Ida Pace Purdue Autograph Book

Collection

Identifier: MS P972a

Staff Only
Not requestable

Scope and Content Note

Autograph book with signed personal inscriptions collected by Ida Pace from Jan. 4, 1884, to May 15, 1886, from approximately 62 persons, 46 of whom were Arkansas Industrial University students.

Dates

1884-1886

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: Item is fragile, with loose pages, and requires careful handling.

No Interlibrary Loan.

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

Biographical Note

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

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 volume)

Additional Description

Acquisition Information

The Ida Pace Purdue Autograph Book was donated to the Special Collections Department by Richard Howell Purdue of Arlington, Virginia, in November 1975.