Description
- Abstract:
- Enid Wilson describes her family, her time as a student at Pembroke College, the impact of World War II on Brown's curriculum, and her work as a librarian in this interview, which was conducted nearly 70 years after she graduated from Brown University with an AB in English.
- Notes:
- Class year: 1943
- Biographical note: Enid Wilson was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Edwin Bidwell Wilson and Ethel (Sentner) Wilson. After earning her AB in English from Brown in 1943, she completed a masters in Library Science at Simmons College. Enid worked as a library cataloguer for nearly 50 years, first at the at the Univeristy of Rhode Island, and later at Boston University. She was an active member of the American Association of University Women and the Wellesley Historical Society. She served on the Pembroke Center Associates Council from 2002 until her death in April 2014.
Citation
"Enid Wilson, class of 1943"
(2012).
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:583400/
Relations
Has Parts:
-
Enid Wilson, class of 1943
- Type: Audio
- Order: 1
-
Enid Wilson, class of 1943
- Type: Stream
- Order: 1
-
Enid Wilson, class of 1943
- Type: Pdf
- Order: 2
Collection:
-
Pembroke Center Oral History Collection
This collection contains oral history interviews with alumnae of Brown University, which admitted its first women students in 1891. The Women's College at Brown was renamed Pembroke College in 1928, and in 1971, Pembroke College merged with the Men's College …...