Research Catalog

Title

Thelma Young papers.

Author

Young, Thelma, 1899-1972

Publication

1926-1972.

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

0.42 linear feet (1 box)

Summary

This collection consists mainly of documents from professional organizations of which Young was a member or officer, such as the National Association of College Women, the Odd Fellowship Lodge no. 2063, the National Achievement Club, and the Association of Negro Business and Professional Women. These documents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and membership information.

Subjects

• African American women > Delaware > Wilmington
• Association of Negro Business and Professional Women
• National Association of College Women (U.S.)
• African American women teachers > Delaware > Wilmington
• African American women > Societies and clubs
• National Achievement Club (U.S.)
• Young, Thelma, 1899-1972

Access (note)

• Some collections held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. To request access to materials in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, please visit

Cite As (note)

• [Item], Thelma Young papers, Sc MG 387, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library.

Source (note)

• Gift of Thelma Young, February 1989.

Biography (note)

• Thelma Trice Young was born in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, in 1899. She attended Galesburg High School in Galesburg, Illinois. Trice married Echols Young in St. Louis in 1929. They made their home in Wilmington, Delaware. Her college education included two years at Kansas State Teachers College (Pittsburgh, Kansas) and one year at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned a masters degree in education from Teachers College at Columbia University, and she did post-graduate studies in Practical Nursing at the University of Maine.
• Young worked as a teacher at Howard High School in Wilminton, Delaware. She taught diet, nutrition, and food and managed the school cafeteria. She was a member and officer of many civic, social, professional, and religious organizations. After an illness that left her physcially handicapped, she retired in 1965. She died in October 1972.

Processing Action (note)

• Processing Information: Accessioned by Rosalie P. Jeter, October 1997.

Call Number

Sc MG 387

OCLC

1197630071

Author

Young, Thelma, 1899-1972, creator.

Title

Thelma Young papers.

Production

1926-1972.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Cite As:

[Item], Thelma Young papers, Sc MG 387, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library.

Access

Some collections held by the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. To request access to materials in the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, please visit: http://archives.nypl.org/divisions/scm/request_access

Biography

Thelma Trice Young was born in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, in 1899. She attended Galesburg High School in Galesburg, Illinois. Trice married Echols Young in St. Louis in 1929. They made their home in Wilmington, Delaware. Her college education included two years at Kansas State Teachers College (Pittsburgh, Kansas) and one year at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned a masters degree in education from Teachers College at Columbia University, and she did post-graduate studies in Practical Nursing at the University of Maine.

Young worked as a teacher at Howard High School in Wilminton, Delaware. She taught diet, nutrition, and food and managed the school cafeteria. She was a member and officer of many civic, social, professional, and religious organizations. After an illness that left her physcially handicapped, she retired in 1965. She died in October 1972.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Materials Separated from the Resource: Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: one book and one periodical.

Processing Action

Processing Information: Accessioned by Rosalie P. Jeter, October 1997.

Source

Gift of Thelma Young, February 1989.

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Finding aid

Research Call Number

Sc MG 387