- Creator
- Young, Thelma
- Call number
- Sc MG 387
- Physical description
- 0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Thelma Young papers, Sc MG 387, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
This collection consists mainly of documents from professional organizations of which Young was a member or officer, such as the National Association of College Women, the Odd Fellowship Lodge no. 2063, the National Achievement Club, and the Association of Negro Business and Professional Women. These documents include correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, and membership information.
Biographical/historical information
Thelma Trice Young was born in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, in 1899. She attended Galesburg High School in Galesburg, Illinois. Trice married Echols Young in St. Louis in 1929. They made their home in Wilmington, Delaware. Her college education included two years at Kansas State Teachers College (Pittsburgh, Kansas) and one year at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned a masters degree in education from Teachers College at Columbia University, and she did post-graduate studies in Practical Nursing at the University of Maine.
Young worked as a teacher at Howard High School in Wilmington (DE). She taught diet, nutrition, and food and managed the school cafeteria. She was a member and officer of many civic, social, professional, and religious organizations. After an illness that left her physcially handicapped, she retired in 1965. She died in October 1972.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Thelma Young, February 1989.
Processing information
Accessioned by Rosalie P. Jeter, October 1997.
Separated material
Transferred to the General Research and Reference Division: one book and one periodical.
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor