- Title Information
- Title
- Enid Wilson, class of 1943
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Enid Wilson, class of 1943
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Wilson, Enid
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Korwin, Wendy
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 2012-12-04
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- 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.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Class year")
- 1943
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="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.
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1940s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Academics
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Administration
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Pembroke College Traditions
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Pembroke-Brown Merger
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Physical Education
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Professors
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- World War II
- Genre (aat)
(authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
- oral histories (literary works)