Nina Pruett Edmunds Scrapbooks and Papers, 1931/1933

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Nina Pruett Edmunds Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.50 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Nina Pruett Edmunds Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains two scrapbooks belonging to Nina Pruett Edmunds while a student at the College of William and Mary from 1931-1933. Included in one scrapbook are programs from plays and special events, news articles related to student life on campus, photographs of students, and material related to the sesquicentennial of the battle of Yorktown. The second scrapbook is in a binder labeled "House or Home?",created for a home economics class, with notes and glued in magazine clippings on different houses, furniture and home related items. Per the attached note from Mittie Lou Edmunds, Nina Pruett's daughter, Nin Pruett was a home economics major. Class and financial papers.

Scrapbook with programs from plays and special events, news articles related to student life on campus, photographs of students, and material related to the sesquicentennial of the battle of Yorktown.

Scrapbook is in a binder labeled "House or Home?", created for a home economics class, with notes and glued in magazine clippings on different houses, furniture and home related items. Per the attached note from Mittie Lou Edmunds, Nina Pruett's daughter, Nina Pruett was a home economics major.

Includes completed class registration form with list of classes taken and classes transferred from Averett College in Danville, Virginia; grade reports; lecture and lab schedules for spring 1933; tuition receipts; price list for Colonial Echo photographs and graduation diploma and gown and address book without addresses but notes about classes.

Biographical / historical:

Nina Pruett Edmunds was a student at the College of William and Mary from 1931-1933.

Acquisition information:
Acc. 2014.126 was hand-delivered to Special Collections by the donor on 9/15/2014. Acc. 2017.020 sent by Donor.
Processing information:

Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in October 2014.

Arrangement:

This collection is not yet fully arranged and described. Researchers may wish to consult with a staff member for further information in advance of using the collection.

Physical / technical requirements:

The fragile nature of this material may limit handling.

Physical description:
34 cm x 24 cm
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard