Virginia Moscrip papers
Creator: Moscrip, Virginia
Call Number: D.72
Dates: 1818-1962
Physical Description: 15 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Table of Contents:

Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content
Subject(s)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Access
Use
Citation
Content List
Series I: Correspondence, 1818-1962
Series II: Family ephemera
Series III: Reverend Charles H. Moscrip ephemera
Subseries I: Typescripts
Subseries II: Notebooks
Subseries III: Theological and theatrical interests
Series IV: Virginia Moscrip ephemera
Series V: Photographs
Series VI: Civic activities, 1900-1920
Collection Overview
Title: Virginia Moscrip papers
Creator: Moscrip, Virginia
Call Number: D.72
Dates: 1818-1962
Physical Description: 15 boxes
Language(s): Materials are in English
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Biographical/Historical Note
Virginia Moscrip (1897-1975) was born in Upper Alton, Illinois. She was the daughter of Lydia Bell DeLany Moscrip (1856-1953), a suffragist and Red Cross Relief worker during World War I, and Reverend Charles H. Moscrip (1848-1920), a graduate of the University of Rochester (1874) and Rochester Theological Seminary (1877). Lydia and Charles were married in Keokuk, Iowa, and by 1900, they had settled in Rochester, New York. They had seven children (Charles B. "Charlie", 1880-1910; Minerva L., 1882-1892; Lydia Bell, 1888-1892; two unknown), but Virginia and her brother, Amos D. (1884-1955), were the only children to live past the age of 30.

Virginia attended East High School in Rochester, where she showed an early interest in Latin and the classics as a member of the Roman State Club and contributor to the Vox Populi newsletter. After the Moscrips relocated to Galen, New York, Virginia graduated from nearby Clyde Public School in 1915. Virginia was hired as a teacher at Savannah Public School in Savannah, New York, while attending college at the University of Rochester. She received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in 1919 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in her senior year. She went on to earn her Master's degree from the University of Rochester in 1921 followed by her doctorate in 1928 from the University of Chicago. In 1925, Virginia Moscrip was hired by the University of Rochester as a Latin instructor. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1928, associate professor in 1935, and finally full professor in April of 1961. She belonged to American Association of University Professors, the American Philological Association, the Archaeological Institute of America, and the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, and she was especially interested in Latin, Greek, and the Middle Ages.

Scope and Content
There are 15 boxes in the Virginia Moscrip Papers: 2 boxes of correspondence dating from 1818 through 1962, 3 boxes of Charles H. Moscrip ephemera reflecting his theological and theatrical interests as well as his time spent at the University of Rochester; 2 boxes of Virginia Moscrip ephemera from childhood through her years as a student and educator; 2 boxes of miscellaneous family ephemera; and 4 boxes of photo albums. Much of the family ephemera and correspondence are associated with Minerva (Lamareau) DeLany (1837-1919) and her husband, Amos N. DeLany (1832-1895), Virginia Moscrip's maternal grandparents, who had lived in Clyde, New York, since 1852. The DeLany's are buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, along with their grandchildren, Lydia Bell Moscrip, Minerva L. Moscrip, and Charles B. Moscrip and his wife, Elsie (1890-1912). The personal papers of Virginia Moscrip's mother, Lydia Bell DeLany Moscrip, are held at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Also included are Liberty Loan flyers and advertisements, membership cards and a service flag, food rationting campaign items and recipes, knitting patterns, two undated clippings, including an editorial by Anna Howard Shaw; and a commemorative booklet celebrating Susan B. Anthony's eightieth birthday.

Subject(s):
Puerto Rico
New York (State)--Cambridge
Europe
Correspondence
Diaries
Photographs
Albums (Books)
Moscrip, Virginia
Moscrip, Charles H.
University of Rochester
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Jack and Judy Davis, 2004.Access
The Virginia Moscrip papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.Use
Reproductions are made upon request but can be subject to restrictions. Permission to publish materials from the collection must currently be requested. Please note that some materials may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections. For more information contact rarebks@library.rochester.eduCitation
[Item title, item date], Virginia Moscrip papers, D.72, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Administrative Information
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Publisher: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
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