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    <mods:titleInfo>
        <mods:title>Eleanor McElroy, class of 1937</mods:title>
    </mods:titleInfo>
    <mods:titleInfo type="alternative" displayLabel="Pembroke title">
        <mods:title>Eleanor Rosalie McElroy, class of 1937</mods:title>
    </mods:titleInfo>
    <mods:name type="personal">
        <mods:namePart>McElroy, Eleanor Rosalie</mods:namePart>
        <mods:role>
            <mods:roleTerm type="text" authority="marcrelator">interviewee</mods:roleTerm>
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    <mods:typeOfResource>mixed material</mods:typeOfResource>
    <mods:originInfo>
        <mods:dateCreated keyDate="yes" encoding="w3cdtf">1986-01-24</mods:dateCreated>
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        <mods:languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</mods:languageTerm>
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    <mods:abstract>In this interview, Eleanor McElroy, class of 1937, begins by describing her family and educational background, emphasizing the liberal minded nature of her single mother that encouraged her to attend Pembroke College and study American history. She also briefly describes a teaching fellowship that she received after graduation, in the midst of the Great Depression, and the nature of dating on campus. She generally recalls deans Margaret Shove Morriss and Eva Mooar, and physical education director Bessie Rudd. McElroy also mentions taking classes with professors James Hedges, Leonard Carmichael, George Downing, and Will Taylor. She includes a brief recollection of the hurricane of 1938 and thoroughly describes her 40-year role as merchandise buyer for Gladdings Department Stores. McElroy also articulates her positive feelings toward the Pembroke-Brown merger.</mods:abstract>
    <mods:note type="biographical/historical" displayLabel="Class year">1937</mods:note>
    <mods:note type="biographical/historical" displayLabel="Biographical note">Eleanor Mc Elroy was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 8, 1916. She attended Classical High School and enrolled at Pembroke College at the age of 16 where she subsequently graduated with an A.B. in history in 1937. Throughout her life she took graduate courses at Providence College, Brown University, and Johnson and Wales College. McElroy was a retail buyer for Gladding's Department Store, Cherry and Webb Stores, and the William H. Block Department Store in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was also a school teacher at Middletown High School, Nathaniel Greene Elementary School, and North Kingstown High School. McElroy was an avid world traveler and served as secretary of the alumnae association for her class. She died on September 28, 2012 at the age of 96.</mods:note>
    <mods:subject authority="local">
        <mods:topic>1930s</mods:topic>
    </mods:subject>
    <mods:subject authority="local">
        <mods:topic>Dating</mods:topic>
    </mods:subject>
    <mods:subject authority="local">
        <mods:topic>Great Depression</mods:topic>
    </mods:subject>
    <mods:subject authority="local">
        <mods:topic>City Girls</mods:topic>
    </mods:subject>
    <mods:subject authority="local">
        <mods:topic>Employment</mods:topic>
    </mods:subject>
    <mods:subject authority="local">
        <mods:topic>Pembroke-Brown merger</mods:topic>
    </mods:subject>

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