Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 21/7/147
Lorris A. Foster Foster
Scrapbook, 1944-1947


Descriptive summary

creator:

Foster, Lorris Foster

title:

Scrapbook

dates:

1944-1947

extent:

1.75 linear feet (1 oversized box)

collection number:

RS 21/7/147

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Lorris Foster Foster Scrapbook, RS 21/7/147, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Lorris A. Foster Foster, originally from Detroit, Michigan, attended Iowa State College (University) as a Child Development major, from 1944 until 1947. Her freshman year, she lived in Roberts Hall. She joined the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority and was also active in the Collegiate Presbyterian Church.

Foster married James Foster, a 1946 Civil Engineering major, also at Iowa State College (University).

 

Collection description

Foster's scrapbook includes photographs, dance cards, correspondence, social and athletic programs, church-related items, nametags, wedding invitations, news clippings, and other materials that represent the life of a typical female student at Iowa State College in the 1940s. The scrapbook includes letters from the college concerning Foster's placement in residence halls, as well as rules and regulations for female students at that time. Also included is correspondence from various sororities, providing a good understanding of the rush process. Foster also kept a copy of the house rules from Alpha Gamma Delta, as well as souvenirs from her sorority sisters' "Five Pound Parties," a party to celebrate their recent engagements. In addition, the materials in the scrapbook include wartime concerns of the students and the college, including letters from the college mentioning ration books, and that the female students had find new accommodations in order to make room for a V-12 Navy unit.

Foster assembled the scrapbook in September 2002.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

OVR

Scrapbook

1944-1947