Emma Lou Vaughan Papers

Collection

Collection ID: RG 39-2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains a hand-written oral story told to Emma Lou Vaughan by her grandfather of his work on the underground railroad in Kentucky.

Dates

undated
Other: Date acquired: 06/00/2008

Creator

Vaughan, Emma Lou (1911-2009) (Person)

Extent

0.05 Linear Feet

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Biographical / Historical

Emma Lou Vaughan was born in 1911 in Gallup, Kentucky. Vaughan taught school at a schoolhouse in Lawrence County, Kentucky, and worked for a brief time in Savannah, GA before coming to Norfolk in 1937, where she served as a substitute teacher. Vaughan made the decision to donate a hand-written oral story told to her by her grandfather about his work on the underground railroad in Kentucky. The story can be found in ODU’s University Archives. Vaughan passed away at the age of 98 in 2009.