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| Title: | Pickens, Anna Gwin. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1919-1923 |
| Size: | 1.5 linear feet (2 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Anna Gwin Pickens, student. The Anna Gwin Pickens Papers consist of correspondence, University of Chicago handbooks and course books, a passport, notes, photographs, and miscellaneous materials relating to Pickens undergraduate years at the University of Chicago. |
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Anna Gwin Pickens was born on August 23, 1901 in Mississippi.
Pickens entered the University of Chicago in 1919, graduating in 1923 with a Ph.B. As an undergraduate she was active in several campus organizations including: Esoteric, Nu Pi Sigma, Dramatic Club, Portfolio, and the Y.W.C.A.
Pickens received an A.M in history from the University of Chicago in 1948. Her A.M. thesis was titled, "The Murray Colonies of Bolivia."
The Anna Gwin Pickens Papers consist of correspondence, University of Chicago handbooks and course books, a passport, notes, photographs, and miscellaneous materials relating to Pickens undergraduate years at the University of Chicago.
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| Box 1 Folder 1 | "The Handbook of the University of Chicago," 1919-1920, 1920-1921 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | "Undergraduate Course Book," (1919, 1921) |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | United States Passport, issued to Anna Gwin Pickens, 1920 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Four notebooks (n.d.) |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Notebook, "French" (n.d.) |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Notes and photographs (removed from books and handbooks), (1916-1920) |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Matriculation card, University of Chicago Glee Club program, manuscript by Irene Kay Hyman, notes and Correspondence, 1920-1921 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous, 1921-1923, |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Correspondence, 1919-1923 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Photographs, portrait photo of Anna Gwin, University of Chicago women's group, (ca. 1920) |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Esoteric songbook (n.d) |