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Preferred Citation

[identification of item], [box #, folder #], Katherine Winfrey Scrapbook, 1911-1912, SC 0041, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

This scrapbook was donated to the James Madison University Alumni Association and was subsequently transferred to the Special Collections Library.

Bio/Historical Note

Katherine (alternately Katharine) "Katie" Virginia Winfrey was born on December 4, 1891 to Elisha William and Roberta Jones Winfrey. Elisha Winfrey was a prominent Baptist minister and author in Culpeper, Virginia. Winfrey graduated from the State Normal School and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg in 1912 with a "professional" degree in education, indicating that she had previously completed four years at a "first class" high school followed by two years at the State Normal and Industrial School for Women. During her time at college, Winfrey participated in the Tennis Club, Professional Club, and the Lee Literary Society. Winfrey lived with family members in Culpeper until her death on April 6, 1940. She is buried in Culpeper's Masonic Cemetery.

Scope and Content

The Katherine Winfrey Scrapbook, 1911-1912, comprises one 190-page scrapbook compiled by Winfrey during the 1911-1912 academic term – her final year at the State Normal School in Harrisonburg. Handwritten messages, signatures, and commentary comprise the bulk of the scrapbook's contents. The book also features photographs of campus and classmates, calling cards, report cards, newspaper clippings regarding final exercises, and college event programs, including the program for the 1912 commencement ceremony at the State Normal School. The scrapbook itself is entitled "The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book" and was designed and illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith of the Reilly and Britton Company in Chicago.

State Normal School events and organizations referenced in the Winfrey scrapbook include: junior class reception, alumnae banquet, field day, Lanier and Lee Literary Societies, commencement exercises, piano recitals, senior play (Tennyson's The Princess), class day exercises, Massanetta Springs events, concert by Giuseppe Creatore, publication of The Schoolma'am , and State Normal School finals.

Arrangement

One scrapbook filed in a letter folder.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Black-and-white photographs
• Harrisonburg (Va.) -- History
• James Madison University -- Students -- History
• Lanier Literary Society
• Lee Literary Society
• Memorabilia
• Printed Ephemera
• Programs (documents)
• Report Cards
• Scrapbooks
• Signatures (names)
• State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Alumni and alumnae
• State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- History
• State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Students
• State Normal and Industrial School for Women (Harrisonburg, Va.) -- Students -- Social life and customs