Minnie Ellen Paugh College scrapbook

Minnie Ellen Paugh College scrapbook, 1936-1939

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Minnie Paugh
Title: Minnie Ellen Paugh College scrapbook
Dates: 1936-1939 (inclusive)
19361939
Quantity: 1.5 linear feet, (1 box)
Collection Number: 2726
Summary: The Minnie Ellen Paugh College scrapbook includes a scrapbook created by Paugh, which documents her college career at Montana State College (now Montana State University) and Montana State University in Missoula (now University of Montana), 1937-1941. The scrapbook largely documents student life and contains programs from theater and music performances Paugh attended, as well as invitations from sororities and student clubs. Other items documenting student life include student handbooks, programs for football and basketball games, poems, and lyrics to campus songs. The scrapbooks also contain some items related to her academic career including her student schedule, registration receipts, and personal expense book. The scrapbook only contains a small amount of information documenting Paugh's academic career, and focuses most heavily on student life and entertainment, friends, and social engagements.
Repository: Montana State University Library, Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections
Montana State University-Bozeman Library
Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections
P.O. Box 173320
Bozeman, MT
59717-3320
Telephone: 4069944242
Fax: 4069942851
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Minnie Ellen was born in Virginia City on April 7, 1919, to George and June Buhite Paugh. They lived on the family ranch at Jack Creek. She graduated from Ennis High school in 1937. She received a High School Honors Scholarship to attend Montana State College (now Montana State University), which she attended from 1937 to 1938. She transferred to Montana State University in Missoula (now University of Montana) in 1939 and graduated with a BA in History in 1941. She received a Master of Education Degree from the University of Montana in 1952 and in 1961 she received a Master of Library Science from the University of Denver.

Paugh joined the Montana State Univeristy (MSU) faculty in 1961 as reference librarian and instructor. She served much of her career at MSU as the Special Collections librarian where she helped grow the library's collections on Montana, Yellowstone National Park, agricultural history, and Native America history. Following her retirement, Paugh was awarded the rank of associate professor emeritus of library science by the Board of Regents of Higher Education for her many contributions. Paugh also received the Blue and Gold Award for bringing national distinction and dedicated service to Montana State University, and she died in Billings, Montana on March 20, 2003.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection includes a college scrapbook created by Minnie Ellen Paugh, which documents her college career at Montana State College (now Montana State University) in Bozeman and Montana State University in Missoula (now University of Montana). The bulk of the scrapbooks focuses on her freshman and sophomore college years at Montana State College (MSC) from 1937-1938. The scrapbook largely documents student life and contains programs from theater and music performances Paugh attended, as well as invitations from sororities and student clubs. Other items documenting student life include student handbooks, programs for football and basketball games, poems, and lyrics to campus songs. The scrapbooks also contain some items related to her academic career including her student schedule, registration receipts, and personal expense book.

The second half of the scrapbook features Paugh's academic career after she transferred to Montana State University in Missoula (MSU) between 1939 and 1941. Items from MSU similarly include theater and music performance programs, student handbooks, songs, poems, and invitation cards. The scrapbook only contains a small amount of information documenting Paugh's academic career, and focuses most heavily on student life and entertainment, friends, and social engagements.

Other items in the album include graduation invitations, marriage notices, and baby announcements from friends and acquaintances. The back of the album also contains loose items from the MSC High School Week in May 1937. These items include a group photographs of Montana high school students at a banquet, programs, and correspondence related to Paugh's intent to attend the college.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

This collection has not been arranged by an archivist. Items in the collection are in the order in which they were received from the donor.

Acquisition Information

Found in repository in 2022.

Processing Note

The scrapbook has been disbound and placed in archival folders. Most items remain pasted to the original paper they were adhered to, although some have come unglued over time and are no longer attached to the pages.

Collection processed in 2024.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

College students--Social life and customs
Montana State University--Bozeman--History

Form or Genre Terms

Scrapbooks
concert programs

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