23 unnumbered leaves, disbound : chiefly illustrations ; 27 x 35 cm. (each leaf) ; [scrapbook is first presented as a whole within the viewer – each leaf digitized as it appears ; all relevant details were captured and follow at the end]
Description
This "Memory Book" documents Agnes (“Buddie”) Steele Ritchie’s freshman through senior years at Skidmore College, and is comprised of photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, dance cards, invitations and various memorabilia, such as party napkins signed by her classmates.
Local Note
Agnes (“Buddie”) Steele Ritchie, Class of 1929, was a Home Economics major from West Medford, Massachusetts. Active in Student Government, she was Class Treasurer her sophomore year, Treasurer Student Government her junior year, and Class President her senior year, to name just a few of her academic endeavors. Her yearbook entry reads: “Gingerbread and russet apples – Energy and independence. A generous, capable leader, Doing her job well, And still having time For West Point.”
Archive Location
Scrapbook and Memorabilia Collection ; Box 17 ; Agnes Ritchie, Class of 1929
