Emilie Charles papers

Collection

Identifier: MSD-1913-001

Staff Only

Collection Statement

This collection contains genealogy papers, letters and clippings. There are also books in the back of the case which include a Cactus of 1906 (Marion, Indiana High School yearbook), a snapshot album and a class of 1882 album.

Dates

1913 - 1955

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Usage Restrictions

Biographical Sketch

Miss Emilie Charles, prominent Marion, Ind., church leader, club woman, and loyal alumna of DePauw, died July 28, 1964. She was 73 years old and lived with her brother, Phillip S. Charles, class of 1908. A member of the Methodist Church in Marion, Miss Charles was district director of the Women's Society of Christian Service, a director and former president of the Woman's Department Club, and active in the Loyalty League, the Young Woman's Christian Assn., and the University Women. The daughter of the late William Charles '82, a prominent Marion attorney at the time of his death in 1931 and a former DePauw trustee, Miss Charles was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Beta Kappa at DePauw.