Ruth Bedford - Memory book of College Life, 1919-1923

Item — Box: 26

Identifier: Series IV

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

This series contains scrapbooks created by students to document their time at Willamette University. Largely covering the early half of the twentieth century, students' scrapbooks included programs, letters, souvenirs, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Programs include dances and dinners put on by campus fraternities, sororities, and residential organizations. Letters are from loved ones on-campus and at home. Collected souvenirs include dried flowers, pencils, name-cards, and in the case of Barbara Crookham Euler, tea bags and wedding cake.

Dates

1919-1923

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Ruth Bedford graduated in 1923 with a degree in French. She was a member of the Chrestomathean society, participated in the Junior play and Freshman Glee, and was frequently the pianist at campus events. She later became a pianist in Salem.