Constance L. Myles School Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection includes materials collected by Constance Myles during her time in elementary school and during her senior year of high school. Items are arranged chronologically. The entries in the Constance Myles elementary school autograph album are dated June 1958, when she graduated from Banneker Elementary School. There are several blank pages at the end of the album. Most of the friends and teachers writing in Myles’ album included a sentiment or verse along with their full names. For example, Carl Mosley wrote: “In climbing the ladder to success don’t take time out to rest.” Other verses included references to rival schools in variations on: “When you marry / don’t marry no fool / marry a boy from Vashon High School.” Teachers and administrators signed the album, including Samuel Shepard, Jr. (1907-1986), who served as administrator in the Banneker District of the SLPS from 1957 to 1976. There are three items from Myles’ senior year at Vashon High School which include a graduation invitation from Jerry Lee Williams, a program and ribbon from the Colors Day which celebrated the senior class, and a 1962 commencement program.
Dates
- 1958-1962
Creator
- Myles, Constance L., 1944- (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.
Biographical Sketch
Constance L. (Connie) Myles was born in St. Louis on June 4, 1944, to Damon and Alma Trout Myles.She attended Duvoll Elementary School from 1950 to 1955 and then Banneker Elementary School from 1955 to 1958. In 1962, Myles graduated from Vashon High School where she participated in the NAACP Youth Council and its student protests.
Extent
0.03 Cubic Feet ( (2 folders))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Items are arranged chronologically.
Physical and Technical Requirements
There are no physical or technical restrictions.
Donor Information
The collection was donated by Constance L. Myles in 2005 (acc. no. 2005-075).
Processing Information
Processed with funding from The Stuart Foundation, Inc. by Kristina Perez, 2021 (updated in 2024).
- Autograph album verse
- Banneker Elementary School (Saint Louis, Mo.) (Associated name)
- Schoolgirls
- Students -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
- Vashon High School (Saint Louis, Mo.) (Associated name)
Creator
- Myles, Constance L., 1944- (Creator, Person)
- Shepard, Samuel, Jr., 1907-1996 (Associated name, Person)
- Title
- Inventory of Constance L. Myles School Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- EAD by Kristina Perez using ArchivesSpace
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center Repository