Meredith College Oral History Project

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      <titlestmt>
        <titleproper>Meredith College Oral History Project
                    <num>MS420</num>
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        <subtitle>1988-1989, 0.75 linear feet</subtitle>
        <author>Finding aid prepared by Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex</author>
        <sponsor>Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.</sponsor>
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      <publicationstmt>
        <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher>
        <address>
          <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline>
          <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline>
          <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline>
        </address>
        <date>2004</date>
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      <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
                <date>2019-05-14T17:25-0400</date>
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      <langusage>Description is in 
                <language langcode="eng">English</language></langusage>
      <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules>
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    <revisiondesc>
      <change>
        <date>2019</date>
        <item>Revised by Stephanie Bennett</item>
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      <unittitle>Meredith College Oral History Project</unittitle>
      <unitid>MS420</unitid>
      <repository>
        <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname>
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      <langmaterial>
        <language langcode="eng"/>
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      <physdesc>
        <extent>0.63 linear feet</extent>
        <extent>1 document box, 1 half-document box</extent>
      </physdesc>
      <unitdate normal="1988/1989" type="inclusive">1988-1989</unitdate>
      <abstract id="ref3" label="Abstract">Jean Batten Cooper, a Meredith College graduate (1954), created this oral history of Meredith College alumnae in 1988-1989. She generated these materials as a member of WFU's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program. Materials present include audiocassettes, an interviewee and subject list, a VHS videocassette featuring interviewees, and interview transcripts.</abstract>
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    <accessrestrict id="ref5">
      <head>Access Restrictions</head>
      <p>Collection is open.</p>
    </accessrestrict>
    <userestrict id="ref6">
      <head>Copyright Notice</head>
      <p>Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law.</p>
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    <prefercite id="ref7">
      <head>Preferred Citation</head>
      <p>Meredith College Oral History Project (MS420), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.</p>
    </prefercite>
    <acqinfo id="ref8">
      <head>Acquisitions Information</head>
      <p>Mrs. Jean Batten Cooper, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1989, 1995, 1996.</p>
    </acqinfo>
    <processinfo id="ref9">
      <head>Processing Information</head>
      <p>Processed by John Woodard, June 13, 1989. Encoded by Apex, December 2004. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through 
                <extref ns2:href="http://www.ncecho.org/">North Carolina ECHO</extref>.</p>
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    <bioghist id="ref10">
      <head>Biographical Note</head>
      <p>Jean Batten Cooper was born Myra Jean Batten to Jacob Freeman Batten and Polly Parrish Batten in 1932 or 1933. Cooper was a member of the Meredith College class of 1954. She was married to M. (Miles) Robert Cooper in 1956; he predeceased her in 2014.</p>
    </bioghist>
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      <head>Collection Overview</head>
      <p>This oral history of Meredith College alumnae was created by 
                <persname>Jean Batten Cooper</persname> of Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1988-1989. Batten generated these materials in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in liberal studies at Wake Forest University. The 1995 interview is an addition to the collection.</p>
      <p>The records consists of a cover sheet describing 24 interviewees and th subjects covered; 25 interviews on audiocassettes; and a VHS videocassette containing several monologues by the interviewees; the 1988 Meredith College Alumni Association meeting with attendees sharing their lives; a reproduction of a slide show with narration showing the doll collection representing Meredith College classes, and transcriptions of 23 interviews (1996).</p>
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          <unittitle>Audiocassette Interviews</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Baity, Hazel</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Bryan, Dorothy Ann</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Cooper, Jean Batten</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Highfill, Virginia Barnes</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Martin, Margaret Craig</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Mercer, Carolyn Morton</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Miller, Elizabeth (Betty)</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Rose, Norma Virginia</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Vann, Elizabeth</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Welch, Marion Fiske</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Williams, June Carol</unittitle>
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          <unittitle>General items</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>"An Oral History of Meredith College Alumnae," transcripts compiled by Jean Batten Cooper (class of 1954)</unittitle>
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            <unitdate normal="1996/1996">1996 July</unitdate>
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            <unittitle>Cover sheet describing the 24 interviews and the subjects covered.</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Kawano, Nebuko (class of 1954), audiocassette interview</unittitle>
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            <unittitle>Monologues by the interviewees; the 1988 Meredith College Alumni Association with alumnae sharing their lives; and a slide show with narration showing the doll collection representing each graduating class (1 videocassette)</unittitle>
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