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Aryan Literary Society Records
Collection — Box: 1-5
Identifier: 018
Abstract
The Aryan Literary Society Records is a collection of materials relating to the society's events, business (such as bylaws and constitutions) and publications. The Aryan Literary Society was one of two literary societies at West Chester during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The societies served as the main social outlet for West Chester State Normal School students and also provided a place for healthy debate and publication. The Aryan Literary Society published its own periodical,...
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
Elizabeth Nace Benner papers
Collection
Identifier: 064
Overview
The Elizabeth Nace Benner papers include programs and memorabilia of alumna Elizabeth "Betty" Nace Benner from West Chester State Teachers College. Materials range in date from 1941-1946.
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
Dr. Thomas E. Berry manuscript
Collection
Identifier: 013
Abstract
Dr. Thomas E. Berry (1912-1991) was a member of the West Chester University English department from 1947-1978. This collection encases one of Berry's many publications, Journalism Today, published in 1958.
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
J. Richard Evans Collection
Collection
Identifier: 083
Overview
The J. Richard Evans Collections features memorabilia and artifacts from Joseph Richard Evans, a Music student at West Chester State Teachers College between 1938-1942. He enlisted in the Army to fight in World War II shortly after graduating. Materials range in date from 1938 to 1946.
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
Marion Farnham Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 015
Abstract
Marion Farnham (1887-1983) was an art professor at West Chester University from 1923-1952. Miss Farnham aided in the production of the Serpentine Yearbooks, as a result this collection contains yearbooks autographed by students and faculty members.
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
H. LaRue Frain Collection
Collection
Identifier: 029
Overview
Hummel LaRue Frain (1896-1965) was born in Union Deposit, PA. He attended the Pierce Business School in Philadelphia and then the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned his MA and PhD degrees. Dr. Frain was a professor of finance and economics for nearly forty years. This collection contains the administrative papers of H. LaRue Frain, Interim President of West Chester State Teachers College, 1959-60.
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
Robert B. Gordon Papers
Collection — Box: Boxes 1-108
Identifier: 004
Abstract
Robert B. Gordon (1901-1981) was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. After a short career as an optician and optometrist, he returned to The Ohio State University and earned a Ph. D. in botany (1931). Gordon taught botany and environmental science at universities and nature centers for more than forty years. He taught courses in botany, plant ecology, and conservation at West Chester State College (1938-1964) and was appointed Head of its Science Department in 1944.
This collection includes personal...
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
Dr. Francis Harvey Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: 025
Overview
Francis Harvey Green (1861-1951) was a former graduate of West Chester State Normal School in 1882. He then joined the English faculty and became department head from 1890-1920. This collection includes both personal items and items that accompanied Green in his career at West Chester Normal School and Pennington School. These items consist of speeches, writings, publications, correspondence, personal collections, newspaper articles, etc.
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
Yoko Hashimoto-Sinclair Collection
Collection
Identifier: 060
Overview
Dr. Yoko Hashimoto-Sinclair taught at West Chester University between 1969-2009 as a professor in the Theatre and Dance Department. The Yoko Hashimoto-Sinclair Collection contains materials related to theater and costume design, such as costume designs for student-led productions at the university, as well as costume design and fabric sample assignments that Dr. Hashimoto-Sinclair made for school and previous jobs. The collection also includes a personal set of Japanese woodblock calendars....
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
Ruby Jones Papers
File
Identifier: 037
Overview
Collection contains professional and personal correspondence, materials Ruby Jones might have used for educational purposes, materials pertinent to Civil Rights, booklets and information related to the Baha’i religion, materials related to the various organizations Ruby Jones belonged to including the sorority Phi Delta Kappa, and materials related to the Jones' family including newspaper clippings announcing the re-naming of West Chester’s former Demonstration School Building to Ruby Jones...
Found in:
West Chester University Archives
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