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  "My Favorite Avocation" by John Preston McConnell. Written for the Grapurchat, the student newspaper.
  

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  McConnell, John Preston, 1866-1941

  "My Favorite Avocation" by John Preston McConnell. Written for the Grapurchat, the student newspaper.

  Dr. McConnell writes for the Grapurchat that his favorite past time is spending time in nature.

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  McConnell, John Preston, 1866-1941

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  "The Ethical Function of the College" by John Preston McConnell
  

  "The Ethical Function of the College" by John Preston McConnell

  "A paper read before the Southern Ecucational Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, December 28, 1909, by John Preston McConnell, Professor of History and Economics, Emory and Henry College, Virginia
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  A Bibliography of Southwest Virginia History (With a Subject History)
  

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  Compiled by the Department of History, Radford College. Edited by Elmer D. Johnson.

  A Bibliography of Southwest Virginia History (With a Subject History)

  A bibliography of historical sources for Southwest Virginia containing 742 entries. Original document typed and bound in 1975, with handwritten entry numbers. (Note: page 42 was intentionally left blank)

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  Compiled by the Department of History, Radford College. Edited by Elmer D. Johnson.

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  A history of the State Teachers College at Radford, Virginia, 1910-1930
  

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  Moffett, M'Ledge

  A history of the State Teachers College at Radford, Virginia, 1910-1930

  M'Ledge Moffett was born in 1892, the only child of William Ledgerwood Moffett and Mary Stoops Moffett. The name M'Ledge was formed from shortened versions of her parent’s names, Mary and Ledgerwood. She attended the newly-opened State Normal School in Harrisonburg, Virginia (now James Madison University), graduating in 1910 with a Full Degree in Household Arts. Harrisonburg was the first school to offer such a degree in Virginia and Moffett was one of the first two graduates. From Harrisonburg, Moffett went to Columbia University's Teachers College in New York City. While working towards her Bachelor of Science degree in 1913 from Columbia, M'Ledge spent her summers as a Household Arts instructor at a Summer Normal School in Covington, Virginia. Moffett arrived in Radford on September 11, 1913, as the youngest faculty member and the only member of the Household Arts Department, a month after the school's formal dedication in August, 1913, and only a few days before classes began. She apparently quickly proved her ability to handle herself under pressure because McConnell almost immediately put her in charge of the school's sole dormitory. In Moffett's History of the State Teachers College at Radford, Virginia, 1910-1930, McConnell wrote in the third person of Moffett that, "in the judgment of the president, she was the most suitable person for this trying position, this she filled with great satisfaction to all concerned. This was the beginning of her official duties in the college." Among her many accomplishments while at Radford, President John P. McConnell appointed Moffett as the new Dean of Women, a year before she received her Master of Arts degree. She was the first person to hold that post at any of the Virginia institutions of higher education. She held the Dean's post until her retirement in 1962.
  In her “A History of the State Teachers College at Radford, Virginia, 1910-1930, Moffett provides fascinating first-hand information about the school’s beginnings and daily life. The book was written by someone both partly responsible for the beginnings of the school, and someone actually living in the system and so provides us with a rare insight into it. This book has a very useful and complete index as well as an appendix with additional useful information.
  

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  Moffett, M'Ledge

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  Act of Assembly Eestablishing State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford, March 10, 1910
  

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  Virginia. General Assembly

  Act of Assembly Eestablishing State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford, March 10, 1910

  Radford University Founding Legislation

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  Virginia. General Assembly

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  Alma Mater
  

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  Baird, Florence

  Alma Mater

  Sheet music and lyrics of the Alma Mater of Radford Normal School, handwritten and scored by Florence C. Baird

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  Baird, Florence

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  Are You Ready? State Teachers College flyer from January 1928
  

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  State Teachers College at Radford

  Are You Ready? State Teachers College flyer from January 1928

  Recruitment flyer from 1928 describing the benefits of education for women, the "Ideals of Radford College, " and courses at Radford.

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  State Teachers College at Radford

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  Astronomy, Assembly speech by Dr. John Preston McConnell, October 18, 1933.
  

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  McConnell, John Preston, 1866-1941

  Astronomy, Assembly speech by Dr. John Preston McConnell, October 18, 1933.

  Assembly speech by John Preston McConnell, October 18, 1933.

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  McConnell, John Preston, 1866-1941

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  Biographical sketch of John Preston McConnell
  

  Biographical sketch of John Preston McConnell

  Biographical sketch of John Preston McConnell, author unknown, found in Dr. McConnell's personal papers
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  Board of Visitors Minutes, First meeting, July 26, 1910
  

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  State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Radford, Va.)

  Board of Visitors Minutes, First meeting, July 26, 1910

  Minutes from the first meeting of the Board of Visitors for the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford. In this meeting Heth Grove was selected as the site of the school.

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  State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Radford, Va.)