Edith De Berry Powell Papers (Class of 1901), 1899-1966

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-2009-6

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, and artifacts. Included are Edith De Berry Powell's compositions, correspondence, artifacts and books from her college years which make up the bulk of the material. The collection was transferred to the Archives by the donor in no particular order. It was divided into three sections: genres-papers, books, and artifacts. The essays are ordered by date if they were dated, if they were undated they are ordered alphabetically. Other papers are by date. Books are done alphabetically. Yearbooks for 1899 and 1902 have been removed from the collection and placed with the yearbook collection.

Dates

1899-1966
Other: Majority of material found in 1899-1914
Other: Date acquired: 03/04/2010

Creator

Powell , Edith De Berry (Person)

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: McDaniel College may hold copyright to sections of this material. McDaniel College makes no representation that it is the owner of any copyright or other literary property in the materials contained in its archives and special collections, (b) that in providing access to or permitting the reproduction of any such materials, McDaniel Archives does not assume responsibility for obtaining or granting any permission to publish, or use the same, and c) that the responsibility 9i) for determining the nature of any rights, and the ownership or interest therein, and for obtaining the appropriate permissions to publish or use and (ii) for determining the nature of any liabilities (including liabilities for defamation and invasion of privacy or publicity) that may arise from any publication or use, rest entirely with the researcher. Copying: Papers may be copies in accordance with the Archives' usual procedures.

Biographical or Historical Information

Edith Almedia De Berry Powell was born on September 27, 1878 near Oakland, MD to Mr. And Mrs. Clark De Berry. She graduated from Western Maryland College in 1902. In 1907, she took a position teaching foreign languages and mathematics at West Lafayette College, Ohio where she met and married Homer K. Powell in 1909. When West Lafayette College merged with Adrian College they moved to Michigan to teach at Adrian. Edith and Homer had four children, Eugene, Carroll, Margaret, and Eleanor. After her second child was born Edith gave up her teaching career though she did substitute in the foreign language department of Adrian occasionally. During World War II Edith took a job helping to publish the Michigan Christian Advocate where she worked until her retirement at age 82. She died in 1966 age 87.

Note written by Dani Allen and Barbara O'Brien