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Processed by:
Wilma L. Gibbs
2 February 1995
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 2 folders (1 oversize)
COLLECTION DATES: 1905-1921
PROVENANCE: June Resnover Curry, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1 February 1995
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: None
ACCESSION NUMBER: 95.0212
NOTES: The collection was donated by the paternal niece of Cora Resnover Hampton and Willa Resnover Donaldson.
Cora Resnover Hampton (ca. 1890-1945) and Willa Resnover Donaldson (ca. 1894-1978) were the daughters of James H. and Narcissus Stokes Resnover. The sisters, who came to Indianapolis at an early age from Nashville, Tennessee, were educated in the Indianapolis public schools. They attended Frederick Douglass School #19, Manual Training High School, and Teacher's College of Indianapolis that became the Blaker College of Education at Butler University. Both sisters matriculated at the college before 1915. They worked as teachers, Cora in Indianapolis teaching junior high school and Willa, an art teacher and supervisor taught in Carbonale and Cairo, Illinois.
Sources: Materials in the collection.
Telephone interview conducted by Wilma L. Gibbs with donor, June Resnover Curry, 1 February 1995.
The collection contains five items (three are oversized) related to the educational achievements of two sisters and schoolteachers, Cora Resnover Donaldson and Willa Resnover Hampton, both reared in Indianapolis. There is one item that pertains to Cora--a 1911 teacher's license from Marion County, Indiana and four items related to Willa: a 1905 Douglass School diploma; a 1912 Manual Training High School diploma; a Butler University transcript for 1913-1920; and an employment offer letter from the Cairo, Illinois Board of Education dated 30 June 1921.
FOLDER
1 (OM 214) Marion County Teacher Certificate, 1911; Douglass School Diploma, 1905; and Manual Training High School Diploma, 1912
2 Butler University transcript for 1913-1920; Employment Offer Letter, 30 June 1921
MAIN ENTRY: Curry, June Resnover
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Curry, June Renover, collector
Donaldson, Cora Resnover, ca. 1890-1945
Hampton, Willa Resnover, ca. 1894-1978
Afro-American teachers--Indiana--Indianapolis
Teachers--Indiana--Indianapolis
Afro-American women--Indiana--Indianapolis
Afro-Americans--Education--Indiana--Indianapolis
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