Womble-Abell-Norman family papers, 1919-1931.

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Womble-Abell-Norman family papers, 1919-1931.

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This collection pertains to a family that resided in the Winnsboro/Rayville area in northeast Louisiana. It consists primarily of correspondence between Evelyn Abell Norman (b. 1902), her brother, Edward C. Abell, III, and their mother, Annie Mamie Womble Abell (1880-1973). Evelyn's correspondence from 1919 to 1921 discusses her life while attending Brenau College, with a few letters dated 1923 and 1927 that relate to her married life and subsequent move to Missouri. Edward's correspondence (1919-1925) relates his experience at LSU and his search for employment thereafter. The collection also contains correspondence with other relatives and friends, two photographs, a camp training certificate, a transcript of Evelyn's grades from Brenau, postcards, invitations to social gatherings, pay stubs/receipts, and clippings of accidents in the Rayville area.

1 linear ft.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7170661

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Arthur Taylor Prescott (1863-1942) graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1884. He became commandant of the student cadet organization at the University of Virginia in 1887, the first president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston in 1894, and professor of government at Louisiana State University in 1899. From the description of Arthur T. Prescott receipts, 1880-1885. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 308362360 ...

Abell family.

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Brenau College

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Abell, Edward C. III.

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Abell, Annie Mamie Womble.

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Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. Lambda Chapter (Brenau College)

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Delta Kappa Epsilon. Zeta Zeta Chapter (Louisiana State University)

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Norman, Evelyn Abell.

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Womble-Abell-Norman family.

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Annie Mamie Womble Abell (1880-1973) was a teacher in northeast Louisiana and the mother of Evelyn Abell Norman (b. 1902) and Edward Charles Abell, III, also known as "Bub." Evelyn grew up in northeast Louisiana's Winnsboro/Rayville area and attended a private college for women called Brenau University in Gainesville, Ga., from 1919 to 1922. At Brenau, she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and active in sports and the Glee Club. In 1922, Evelyn married Earnest Barry Norman, Jr. of Louisvil...