Hollins College

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Hollins College, a women's liberal arts college, was founded as the coeducational Valley Union Seminary in Roanoke, North Carolina in 1842. In 1854, it became Virginia's first women's college changing its name to Hollins Institute three years later. It was renamed Hollins College in 1911 and Hollins University in 1998. Hollins University has offered graduate programs since 1958. All undergraduates are female while graduate programs accept males.

Euzelian Society began in 1855 by four Hollins College students as a literary society, which contributed books and held readings. Euzelian means "Good Style" in Greek. They created a handwritten literary magazine named The Album in the 1870s. Along with the Euepian Literary Society, it published The Annual beginning in 1886. In 1915, they renamed it the Hollins Quarterly. They also began their own library in 1880.

From the description of Hollins College Euzelian Society photograph, ca. 1896. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 232664800

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creatorOf Balz, Albert G. A. Correspondence with John Dewey [manuscript] 1942-1951. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Bland, Theodorick, 1742-1790,. Papers of the Irvine, Saunders, Davis, and Watts families [manuscript], 1745-1914. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Featherston, Lucius Horace, 1814-1886. Lucius Horace Featherston papers, 1825-1979. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Graham family. Papers of the Graham and related Sanders and Tate families [manuscript], 1844-1990 (bulk 1920-1990). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Whitehead, Floyd L. Papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, 1821-1889, (bulk 1821-1859). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Johnson family. Papers, 1798-1943. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Pettus-Speiden Family : Papers, 1838-1971. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn McCrory, Sarah Graydon. Sarah Graydon McCrory scrapbooks, 1931-1969. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Hargrove, Barbara. Barbara Hargrove papers, 1960-1989. Iliff School of Theology
referencedIn Wilson, Rachel, 1892-1986. Rachel Wilson papers, 1914-1986 bulk 1940-1959. Hollins University, Wyndham Robertson Library
referencedIn Engelhardt, Harriett Pinkston, 1919-1945. Harriett Pinkston Engelhardt papers, 1937-1968. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Spencer, Samuel R. Collection [archives], 1940-1994. Davidson College, Davidson College Library
referencedIn Randolph, Bessie Carter, 1885-1966. Papers of Bessie Carter Randolph [manuscript] 1918-61. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hollins College. Hollins College Euzelian Society photograph, ca. 1896. Appalachian State University, ASU
referencedIn Schoolfield, Robert Addison, 1853-1931. Papers of Robert Addison Schoolfield, 1855-1973. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Mason, Bessie N. Papers, 1807-1948. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Sively family. Papers of the Sively family, 1877-1917, bulk (1877-1899). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Ambler, Philip Barbour, 1834-1902. Scrapbook, 1860-1911. Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn Chase Going Woodhouse Papers., undated, 1900-1984. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Richard McCann papers, 1920s–2008, 1978–2005 University of Delaware Library - Special Collections
referencedIn Omohundro, Malvern Hill, b. 1866. Malvern Hill Omohundro papers, 1866-1926 and undated. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Sydnor, Thomas White, b. 1816. Papers of Thomas White Sydnor [manuscript], 1825-1890. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn George P. Garrett Papers, 1929-2008, (bulk 1960-2000) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Frank H. Kenan Papers, 1937-1996 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Postcards of Virginia and Washington, D.C., 1906-1953, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Pratt, John Lee, 1879-1975. Papers of John Lee Pratt [manuscript], 1920, 1950-1970. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Graham, Tate and related families Papers, 1844 (1920-1990) University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Material collected by Professor Hench of the University of Virginia, Department of English 1787-1910. University of Virginia. Library
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associatedWith Agnes Graham Sanders Riley person
associatedWith Ambler, Philip Barbour, 1834-1902. person
associatedWith Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives. corporateBody
associatedWith Balz, Albert G. A. person
associatedWith Engelhardt, Harriett Pinkston, 1919-1945. person
associatedWith Featherston, Lucius Horace, 1814-1886. person
correspondedWith Garrett, George P., 1929-2008 person
associatedWith Graham family. family
associatedWith Hargrove, Barbara. person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Hollins College. Euzelian Society corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson family. family
associatedWith Kenan, Frank H. (Frank Hawkins). person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
associatedWith Mason, Bessie N. person
associatedWith McCann, Richard person
associatedWith McCrory, Sarah Graydon. person
associatedWith Omohundro, Malvern Hill, b. 1866. person
associatedWith Pratt, John Lee, 1879-1975. person
associatedWith Randolph, Bessie Carter, 1885-1966. person
associatedWith Schoolfield, Robert Addison, 1853-1931. person
associatedWith Sively family. family
associatedWith Spencer, Samuel R. person
associatedWith Sydnor, Thomas White, b. 1816. person
associatedWith Whitehead, Floyd L. person
associatedWith Wilson, Rachel, 1892-1986. person
associatedWith Woodhouse, Chase Going. corporateBody
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