Gladys Charlestine Matlock autograph book, 1933.
(Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material)

Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.

Housed in Small Collections Box 2.

In library use only. Available by appointment.

Scope and content: Diary used as autograph book. Inscription in front indicates that Gladys Charlestine Matlock of Knoxville was given the diary by Peg Kessner at Christmas 1929. The book is signed by classmates of Matlock at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College in Nashville, Tenn. during the spring of 1933. Inscriptions include quotes, aphorisms, rhymes, humorous ditties and poems, and an occasional drawing or sketch. Some students write about their school memories of Gladys or give her well-wishes. Others include their address, hometown, or indicate their affiliation with a club or Greek organization.

Cite as: Gladys Charlestine Matlock Autograph Book, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library.

This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code)

Source of acquisition unknown;,Acc. RT-100.

Gladys Charlestine Matlock, from Knoxville, Tenn. was a student at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College (later Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University, and subsequently Tennessee State University) in Nashville, Tenn. in the spring of 1933. She was nicknamed "Ethel Waters" by some of her friends.

In English.

Unknown provenance.

Process;,2006;,Linda Barnickel;,removed from Schools Ephemera Subject Files, and originally housed under ephemera heading "Diaries."

No further accruals are expected.