Finding Aid for the Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche Collection
(MUM00258)
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Finding Aid for the Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche Collection
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Descriptive Summary
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| PURL: |
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00258/ |
| Title: |
Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche Collection |
| Dates: |
1924-1977 |
| Collector: |
Moreton, Rebecca Larche, 1937- |
| Physical Extent: |
1 box (0.5 linear feet) |
| Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections.University, MS 38677, USA |
| Identification: |
MUM00258 |
| Location: |
General Special Collections
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| Language of Material: |
English |
| Abstract: |
The collection contains loose materials and a scrapbook of memorabilia from Central
High School in Jackson, Miss., circa 1919-1925, kept by Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche.
Items of note include entries and notes by Eudora Welty, with whom Larche was close.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Received from Rebecca Larche Moreton, 2002
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded
by Kathryn Michaelis, April 2012.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 -- Photographs
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001 -- Correspondence
Central High School (Jackson, Miss.)
High school students -- Mississippi
Formats
scrapbooks
correspondence
photographs
tickets
Biographical Note
Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche attended Central High School in Jackson, Miss., in the early
1920s. As a high-school student, Larche was friends with fellow student Eudora Welty,
who later became a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains loose materials and a scrapbook of memorabilia from Central
High School in Jackson, Miss., circa 1919-1925, kept by Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche.
Items of note include entries and notes by Eudora Welty, with whom Larche was close.
User Information
Preferred Citation
Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams
Library, The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Mary Ellen Wilcox Larche Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use,"
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Container List
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| Unfoldered
| Central High School scrapbook, 1919-1925 |
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| Folder 1.1
| Invitation sent by Eudora Welty, "Chief Buzzard" to Mary Ellen Wilcox, circa 1924 |
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Scope: Re: Joining the "Blinking Buzzard’s Club"
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| Folder 1.2
| Note labeled "Some Unusually Blank Verse," Eudora Welty to Mary Ellen Wilcox, circa 1924 |
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| Folder 1.3
| Loose materials: tickets |
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Scope: Includes graduation tickets for 15 May 1925. Originally from "entertainments in honor" section.
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| Folder 1.4
| Central High School Photo Card, circa 1924 |
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Scope: Originally from "entertainments in honor" section
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| Folder 1.5
| Newspaper clipping: "1925 Quadruplane is judged one of the best," 1925 |
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Scope: Mentions Eudora Welty. Originally from "entertainments in honor" section.
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| Folder 1.6
| Personal notes |
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Scope: Originally from "entertainments in honor" section
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| Folder 1.7
| Jackson HiLite student newspaper, 30 April 1925
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Scope: Welty is listed as literary editor. Under heading "What they intend to do," Welty lists "author."
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| Folder 1.8
| Ephemera |
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Scope: Originally from "entertainments in honor" section
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| Folder 1.9
| Graduation cards |
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Scope: Originally from "entertainments in honor" section
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| Folder 1.10
| Newspaper clippings about reunion (50th) of the class of 1925 and 68th anniversary
of Davis Elementary
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| Folder 1.11
| Loose materials: 68th anniversary of Jefferson Davis Elementary School (1907-1975),
22 May 1975
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Scope: Includes invitation and commemorative napkin
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| Folder 1.12
| Program: "Sentimental Journey of Central High School, Jackson, Mississippi," 22 May 1977 |
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| Folder 1.13
| Notes, letters, and ephemera relating to the 50th class reunion of the class of 1925,
1975
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