Storer College ephemera

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Collection of ephemera from several Storer College students. Storer College, in Harpers Ferry, was the first West Virginia college open to African Americans. Folder 1: Course Catalogues and Bulletins --Course Catalogue, 1942-1943 --Catalogue Summary, 1945-46 --Catalogue Summary, 1949-50 --Bulletin, 1946, Vol. 3, No. 3 --Bulletin, 1950, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2 copies) Folder 2: Commencement Programs --40th commencement program --78th commencement program, June 4, 1945 --78th commencement program, June 4, 1945 with name card for graduate Beatrice A. Woodhouse --82nd commencement program, June 5, 1949 Folder 3: Diploma --Diploma awarded to Ruth Odenla Myrtle for a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, Storer College, June 2, 1947 Folder 4: Diploma --Diploma awarded to Genevieve Robinson McClain for a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, Storer College, June 5, 1950 Folder 5: Academics --Bookplate from the Storer College library --Class Admission Slip --List of 100 female students, "Storer College Girls List," undated --Christmas Greetings from Storer College news release, December 1943 --Three (3) handwritten pages about tuberculosis and the school --Inauguration of Richard Ishmael McKinney, fourth president of Storer College, October 22, 1944 Folder 6: Student life --Small, paper Storer College pennant --Words to "Hail, West Virginia!" song --Hand-decorated program for the Tornado Ball, March 22, 1946 --Letter, with envelope, written by Margaret Roles Williams to the Young Women of Storer College declining invitation to their annual party, March 23, 1945 --Invitation to the Men's Annual Party, March 8, 1946. --Student Government constitution."Constitution Governing Student Senat(?) for Consideration by the Senate of Storer College" --Letter from Richard I. McKinney, Storer College President, to the junior class thanking for a donation towards Christian education at the school --Eleventh Annual YMCA Fall Planning Conference program, at Storer College, September 29-30, 1945 --Melvin M. Frazier Debate program, December 10, 1993 --Bi-Weekly Calendar, October 15-28, 1945 --Third Annual Honors Day program, May 9, 1947 --Beethoven Choral Society of Storer College Annual Christmas Cantata program, December 17, 1944 --Storer College Reunion program, August 6-8, 1999 --Homecoming program, October 14, 1950 Folder 7: Student Newspaper --Five (5) issues of The Tornado newspaper: January 31, 1945; May-June Volume 1, Number V; September-October Volume II, Number 1; November-December 1945 Volume II, Number 2; December 1946 Volume 1, Number 1. Folder 8: Athletics --Merit certificate awarded to Doward Patterson for football management, 1950-51. --Certificate awarding Adam Craven the Official Varsity "S" in basketball, May 11, 1945. Folder 9: Miscellaneous --Family record for the Robinson family, completed October 13, 1951. Envelope addressed to Genevieve R. McClain. Folder 10: Ruth Myrtle Jeffries (1921-2011), a 1947 Storer College graduate --Freshman class schedule, September 14, 1942 --Sophomore class schedule, January 30, 1945 --Merit certificate for scholarship, 1946-47 --Junior class, first semester student's card, September 18, 1945. Lists classes, semester hours, time of day, days of attendance, and instructor. --Junior class, second semester student's card, February 4, 1946 Lists classes, semester hours, time of day, days of attendance, and instructor. --Four (4) cards indicating books checked out at the Roger Williams Library, Storer College, 1943-1945 --Twenty-six (26) pieces of correspondence (letters, envelopes, postcards, cards) addressed to Ruth Myrtle at Storer College regarding theatrical plays at Storer College and the library --Letter addressed to (likely) Agnes L. Stevens regarding theatric play at Storer College --Letter addressed to Agnes L. Stevens from Culpeper County Training School with questions about school --Funeral program for Ruth Myrtle Jeffries, at the People's Community Baptist Church, in Silver Spring, Maryland, December 1, 2011. Scrapbook made by Ruth Myrtle Jefferies, circa 1938, titled "Negro History and Plenty of It", featuring clippings on various individuals including Marian Anderson, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Haile Selassie. Written on first page: "NEGRO HISTORY AND PLENTY OF IT." "Ruth Myrtle" written at top, left corner of first page. Stored in SR3/SU5/S5/B2.

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