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Size | Approximately 30 items |
Abstract | Margaret Berry Street was born in 1892 to the prominent Berry family of Orange County, N.C. Around 1910, she attended the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). She graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1913 and from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1915, becoming the first woman to do so. While in Greensboro, she was a member of the Adelphian Literary Society and was active in many student theater productions. She continued to participate in theater with the Dramatic Club at the University of North Carolina. Street practiced law in Charlotte and Ashville, N.C., 1917-1933, and in Atlanta, Ga., and Washington, D.C., 1934-1937. She married Robert Burns Street. The couple had no children. Street died in 1967. The collection chiefly contains personal materials and papers of Margaret Berry Street, 1909-1926. Included is scrapbook that chronicles her time in both Greensboro and Chapel Hill, especially her participation in the Adelphian Literary Society. The scrapbook contains photographs, primarily of members of the Adelphian Literary Society although there are a few images of members of other societies and Street's other acquaintances. Some of the photographs have handwritten notes giving the subject's name, class in school, address, and society membership. There are also photographs of landscapes, such the Old Well at the University of North Carolina and train tracks in Chapel Hill; a photograph, labeled "UNC 1910," showing a large group of people standing on the steps of a building; letters sent to Street, mostly from friends and members of the Adelphian Literary Society; a copy of a college song; the Adelphian Literary Society pledge; and a booklet about initiation into the Adelphian Literary Society. Besides the scrapbook, there are a telegram, 25 May 1928, to Street from Robert Street discussing their anniversary; a letter to Harriet M. Berry, possibly Street's sister, from her mother describing depression conditions on farms in Florida, mutual acquaintances, and daily life; a booklet from the 323rd Infantry Dance, 4 April 1918, in which Street wrote the names of dancing partners; playbills and programs, mostly from productions of the Adelphian Literary Society and the Dramatic Club; a program from a 1918 conference for women; a rejection note from Famous Players Film Company in response to stories Street had submitted; clippings, including one about Street's society debut; and a few photographs and photographic negatives. |
Creator | Street, Margaret Berry, 1892-1967. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Margaret Berry Street was born in 1892 to the prominent Berry family of Orange County, N.C. John Berry, her grandfather, built the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, N.C., and Smith Hall (now Playmakers Theater) at the University of North Carolina.
Around 1910, she attended the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). She graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1913 and from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1915, becoming the first woman to do so. While in Greensboro, she was a member of the Adelphian Literary Society and was active in many student theater productions. She continued to participate in theater with the Dramatic Club at the University of North Carolina.
Street practiced law in Charlotte and Ashville, N.C., 1917-1933, and served as an attorney for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in Atlanta, Ga., and Washington, D.C., 1934-1937.
She married Robert Burns Street. The couple had no children.
Margaret Berry Street died in 1967.
Back to TopThe collection chiefly contains personal materials and papers of Margaret Berry Street, 1909-1926. Included is scrapbook that chronicles her time in both Greensboro and Chapel Hill, especially her participation in the Adelphian Literary Society. The scrapbook contains photographs, primarily of members of the Adelphian Literary Society although there are a few images of members of other societies and Street's other acquaintances. Some of the photographs have handwritten notes giving the subject's name, class in school, address, and society membership. There are also photographs of landscapes, such the Old Well at the University of North Carolina and train tracks in Chapel Hill; a photograph, labeled "UNC 1910," showing a large group of people standing on the steps of a building; letters sent to Street, mostly from friends and members of the Adelphian Literary Society; a copy of a college song; the Adelphian Literary Society pledge; and a booklet about initiation into the Adelphian Literary Society. Besides the scrapbook, there are a telegram, 25 May 1928, to Street from Robert Street discussing their anniversary; a letter to Harriet M. Berry, possibly Street's sister, from her mother describing depression conditions on farms in Florida, mutual acquaintances, and daily life; a booklet from the 323rd Infantry Dance, 4 April 1918, in which Street wrote the names of dancing partners; playbills and programs, mostly from productions of the Adelphian Literary Society and the Dramatic Club; a program from a 1918 conference for women; a rejection note from Famous Players Film Company in response to stories Street had submitted; clippings, including one about Street's society debut; and a few photographs and photographic negatives.
There are only a few items related to Street's time at law school and no materials related to her family or legal career.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Scrapbook, 1909-1910 |
Folder 2 |
Other materials, 1910-1926 |
Image Folder PF-5337/1 |
Photograph: Portrait of unidentified young femalePossibly Margaret Berry Street. |
Image Folder PF-5337/2 |
Photographic negatives: Group portraitsFive negatives showing several women standing and sitting in an outdoors setting. |