Mary Mendenhall Wood collection, 1901-1967 (inclusive) (bulk 1964-1967).

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Mary Mendenhall Wood collection, 1901-1967 (inclusive) (bulk 1964-1967).

The collection of Mary Mendenhall Wood contains photographs, newspaper clippings about her uncle, John Gabriel Kellum, a series of resolutions honoring Kellum, and her aunt Florence Williamson's memorabilia. A brief biography of John Gabriel Kellum is filed with other typescripts. The collection also includes Florida State University publications such as Homecoming pamphlets in 1967 and 1969, the Flastacowo of 1915 and a Florida State College for Women 25th Anniversary Celebration picture album.

25 folders, 82 items

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SNAC Resource ID: 7906687

Florida State University

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Florida State College for Women

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According to Robin Sellers' Femina Perfecta, in 1914 members of the even-year classes of Florida State College for Women (juniors and freshmen) wore their green and yellow class colors to chapel on the Saturday morning before Thanksgiving. A spontaneous pep rally ensued. On the following Wednesday, odd-year class members (seniors, sophomores, and sub-freshmen) carried canes wrapped with ribbons in their individual class colors of red, white, and purple. On Thanksgiving Day the odd-year classes d...

Wood, Mary Mendenhall

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Mary Lucy Mendenhall Wood (Mrs. T.H. Wood) is the only daughter of Lucy Conibear Mendenhall and Herbert Drummond Mendenhall. Lucy's sister, Ruth Conibear Kellum, was the wife of John Gabriel Kellum, who served as business manager of the Florida State College for Women from 1907 to 1945. Two aunts of Mary Lucy, Florence Conibear (later, Mrs. Grover Williamson) and Helen Conibear (later, Mrs. James Kutrow), attended FSCW and graduated in 1917 and 1919, respectively. From the descriptio...

Kellum, John G. (John Gabriel), 1871-1964

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Williamson, Florence Conibear

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