Davidsonian article about the closure of the Women's Center in 1982. The article features an image of the Kimmel House, which was the site of the Center but went to being perimeter housing after the Center was closed.
In this letter to the Council on Campus and Religious Life, the Inter- Fraternity Council weigh in on the debate between a new fraternity house or an all female eating house on Patterson Court. The council proposed that the new women's eating house would be a better social option for female students than the Women's Center on campus.
Emanon page from the 1975 Quips and Cranks yearbook. Emanon was a Co-ed Eating House that held the highest number of female membership on Patterson Court before Rusk women's eating house was established in 1977.
Odessa Honeysucker, the cook for Emanon eating house, is mentioned on the organization's page in the 1982 Quips and Cranks. The description of the image reads, "If allowed to enter, the lucky student soon gets to taste the meals prepared by Odessa Honeysucker (below left), Emanon's wonderful cook.
Fraternity paddle from the Davidson College Alpha Tau Omega chapter. The paddle contains signatures of fraternity members and a space dedicated to the fraternity's housemother. Her signature reads, "Mrs. J. Carey Stewart."
Susan Lowery listed as a "housekeeper" in the Davidson town census from 1940. Lowery worked at a boarding house and was one of the first cooks for Davidson College fraternities. As she worked in a private home and not on campus, her affiliation with Davidson College is not listed.
Brochure for the Lula Bell Houston Laundry that promotes college laundry services along with a brief description of Lula Bell Houston. The laundry was renamed in honor of Lula Bell Houston after her retirement in 2004.
