23 unnumbered leaves, bound : chiefly illustrations ; 29 x 41 cm. (scrapbook) ; [scrapbook was disbound for digitization and 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 scrapbook documents Suzanne (Suzy) Kay Menzel’s freshman through senior year at Skidmore College, during which time she was working towards the completion of a Sociology degree. Comprised of photographs, cards, programs and various ephemera, the scrapbook provides a glimpse into the life of a student both during the war and in its immediate aftermath. [The typewritten captions pasted to many of the pages were added later at an unspecified date.]
Local Note
Suzanne (Suzy) Kay Menzel, Class of 1948, was a Sociology major from Cambridge, MA. [Her father, Donald, was a noted astrophysicist and Director of the Harvard Observatory.] An active student, Suzy was a member of the Student Christian Association, the Skidmore Progressive Organizations and the NAACP. A regular contributor to the “Skidmore News,” she also “rallied volunteers to read stories and organize parties at Saratoga’s Hawley Home [For Children].” Suzy was a vocal advocate for early childhood education, and, post-graduation, she settled with her family in Austin, TX, where she was a dedicated life-long volunteer, serving in a wide-ranging number of organizations and roles, including “coordinator of an award-winning prenatal program…that [encouraged] self-sufficiency by offering nutritional and educational services to families of all ethnic backgrounds.” Her yearbook entry reads: Suzy . . . the only girl at Skidmore who really misses K.P. . . . wonderful way with children . . . loves Harvard and hot fudge sundaes . . . unpredictable when it comes to men . . . contagious interest in the Hawley Home . . . dislikes milk and being called Sue ... a cheery and helpful personality . . .
Archive Location
Scrapbook and Memorabilia Collection ; Box 39 ; Suzanne Kay Menzel, Class of 1948, 1944-1998
