Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks: M'Ledge Moffett Collection, 1915-1962

Access and use

Location of collection:
Radford University
University Archives
McConnell Library
Radford University
P.O. Box 6881
801 East Main Street
Radford, VA 24142
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Bud Bennett
Phone: (540) 831-5694
Phone: (540) 831-5701

Summary

Extent:
12.0 Linear feet
Creator:
M'Ledge Moffett
Abstract:
M'Ledge Moffett served Radford primarily as Dean of Students and Professor of Health Education, and was on the faculty from 1913 until her retirement in 1962. Beginning in 1915, Moffett began collecting newspaper articles related to Radford and its students, faculty, and staff, pasting them into scrapbooks in chronological order. Newspapers are not specificially identified, but the clippings appear to come from various papers from Radford, the New River Valley, and Virginia. Researchers should note that the individual newspaper clippings rarely contain information about what specific newspaper a clipping is from, and sometimes do not have specific dates for individual clippings. For more details and to see the finding aid, click here.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The M'Ledge Moffett Collection: Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks contains the original scrapbooks and clippings collected by M'Ledge Moffett beginning in 1915, along with photocopies of the scrapbook pages. The six boxes identified in this collection are photocopies of the originals. Newspapers are not specificially identified, but the clippings appear to come from various papers from Radford, the New River Valley, and Virginia. Researchers should note that the individual newspaper clippings rarely contain information about what specific newspaper a clipping is from, and sometimes do not have specific dates for individual clippings.

Biographical / historical:

M'Ledge Moffett was born in 1892, the only child of William Ledgerwood Moffett and Mary Stoops Moffett. The name M'Ledge was formed from shortened versions of her parents names, Mary and Ledgerwood. M'Ledge came to teach at what is now Radford University in 1913 as the youngest faculty member and the only member of the Household Arts Department. For the first several years after the college opened, Moffett taught all of the Household Arts courses (Elementary Sewing, Elementary Cooking and Household Management) which met five times a week.In 1920, the Radford Normal School was reorganized and McConnell appointed Moffett as the new Dean of Women, a year before she received her Master of Arts degree. She was the first person to hold that post at any of the Virginia institutions of higher education. She held the Dean's post until her retirement in 1962.She died in 1969.

Beginning in 1915, Moffett began collecting newspaper articles related to Radford and its students, faculty, and staff, pasting them into scrapbooks in chronological order.

Arrangement:

Box 1: Clippings 1915-1936

Box 2: Clippings 1937 - Feb 1941

Box 3: Clippings Feb 1941 - Nov 1945

Box 4: Clippings Nov 1945 - Mar 1951

Box 5: Clippings Mar 1951 - Jan 1957

Box 6: Clippings Feb 1957 - May 1962

Physical location:
Locked in compact shelving, level 1.
Physical description:
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