Anna Santore DeLancy, Student, Scrapbook Regarding West Virginia University
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5096
Scrapbook of Anna Santore DeLancy (1911-2001), West Virginia University (WVU) student, class of 1934, and social worker at "The Shack" in Pursglove. Scrapbook includes: WVU Student Fee Card; WVU Freshman Handbook published by the Women's Student Government Association (1931-1932); advertisement for Non-Fraternity Student Body President; unidentified cyanotype; programs from the Nixon Theater, Pittsburgh, PA; WVU commencment program, 1934; WVU commencement invitation, 1932; autographs of Morgantown and Pursglove residents; dance cards; year booklet of the Delta Chapter of Phi Chi Delta, 1933-1934; WVU freshman week programs; WVU May Festival program, 1932; program for Kiwanis Midnight Minstrels Charity Show at the Warner Theatre; WVU ephemera (sports schedule card, 1933, varsity football schedule, 1931, student activity book, 1930-1931); two photographs of group portraits of fellow students; candid photographs of Mary Behner with others; Fairmont College student directory, 1930; Sigrid Onegin recital program, signed "Onegin," 1934; clippings regarding the YWCA; and other items. Anna DeLancy was a Sunday School teacher at The Shack, a Presbyterian neighborhood house still operating in Pursglove. She founded the Beautiful Homes Club there, and was the recreation director after the founder Mary Behner Christopher left in 1938. She spent most of her life as a librarian in New York City.
English
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0.25 Linear Feet (Summary: 3 in. (1 small flat storage box))
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