Eva Mae Atwood Papers
Biographical Note:
Eva Mae Atwood, Professor Emerita of Modern Languages, joined the staff
of Florida State College for Women in 1943 as as Assistant Registrar and,
in 1947, she became an Instructor in Modern Languages. She was born in
Jackson, LA on January 11, 1907. She received her A.B. in 1929 from the
Tennessee College for Women and her M.A. from George Peabody College in
1935. She also pursued graduate study at Columbia University and the University
of Paris. She retired in 1977 after receiving the first FSU George Miller
Award for Teaching and heading the Florida State Faculty Memorials and
Courtesies Committee for many years.
Scope and Content:
The Eva Mae Atwood Papers consist of correspondence dated 1902-1969,
memorabilia, photographs and negatives, postcards, a funeral memory book
for Dr. Edward Leland Atwood, scrapbooks, and a publication entitled, "A
Brief Guide to the Collections of the Art Institute of Chicago."
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