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Preferred Citation:

Evelyn V. Palmer Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2010.028 was received on 1/22/2010.

Processing Information:

Accessioned by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in January 2010.

Administrative History:

Palmer was a member of the class of 1920 (according to the 1932 Catalogue of Alumni) and was part of the first class of women to enroll in 1918. She lived on-campus in the Tyler Dormitory, which was designated for women.

Scope and Contents

Consists of one letter to College of William and Mary student Evelyn V. Palmer from her mother, who indicates she will travel to Williamsburg to sell goods in an effort to raise the funds her daughter requested. Mrs. Palmer also shares an update of events at the Palmer home in Suffolk, Virginia.

Related Material

Martha Barksdale Papers (UA 6.004); University Archives Oral History Collection (UA 43) under Kimbrough, Janet; Mildred Barksdale (UA 5.060); Catherine Dennis Papers (UA 5.004); Scrapbook on Campus Life, 1915-1920 (UA 78).

Information about related materials is available at http://scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Women_at_the_College_of_William_and_Mary

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• College of William and Mary--Students
• Women college students