This collection contains materials that date from Dowell's time as a student at East Carolina Teachers Training school and her subsequent teaching career. It contains awards received from both civic and professional organizations, clippings, personal artifacts, and scholarly works including her Masters Thesis.
Pattie Simmons Dowell, a native of Williamston, North Carolina, volunteered to be the first student to register at East Carolina Teachers Training School in the fall of 1909. During her two years as a student, Dowell served as the founding president of the Young Women's Christian Association. Dowell later became the first graduate of ECTTS to earn a BS, completed at Peabody College, and an MA, completed at North Carolina State College. Dowell was also the first ECTTS student to earn a doctorate, finishing her EdD at New York University. While teaching at East Carolina Teachers College from 1923-1924, Dowell served as president of the Alumni Association.
This collection contains materials that date from Dowell's time as a student at East Carolina Teachers Training school and her subsequent teaching career. It contains awards received from both civic and professional organizations, clippings, personal artifacts, and scholarly works including her Masters Thesis.
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On the back of the box, it has a note "The Greek word for "deacon" is "diakovos". The table and grain represent a deacon's ministry as servant to persons in need".