Margaret Bennett Photograph Album, circa 1926-1930
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Summary
- Creator:
- Hurt, Margaret Bennett, 1909-1965
- Abstract:
- Margaret Bennett was a 1930 graduate of the Woman's College of Duke University and involved with numerous student groups and organizations including the Student Government Council. Album contains photographic prints of portraits and campus scenes of student life in the late 1920s.
- Extent:
- 0.2 Linear Feet
1 box (containing 1 album and 1 folder) - Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- UA.30.01.0072
- University Archives Record Group:
- 30 -- Student and Alumni Papers and Materials
30 -- Student and Alumni Papers and Materials > 01 -- Individuals
Background
- Scope and content:
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Small album (approximately 6x8 inches) contains photographs that document Duke student life in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Photographs include formal portraits, candid snapshots taken on what is today East Campus, and football and baseball players in uniform. Many of the portraits are of male classmates and include Bennett's captions in pen on the image, typically noting the student's name or nickname.
Some images have been removed or mutilated. In addition to the album, the collection contains a selection of 23 loose photographs and 4 negatives.
- Biographical / historical:
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Margaret Bennett (1909-1965) was a 1930 graduate of the Woman's College at Duke University. She was class secretary her freshman and junior year, a member of the Student Government Council and the Y.W.C.A. cabinet her junior year, and a member of the Chronicle and Chanticleer staff her senior year.
She married Jethro Merewether Hurt on November 6, 1935, and the couple later had three children. Margaret Bennett Hurt appears in the 1950 U.S. Census as a housewife living with her family in Blackstone, Virginia. She died in Richmond, Virginia, on Dec. 22, 1965.
- Acquisition information:
- The Margaret Bennett Photograph Album was received by the University Archives as a gift from J.M. Hurt III in 1995.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Josh Larkin Rowley, May 2009
Encoded by Josh Larkin Rowley, May 2009
Accession UA95-66 is described in this finding aid.
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- Subjects:
- Women college students -- North Carolina -- Durham
College athletes -- North Carolina -- Durham - Format:
- Photographic prints
Photograph albums - Names:
- Duke University. Woman's College -- History
Duke University. Woman's College -- Students
Duke University -- Alumni and alumnae
Duke University. Woman's College
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Access note. Original nitrate negatives are closed to use. Original negatives have been slated for digitization and de-accessioning as of November 2024. The rest of the collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Margaret Bennett Photograph Album, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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