Helen Russell Cozad scrapbook
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the scrapbook of Helen Russell Cozad, which includes photographs, programs from Mount Vernon Seminary commencement, concerts and other events, small crafts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. The materials range in date from 1927-1929.
Dates
- 1927-1929
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Biographical / Historical
Helen Russell Cozad was born in Denver, Colorado in 1910 -- graduated from Omaha Public Schools in 1924 and the School of Individual Instruction in Omaha in January 1927 and at the age of 18 traveled alone to Washington DC to attend Mount Vernon Seminary for girls and graduated in 1929 after a two year course in Home Economics both theoretical and practical. She went back to Omaha and attended the University of Nebraska receiving her teaching degree in two years and joined Pi Beta Phi while there. She was married in 1935 in Omaha and in 1945 moved to Portland, Oregon with her family. One daughter, Cynthia Clancy Baldwin.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the personal scrapbook of Helen Russell Cozad, student at Mount Vernon Seminary between 1927-1929. The contents include contact information of friends, personal correspondence, photographs, programs from social events, newpaper clippings, and school-related materials.
Arrangement
Arranged in the scrapbook's original order.
Physical Location
Materials may be stored off-site, and may require additional retrieval time. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Cynthia Clancy Baldwin, May 8, 2012 (2012.051).
- Mount Vernon Seminary
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Women -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women's colleges Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Baldwin, Cynthia Clancy (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Helen Russell Cozad scrapbook, 1927-1929
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
