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  • Date: 1942
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    • Alumnae House

    • Alumnae House

    • Front view of Alumnae House from the northeast, taken between 1937 and 1947. Hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian architecture. It was designed by Penrose V. Stout and modeled after...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae office in Alumnae House

    • Alumnae office in Alumnae House

    • Clara B. Byrd, Alumnae Secretary, is seated at her desk in the Alumnae House. The walls behind her are made of NC knotty white pine, and a picture of the building's exterior hangs on the wall. Photo taken between 1937 and 1947, hand tinted. This...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House reception hall entrance

    • Alumnae House reception hall entrance

    • Doorway inside the Reception Hall of Alumnae House, sometime between 1937 and 1947. Doorway pediment includes a pineapple, symbolizing hospitality, with an egg-and-dart pattern in the Ionic column capitals. Hand tinted. Photo taken between...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House library

    • Alumnae House library

    • Interior of the library in the Alumnae House, featuring its furnishings. Photo taken between 1937 and 1947; hand tinted. For non-tinted version, see UA104.2.013. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House sitting room

    • Alumnae House sitting room

    • Photo of a small sitting room adjacent to bedrooms in the downstairs of the Alumnae House, featuring a floral pattern couch, silver tea set, and polka dot patterned wallpaper. Taken between 1937 and 1947; hand tinted. This building opened in 1937...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House Pecky Cypress Room

    • Alumnae House Pecky Cypress Room

    • Pecky Cypress Room in the Alumnae House, as seen in 1940, with table for eight, sofa, chair, and fireplace. Hand tinted; for non-colored version, see UA104.2.010. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House Pecky Cypress Room

    • Alumnae House Pecky Cypress Room

    • View of the Pecky Cypress ("The Wood Eternal") Room inside the Alumnae House, featuring a table for eight, stairs leading to first floor, and a fireplace. Handmade tray on the mantel was a gift of Adelaide Von Noppen Howard[?], class of...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • East bedroom in Alumnae House

    • East bedroom in Alumnae House

    • View of downstairs bedroom on the east side of the Alumnae House, considered to be the most "feminine," circa 1942. Hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian architecture. It was...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • West Bedroom in Alumnae House

    • West Bedroom in Alumnae House

    • View of downstairs bedroom on west end of Alumnae House, "considered more suitably furnished for male guests," circa 1942. Hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian architecture. It...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Upstairs bedroom in Alumnae House

    • Upstairs bedroom in Alumnae House

    • View of upstairs bedroom in the Alumnae House, with light blue walls and twin beds, circa 1942. The room was furnished for use in the winter, since it was considered too hot for summer use. Hand tinted, taken between 1937 and 1947. This building...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House Pecky Cypress Room

    • Alumnae House Pecky Cypress Room

    • Pecky Cypress Room on the ground floor of the Alumnae House, pictured between 1937 and 1947. On the left is a row of closets designated for classes to leave banners, records, and other belongings in when they graduated. Hand tinted. This building...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Pine Needles office in Alumnae House

    • Pine Needles office in Alumnae House

    • Office of Pine Needles, the college yearbook, located on ground floor of the Alumnae House. Three student editors are at work in this photo, taken between 1937 and 1947. Hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • East Bedroom in Alumnae House

    • East Bedroom in Alumnae House

    • View of downstairs bedroom on the east side of the Alumnae House, considered to be the most "feminine," circa 1942. Hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian architecture. It was...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House General Assembly Room

    • Alumnae House General Assembly Room

    • A general assembly room on the ground floor of the Alumnae House. Photo taken between 1937 and 1947 by the William A. Roberts Film Company; hand tinted.

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House reception hall

    • Alumnae House reception hall

    • The Reception Hall of the Alumnae House, as seen sometime between 1937 and 1947. At front right, in front of many rows of folding chairs, is a Steinway Music Hall Grand Piano. The mural over the mantel is ""The Baptism of Virginia...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House front entrance

    • Alumnae House front entrance

    • Front entrance of Alumnae House as seen from the northeast, circa 1942. The circular college seal depicting Minerva can be seen on either side of the door. Photo is hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House powder room

    • Alumnae House powder room

    • Pink powder room located on ground floor of Alumnae House, as pictured sometime between 1937 and 1947. Hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian architecture. It was designed by Penrose V....

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Carolinian Office

    • Carolinian Office

    • Office of The Carolinian, the weekly student newspaper, which was located on ground floor of Alumnae House. Seen here with eight students at work, sometime between 1937 and 1947. Hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House

    • Alumnae House

    • Front view of Alumnae House from southeast, circa 1942. Hand tinted. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian architecture. It was designed by Penrose V. Stout and modeled after Homewood in Baltimore,...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942
    • Alumnae House front entrance

    • Alumnae House front entrance

    • Front entrance of Alumnae House, from southeast. Hand tinted to nearly identical colors used in Alumnae House. Photo taken between 1937-1947. This building opened in 1937 and is considered an excellent example of neo-Georgian architecture. It was...

    • MSS020 Clara Booth Byrd Papers

    • 1942

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