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Collection Abstract

This collection contains a two and a half page, hand-written autobiography of Betty Bainbridge Pittman’s years at Armstrong Junior College.

Also included are programs for the First Commencement and Honors Day (1937), Sophomore Alumni Luncheon with Betty’s photograph on cover (1940), First Annual Session of the Armstrong College Institute of Citizens, and the 1939 Armstrong Class 50th Reunion (1989). An admission ticket and invitation to the Fourth Commencement (1940) and both of her degree certificates are a part of the collection. Armstrong State College Short Course Bulletin of 1966, an information brochure about Armstrong State College (approximately 1966), and a page out of the Armstrong Magazine’s Alumni section (mid-1990s) are pieces of memorabilia collected by Mrs. Pittman.

Date of Gift

2005

Start Date

1937

End Date

1989

Keywords

Delta Chi, sororities, athletics, basketball, football, ping pong, tennis, student live, faculty sponsors, Honors Society, Student Senate, Home Economics Club, Associate in Liberal Arts, Associate in Commerce, Savannah High, Class of 1939, Class of 1940, athletic championships, commencement, Armstrong Mansion, Downtown campus, Southside campus, Institute of Citizenship, Geechees

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History

Scope of Collection

This collection contains a two and a half page, hand-written autobiography of Betty Bainbridge Pittman’s years at Armstrong Junior College. The autobiography gives details about the Delta Chi Sorority and their events, Armstrong’s athletic teams and coach, the creation of the Student Senate and Honors Society, the Savannah Playhouse, the composers of the Armstrong pep song, fight song and alma mater, various faculty sponsors, and interesting remarks about student life. Also included are programs for the First Commencement and Honors Day (1937), Sophomore Alumni Luncheon with Betty’s photograph on cover (1940), First Annual Session of the Armstrong College Institute of Citizens, and the 1939 Armstrong Class 50th Reunion (1989). An admission ticket and invitation to the Fourth Commencement (1940) and both of her degree certificates are a part of the collection. Armstrong State College Short Course Bulletin of 1966, an information brochure about Armstrong State College (approximately 1966), and a page out of the Armstrong Magazine’s Alumni section (mid-1990s) are pieces of memorabilia collected by Mrs. Pittman. Photocopies of newspaper clippings are a main element of the papers. Articles from The Inkwell dating to 1937 through 1940 about social and athletic events as well as articles from the Savannah Morning News and Savannah Morning News Magazine featuring topics about the expansion of the downtown campus, the fate of the downtown campus after the move to the Southside campus, and the addition of 13 PhDs to the faculty all date to the early and mid 1960s. The second folder exclusively contains the original newspaper clippings that are include in the first folder as photocopies. Location: Box 901 folder 17 and 18

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Betty Bainbridge Pittman, Class of 1939, 1940

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