Guide to the Phoebe Pollitt PapersCollection Number Mss 19983G.A. Pfeiffer Library, Mary Fisher Floyd Archives & Special Collections |
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Abstract: The materials of the Phoebe Pollitt Papers were acquired by Pfeiffer University from Pollitt upon the completion of her doctoral dissertation. The majority of materials were accessioned in 1996. The gifts of correspondence, literary manuscript, news items, photographs, and various printed materials are now housed in the Mary Fisher Floyd Archives.
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Biographical NoteLittle is recorded about Phoebe Ann Pollitt. She currently resides in Boone, North Carolina. Phoebe Ann Pollitt was educated and resides in North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received a bachelor of science degree in nursing. She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau, a national nursing honor society. Pollitt holds a master of arts degree in education from Appalachian State University, located in Boone. Pollitt began her research into the life of Emily C. Prudden some time in 1988 or 1989. During that time she contacted Pfeiffer University (then Pfeiffer College) and a research relationship developed, especially with professor emeritus Dr. Bernard Russell. She was the speaker at the annual Emily Prudden Lectureship hosted by the Association of Women Students in 1994. Pollitt encouraged the state to erect a historical marker in honor of Prudden, and in 1991 a highway marker was erected near Blowing Rock, NC. Phoebe Pollitt's research into the life and times of Emily Prudden culminated in the completion of her doctoral dissertation, Emily Prudden and Her Schools, which was published in 1994. She holds a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The Phoebe Pollitt Papers consist primarily of items collected by Pollitt while conducting research for her doctoral dissertation. The items concern the educator Emily Prudden and the approximately fifteen school she founded in the Carolinas. The span date of the collection is 1850 to 1995. Most materials are photocopies of the original, except in the case of correspondence, and Pollitt's own research notes and chapter drafts. Original order was not possible to ascertain, as the papers had previously been flood damaged and re-housed. Materials in the Phoebe Pollitt papers have been arranged into functional series or groups. These Papers form a valuable research tool inn the study of not only Emily Prudden, but also the study of the mission school movement in the South, southern Appalachia, and the history of education.
Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by sender. Dates, or date ranges are given when available. There are two small series in the collection. They are legal files and photographs. Unpublished materials are grouped in the Literary series. There are five subseries. Published materials make up the Printed series, and are arranged into ten subseries.
The collection is divided into 5 series.
Correspondence, bulk 1989-1991 Correspondence between Phoebe Pollitt and others, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. - Census records, a church contract, and land deeds (photocopies). - Addresses. Delivered by others, about Emily Prudden. - Photographs taken at the highway marker dedication and miscellaneous photographs. - Articles. From monographs and serials, arranged alphabetically by
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