Metadata
Title: Emma Elizabeth Collins Burke Scrapbook
Subject: Mary Washington College Student life
Description: Mary Washington College student life during the 1940s preserved in a scrapbook by Emma Elizabeth Collins Burke. The scrapbook displays newspaper clippings of activities such as a dog show, ballet, red cross visiting, and more.
Type: Still Image
Source: Simpson Library Special Collections
Citation:
Burke, Emma E.C. 1940-1942. “Scrapbook of Emma Elizabeth Collins Burke.” Scrapbook. University of Mary Washington Special Collections and University Archives. Simpson Library Special Collections, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA.
Transcript:
Mary Washington Girls Take In Dog Show
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THREE STUDENTS at Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Va. were among the spec-tators at the recent Dog Mart at the Virginia City. They are (from left) Hilda Holloway, Newport News, Va: Charlotte Grigg, Emporia, Va., and Bertha Dickenson, Mobile, Ala.
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Colonial Ballet-Girls from Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Va., performed this ballet at the colonial ball staged at the Willard Hotel by the Virginia society of Washington in honor of George Washington and his mother, Mary. The college ballerinas are (left to right) Phyllda Bien, Ann Cook, Ann Harris, Myran Russell, Peggy Moran, Edith Donnan, Virginia Jarvis, Eleanor Gilman, and Lilias Scott.
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This is Helen Hayes, mother. With her are daughter, Mary, famous “Act of God” baby; son, Jamie, and friend, Charles, a British refugee from German air raids.
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Red Cross Volunteers Work at M.W. College
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PREPARE 30,000 SWABS-Mary Washington College volunteers for Red Cross work currently are working on the quarter’s quota of 30,000 swabs. The sponsors are (standing) Mrs. Morgan L. Combs, wife of the president of the Fredericksburg Va. institution, and Miss Lillie Turman, dean of freshmen
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Machine Gun Purchase Plotted at Party
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HARMLESS ON THE SURFACE but if Axis agents will look more closely they will detect a conspiracy at this social gathering of Mary Washington College girls in Fredericksburg, Va. These summer school students are plotting the purchase of a machine gun and are pushing War Savings Stamp sales at every chance. That’s Nancy Aitcheson of Alexandria, Va. (cen-ter), selling a War Stamp to Priscilla Wilson of Westport, Conn.
The Washington Post
PLAN MACHINE GUN PURCHASE