Ida Pace Purdue Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: MS P972

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Scope and Content Note

Clippings and other material mounted or laid between pages and mostly undated, relating to the social, religious, literary and other interests and activities of Ida Pace Purdue.

Dates

circa 1888-1958

Creator

Purdue, Ida Pace, 1869-1958 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Use restrictions apply: Materials are extremely fragile and should be handled with care.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Ida Pace Purdue was a graduate of the University of Arkansas in 1888. She served as an associate professor of English and Modern Language from 1895 to 1898. She married Albert Homer Purdue in 1898. Ida was involved with the founding of the Chi Omega Fraternity, a national women's social organization established in 1895 in Fayetteville. Serving as the first president and then as the first editor of the group's official publication, Eleusis, Pace served as national president again from 1906 to 1912.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 volume)

Additional Description

Abstract

Scrapbook of Ida Pace Purdue, a founding member of the Chi Omega Fraternity.

Arrangement of the Papers

Collection is arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

The Ida Pace Purdue Scrapbook was donated to Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries in 1975 by Richard Howell Purdue of Arlington, Virginia.