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Eva Mae Atwood Papers

Date Range: 1902-1969
51 items
1.25 linear feet

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."

Citation: Eva Mae Atwood Papers, Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Donor Name: Estate of Eva Mae Atwood
Manuscript Number: MSS 86:1
Location: Box 947-949

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