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[Identification of item], Carol Georgette Lake Bradley Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Carol Georgette Lake Bradley Collection were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2010.
Processed by Meghan Lyon, September 2010
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, September 2010
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Accessions included in this collection: 2010-0171
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Carol Georgette Lake Bradley (1922-2006) was raised in New Jersey and was a distinguished graduate of Duke University (1943).
This collection will eventually consist of 45 handwritten spiral-bound volumes, containing the autobiography and memoirs of Carol Georgette Lake Bradley (1922-2006). The volumes include photographs, letters, news clippings, and other scrapbook-like materials that have been tipped in or loosely inserted between the pages. Carol's family has transcribed, scanned, and indexed all of the memoirs; these additional resources are also part of the collection. DVDs with digital files have been migrated to Duke's electronic records server.
The volumes will arrive at Duke University over the next few years, so please use the detailed descriptions below to determine which volumes are available for research.
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Includes narrative and materials from Carol Georgette Lake Bradley's years in high school at Barringer High School in New Jersey, as well as her first through third years as a college student at Duke University. Materials inserted include photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, postcards, brochures, programs, and other ephemera. Bradley discusses her family, social life and schoolwork, and other extracurricular activities such as her dancing, travels, friends, and dates.
Bradley's memoirs about Duke University from 1939-1942 include her impressions of the campus, including the East and West Campuses, the women's dormitories Aycock and Bassett, and the rules and regulations of the Women's College; her classes and her professors; Duke's fraternities and sororities; her dating and social life, including her attendance at dances, church, and football games; the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941; food rationing, air raid drills, and train travel during World War II; and other stories about her time at Duke. Notable descriptions include details about her work at the Women's College Library (now Lilly Library); her course schedules and homework assignments; her membership in the Modern Dance Group, the Varsity Club, and Hoof 'n' Horn; and the Cotton Pickers Ball fire of 1941.