ETSU GIRLS OF SUMMER CHAPTER OF YA YA SISTERHOOD COLLECTION

2002

East Tennessee State University

University Archives

Box 70295

Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

E-Mail: archives@etsu.edu

Telephone - (423) 439-4338

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INTRODUCTION

Title: ETSU Girls of Summer Chapter of Ya Ya Sisterhood Collection

Collection Number: Accession No. 611

Physical description: 1 file folder

Creator: ETSU Girls of Summer Chapter of Ya Ya Sisterhood

Repository: University Archives, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The ETSU Girls of Summer Chapter of Ya Ya Sisterhood Collection was donated to University Archives by Patsy D. Jones, Kingsport, Tenn., on July 29, 2002.

Access: The collection is open for research.

Processing Information: The collection was processed by Ned Irwin and opened for research in May 2007.

HISTORICAL NOTE

The ETSU Girls of Summer Chapter of Ya Ya Sisterhood consists of a group of women who became good friends while attending East Tennessee State University in the late 1940s and have continued their friendship over the years, especially through attending an annual summer reunion meetings usually hosted by fellow members of the group at locations around the South where the women now live. Members at the time of the 2002 meeting included Elmira Alison, Joan Cardwell, Irma Caton, Vivian Goldfine, Neta Johnson, Patsy Jones, Louise McBee, Rose Mary Long Moseley, and Joyce Shaw VanBenthuysen.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The ETSU Girls of Summer Chapter of Ya Ya Sisterhood Collection consists of one scrapbook of the 2002 meeting of this organization at Opelika, Alabama. The scrapbook includes a membership list, essays, poetry, and miscellaneous writing, along with the group’s mission and induction ceremony. The scrapbook is filed in one folder and housed in Small Collections.

Important subjects in the collection include the following:

East Tennessee State University—Alumni and alumnae

East Tennessee State University—Students

FOLDER LIST

1. ETSU Girls of Summer Chapter of Ya Ya Sisterhood Scrapbook, 2002