Resource: Betty Jean Crutcher White scrapbook

A scrapbook created by Betty Jean Crutcher (White) documenting her experiences as a student at the University of Louisville in the mid-1940s. Includes newspaper clippings on the basketball and football teams; programs and other memorabilia from campus theater productions and social events; invitations to and notices of weddings of friends; memorabilia including notes and invitations relating to her membership in Kappa Delta sorority; and postcards, photographs, programs, and similar material documenting travel. Includes a program from a Rockford Peaches All-American Girls Professional Baseball League game, and a 1946 University of Louisville student handbook ("The Campus Key").

Dates

1944-1946

Creator

Crutcher, Betty Jean (Creator, Person)

Extent

.375 linear feet (1 scrapbook in a flat box)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Betty Jean Crutcher White was born in 1926 in Alexandria, Kentucky. She attended University of Louisville, earning a BA in 1947 and a master's degree in education in 1965. She was a member of Kappa Delta and an avid UL sports fan. She taught in the Jefferson County Public Schools and in Richmond, Kentucky.