Grace V. Watkins was born on October 11, 1905 in Fargo, North Dakota.  After graduating from Central High in Fargo, Miss Watkins attended Jamestown College.  She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in music.  She then attended graduate school at The University of Iowa where she completed a Master of Arts degree in music in 1927.  Along with being a teacher and musician, Miss Watkins was a prolific writer of poetry and short essays.  She was a long time member of The National League Of American Pen Women.

This collection of Grace Watkins' papers includes diaries, scrapbooks, a small number of magazines and pamphlets, and a small collection of unorganized clippings.  With the exception of the magazines, pamphlets and few clippings of poems and articles that were found loose in a folder, the collection of scrapbooks and diaries has been preserved in the way that Miss Watkins left them. 
 

Women | Literary and Music