A Guide to the Roanoke Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia Collection

A Guide to the Roanoke Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia Collection

The collection includes information primarily from the 1950s into the early 1970s, as inherited, collected, and retained by Katherine T. Ellett. The bulk of the collection was amassed by Ellett during her chairmanship of the committee, beginning in 1966.

Earlier items are included, such as financial records for the committee from 1922-43 and membership lists from 1939 and 1940. A notebook of minutes, member lists, and ephemera related to the organization was compiled by Frances M. Cocke, 1954-59; a spiral bound transcription notebook containing minutes, 1956-61, is labeled with Belinda Spindle’s (Mrs. C. Shelbune Spindle) name, but others appear to have used it. Items related to typescript histories written by members and donated to the Roanoke Library in 1956 are included as well.
The items from Mrs. Ellet’s time as chairman include general correspondence and information related to the committee’s fiftieth anniversary (1968) luncheon and tour in Fincastle, VA, as well as programs and documents from national conventions. Additionally, a number of publications from the Virginia and national organizations, including histories of both, are included in the collection.
The collection also includes membership election certificates 1955-73, arranged alphabetically by member name.

Frances Mingea Cocke; Belinda Tuley Spindle; Kathrine Tyler Ellett

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