Jane Pratt Papers
1946
Manuscript Collection #588- Creator(s)
- Pratt, Jane, 1902-1981
- Physical description
- 0.77 Cubic Feet
- Preferred Citation
- Jane Pratt Papers (#588), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Scrapbooks (1946) of Eliza "Jane" Pratt, the first woman elected from North Carolina to the U.S. House of Representatives.
Administrative information
Custodial History
Source of acquisition
Gift of Miss Pratt
Processing information
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Metadata Rights Declaration
Key terms
Personal Names
Pratt, Jane, 1902-1981Corporate Names
United States. Congress--Officials and employeesTopical
Women legislators--North CarolinaWomen politicians--North Carolina
Container list
- Document signed by North Carolina Secretary of State Thad Eure Certifying the Election of Jane Pratt to the U.S. House of Representatives
- Letter from Congressman Robert L. Doughton of the Ninth District to Jane Pratt.
- Letter of Appreciation from Frank Porter Graham to Jane Pratt
- Photograph of Jane Pratt with friends at a railroad station.
- Photograph of Jane Pratt with two women in the Restaurant Madrillon, Washington Building, Washington, D.C.
- Poem "Our Carolina Jane" from Margaret May of Morven, N.C., and Queens College Alumna
- Telegram informing Jane Pratt of her nomination for U.S. House of Representatives Special Election
Box 3
Loose items from both scrapbooks including correspondence, clippings, photographs, publications, press releases, telegrams, invitations, and ephemera