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The Charlotte Ruth Nelson Patterson Papers consist of a bound scrapbook of newspaper clippings from 1927 and 1928, mainly dealing with Charlotte Nelson's dual graduation from North Carolina State College and Meredith College; letters written to her father, Dean Thomas Nelson of the North Carolina State College School of Textiles; and two undated photographs, one of Charlotte Nelson as a young woman and one of Charlotte Nelson Patterson after her marriage.
After petitoning the faculty council in the fall of 1926, Charlotte Ruth Nelson became one of the first female graduates of North Carolina State College (1927). She also earned a degree from the all-female Meredith College the same year. By doing so, she became the first student in North Carolina to earn degrees from two colleges at the same time. Both degrees were in mathematics. She taught school for 35 years. Other female students receiving degrees in 1927 were Jane S. McKimmon and Mary E. Yarbrough.
After petitoning the faculty council in the fall of 1926, Charlotte Ruth Nelson became one of the first female graduates of North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University), in 1927. She also earned a degree from the all-female Meredith College the same year. By doing so, she became the first student in North Carolina to earn degrees from two colleges at the same time. Both degrees were in mathematics. She taught school for 35 years. Other female students receiving degrees in 1927 were Jane S. McKimmon and Mary E. Yarbrough.
The Charlotte Ruth Nelson Patterson Papers consist of a bound scrapbook of newspaper clippings from 1927 and 1928, mainly dealing with Charlotte Nelson's dual graduation from North Carolina State College and Meredith College; letters written to her father, Dean Thomas Nelson of the North Carolina State College School of Textiles; and two undated photographs, one of Charlotte Nelson as a young woman and one of Charlotte Nelson Patterson after her marriage.
The Charlotte Ruth Nelson Patterson Papers consist of photographs of Patterson, news clippings regarding her graduation from North Carolina State College and Meredith College, and letters written to her father, N.C. State Textile School Dean Thomas Nelson.
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[Identification of item], Charlotte Ruth Nelson Patterson Papers, MSS 00145, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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[Identification of item], Charlotte Ruth Nelson Patterson Papers, MSS 00145, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
