Scrapbooks, 1936-1944.

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Scrapbooks, 1936-1944.

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The first of the two scrapbooks contains photographs, some correspondence, newspaper clippings, programs and awards from Carmellas school days, beginning in 1936 with a graduation certificate and program from Vare Junior High School in Philadelphia. The scrapbook also documents her years at the Philadelphia High School for Girls from 1936-1939. It contains photographs and other materials from her attendance at the Trails End Camp; school schedules; programs for stage performances; athletic awards; photographs of friends and photographs of a school trip to Washington D.C. The scrapbook goes on to document her first two and one half years at Penn (1939-1941), including photographs and other materials of Green Lane Camp; Penn student politics; Pirates Ball; Penn sports events; Alpha Chi Omega; Hey Day; and various dinners and banquets. The second scrapbook covers Carmellas attendance at Penn during her last two and one half year (1942-1944). This scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence and programs documenting her involvement in Green Lane Camp; Alpha Chi Omega; Commencement; and her time spent working for the American Friends Service Committee in Rhode Island.

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University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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University of Pennsylvania. School of Education

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Alpha Chi Omega

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Alpha Chi Omega was founded at De Pauw University in 1885. The Alpha Delta Chapter was installed at the University of Cincinnati in 1918. From the guide to the Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Chapter Memorabilia, 1940-2001, (University of Cincinnati, Archives and Rare Books Library) ...

Philadelphia High School for Girls (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Gonnella, Carmella Angelina, 1922-2004.

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Carmella Angelina Gonnella was born in 1922. She attended Vare Junior High School in Philadelphia, PA. In 1936, she completed ninth grade and proceeded to the Philadelphia High School for Girls. At Girls High Carmella participated in athletics, the Natural History Club, and the Service Club. She graduated from the school in 1939. Following high school, Carmella attended the School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Carmella participated in many activities. She served ...