Gloria Bowen McCoy Papers, 1944-1947
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Summary
- Creator:
- McCoy, Gloria Lois Bowen
- Abstract:
- Gloria Bowen McCoy attended Duke University from 1944-1946. The collection includes a scrapbook, class notes, photographs, and memorabilia of her time at Duke.
- Extent:
- 2.0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- UA.30.01.0086
- 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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The collection consists of a scrapbook, class notes, memorabilia, photographs, and two personal calendars. The scrapbook includes event programs, namecards, newsclippings, invitations, photographs, documents, a rock, a cigar, matchbooks, corsages, and other mementos from Gloria Bowen's time at Duke. Also included are materials related to Goon Day, including Gloria Bowen's Goon sign, orientation materials, class assignments and notes from several classes (French, Spanish, Music, Philosophy, Zoology, Logic, and some related to parliamentary procedures), photographs of the Woman's College and students, calendars from 1944 and 1946 (the years Gloria Bowen entered and left Duke University) describing social activities, and other materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Gloria Lois Bowen was born June 21, 1926. She attended Duke University in the Woman's College from 1944-1946, leaving after her marriage to John McCoy (alumnus of Duke and Duke Law, class of 1951). While at Duke, she was a member of the Alpha Phi sorority, attended games, events, and dances, and took classes in Music, French, Spanish, Zoology, Philosophy, and other topics.
Gloria and John McCoy had three children, Dana McCoy Anderson, John McCoy Jr., and Carol McCoy Townsend, as well as seven grandchildren. The couple lived in Daytona Beach, Florida and Black Mountain, North Carolina.
- Acquisition information:
- The Gloria Bowen McCoy Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2015.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Tracy M. Jackson, April 2016.
Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2015-0013, UA2015-0042.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Gloria Bowen McCoy Papers, University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.