Merline Patton composition notebook, 1903

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Summary

Creator:: Patton, Merline
Abstract:: This composition notebook was kept by Merline Patton of Alamogordo, New Mexico, while studying rhetoric at the New Mexico Baptist College (associated with the Southern Baptist Convention) in 1903. The notebook includes essays, reading passages, song lyrics, and notes on English history and literature.
Extent:: 1 volume
Language:: English
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Bossio, March 2023

Background

Scope and Content:

This composition notebook was kept by Merline Patton of Alamogordo, New Mexico, while studying rhetoric at the New Mexico Baptist College (associated with the Southern Baptist Convention) in 1903. The notebook includes essays, reading passages, song lyrics, and notes on English history and literature.

The essays in the notebook include "The Argonautic Expedition" and "Rhetoric." The songs include at least two college/school spirit numbers, though the bulk appear to be popular tunes about love and family, such as "My Girl from Dixie." A section titled "Division of Modern English Lit" contains information related to the Elizabethan Age, the study of Italian language and art, the study of classics translated from Greek and Roman, and more.

The inside cover contains scribbles and mathematics problems, and two small flowers were doodled in the margins.

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Acquisition Information:

2022. M-7734 .

Arrangement:

The collection is a single bound volume.

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Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)