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Greenville Woman's College Records, 1855-1976; bulk 1920-1937

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Contents List

Series 1, GWC General

Box 1

Folder 1. Correspondence

Folder 2. Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1912-1920

Folder 3. Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1921-1931

Folder 4. Press Releases and Statistics

Folder 5. Contents of Ramsay Fine Arts Building Cornerstone, 1921

Folder 6. Contents of copper boxes from pillars at front entrance of GWC campus, opened 1964

Folder 7. Certificate of Applicant for Admission

Subseries 1, Programs and Invitations

Box 2

Folder 1. Baccalaureate Programs

Folder 2. Commencement Programs, 1871-1911

Folder 3. Commencement Programs, 1912-1942

Folder 4. Commencement Invitations, 1900-1922

Folder 5. Commencement Invitations, 1923-1937

Folder 6. Class Day Programs

Box 3

Folder 7. Art Exhibition Programs

Folder 8. Chapel and Memorial Service Programs

Folder 9. Concert and Recital Programs, 1858-1922

Folder 10. Concert and Recital Programs, 1923-1941

Folder 11. Concert and Recital Programs, undated

Folder 12. Concert and Recital Invitations

Folder 13. Dramatic Presentations and Debate Programs

Folder 14. Hanging of the Greens Programs

Folder 15. May Day Programs

Folder 16. Scholarship Recognition Day Programs

Folder 17. Building Dedication Programs

Folder 18. Reception and Party Programs and Invitations

Folder 19. Other Programs

Folder 20. Greeting to the Baptist State Convention, Dec. 8-11, 1908

Subseries 2, Circulars and Advertisements

Box 4

Folder 1: Circulars and General GWC Advertisements

Folder 2: Advertisements of Music and other Department Faculty

Series 2, Board of Trustees

Box 5

Folder 1. Bylaws, c. 1920 (4 copies)

Folder 2. Report to the S.C. Baptist Education Commission, 1915, 1925

Folder 3. Furman University Board of Trustees Reports, etc. relating to Greenville Woman’s College

Folder 4. Documents relating to the inclusion of women on the Board, 1920-1922

Folder 5. Correspondence

Folder 6. Minutes, May 28, 1928

Series 3, Office of the President

Box 6

Folder 1. Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1913-1915

Folder 2. Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1916, 1919

Folder 3. Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1920-1921

Folder 4. Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1922-1924

Folder 5. Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1925-1927

Folder 6. Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1928-1930, 1932, 1933

Folder 7. Reports to the S.C. Baptist Convention, 1916-1919, 1927-1929

Folder 8. Reports to the Southern Baptist Convention, Education Commission, 1920, 1925

Folder 9. Correspondence

Series 4, Financial and Legal Records

Box 7

Folder 1. Account Book, 1860-1868

Folder 2. Account Book, 1860-1862

Folder 3. Account Book, 1873-1877

Folder 4. Ledger, 1900-1901

Folder 5. Bills, Receipts, Invoices

Folder 6. Budget and Salary Statements, Woman's College of Furman University, 1939-1942

Folder 7. Financial Reports

Folder 8. Fundraising, prior to 1900

Folder 9. Correspondence, 1911-1912, 1925, 1929

Folder 10. Insurance, 1917, ca.1926

Folder 11. Legal Documents, including deeds and contracts

Series 5, Registrar

Box 8

Folder 1. Class Credits and Requirements Book, containing list of students, 1897-1906 

Series 6, Mary C. Judson Library

Box 9

Folder 1. Policies and Reports, including: "Mary C. Judson Shares Development;" Proposal regarding a new joint library building for Men's & Women's campuses, c. 1940; Library Guide, September 1959; Library tag; Report of Gifts, May 24, 1926

Folder 2. Book plates (copies) and Overdue Notices Circulation records of Mary C. Judson Library and the Furman University Library on the old campus, 1936-1938, 1938-1945, 1945-1957, 1955-1963, 1957-1961

Box 10: Accession books; (1) Sep 1907 to May 1910, (2) 01 to 5,000 (’20-’24), (3) 5,001 to 10,000  

Box 11: Accession book, 10,001 to 11,000 (begins 1933)

Box 12: Accession Book, 11,001 to 17,800 (to June 12, 1987)

Series 7, Faculty Collections

Box 13

Folder 1. Mary Camilla Judson correspondence

Series 8, Clubs and Organizations

Box 14: Various  

Folder 1. Alethean Literary Society

Folder 2. Glee Club

Folder 3. Judson Literary Society

Folder 4. Sigma Iota Chi, Kappa Chapter

Folder 5. Y.W.C.A.

Folder 6. Student Government Association

Folder 7. Ladies Aid Association, c. 1860-1865

Folder 8. International Relations Club (IRC)

Folder 9.The Prelude

Box 15: Zetosophia Academic Honor Society 1923-1953

Folder 1. Zetosophia, Membership

Folder 2. Zetosophia, Merge with Hand and Torch, 1954-1955 

Folder 3. Zetosophia, Minute Book, 1931-1945 

Folder 4. Zetosophia, Minute Book, 1945-1954 

Folder 5. Zetosophia, Minute Book, including Constitution and Bylaws

Folder 6. Zetosophia, n.d., 1927, 1937-1954 

Folder 7. Zetosophia, Programs

Box 16: Oversize

Folder 1. Zetosophia, Memorabilia

Folder 2. Zetosophia, Zetosophia News, May 15, 1933

Folder 3. Y.W.C.A., Certificate of Membership, October 23, 1906

Box 17: Zetosophia, Post-GWC [after 1938] 

Folder 1. Zetosophia Scholarship 2000

Folder 2. Zetosophia Scholarship 2001

Folder 3. Zetosophia 2002

Folder 4. Zetosophia 2003-2004

Folder 5. Zetosophia 2004

Folder 6. Zetosophia 2005

Folder 7. Zetosophia 2006

Folder 8. Zetosophia 2007

Folder 9. Zetosophia 2008

Folder 10. Zetosophia 2009

Folder 11. Zetosophia 2010

Folder 12. Zetosophia Bookmarks

Series 9, Publications

Box 18: Bulletins, extras, 1902-1923

Box 19: Bulletins, extras, 1924-1937

Box 20: Isaqueena, extras, 1907-1925  

Box 21: Isaqueena, extras, 1925-1933  

Box 22: Various Publications

Folder 1: La Reveille

Folder 2: Laws of Furman and Greenville Woman’s College

Folder 3: Miss Suzy Zoo

Folder 4: Staff handbook

Folder 5: "The Call of G.F.C." College song, June 10, 1909

Folder 6: Alma Mater

Folder 7: Calendars

Folder 8: Christmas Cards

Folder 9: Cheers and Songs, including the Daisy Chain song

Box 23: The Spokesman, 1919 – 1932, 1934

Box 24: The College Mirror 1879-1884

Series 10, Visual Materials

Box 25: Photographs, Buildings and Grounds

  • Aerial Views of Campus
  • Campus Demolition, 1964
  • Etchings and Maps of Campus and Buildings
  • Front Gates, Columns, Markers
  • Gardens
  • Gardens- Numbered
  • Infirmary/Carpenter House
  • Library
  • Library- Numbered
  • Main Buildings
  • Main Entrance
  • Ramsay Fine Arts Center
  • Ramsay Fine Arts Center- Numbered
  • Rear of main buildings
  • Seal
  • "The Shack"
  • Studio of Mona Howard and Wendell Keeney [formerly Little Red Schoolhouse]
  • Unidentified Building

Box 26: Photographs, Athletics and Organizations

  • Athletics- Archery
  • Athletics- Basketball
  • Athletics- Fencing
  • Athletics- Field hockey
  • Athletics- Horseback riding
  • Athletics- Soccer
  • Athletics- Swimming
  • Athletics- Table tennis
  • Athletics- Tennis
  • Athletics- Volleyball
  • Organizations- Women’s Athletic Association
  • Organizations- YWCA
  • Organizations- Baptist Student
  • Organizations- Concert Choir
  • Organizations- Senior Order
  • Organizations- Campus Club

Box 27: Photographs, Events

  • Bonhomie Beauties, c. 1955-1960
  • 1935 Class Reunion
  • Commencement
  • College Day
  • Daisy Chain
  • Daisy Chain- Numbered
  • Freshman/Junior Kid Party
  • Hanging of the Greens
  • Hanging of the Greens- Numbered
  • Homecoming
  • May Day, in chronological order

Box 28: Photographs, Events

  • May Day, undated
  • May Day- Numbered
  • Spring Camp, 1947

Box 29: Photographs, Students

  • Alumnae
  • Students- Dining Hall
  • Students- dormitories
  • Students- dormitories, numbered
  • Students- group
  • Students- Home Economics
  • Students- Home Economics, numbered
  • Students- identified
  • Students- Library
  • Students- Music
  • Students- portraits, numbered
  • Students- Sociology
  • Students- unidentified
  • Students- unidentified, numbered

Box 30: Photographs, Faculty & Administration

  • Group
  • Portraits
  • Snapshots

Box 31: Photographs, Oversize

  • Student Events
  • Faculty & Administration
  • Buildings & Grounds

Box 32: Photographs, Oversize

  • Framed portrait of Willie Vance Gray, Accession #2005-030

Box 33: Negatives

Folder 1. Portraits, Not Dated

Folder 2. Portrait, 1929-1930 (also on glass slide)

Folder 3. Violin Ensemble

Folder 4. Glee Club, 1930-1931 (also on glass slide)

Folder 5. Glee Club, Not Dated

Folder 6. May Day Athletic Club, 1931-1932

Folder 7. Buildings & Grounds

Folder 8. Commencement, 1932-1933

Folder 9. Commencement, Not Dated

Folder 10. Academics

Box 34: Postcards

Folder 1: Campus Buildings and Grounds

Series 11, Alumnae Association 1889-1953

Box 35

Folder 1. Constitution

Folder 2. Alumnae Association Minutes, 1889-1914

Folder 3. Executive Committee Minutes, 1900-1911

Folder 4. Executive Committee Minutes, 1913-1919

Folder 5. Executive Committee Minutes, 1938-1952 

Folder 6. Historian’s Book and Executive Committee Minutes and Notes, 1923-1926

Folder 7. Treasurer’s Reports and Dues, 1903-1922

Folder 8. Treasurer’s Reports and Dues, 1923-1941

Folder 9. Treasurer’s Reports and Dues, n.d., 1910, 1937

Folder 10. Fundraising and Endowment Publicity, n.d., 1912, c. 1929

Box 36

Folder 1. Record Book of Recording Secretary of G.F.C. Alumnae Association

Folder 2. Correspondence

Folder 3. Register, 1924-1926

Folder 4. Alumnae lists, nd., 1921, c. 1935

Folder 5. Alumnae lists, nd (after 1930)

Folder 6. Alumnae biographical information: Rosa Lee Eskew, Carrie Bostick Lake, Mrs. Waddy Thompson, Mrs. W.F. Walker

Folder 7. Alumnae Banquet, Luncheon, event programs

Folder 8. Historical Sketch of the association

Folder 9. Alumnae News Letter, c. 1934-1935

Box 37

Folder 1. Greenville County GWC Alumnae Club Minutes, 1912-1913

Folder 2. Greenville County GWC Alumnae Club, Constitution and Bylaws

Sub-Series 1, Merge and Coordination with Furman

Box 38

Folder 1. Furman Alumni Listing, US by state and city

Folder 2. Furman Alumni Listing, South Carolina by county and city

Folder 3. GWC Alumnae Listing, South Carolina by county and city

Folder 4. GWC Alumnae Listing, Africa, Asia, China, Europe, Honduras, Mexico, South America

Folder 5. GWC Alumnae Listing, with revisions

Folder 6. Furman Bulletin, issues emphasizing the merge & coordination, 1935-36

Folder 7. Goals, Quotas, Schedules, Progress Reports, etc.

Folder 8. Letters to Fund Raisers

Folder 9. Press Releases

Folder 10. Promotional Materials

Folder 11. Planning and Organizational Materials

Folder 12. Solicitation Letters and Acknowledgements

Folder 13. Speaker’s Materials

Subseries 2, Class Files

Box 39

Folder 17. Class of 1887

Folder 18. Class of 1908

Folder 19. Class of 1912

Folder 20. Class of 1917

Folder 21. Class of 1922

Folder 22. Class of 1937, Woman’s College of Furman University

Folder 23. Class of 1938, Woman’s College of Furman University

Folder 24. Class of 1948, Woman’s College of Furman University

Subseries 3, Reunion Files

Box 40: 1897-1914

Series 12, Diploma Collection

Box 41: 1868-1894

Box 42: 1897-1932

Box 43: Lidie L. Jones, GFC, 1872