Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
Janet D. Greenwood Library401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Business Number: 434-395-2433
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URL: https://libguides.longwood.edu/home/asc
Benedict Chatelain
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.
Ownership and Custodial History
These materials were originally assembled by Katherine Dunn Thompson during her time as a student at State Teachers College in Farmville. The collection was subsequently acquired by Nancy Shelton during her tenure with Longwood University's Department of Alumni Relations. It is unknown when the collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.
Biographical sketch
Katherine Dunn Thompson of Burkeville, Virginia was born in 1907. She attended then State Teachers College in Farmville, Virginia from 1926 to 1929 and later earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Radford University in 1959. While a student at the State Teachers College, Dunn was a member of the Y.W.C.A., the Athletic Association, and the Farmville Chapter of the National Council for Childhood Education. After graduation, Katherine Dunn Thompson taught for 46 years in the Roanoke, Virginia public school system. Thompson passed away in 2009 at the age of 101.
Scope and content
This collection, which dates from 1926 to 1949, consists of student records, ephemera, memorabilia, and photographs.
Container List
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Grade Reports1926
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Autograph Book1926-1928
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Scrapbook1926-1928
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Calendar with quotes from authors (January-June missing)1928
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Receipt from Winnie Hiner (1928) and excused absence note signed by Mary White Cox (undated)
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Class schedules, (1) undated, handwrittenDecember 1928March 1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Commencement programs (x3)1928-1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Katherine Wingfield Dunn, diploma1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Program, Class Day ExercisesJune 3, 1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Thank-you card from Dr. Jarman1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Infirmary discharge notes1928-1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Play, "She Stoops to Conquer"July 3, 1928
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Recital, Mr. Charles CooperAugust 9, 1928
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Program, Société des Instruments AnciensFebruary 14, 1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Program, Debate, West Virginia Wesleyan vs. State Teachers CollegeMarch 20, 1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Piano Recital, Alecander SklarevskiApril 16, 1929
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Play, "The Imaginary Invalid"July 2
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Play, "The Cricket on the Hearth"August 13
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
An Account Book for College Girls1929-1930
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
State Teachers College calendar (features photographs of campus buildings and Longwood House)1948
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Chemistry experiment notes, undated
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Class notes, undated
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Class songs and Alma Mater, undated
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Correspondence, Virginia Johnson to Katherine Dunn, undated & unknown to Katherine Dunn, undated
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Miscellaneous ephemera (poems, advertisements, prayers)
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Notes and meeting announcements (before a campus post office was established, all communcations and mail were delivered to a student's assigned table in the dining hall)
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Teachers Grade Book, undated (likely from student teaching)
- Text [1000522677] box: 01 of 01
Tickets stubs (2) and State Teachers College Season Tickets (2)
- Still Image [1000522923] Binder: 15 365.001
Katherine Dunn and unknown, undated1 Photographic Prints black and white photograph 4.5"x2.75"
- Still Image [1000522923] Binder: 15 365.002
Katherine Dunn and unknown, undated1 Photographic Prints black and white photograph 4.5"x2.75"
- Still Image [1000522923] Binder: 15 365.003
Frances Davis, portrait photo (appears in 1928 Virginian), undated1 Photographic Prints oval photograph; black and white 4"x3"
- Still Image [1000522923] Binder: 15 365.004
Elizabeth Turner, portrait photo (appears in 1928 Virginian), undated1 Photographic Prints oval photograph; black and white 4"x3"
- Still Image [1000522923] Binder: 15 365.005
Jennie Tabb, portrait photo, undated1 Photographic Prints oval photograph; black and white 3.5"x2.5"
- Still Image [1000522923] Binder: 15 365.006
Elizabeth Brockenbrough, portrait photo (appears in 1928 Virginian), undated1 Photographic Prints oval photograph; black and white 4"x3"