Littleton College Memorial Association Papers

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Littleton College Memorial Association Papers

1873-2009

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Papers (1873, 1892-2009, undated) concerning Littleton Female College (later called Littleton College) in Warren County, North Carolina, and its alumnae include correspondence, programs, college history, alumnae lists, clippings, pamphlets and speeches, etc. The college opened in 1882 and closed after a disastrous fire in 1919. The Littleton College Memorial Association was founded in 1926.

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East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Doak, Frances Renfrow, 1887-1974

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Frances Renfrow Doak (1887-1974), native of Nash County, N.C., studied at Littleton College (1901-1903) and graduated from Draughton's Business College in 1905. She began her career as a stenographer in 1906, and from 1909 to 1913 was clerk-stenographer for the firm of Charles B. Aycock and Robert Winston. Between 1928 and 1931 she aired the first radio program by a woman in the South and subsequently became very active in the N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, serving as state executive secretar...

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Littleton College (formerly Central Institute for Young Ladies and Littleton Female College) in Littleton, Warren County, N.C., was privately owned and operated from 1882 until 1919 by Rev. James Manly Rhodes. From the description of Littleton College memorabilia, 1887(ca.)-1900 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24864233 Littleton College (formerly Central Institute for Young Ladies and Littleton Female College) in Littleton, Warren County, N.C., was privately owned and oper...

Rives, Ralph Hardee, 1930-2016

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Rhodes, Lula H. (Lula Hester), 1868-1937

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Rhodes, James Manly, 1850-1941

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Wesleyan Female College (Murfreesboro, N.C.)

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Littleton College Memorial Association.

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Originally chartered as "Central Institute for Young Ladies," Littleton Female College first opened its doors in January 1882 to eleven students. Under the leadership of Reverend James Manly Rhodes, the physical plant of the school was greatly expanded in 1889, and by 1908 the institution had an enrollment of 285 pupils. In 1912 the name was again changed to Littleton College. Instruction included traditional domestic arts, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and biology. In January of 1919 a fire ...

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