Sigma