Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Obelia "Bee" Graves Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center on 11/25/2008.

Biographical Note

Obelia "Bee" Graves attended Winston-Salem Teachers College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the first historically black college to grant bachelor degrees in elementary school education.  Her family lived in Blance, North Carolina.Her parents were Vester and Sallie Graves. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Obelia "Bee" Graves ">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Obelia "Bee" Graves </a>.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters to Obelia "Bee" Graves, from her family and friends, while she attended Winston-Salem Teachers College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The institution is presently known as Winston-Salem State University. Winston-Salem Teachers College was the first historically black college to grant bachelors degrees in elementary school education. The collection also includes college documents from her time at college such as report cards and her admission acceptance. The collection also contains letters from two soldiers to Bee Graves' sister, Cleonis. The soldiers served during World War II in the Philippines.

Index Terms

Corporate Name:

• Winston-Salem State University
• Winston-Salem Teachers College

Genre/Form of Material:

• Correspondence
• Photographs

Personal Name:

• Education--North Carolina.

Topical Term:

• African American women--Education.
• African Americans.
• Report cards
• Women college students
• World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area

Additional Information