Cornelia Jones Scrapbook, 1916 – 1920

Cornelia Jones of Rose Hill, North Carolina was a student of the North Carolina College for Women (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro), graduating in 1920 with a Bachelor degree in Music. During her time as a student, Jones was a member of the Cornelian Society, the Chorus, Y.W.C.A. Choir, and was also the Vice President of Chorus. She was described in the 1920 Pine Needles as a hard worker with a generous heart, sincere character, and great musical ability. The Cornelia Jones Scrapbook dates from 1916 to 1920. The scrapbook contains pictures, personal holiday greetings, invitations, event programs, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, college documents, tickets, party favors, notes, signatures, and addresses from friends and classmates; and other memorabilia. Other materials include an invitation to Lindley Park during World War I, a program for the Cornelian and Dikean play, a Christmas card from Wade Brown, a reference to the Curry Chapel (1919), ephemera from the Armistice, and ephemera related to the Cornelian Literary Society, including a Cornelian reunion program.