Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
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Benedict Chatelain
Repository
Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.
Custodial History
The items in this collection were accumulated by Cora Straughan while a student at Longwood College. The collection was later
acquired by Nancy Shelton during her tenure with the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations. It is unknown when
the collection as transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.
Cora Garland Straughan of Northumberland County, Virginia was born in 1938 to Howard Randolph and Ann Rice Straughan. From
1957 to 1959, Straughan attended then-Longwood College. While a student at Longwood, she served as Freshman and Sophomore
Class Secretary, Secretary of the Northern Neck Club, and was a member of Kappa Delta and the Canterbury Club.