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The collection includes a diploma for a master of science in education awarded to Pattie Simmons Dowell by North Carolina State College on July 24, 1930.
Patricia "Pattie" Simmons Dowell, from Williamston, NC, was the first student and first graduate of East Carolina University in 1911. She then attended Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, where she earned a B.S., and North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University), where she earned a master of science in education. She later earned a doctorate of education from New York University. She was a home economics professor at East Carolina University and retired in 1960. She died in 1975 at the age of 84.
Patricia "Pattie" Simmons Dowell, from Williamston, NC, was the first student and first graduate of East Carolina University in 1911. She then attended Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee, where she earned a B.S., and North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University), where she earned a master of science in education. She later earned a doctorate of education from New York University. She was a home economics professor at East Carolina University and retired in 1960. She died in 1975 at the age of 84.
The collection includes a diploma for a master of science in education awarded to Pattie Simmons Dowell by North Carolina State College on July 24, 1930.
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[Identification of item], Pattie Simmons Dowell Diploma, MSS 00433, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from East Carolina University (Accession 2020.0076)
Processed by: Cathy Dorin-Black, 2020 September; Finding aid written by: Cathy Dorin-Black, 2020 September
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[Identification of item], Pattie Simmons Dowell Diploma, MSS 00433, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.