Writing Desk - Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still [1838-1912]

Object/Artifact

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Greene Connections

Writing Desk - Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still [1838-1912]

Writing Desk - Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still [1838-1912]

Name/Title

Writing Desk - Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still [1838-1912]

Entry/Object ID

2019.26.5

Description

Writing desk that once belonged to Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still [1838-1912]. Margaret Leonice Needham, Laura Weethee, and Lydia Weethee were the first three women to receive male-equivalent bachelor's degrees from Waynesburg College, graduating 23 September 1857, as identified in: Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Waynesburg College for the Academic Year Ending September 1857.

Collection

Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2019.26

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Bonnie (Watts) Cook in partnership with researchers John and Betty Hartman

Lexicon

Search Terms

Needham family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Alumni, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Class of 1857

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

HART0005

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Needham, Margaret Leonice [1838-1912]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Waynesburg College Alumni Series - Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2006

Notes

The Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection was passed from Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still [1838-1912] to her daughter, Cricket (Still) Tubbs [1866-1955], to her daughter, Bonnie (Tubbs) Watts [1906-1985], to her daughter, Bonnie (Watts) Cook, who owned and, with researchers John and Betty Hartman, shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006. The writing desk was subsequently given to Candice Buchanan by Bonnie (Watts) Cook. SOURCE CITATION: Needham family; item no. HART00005, Margaret Leonice (Needham) Still Collection, shared by Bonnie (Watts) Cook in partnership with researchers John and Betty Hartman; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).