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Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
Janet D. Greenwood Library401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Business Number: 434-395-2433
ask@longwood.libanswers.com
URL: https://libguides.longwood.edu/home/asc
Benedict Chatelain
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.
Custodial History
The items in this collection were originally compiled by Jane Clute Crute while she attended State Teachers College and by her daughter Jane Crute Sowards while she attended Longwood College from 1954 to 1958. The bulk of this collection was donated to the Greenwood Library Archives, by Jane Crute Sowards in July 2019. The scrapbooks in this collection were donated to the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations at an earlier date.
Biographical / Historical
Jane Elizabeth Crute Sowards attended Longwood College from 1954-1958. During this time, she earned an undergraduate degree in business education. She was involved in numerous organizations on campus, including membership in Future Teachers of America, Future Business Leaders of American, the Granddaughters Club, the Tri-County Club, and the Canterbury Club. Additionally, she served on both the House Council and the Rotunda staff. The collection also includes materials from Jane Sowards' mother, Jane Clute Crute, who attended then-State Teachers College in the late 1920s.
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection date from 1922-1928 and 1954-1958 and include scrapbooks, photographic images, textiles (scarf and collars), college textbooks, class papers, ceramics, and ephemera.
Container List
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Class paper, Report on the Advertisement of Gorham Silver in Magazines1 Folder1955
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Class paper, Teachers' Certifications, Salaries, and Welfare in Virginia1 Folder1956
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Class paper, Philosophy 452, by Gwen White, Ellen Webb, and Jane Crute1 Folder1958
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Quiz, Education 341, undated.1 Folder
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Quiz #2, Education 341, undated.1 Folder
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
A Chronology of Business Education in the United States Lesson plans re: the teaching of typing1 Folder
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College Bulletin, vol. XLIV, no. 41 Folder1958
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Commencement Program1 Folder1958
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Virginia Journal of Education1 Folder1959
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Correspondence, Merle Landrum to Jane Sowards1 Folder
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Founders Day, program and attendee nametag1 Folder1963
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Francis Butler Simkins, obituary1 Folder1966
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
The Rotunda, vol. XLVI, no. 141 Folder
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Founders Day – attendee nametag, schedule, program, and playbill1 Folder1968
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College Bulletin, Alumnae Issue, winter 1972-73.1 Folder1972-1973
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College News, Special Class Notes Edition, Summer1 Folder1988
- Ephemera [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College Alumni, refrigerator magnet1 Folder
- Ephemera [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College gift bags (2)1 Folder
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
A Brief Look at Longwood, informational booklet,1 Folder1998
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood University, self-guided tour pamphlet1 Folder
- Ephemera [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Postcards, unused, featuring Longwood University Rotunda1 Folder
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Class of 1958, notes on class history by Ann Wheeler Abernathy,1 Folder2006
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Newspaper clippings re: 2016 Vice Presidential Debate, Washington Post1 Folder2016
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood Magazine, Fall 20161 Folder2016
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Newspaper clipping re: donation to school by Jane Richardson Taylor, Class of 1972, Loudon Now, February 1, 2017.1 Folder
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood Magazine, Spring,1 Folder2017
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Gregg Shorthand Dictionary,1 Folder1954
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Textbook, Gregg Speed Building for Colleges,1 Folder1955
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Textbook, Standard Handbook for Secretaries, 1956.1 Folder1956
- Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Textbook, Your First Year of Teaching Typewriters, 1947.1 Folder1947
- Text [1000522757] box: 03 of 12
Some Aids to Teaching Bookkeeping, undated1 Folder
- Text [1000522757] box: 03 of 12
Textbook, Accounting Principles,1 Folder1953
- Scrapbook [1000524182] box: 08 of 12
Freshman Year1 Volumes1954-1955
- Scrapbook [1000524183] box: 09 of 12
Sophomore Year1 Volumes1955-1956
- Scrapbook [1000524184] box: 10 of 12
Junior Year (1 of 2)1 Volumes1956-1957
- Scrapbook [1000524194] box: 12 of 12
Junior Year (2 of 2)1 Volumes1956-1957
- Scrapbook [1000524185] box: 11 of 12
Senior Year1 Volumes1957-1958
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.001
Class of 1958 reunion1 Photographic PrintsGeneral
(L to R) Lucy Wooden, Margaret Dowdy
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.002
Class of 1958 reunion, (L to R) Jo Maxey White, Alice Sawyer Pate1 Photographic Prints
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.003
Class of 1958 reunion, (L to R) Shirley Hauptman Gaunt, Carol Wolfe, (behind) Eleanor Weidle Bobbitt1 Photographic Prints
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.004
Class of 1958 reunion photo, (center) Eleanor Weidle1 Photographic Prints
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.005
Class of 1958 reunion photo, (L to R) Ann Wheeler, unknown, Mary Lee Dean1 Photographic Prints
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.006
Class of 1958 reunion photo, (L to R) Nancy Drudge Fawcett, Margaret Dowdy1 Photographic Prints
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.007
Joan of Arc statue in Longwood University Rotunda1 Photographic Prints
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.008
Class of 1958 reunion1 Photographic Prints2013
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.009
Class of 1958 reunion, (L to R) Alice Sawyer Pate, Pat Patton, Jane Crute Sowards1 Photographic Prints2013
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.010
Class of 1958 reunion, (L to R) Nancy Drudge Fawcett, Jane Crute Sowards, Alice Sawyer Pate, Gwen White Pruitt1 Photographic Prints2013
- Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.011
Class of 1958 reunion, (L to R) Alice Sawyer Pate, Margaret Dowdy, Jane Crute Sowards1 Photographic Prints2013