Elizabeth JoAnne Smart Drane was a student of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. Upon being admitted in 1956, Drane made history as one of the first two African Americans to be accepted as full-time students at WCUNC. The Elizabeth JoAnne Smart Drane Papers date from 1956 to 1957. The collection contains a variety of correspondence materials pertaining to her admissions and college experience as well as two event programs and a newspaper clipping.
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