Mary Sheldon, Correspondence
Title: Mary Sheldon,
Correspondence
Creator: Sheldon, Mary
Ellen
Dates: 1907-1944
Quantity: 1
box (3 linear feet)
Collection Number: MS
0348
Language: English
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Preferred Citation: Mary Sheldon, Correspondence (MS 0348). Archives & Special Collections, University of
Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
History:
Mary Ellen Sheldon, born in Nehawka, Nebraska, was one of three daughters of George Lawson
Sheldon and Rose Higgins Sheldon. George Sheldon graduated from the University of Nebraska in
1892 and later served as governor of Nebraska. Rose Higgins Sheldon graduated with the class of
1894. Sheldon's grandfather, Lawson Sheldon, was involved in territorial politics. After leaving
Nebraska, the Sheldon family lived in Wayside, Mississippi, and Sheldon returned to Nebraska for
college. She graduated from the University of Nebraska with a bachelor of science in 1922.
Sheldon participated in many campus activities, such as becoming a charter member of the
University Press Club, running for president of her freshman class, serving in the YWCA, and
serving on the staff of the Cornhusker annual. Sheldon's senior class picture can be seen in the
1922
Cornhusker.
Scope and Content:
The correspondence includes letters written to Sheldon by her mother, Rose H. Sheldon and her
sisters Judy and Julia Sheldon, and several friends. Many of the letters discuss Judy Sheldon's
activities in Wayside, Mississippi, along with Sheldon's life as a student at the University of
Nebraska, particularly through letters written to her. Many of the newspaper clippings document
Sheldon's campus activities and several relate to a Student Volunteer Convention held in Des
Moines, Iowa, from Dec. 31, 1919-Jan. 4, 1920.
Subjects:
Sheldon, Mary Ellen
University of Nebraska. Alumni and alumnae
University of Nebraska -- Lincoln -- History
University of Nebraska
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1907-1920
Box 1. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1921, Jan.-Aug.
Box 1. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1921, Sept.-Nov.
Box 1. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1922, Feb.-June
Box 1. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1922, July-Oct.
Box 1. Folder 6. Correspondence, 1923, Mar.-Nov.
Box 1. Folder 7. Correspondence, 1924, Jan.-Aug.
Box 1. Folder 8. Correspondence, 1944, Apr.
Box 1. Folder 9. Correspondence, from Rose Sheldon, undated
Box 1. Folder 10. Correspondence, from Judy Sheldon, undated
Box 1. Folder 11. Correspondence, from Julia Sheldon
Box 1. Folder 12. Correspondence, from Evea Holloway, undated
Box 1. Folder 13. Correspondence, from friends, undated
Box 1. Folder 14. University activities, documents
Box 1. Folder 15. Newspaper clippings
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