Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
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Phyllis Josephs was a student from fall 1938 to spring 1941. While a student, she served as a student officer.
Alternative Name: Phyllis Josephs Thomas
Asheville Art Museum Collection
Writings about Phyllis can be seen in digitized college bulletins on Asheville Art Museum's collection website: collection.ashevilleart.org. They can be found by searching these accession numbers:
2017.40.024 September 1943 bulletin,
"Phyllis Josephs Thomas is working at Sharpe and Dohme’s, pharmaceutical manufacturers in Philadelphia, as editor-in-chief of the company’s magazine. During July she and her husband, a medical student, spent their brief vacation at Lake Eden."
2017.40.150 April 3, 1944 bulletin,
"Phyllis Josephs Thomas writes from Los Angeles, California: “Frank and I are not living in California; in fact, we’ve been here since early February. And we like it very much, too. I have an interesting job with a small outfit called the Associated Publishers”, and Frank is doing some medical-technical copywriting for a local drug firm….The only B.M.C. people we’ve found out here so far are Marion and David Way (and Tony), who gave us a warm welcome….""
Courses Taken
Fall 1938-39 Introductory Writing; Wunsch, Music Appreciation 1; Evarts, Advanced French; Mangold, Contemporary American Literature; Kurtz, Plato 1; Rice, Folk Dancing; A B Sly, Music Seminar 1; Surette
Spring 1938-39, Introductory Writing; Wunsch, Music Appreciation 1; Evarts, Advanced French; Mangold, Contemporary American Literature; Kurtz Dropped, Plato 1; Rice, Folk Dancing; A B Sly, Fundamentals of Psychology; Straus
Fall 1939-40, Psychological Problems; Straus, The Novel; Kurtz, Survey of French Literature; Mangold, Piano Lessons; M Nacke, Chorus; Jalowetz
Spring 1939-1940, Psychological Problems; Straus, The English Novel; Kurtz, Survey of French Literature; Mangold, Piano Lessons; M Nacke, Chorus; Jalowetz, Sociology Tutorial; Barnes started Feb 5
Fall 1940-41, Introduction to Economic Thinking; Gothe, Ecology in Relation to Man; Carpenter, Tutorial in Sociology; Gothe, Piano Lessons; Nelson, Chorus; Jalowetz, Advanced Economics; Gothe
Spring 1940-41, Introduction to Economic Thinking; Gothe, Ecology in Relation to Man; Carpenter, Tutorial in Sociology; Gothe, Piano Lessons; Nelson, Chorus; Jalowetz, Advanced Economics; Gothe
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