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Preferred Citation:

Eleanor Ramsdell Van Scherpe Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2008.07

Biographical / Historical

Eleanor Ramsdell Van Scherpe entered the College of William & Mary in 1940 and graduated in 1944.

Scope and Contents

The papers of Eleanor Ramsdell Van Scherpe are primarily a scrapbook compiled during her first academic year at the College of William & Mary. It includes correspondence from her potential sorority Big Sisters and her roommate Viola "Vicki" Woodward; various programs; news clippings; sorority invitations; and other items.

The student's freshmen duc cap is housed in the University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13).

Related Material

University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Students
• Scrapbooks
• Sororities--Social