Georgia State University. Office of the Dean of Students

Content Description This material been kept basically in its original order, filed alphabetically using the original subject titles. It bulks in the 1960s. “Old Files,” “Dean Trotter’s Files,” and the “General Correspondence” files cover similar topics: administrative functions, student activities, and faculty-student relationships. Dean Trotter’s files include sorority information, while “Old Files” contains fraternity material and information concerning all three deans. Financial material and reports are...

Abstract: During her tenure at GSU (1933-1947, 1953-1971), Nell Trotter taught classes in social ethics, home economics, history, political science, and business communication. She went on to become Assistant Dean of Students, Dean of Women, and Assistant Professor of Business Education. The materials in the Nell H. Trotter papers reflect some of Trotter's personal and professional life between 1934 and 1971, as well as changing attitudes to and of women in higher education throughout the twentieth...