West Chester State Teachers College
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
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,...
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.
Dr. Thomas E. Berry Manuscript
Collection — Other 1 FI[179]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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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Ruby Jones Papers
Frances Lorrayne Layman papers
Collection
Identifier: 066
Overview
The Frances Lorrayne Layman papers contain items related to alumna Frances Lorrayne Layman's student life at West Chester State Teachers College between 1931 and 1935. These items include a student handbook, sports schedules, and programs from campus events and activities Frances attended. Materials in this collection span in date from 1931 to 1935.