Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1952-1953
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook documents the latter portion of Walker's first year at Middlebury College and much of her sophomore year. It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings (primarily concerning weddings and engagements), programs from plays, musical performances, church services, and sporting events, memorabilia from the 1953 Winter Carnival, dance cards, song lyrics, birthday cards and valentines, academic records, personal letters, menus, matchbooks, and materials concerning the Pi Beta Phi fraternity. The scrapbook also contains documents pertaining to the eleventh annual Middlebury Conference, a complete and intact copy of the Middlebury Campus dated February 26, 1953, a copy of the 1953 Baccalaureate program, and a script for a variety show sketch entitled "Modern Education." A majority of the scrabook's contents are accompanied by handwritten notes and/or brief journal entries.
Dates
- 1952-1953
Biographical / Historical
From the Middlebury College General Catalog, 2000: Daughter of Albert Runyon Walker and Jessie Lewis (Hastings). Born in Plainfield, NJ, May 23, 1933. Director of Admissions, Park School, Brookline, MA, 1972-1977. Director of Admission, Milton Academy Girls' School, Milton, MA, 1977-1980. Director of Development, Park School, Brookline, MA, 1985-1992. Publication Director and Archivist, The Park School, Brookline, MA, 1992-1996, 1997-1999. President, Middlebury College Alumni Association, 1982-1984. Married H. Kimball Faulkner, Feb 21, 1959. Children: Emily Morison, Anne Hastings, and Abigail Dane.
Extent
1 Box (1 scrapbook) : Item is in fragile condition.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
B3 3 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The scrapbook was donated in 2012 by its creator, Nancy Walker Faulkner, '55.
- Alumni scrapbooks
- Athletics
- Birthday cards
- Cheers
- College sports
- College students -- United States -- Social life and customs
- Dance cards
- Diaries
- Greek letter societies
- Greeting cards
- Letters
- Marriage
- Middlebury College -- Alumni and alumnae
- Middlebury College -- Students
- Middlebury College -- Women
- Newspaper clippings
- Programs
- Religion
- Students -- Social life and customs
- Theater
- Valentine's Day
- Vermont -- Social life and custom -- 20th century
- Winter Carnival
Repository Details
Part of the Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives Repository
Middlebury College
Davis Family Library
110 Storrs Avenue
Middlebury Vermont 05753 United States
specialcollections@middlebury.edu