Audie Scott Tilghman papers

Audie writes letters to her home in Norfolk about her adventures and days at State Teachers College in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The letters are from her first year in 1926-1927. She writes to her family, her mother, Eulee Scott Tilghman, her father, William Clarence Tilghman, and her grandmother, “Big Momma.” Some letters are addressed to all three family members, others to her mother and father, and some are addressed individually. She writes of her college life, her daily schedule, class schedule, reading and homework, grades, studying for exams, dorm life, friends, food in the dining hall, attending church, chapel and Sunday school, young men visiting campus, requesting items and money be sent from home, cost of school material, weather, trips, and sketches of her dorm, Wellington Hall, and of campus. Most letters are written by Audie, but there are some letters addressed to Audie from her mother, father, and friends. Some letters were enclosed in envelopes, other envelopes were empty.

Also in this collection are items from Audie, including hand drawn and purchased cards addressed to her and her mother and father, a financial letter addressed to her father in 1930 from The Mutual Building Association about late loan payments, a Warner’s Renowned Remedies Company booklet, 1926 Loew’s State Theatre in Norfolk Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Union Mission pamphlet, an undated newspaper clipping about Audie’s election as President of the Young Progressive Club of Epworth M.E. Church, a 1926 bill statement to The J.M. Gwaltney Co., Inc., a 1926 bill to Mr. W.C. Tilghman, and a 1926 Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church bulletin. Also in this collection are two State Teachers College items, including a 1926-1927 student handbook and a State Teachers College pamphlet with images of campus, buildings, and Harrisonburg and general information about professional data, curricula, programs of health and physical education, and student activities.