Use Restrictions

The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collections Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

Access Restrictions

ollection is open to research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the James Madison University Special Collections Library to use this collection.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Lois Everett Papers, 1953-1955, SC 0045, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the James Madison University Alumni Association by Steve A. Everett, son of Lois Everett, and was subsequently transferred to the Special Collections Library.

Bio/Historical Note

Lois Ann Hogan Everett lived in Lynchburg, Virginia before enrolling at Madison College in the fall of 1953. Everett transferred to East Carolina University in 1955. She graduated from East Carolina University in 1957 with a bachelor's degree in primary education. During the second semester of her freshman year at Madison College, Everett was inducted into the German Dance Club and the Modern Dance Club.

Scope and Content

The Lois Hogan Everett Papers, 1953-1955, contain a Madison College homecoming program, admissions publications, essay, and other event programs collected by Lois Hogan Everett during her time as a student at Madison College. The following items comprise the collection: a brochure entitled "Thinking of Going to College" (Vol. XII, No. 3) published by the Madison College Office of Admissions, a 1955 Homecoming program, a 1953 Madison College bulletin entitled "After High School What," a program for the 1955 Madison College Graduate Program in Music Education at the Virginia Music Camp at Massanetta Springs, a printed slip of paper bearing the lyrics to the Madison College "Alma Mater" and "Blue-Stone Hill," and a May 6, 1955 issue of The Breeze . A copy of Everett's October 1953 essay entitled "My First Day at Madison," which she wrote for her English class and received an A-, is included. In this essay, Everett recounts her initial apprehension about attending Madison College and how she was made to feel welcome and comfortable on campus.

Arrangement

This collection is filed in one folder and chronologically when possible.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Brochures
• Essays
• Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
• James Madison University -- Students -- History
• Madison College -- Alumni and alumnae
• Madison College -- History
• Madison College -- Students
• Madison College -- Students -- Social life and customs
• Newspapers
• Printed Ephemera
• Programs (documents)