Mary Arthur Billups Scrapbooks, 1927-1944, undated

Collection Overview

Title: Mary Arthur Billups Scrapbooks, 1927-1944, undated

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-056

Creator: Billups, Mary Arthur (1912-2000)

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in original order. Loose materials have been separated into folders.

Date Acquired: 09/11/1991

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Three 1927-1944 scrapbooks containing photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, correspondence, and other ephemera relating to Maury High School, Virginia State Teachers College, high school and college football, social engagements, sororities, wedding announcements, and the United States Navy during World War II. The first two scrapbooks dating from 1927 to 1935 and from 1935 to 1942 are personal to Mary Arthur Billups (Prince), whereas the third scrapbook dating from 1941 to 1944 consists of newspaper and magazine clippings related to World War II and the United States Navy.

Biographical Note

Mary Arthur Billups Prince Stoudemire was born on November 17, 1912 in Norfolk County, Virginia. She graduated from Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia in 1934. She married Benjamin Cliffton Prince, Jr. in May 1934. She married Sterling Aubrey Stoudemire on January 30, 1946 in Norfolk County, Virginia. Stoudemire lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for 54 years and was president of the University Women's Club in Chapel Hill and both president and trustee of the Chapel Hill Preservation Society. She was a leader in historic preservation in the Chapel Hill area and earned the Robert E. Stipe Award in 1996 by Chapel Hill's Appearance Commission. Stoudemire died on July 3, 2000 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and was buried at Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Churchyard in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Mary Arthur Billups Stoudemire by donation

Separated Materials: 1926 Norfolk YWCA "Camp Owasa" Photographs, MSS 0000-371.

Preferred Citation: Mary Arthur Billups Scrapbooks, MSS 0000-056, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed June 14, 2017.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1: Green Scrapbook, Mary Arthur Billups, 1927-1935

Includes clippings, invitation cards, souvenir programs, correspondence, photographs, postcards, ticket stubs, receipts, report cards, and other materials relating to Mary Arthur Billups, high school and college football, sororities, engagements, weddings, dances, and other social events in Norfolk, Farmville, and Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Box 2: Paper Scrapbook, Mary Arthur Billups Prince, 1935-1942

Includes clippings, invitation cards, commencement programs, theater programs, and award ribbons relating to Mary Arthur Billups Prince, her sister's engagement, other engagements and marriages, her chow chow Empress Wang, Maury High School, Farmville State Teachers College, and Norfolk and Virginia Beach history.

Box 3: Brown Scrapbook, World War II, 1941-1944

World War II-related newspaper clippings relating to United States Navy personnel, national and local Navy news, and news relating to D-Day. The front of the scrapbook includes handwritten pages of military ranks, naval districts, battleships, cruisers, and submarines.

Box 4: Loose Materials, 1927-1944, undated

Folders 1-3 were found in the Green Scrapbook (Box 1). Folders 4-5 were found in the Brown Scrapbook (Box 3). Folder 5 is located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 3.

Folder 1: Loose pages (Folder 1 of 3), 1927-1934: Loose photographs, invitations, envelopes, clippings, football souvenir programs, magazines, booklets, and other materials found between the pages of the scrapbook.
Folder 2: Loose pages (Folder 2 of 3), 1928-1935, undated: Loose negative, photographs, correspondence, and clippings found between blank pages at the end of the scrapbook.
Folder 3: Loose pages (Folder 3 of 3), 1930s: Loose playbills and football souvenir programs found between blank pages at the end of the scrapbook.
Folder 4: Loose pages (Folder 1 of 2), 1941-1944: List of United States warships, magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, and a newspaper from the December 8, 1941 issue of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Folder 5: Loose pages (Folder 2 of 2), circa 1941-1944: Oversized magazine clippings relating to World War II. Located in Oversize Miscellaneous Box 3.