Catherine Ficklin Stephens, 1927/1928

Containers:

Box 4

Scope and content:

Scrapbook with media dating from 1927-28, assembled by student Catherine Ficklin Stephens. The scrapbook is titled "The Girl Graduate Her Own Book" on the cover and is a premade scrapbook that the student added media to. Contents include photographs, newspaper, autographs, programs, notes, bus schedule, invitations, letters, candy wrappers, locks of hair, stamps, advertisements.

Biographical / historical:

Catherine Ficklin was born in 1911. She attended high school in Aberdeen, MD, and then went to Fredericksburg State Normal School for 3 years and 2 summers, attending classes and working in the library until she graduated in 1930. From there she moved to Wicomico Church, where she taught at Wicomico School for 2 years. Catherine married John Robert Chilton Stephens and they had three children: John R, Jr., Jane Lyell S. Ayers Drummond (wrote for Times-Dispatch and has a journalism scholarship in her name), and Catherine (attended Stephen College and Boston Conservatory).

Physical description:

Very fragile. Binding and paper extremely unstable. Limit handling overall and handle with great care when necessary.

Dimensions:

9" x 6" x 2.5"

Access and use