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Margaret "Peggy" Nancy Dickson Wright-Rhinerson Collection

In the fall of 1944, at age 14, Margaret “Peggy” Nancy Dickson, moved to Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee with her family from Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. She has provided us with the collection of items below which chronicle life as a teenager in the Secret City.

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ORP-PDIC-01 ORP-PDIC-02 ORP-PDIC-03a ORP-PDIC-03b ORP-PDIC-04a
Oak Ridge Public Library Card #563 - May 1944 Oak Ridge Resident Badge #4528 - Peggy Dickson Weekly Pamphlet "What's To Do In Oak Ridge?" - January 17-23, 1946 - Side 1 Weekly Pamphlet "What's To Do In Oak Ridge?" - January 17-23, 1946 - Side 2 Oak Ridge High School - "This Is The School That Atom Built" - Page 1 of 4
ORP-PDIC-04b ORP-PDIC-04c ORP-PDIC-04d ORP-PDIC-05a ORP-PDIC-05b
Oak Ridge High School - "This Is The School That Atom Built" - Page 2 of 4 Oak Ridge High School - "This Is The School That Atom Built" - Page 3 of 4 Oak Ridge High School - "This Is The School That Atom Built" - Page 4 of 4 Christmas Pageant - Jefferson Junior High School - Oak Ridge - December 1945 - Page 1 of 4 Christmas Pageant - Jefferson Junior High School - Oak Ridge - December 1945 - Page 2 of 4
ORP-PDIC-05c ORP-PDIC-05d ORP-PDIC-06 ORP-PDIC-07a ORP-PDIC-07b
Christmas Pageant - Jefferson Junior High School - Oak Ridge - December 1945 - Page 3 of 4 Christmas Pageant - Jefferson Junior High School - Oak Ridge - December 1945 - Page 4 of 4 "Wildcat's Den" Newly Organized at Oak Ridge - "Teen Talk" - Published by Royal Crown Cola - Columbus, GA - January 1947 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 1 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 2 of 12
ORP-PDIC-07c ORP-PDIC-07d ORP-PDIC-07e ORP-PDIC-07f ORP-PDIC-07g
Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 3 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 4 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 5 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 6 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 7 of 12
ORP-PDIC-07h ORP-PDIC-07i ORP-PDIC-07j ORP-PDIC-07k ORP-PDIC-07l
Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 8 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 9 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 10 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 11 of 12 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Stair Tech" - Oak Ridge Field - Nov. 16, 1945 - Page 12 of 12
ORP-PDIC-07m ORP-PDIC-07n ORP-PDIC-07o ORP-PDIC-07p ORP-PDIC-07q
Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs T.D.S." - Oak Ridge Field - Unknown Date (Probably 1945) - Page 1 of 2 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs T.D.S." - Oak Ridge Field - Unknown Date (Probably 1945) - Page 2 of 2 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Oliver Springs" - Oak Ridge Field - Oct, 25, 1945 - Page 1 of 3 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Oliver Springs" - Oak Ridge Field - Oct, 25, 1945 - Page 2 of 3 Football Program - "Oak Ridge High School vs Oliver Springs" - Oak Ridge Field - Oct, 25, 1945 - Page 3 of 3
ORP-PDIC-08a ORP-PDIC-08b ORP-PDIC-8c ORP-PDIC-08d ORP-PDIC-09
Movie Theater Guide "Center Theater" - Oak Ridge - December 1945 - Page 1 of 4 Movie Theater Guide "Ridge Theater at Jackson Square" - Oak Ridge - December 1945 - Page 2 of 4 Movie Theater Guide "Grove Theater" - Oak Ridge - December 1945 - Page 3 of 4 Movie Theater Guide "Jefferson Theater" - Oak Ridge - December 1945 - Page 4 of 4 Oak Ridge High School - Basketball Season Ticket - 1944-45

 

 

 

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