BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Name:  Chicora College.
Title:  Yearbooks, 1902-1922
Extent:  1 box, 13 volumes

Historical Note:  Chicora College was founded as the Presbyterian Female Seminary in Greenville, SC, on September 30, 1893. That school failed and was reorganized as Chicora College for Young Ladies in 1898. The college remained in Greenville until the fall of 1915. At that time, Chicora moved to Columbia, SC, into the property formerly occupied by the College for Women, and the name became Chicora College for Women.

The College for Women began in 1890 as the Presbyterian College for Women. In 1910, the name of the school was changed to College for Women. When the school closed in 1915, the Presbyterian Church offered the property to the trustees of Chicora College. The campus was moved from Greenville to Columbia.

In 1930, the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina recommended that Chicora College be merged with Queens College. From 1930 through 1939, Queens College was known as Queens-Chicora College.

Scope & Content:  Includes yearbooks and annuals from 1902 through 1922, but with many volumes missing.

Arrangement:  Arrangement is chronological.

Provenance:  These boxes constitute part of the original college archives that were brought together in 1989 in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo. Most of these yearbooks were gifts from alumnae or their families.

Finding Aid:  Printed guide available in the repository and at the Library's Public Services Desk.

Access Points:

• Presbyterian Female Seminary
• Chicora College for Young Ladies
• Chicora College for Women
• Queens College
• Queens-Chicora College
• The Clarion
• Le Résumé
• College Follies Wisdom
• Yearbook of the College for Women
• Nods and Becks

Document Types:  Yearbooks

Citation Format

Individual volumes [Title of yearbook]. [Institution name at time of publication], [place of publication], [date], Box #/Folder #. Entire collection Chicora College yearbooks, 1903 - [ongoing], Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

The Archives for Queens University of Charlotte were established by Rena Chambers Harrell, first librarian for Queens University of Charlotte, and were maintained by the staff of Everett Library. While every effort was made to obtain and preserve materials relating to the history of the college, the Archives were not systematically organized prior to 1989. After Hurricane Hugo struck Charlotte in September of 1989, the college was able to have the materials in the archives boxed and inventoried. A preliminary list of materials in the Archives was prepared, and that list has formed the basis for work with the collection in place before 1997.

The following volumes were donated to the collection:

1902, c. 1 Donated by Agnes Deal, class of 1904
1902, c. 2 Donated by Lucille Humphreys
1906, c. 2 Donated by Mary Caldwell Nixon
1907, c. 2 Donated by Mary Caldwell Nixon
1907, c. 3 Donated by Rosalie Vincent Turner
1915, c. 1 Donated by Sue Dent
1922, c. 1 Donated by Ann Blake

Property rights are held by the Barton Jackson Cathey Archives, Everett Library, Queens University of Charlotte. Photocopies may be made for research purposes.

Donation Procedure

University Archives
Queens University of Charlotte
1900 Selwyn Ave.
Charlotte, NC 28274

The format for the yearbooks and the titles have varied over the years. Most include photographs of the students and student organizations, and many include photographs of the faculty, administration, and staff. Not all students listed elsewhere as being enrolled in the college are pictured in the yearbooks.

Box 1

 The Clarion, Chicora College for Young Ladies
  1902 2 copies
  1906 2 copies
  1907 3 copies
Le Résumé
  1913 2 copies
College Follies Wisdom
  1914 1 copy
Yearbook of the College for Women
  1915 2 copies
Nods and Becks
  1922 1 copy

Finding Aid prepared by Rosemary H. Arneson, December 5, 1997.

Finding Aid updated by Paula Brown, March 2003.