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Barksdale, Martha, Papers Guide to the Martha Barksdale Papers UA 6.004

Guide to the Martha Barksdale Papers UA 6.004


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William & Mary Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
UA 6.004
Title
Martha Barksdale Papers 1918-1974 1918-1922
Quantity
1.20 Linear Feet
Creator
Barksdale, Martha, 1900-1974
Creator
Chamings, Dorothy Thurza Louise, d. 1958
Language
English

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access

Since the Martha Barksdale diary is fragile, researchers are required to use either the digital verison,the photocopy, or the transcription of the diary.

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Preferred Citation:

Martha Barksdale Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1985.54 was received in 1985.

Biographical Information:

Martha Elizabeth Barksdale, a native of Redlands, Virginia, entered the College of William and Mary in 1918 as a member of the first class to include women. Barksdale worked to establish an intercollegiate sports program for women as a student and continued this work as a faculty member. After graduating, Barksdale was appointed to teach in the newly-established Department of Women's Physical Education. She received her M.A. in Physical Education from William and Mary in 1929. Barksdale lived in Williamsburg for fifty-six years and was a founder of the Williamsburg Community Council. She was also an organizer of the Williamsburg Auxiliary for Patrick Henry Hospital and helped to establish the hospital's therapy program.

Scope and Contents

[NOTE: Since the Martha Barksdale diary is fragile, researchers are required to use either the digital verison, the photocopy, or the transcription of the diary.]

The papers include Martha Barksdale's diary for 1918-1919, recording her experiences as a member of the first class of women at William and Mary. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs that document student activities and women's sports at the college from her student years to her teaching career. The bulk of the photographs date from the 1920s-1940s.

Related Material

Mildred Barksdale Papers (UA 5.060); Virginia Hinkins Scrapbook (UA 5.081); Catherine Dennis Papers (UA 5.004); Janet Kimbrough Interview in the University Archives Oral History Collection (UA 43).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Athletics--Study and teaching
  • Athletics--United States
  • Athletics--Women
  • College of William and Mary--History--20th century
  • College sports--United States--History--20th century
  • College sports--Virginia--Williamsburg
  • Diaries
  • Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
  • Intramural sports
  • Photographs
  • Scrapbooks
  • Students--Women--Admission in 1918
  • Women college students
  • Women--Education--Virginia
  • Women--Education--Virginia--History
  • Women--History--Virginia

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Barksdale, Martha, 1900-1974
  • Chamings, Dorothy Thurza Louise, d. 1958
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id15808
Box 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 id15809
    Diary of Martha Barksdale [don't serve original]
    1918-1919
    Scope and Contents

    [NOTE: Since the diary is fragile, researchers are required to use either the digital verison, the photocopy, or the transcription of the diary.]

    In her diary, Martha Barksdale recorded the events of her first year at college as a member of the first class of women to enter the College of William and Mary. The entry for 26 November 1918 reads: "[...] were quarrentined for Spanish influenza. This was a good thing for us. None of the girls had it so we used our time in getting well acquainted. We had met none of the boys and the quarrentine served to make them want to meet us."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2 id15810
    Photocopy and Transcription of Diary
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3 id15811
    Gymnastic Peoples College Diploma
    1926
    Scope and Contents

    The diploma from Gymnastic Peoples College in Ollerup, Denmark, reads: "Martha Elizabeth Barksdale has successfully completed the six weeks summer course for American women teachers of physical education and is hereby endorsed as an exponent of fundamental gymnastics in America."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4 id15812
    Faculty Information Form
    1938
    Scope and Contents

    Two Pages. Completed form for Martha Barksdale, giving her department and title; degrees held and other education; date and place of birth and parents' names; clubs and fraternities; publications; hobbies; teaching experience; other positions held

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5 id15813
    Volumes
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5 id15814
      Photo Album (gift to Florrie in 1892) filled with cartes de visite and cabinet cards.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5 id15815
      Photo album containing black and white photos of family, friends, and farm scenes
      1910s-1920s
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5 id15816
      Autograph book of Dorothy Chamings
      1926-1927
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id15817
Box 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1 id15818
    Athletics--Fencing
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2 id15819
    Barksdale, Martha
    Scope and Contents

    As a student in her basketball uniform.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3 id15820
    Bland, Tommy
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 id15821
    Briscoe, Marjorie Jane
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5 id15822
    Christmas Activities
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 6 id15823
    Dances
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 7 id15824
    Freshman Class of 1918
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 8 id15825
    Gibbons, Frances Louise
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id15826
    Groggins, Jane
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10 id15827
    Group Photos--Unidentified
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 11 id15828
    Harwood, Bessie Virginia
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 12 id15829
    H2E Club
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 13 id15830
    Homecoming
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 14 id15831
    Individual Photos--Unidentified
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 15 id15832
    J. Lesslie Hall Literary Society
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 16 id15833
    Jessup, Bettie Sue
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 17 id15834
    May Day
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 18 id15835
    Men's Gymnastics
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 19 id15836
    Mitchell, Dorothy Reis
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 20 id15837
    Moss, Mattie Edna
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 21 id15838
    Orchesis (Dance Club)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 22 id15839
    Reeder, Marion
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 23 id15840
    Song Contest
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 24 id15841
    Terrell, Dorothy
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 25 id15842
    Torrence, Beatrice
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 26 id15843
    Visitors to Campus--Coolidge, Calvin (1926)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 27 id15844
    Women's Apparatus Club
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 28 id15845
    Women's Archery
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 29 id15846
    Women's Archery--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 30 id15847
    Women's Athletic Committee
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 31 id15848
    Women's Athletic Council
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 32 id15849
    Women's Athletics Administration
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 33 id15850
    Women's Badminton--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 34 id15851
    Women's Baseball
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id15852
Box 3
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1 id15853
    Women's Basketball
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2 id15854
    Women's Basketball--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3 id15855
    Women's Bowling--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 id15856
    Women's Bridge--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5 id15857
    Women's Bridge--Tournament
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6 id15858
    Women's Canoeing
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7 id15859
    Women's Coaches
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8 id15860
    Women's Field Hockey
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 9 id15861
    Women's Field Hockey--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 10 id15862
    Women's Gymnastics
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 11 id15863
    Women's Horseshoes--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 12 id15864
    Women's Intramural Council
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 13 id15865
    Women's Lacrosse
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 14 id15866
    Women's Lacrosse--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 15 id15867
    Women's Life Saving
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 16 id15868
    Women's Monogram Club
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 17 id15869
    Women's Ping Pong--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 18 id15870
    Women's Soccer
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 19 id15871
    Women's Student Council
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 20 id15872
    Women's Swimming
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 21 id15873
    Women's Swimming--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 22 id15874
    Women's Sports Teams
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 23 id15875
    Women's Tennis
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 24 id15876
    Women's Tennis--Intramural
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 25 id15877
    Women's Track