Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. The collection is open for research. No interlibrary loan.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], M'Ledge Moffet Collection, Radford University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA. M'Ledge Moffet Collection: Student and Faculty Records , Accession # RU 4.1.4, University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University

Accruals

Additional accruals are not expected.

Processing Information

Processed by Gene Hyde and Kimberly Moore, 2010. Additional processing by Ashley Tussey, Spring 2012. Additional Processing by Andy Bristol, Summer 2013.

Biographical/Historical Information

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 parents names, Mary and Ledgerwood. Moffett was hired at what is now Radford University in 1913 by President J.P McConnell as the youngest faculty member and the only member of the Household Arts Department. For the first several years after the college opened, Moffett taught all of the Household Arts courses (Elementary Sewing, Elementary Cooking and Household Management) which met five times a week. In 1920, the Radford Normal School was reorganized and 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. She died in 1969.

Scope and Content

M'Ledge Moffet was the Director of Home Economics from 1913-1944 and the Dean of Women from 1920-1962. She kept extensive records during these years, and this collection contains records on students, student organizations, faculty, and faculty publications.Contains records accumlated by M'Ledge Moffet and includes information about students, faculty, and alumnae. Alumnae files are generally arranged in alphabetical order. Student Lists are arranged by date.

Arrangement

Alumnae

Box 1: M'Ledge Moffet Collection 4.1

Box 2: M'Ledge Moffet Collection 4.1

Box 3: M'Ledge Moffet Collection 4.1

Box 4: M'Ledge Moffet Collection 4.1

Box 5: M'Ledge Moffet Collection 4.1

Student Lists

Box 1: M'Ledge Moffet Collection 4.1: Student Lists, 1920's-1940's.

Student Organizations

Box 1: Student Organizations, Publications, and Activities

Box 2: Student Organizations, Publications, and Activities

Faculty Records and Publications

Box 1. Faculty Writings and Biographies, 1919-1965

Box 2. Faculty General Information and Correspondence

Box 3. Faculty Assembly and Graduate Committee Minutes

Box 4. Faculty Correspondence, Organizations and Assembly Minutes

Box 5. Faculty Biographies and Writings

Box 6. Faculty Assembly Minutes and Faculty Organizations

Box 7. Reports of Dormitory Life and Rules/Regulations

Box 8. Rules/Regulations and Miscellaneous

Box 9. Reports on Dormitory Life and Campus Policies