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Fredrica Fox Papers, 1916-1920

Collection Overview

Title: Fredrica Fox Papers, 1916-1920

ID: OGLMC/1509

Creator: Downey, Fredrica T. (1897-1973)

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 08/14/2006

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

1897-1973; UND Class of 1918

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Fredrica Fox Papers date from 1916 to 1920 and consist of materials related to her education at Devils Lake High School and the University of North Dakota.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Eileen Tabert, Devils Lake, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; 2006-2852. The donor purchased the material at an auction sale

Preferred Citation: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. Chester Fritz Library. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: "Fredrica Fox: Her Life"

Undated scrapbook consisting of newspaper and magazine clippings

Folder 2: Photographs

Six are 2.5 inches by 3 inches; three are 1.75 inches by 6 inches. All are of the same portrait photograph

Folder 3: Devils Lake High School

Item 1: Junior-Senior Banquet Program, May 5, 1916
Item 2: Commencement Invitation, June 2, 1916

Folder 4: Kappa Alpha Theta, 1916-1918

Item 1: Invitation to join Kappa Alpha Theta, October 20, 1916
Item 2: Banquet program, November 18, 1916
Item 3: Founders' Day Banquet program, January 26, 1918
Item 4: Dance card, May 4, 1918
Item 5: Dance card, undated

Folder 5: Dance cards from UND, 1916-1920

Folder 6: UND Grade Record, undated

Folder 7: Miscellaneous

Item 1: Letter of recommendation for Fredrica Fox written by Edw. E. Munson, Webster, North Dakota, June 30, 1919

Item 2: "Fredrica" (poem written about Fredrica Fox by an unknown person)

Item 3: Untitled poem from (future husband) Romanus Downey

"O! Freddie dear

when this you see

I know you'll think

Of Romanus Downey"

Folder 8: Newspaper clippings regarding the death of Fred T. Fox, Devils Lake, North Dakota, July 1916

Likely the father of Fredrica Fox