Mary Lillian Arthur Fletcher scrapbook

The Mary Lillian Arthur Fletcher scrapbook is comprised of letters, newspaper clippings, telegrams, drawings, programs, and other ephemera that document Arthur's activities as a freshman at the State Teachers College, from 1930-1931. The scrapbook documents campus events such as the New Girl-Old Girl wedding, a student voice recital, the freshman class play, the May Day festival, the dedication of Woodrow Wilson Hall, a Red Cross drive, and activities hosted by the YWCA, Stratford Dramatic Club and Cotillion Club. The scrapbook contains a bulletin from the Central Methodist Episcopal Church in Staunton (1931), and from the Central Methodist Sunday School of Staunton (1931). Ephemera include nut and candy wrappers, a popsicle stick, rolled tobacco, a box of matches, a napkin, bridge score cards, ribbons from a school dance, and a small plastic doll. The scrapbook also contains various paper pendants and seals from Virginia colleges and universities, such as the University of Virginia, Augusta Military Academy, Virginia Military Institute, and William and Mary College.

The scrapbook also contains a letter to Lillian from her mother, with a note that it was postmarked in 1940, and addressed to Mrs. W.J. Fletcher in Asheville, North Carolina. No envelope is found.

The scrapbook was printed by Staunton Novelty Company, Inc., of Staunton, Virginia under the series, “The Golden Book, Memories of my Campus Days.” The cover contains a stitched leather seal of the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg.