1946-1971

Dublin Core

Title

1946-1971

Description

Includes all documents collected by students in Digital Memory & the Archive (Fall 2016).

Collection Items

Article "All Around The Lake"
A student-authored article, titled "All Around The Lake", was featured in the 1949 Alumni Bulletin, offering a depiction of current social events at the University of Richmond. The article highlights events, such as the University mascot receiving a…

Advertisement "Make it a family affair"
The Fall 1963 edition of the Alumni Bulletin includes an advertisement for the Thanksgiving Festival football match, held at Richmond City Stadium. The advertisement highlights special family prices to encourage alumni families to attend the match…

Article "Negro Professor Terms Sitdowns Effort for Freedom"
This article in the Collegian reported on sit-down demonstrations by students at Virginia State College in Petersburg. The demonstrations at the historically black college were meant to work towards "freedom of movement and action in a free society."…

Article "Westhampton's YWCA Is Involved"
The Winter 1971 Alumni Bulletin features an image and accompanying profile of Irene Ebhomielen of Nigeria. Ebhomielen was an international student on the University of Richmond campus, attending the University partly because of the financial…

Article "Majority of Accepted Men Enroll at Richmond College"
This article from the Collegian examines admissions statistics from the Richmond College freshman class. Of the 1300 men who applied to Richmond college, 669 were accepted as new students and transfers, and 65% of those accepted chose to enroll. When…

Article "Westhampton's Second Generation"
An article from the October 1946 University of Richmond Alumni Bulletin covers second generation Westhampton students. Elizabeth Hsu, a student from China, receives a special mention in the article. Her father, Cheng Wang Hsu (formerly spelled Hui),…

Letter to Eva Wong from Marguerite Roberts
A letter from Marguerite Roberts, Westhampton Dean, to Eva Wong, a student at Westhampton College. Wong's name was misspelled "Wang" in this letter. The letter informed Wong that she had been placed on disciplinary probation for "disobeying the…

Opinion "Separate Versus Mixed Schools in the South"
An article written by alumnus Henry E. Garrett (RC '15), president of the American Psychological Association and chair of Psychology and Columbia, argues for maintaining segregation. Segregation, according to Garrett, was not a question of ethics,…

Article "Miss Pan America Crowned Tonight"
This Collegian article announces the forthcoming crowning of Miss Pan America in Kelleer Hall. This event was the highlight of Pan American week at the University. Activities were conducted by El Picaro, the Westhampton Spanish Club, in conjunction…

Photograph "Unreconstructed Rebels"
Published in the Westhampton Class Notes section of the Alumni Bulletin, a photograph depicts two young boys raising the third national flag of the Confederacy (the "Blood-Stained Banner") at their home in Lears Glen, near Annapolis, MD. Their names…
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