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Full listing > Accession MU2019/58| Accession # | MU2019/58 | | Topic | Mason, Neva Miller: Scrapbook, | | Title | The Scrapbook of Neva Miller Mason | | Size | 1 scrapbook | | Location | IS, Memory Shelves, in order of accession number | | Citation | The Scrapbook of Neva Miller Mason, MU2019/58, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Charlotte Mason Warner, Neva;s daughter, through Melissa Donaldson, MU Alumni Relations | | Scope and Content | One scrapbook depicting the lives of eight freshman Manchester College girls who roomed together at 703 College Ave. during the year of 1946-1947 (the 703ers). A letter from Charlotte Mason Warner, daughter of Neva Mason, accompanies the scrapbook. The letter describes the significance of the scrapbook as does the article written by Mrs. Hazel Kurtz located on the scrapbook's first page, "A Long Friendship Is Celebrated Each Year." The names of the women are: Kay Moran Farrar, Mary Nichols Ettinger, Ella Mae Gottschalk Byrer, Neva Miller Mason, Nola McCauley Plaugher, Maxine Hileman Garber, Lenora Mishler Stark, Mary Nihart Wetzel, Mrs. Willis Kurtz. Nancy Dickson joined the group in 1964.
| | Date of Accession | 19 July 2019 | | Bio History Note | My mom, Neva Miller Mason, attended MC in the mid 1940's. Enclosed is a scrapbook of the women she lived with at "703." These women and their families got together every Labor Day (unless someone was having a baby then) for 60 plus years.... from the letter of Charlotte Mason Warner Note: Of the original eight women, four graduated from Manchester College and three married MC graduates. | | Archivist Note | Description prepared 19 July 2019 by Jeanine Wine. |
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