Marian Emmett Colman papers, 1914-1918 (inclusive).

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Marian Emmett Colman papers, 1914-1918 (inclusive).

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The Colman Papers are a significant historical resource for researchers studying student life at women's colleges during the early 20th Century. It documents the history of Florida State College for Women and student activities prior to and during the World War II years. They include mostly letters Colman wrote as an FSCW student to her parents in Lake Alfred. The letters describe the campus buildings and a fire at "East Hall" in 1916, her activities in campus organizations such as the Young Women's Christian Association, the Minerva Club (a literary society), the Anvil Literary Society, and the FSCW Glee Club; participation in Field Day athletic competitions, an Odds vs. Evens basketball game on Thanksgiving morning, and learning how to play the piano and the ukelele. The letters were a significant primary source used by Dr. Robin Sellers in her book Femina Perfecta. Some letters are incomplete and undated (or partially dated), but have been kept in their original order.

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Colman, Marian Emmett

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Marian Emmett Colman was an alumna of the Florida State College for Women (FSCW), Tallahassee, FL. She lived in Lake Alfred, FL and attended FSCW from 1914-1918. Colman was a member of the FSCW Glee Club, and an active member of the Classical Club. She also wrote poems, some of which were published in The Flambeau, the college newspaper. One of the poems she wrote, "The Gates," was published in the March 1919 Bulletin of the FSCW Alumni Bulletin. As evident from her letters, she also took piano ...

Conradi, Edward, 1869-1944

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Dr. Edward Conradi (1869-1944) was President of Florida State College for Women (FSCW) from 1909 until 1941 and taught the first Experimental Psychology course at FSCW; After retirement he was appointed President Emeritus and his name was given to the Biology Bldg. and to the first endowed chair in the Psychology Dept. in 1991. From the description of Edward Conradi Papers, 1911-1981. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 39899902 ...

Opperman, Ella Scoble

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Dodd, William George

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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...

Longmire, Rowena

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