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Photograph of the "U Save It Store" in McRae, Georgia. The shop was owned by the Elizabeth Stallings' father, and Elizabeth appears in the photo as a small child alongside her parents and an unknown customer.

Contents are exclusively black and white photographs depicting life for a young woman in the early 1940s. Many photographs depict summertime leisure and equestrian activities. Elizabeth's graduation ceremony is also documented.

Contents include programs, photographs, newspaper clippings, and postcards compiled by Pi Delta Gamma, the honorary home economics fraternity (later Kappa Omicron Phi). The material primarily includes annotated photos documenting the activities of the Pi Delta Gamma students in the Home Ec. program and the Home Ec. club.

Contents include newspaper clippings, concert programs, devil/goat cloths, riding competition ribbons and documentation of equestrian events, invitations, correspondence, and postcards. The scrapbook provides the unique insight into the experience of a young woman in college during WWII, as well as one who was very involved in horse riding.

Scrapbook documenting a 10-day pack trip taken into Shenandoah National Park by members of the Cavalry Troop in the summer of 1944. Contents are primarily black and white photos depicting the students and their horses at various sites throughout the park. Toop members rode, hiked, camped, cooked, and played outdoors. The students were supervised by Mr. Russ Walther, MWC riding instructor, and there is a 1986 article about Mr. Walther tipped in the back of the book.

Scrapbook documenting the activities of Sigma Tau Chi, the business fraternity, between 1939-1956 (no activity documented between 1942-1952). Contents include photographs, member rosters and activities reports, and newspaper clippings. Several pages also document a 1947 Virginia State Commercial Contest, where students competed in contests judging skills such as penmanship, shorthand, typewriting, and office personality.

Contents include black and white photos depicting the experience of a student at Mary Washington College in the early 1940s. Some photos document a severe flood that impacted Fredericksburg in 1942. Other documented activites include parades, equestrian activities, and general leisure time.

Photo album depicting student activities from 1983-1984, often from the perspective of residence life and outreach staff. Events depicted include an RA retreat, parents weekend, Halloweens, attending a NACA (National Association for Campus Activities) conference, and "MASH weekend," a themed event featuring a showing of the original MASH movie, a character look-alike contest, and a tent-raising competition.

Materials document the party for and bestowing of awards for library student assistants in 2004. Most of the people depicted are identified in handwritten notes by the scrapbook creator.

Photo album depicting scenes of student life on the MWC campus, often from the perspective of residence life staff. Events documented include the Student 75th Anniversary Parade down Campus Drive (before it was Campus Walk), playing in the snow, RA retreats, Halloweens, preparing for President Anderson's inauguration, playfair, graduation, and parents' weekend.