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Dance cards

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Class of 1906 Harold Riford Bird scrapbook, 1880 - 1906

 Item — Box 56
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains photographs and ephemera from Bird's college years and prior, including dance cards, demerits, freshman banquet posters, memorabilia from the College's George Washington Birthday Banquet, and various student publications, including an 1880 issue of The Ram and a 1906 copy of Poo Bah.

Dates: 1880 - 1906

Class of 1915 Clotilda Hayes scrapbook, 1911-1915

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

A scrapbook marked with the college logo and seal, compiled by Clotilda Hayes, class of 1915. It contains ephemera and realia ranging from menus, sports and theater programs, room decorations, letters, Christmas cards, chemistry class notes, dance cards, Halloween decorations, and some small photographs.

Dates: 1911-1915

Class of 1915 Elbert Charles Cole scrapbook, 1911-1915

 Item — Box 93.1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook contains a variety of print ephemera compiled by Cole, including photographs (including several large photographs of interior of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity house), academic records, dance cards, programs (plays, musical performances, Forefather's Day, commencement, senior night, athletic events), newspaper clippings, athletic schedules, constitutions and bylaws (Women's Student Government Association, Athletic Association, Inter-Fraternity Council), drawings, and menus....
Dates: 1911-1915

Class of 1915 Karl Isaac Solomon Sterns scrapbook, 1910-1920

 Item — Box 57
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains assorted ephemera related to Sterns' life and education including dance cards, programs (plays, church services, athletic events), Dean's disciplinary messages, photographs, newspapers and newspaper clippings, and a Vermont certificate of Stern's military service (with medal) in World War I. Curiously, materials are housed in a National Memory and Fellowship book for the University of Vermont, not for Middlebury College.

Dates: 1910-1920

Class of 1917 George Wilberforce Grant scrapbook, 1913-1917

 Item — Box 59
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook contains programs for plays, athletic events, and concerts, newspapers and newspaper clippings, dance cards, song and chant lyrics, as well as photographs, dating between 1913 and 1917.

Dates: 1913-1917

Class of 1917 Helen B. Cussons scrapbook, 1913-1917

 Item — Box 58
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains memorabilia from Cusson's years at Middlebury College, including programs from plays, sporting events (primarily baseball), and commencement ceremonies, dance cards, letters, newspaper clippings, drawings, and a journal. Though belonging to Cussons, the embossed name on the scrapbook reads "Press Club, 1930-31." This has been blacked out.

Dates: 1913-1917

Class of 1919 Helen Sophia Stilphen scrapbook, 1915-1919

 Item — Box 93.4
Identifier: C68
Scope and Contents Memory and fellowship book published by the College Memory Book Company, compiled by Helen Sophia Stilphen, Middlebury College class of 1919 for the years 1915-1919. Contains ephemera from her four years at Middlebury, including a signature book, dance cards, a book of cheers for sporting events, pamphlets from the Women's Athletic Association, semester grades, and many photographs of social occasions, outdoor outings, and campus buildings. Also of note are a few newspaper clippings...
Dates: 1915-1919

Class of 1920 Willard Gifford Taylor scrapbook, 1916-1920

 Item — Box 64
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

"Book of Friends;" school and social functions, dance books

Dates: 1916-1920

Class of 1930 Janice E. Alwill scrapbook, 1926 - 1930

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

This thick scrapbook, created by Middlebury student Janice E. Alwill '30, contains photographs, dance cards, luncheon, social activity ephemera, newspaper clippings, coursework, ojects, postcards, and other memorabilia. The pages are noted and well documented and it includes primarily original materials.

Dates: 1926 - 1930

Class of 1935 Walter Wyman Smith, Jr. scrapbook, 1931 - 1935

 Item — Box 87
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook contains memorabilia from Smith's college years, 1931-1935, including programs (plays, debate competitions including international debate against Oxford University and the University of Puerto Rico, the Parker Merrill speech competition, commencement exercises, church services, variety shows, class day, and sporting events), essays, numerous issues of the Middlebury Campus, various issues of independent and satirical publications (South Painter Gazette, Sig Ep Panther, Supmac...
Dates: 1931 - 1935

Class of 1939 Richard Charles Sabra scrapbook, 1936-1939

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This folder contains loose pages from Richard Sabra's (Middlebury Class of 1939) scrapbook, , which in turn contain dance cards, invitations to dances and other events, newpaper cutouts--some related to the Middelbury College women's ski team, pamphlets of plays, and other memorabilia.

Dates: 1936-1939

Class of 1941 Margaret Powell Shaub scrabook, 1940-1941

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

Scrapbook compiled by Margaret Shaub, Middlebury College Classs of 1941, documenting her senior year. The scrapbook contains dance programs, performance programs, dance cards, letters, bulletins, newspaper clippings from The Middlebury Campus newspaper, a photograph of the Kappa Delta Rho (KDR) house, commencement items, and congratulation cards.

Dates: 1940-1941

Class of 1943 Margaret Bullock scrapbook, 1939-1943

 Item — Box 93.2
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains an extensive collection of various ephemera, including dance cards, letters, sorority and fraternity realted materials; newspaper clippings; personal objects; photographs; Pi Beta Phi; postcards; official college publications and student publications; valentines; winter carnival programs and related materials, and programs for theatre and music perfrmances.

Dates: 1939-1943

Class of 1943 Virginia Carpenter scrapbook, 1939 - 1943

 Item
Identifier: A9_scrapbooks
Scope and Contents 1 scrapbook with cork covers with owl design created by Virginia "Ginnie" Carpenter, Class of 1943, during her time at Middlebury College. The scrapbook contains black and white photographs of Carpenter, classmates, and friends on the Middlebury College campus; Carpenter's acceptance letter to Middlebury; invitations; dance cards; Middlebury College publications; graded assignments; newspaper clippings; football media guides; materials from fraternity and sorority parties and events; dried...
Dates: 1939 - 1943

Class of 1944 Ingrid Hillevi Monk scrapbook, 1940-1941

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains a collection of ephemera from Monk's first year at Middlebury College including newspaper clippings, Christmas cards, valentines, letters, Winter Carnival tickets and programs, dance cards, academic records, samples of party decorations, and a cigar. Items are accompanied by extensive handwritten commentary.

Dates: 1940-1941

Class of 1945 Mary Elizabeth Wisotzkey scrapbook

 Item
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents Wisotzkey's college years, from 1941 to 1945. It contains, photographs, letters, programs from sporting events as well as musical and theatre performances, dance cards, academic records, receipts, newspaper clippings, and commencement materials. The scrapbook also contains documents pertaining to the second World War at Middlebury College, including political cartoons and instructions for air raid drills. Of particular note is a mock war ration book, given to...
Dates: 1800-

Class of 1949 Rachel Louise Adkins scrapbook, 1949

 Item — Box 82, Volume: 1
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

portraits; sketches; commencement; piano recital; acceptance letter; delta kappa epsilon sorority; registration; national war fund receipt; Midd Nite; newspaper clippings; friends; freshmen week rules; dance cards; winter carnival; Christmas time; bouquet; Wesleyan; theatre programs; sorority rush party invitations; romance with man named Jim; sorority bid and initiation; Scullion's ball; summer activities; sports schedule; sports roster; banquets.

Dates: 1949

Class of 1952 Lynn "Lindy" Pahner scrapbook, 1949

 Item — Shelf 47
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents Scrapbook belonging to Lynn "Lindy" Pahner, Class of 1952, and produced during her time at Middlebury.The scrapbook includes a document entitled "Lindy's reasons on why she wants to go to Middlebury"; mistletoe from a Christmas party; a dance card from the 1952 Sophomore Hop; football programs; performance programs; a dance card for the 1949 Middlebury Sailing Club Commodore's Ball; dried flowers from step singing in 1949; dance card from the spring formal dance at the "Breadloaf...
Dates: 1949

Class of 1953 Patricia Hamilton (Todd) scrapbook, 1953

 Item — Box 82, Volume: 2
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

Winter Carnival; graduation; parties; Florida vacation; Freshman week; dance cards; performing arts and lecture programs

Dates: 1953

Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1950-1951

 Item
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook documents the final portion of Walker's Senior year at Plainview High School in Plainview, NJ (1950/51), and the beginning of her first year at Middlebury College (1951/52). It contains an extensive collection of ephemera including newspaper clippings, Middlebury College application materials, programs from church services, plays (Wig and Pen, Broadway), and musical performances, birthday and other holiday cards, high school commencement materials, rules and regulations for...
Dates: 1950-1951

Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1952-1953

 Item — Box 3
Identifier: A9
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...
Dates: 1952-1953

Class of 1955 Nancy Walker scrapbook, 1954-1955

 Item — Box 4, Volume: 1, 2
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents This scrapbook appears to document a portion of Walker's junior year at Middlebury College. It contains a small of ephemera including newspaper clippings (primarily concerning engagements and weddings), programs and tickets from plays and sporting events, dance cards, wedding invitations, and memorabilia from the 1954 Winter Carnival. A majority of the scrabook's contents are accompanied by handwritten notes and/or brief journal entries. The binding is removed from this...
Dates: 1954-1955

Class of 1957 Geraldine Raymond scrapbook, 1953 - 1957

 Item
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook, made by Middlebury College student Geraldine Raymond '57, contains dance cards, sports programs, newpaper articles, postcards, and letters related to Middlebury College.

Dates: 1953 - 1957

Class of 1958 Linda Mae Durfee scrapbook, 1954 - 1957

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents

Included in this folder are eight items from the scrapbook of Linda Mae Durfee, Middlebury College Class of 1958, including two poems, dance cards, and invitations to various events.

Dates: 1954 - 1957

Ladies in Waiting and Servitor's ball, 1930 - 1937

 File
Identifier: S6
Scope and Contents

Includes dance cards for the Ladies in Waiting ball and the Servitor's ball.

Dates: 1930 - 1937

Reunion scrapbook of Middlebury College Class of 1935, 1935-1995

 Item
Identifier: A9
Scope and Contents

This scrapbook contains photographs documenting various reunion events of the class of 1935, from their 5th reunion in 1940 to their 55th reunion in 1990. Individual pages document the lives of various class members, including both current and historical photographs. The scrapbook also includes attendance rosters, newspaper clippings, and dance cards, as well as a pamphlet for an exhibition of recent acquisitions at the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery in 1978.

Dates: 1935-1995