Dates

• Majority of material found within 1939 - 1996

Extent

1 folder Linear Feet (Marilyn Proffitt Whiteside (May 27, 1924-May 27, 2009) graduated from Indiana State Teachers College (ISTC, later IUP) with a degree in Music Education on May 27, 1946. After graduating from ISTC, she married Loyal E. Whiteside who served in the U. S. Army as a Sergeant during World War Two. Marilyn Proffitt Whiteside later taught music in Mars, Pennsylvania public schools and the Ridley Township school system in eastern Pennsylvania. She was a choir director at the Ridley Park Methodist Church and Grace Bible Fellowship Church in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. In 1983, the Whiteside family moved to Wildwood, Florida. See the IUP Magazine article (2009) Memories of Marilyn written by her husband Loyal Whiteside (photograph of Marilyn Proffitt Whiteside and Thelma Smucker Iscrupe in 1943 on the stairs between John Sutton Hall and McElhaney Hall). This collection contains correspondence, alumni memorabilia, and publications that belonged to Marilyn Proffitt Whiteside, ISTC Class of 1946. Content List (see Record Group 53 Box 37 Folder 6): 1. Student Newspaper: Plant Dust, April Fool’s issue of the ISTC student newspaper, 1939; 2. Indiana Penn student newspapers, 1943; 3. Photographs including a dance and Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority (1942-1946); 4. IUP Alumni Weekend, 1996; and 5. Class of 1946 Alumni Memory Book, Alumni Reunion Weekend, June 7-9, 1996.)

Language of Materials

English