Edith Stallings collection, 1935-1963

Summary

Creator:
Stallings, Edith Langdale, 1903-1987
Date:
1935-1963
Extent:
1 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 1 half box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Edith Stallings collection, 1935-1963. MS 2568. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Edith Stallings (1903-1987) held the position of Dean of Women for the University of Georgia from January 1, 1948 through August 1, 1963. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. degree, did post-graduate work in dietetics at John Hopkins University, and received her M.A. in English from the University of Alabama. Stallings was widowed five years after her marriage to a lung and heart specialist and in 1942 joined the WAVES. While in the WAVES, she served in administrative positions through 1947 when she decided to retire in order to accept the position of Dean of Women at the University of Georgia. Stallings was a world traveler and lived in England for a while after her husband's death. She was active in the installation of four Georgia chapters of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority, the only woman on the board of the Georgia Museum, and president of the Georgia Association of Women Deans and Counselors. In addition she was a supporter of Triquetra, a leadership organization for non-sorority women, at the University.

Arrangement:

Arranged in chronological order.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Edith Stallings collection, 1935-1963. MS 2568. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.