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
This collection of photographs, which originally belonged to Ruth Clendenning Gaver, were donated to [then] Longwood College by her daughter, Mary Virginia Gaver of New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is unknown when the collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.
Biographical sketch
Ruth Clendenning Gaver was born in Loudon County, Virginia in 1881. From 1901 to 1903 she attended [then] State Female Normal School. After graduation, Ruth Clendenning Gaver worked for many years as a teacher and substitute teacher in Danville, Virginia public schools.
Scope and content
The Ruth Clendenning Gaver collection dates from approximately from the late 1890s through 1903, and consists of (9) photographic images of women at [then] State Female Normal School in Farmville.
Container List
- Still Image Binder: 14 LU-192.001
Virginian yearbook Board of Editors1 Photographic Prints Black and white photograph 5"x7"1902
- Still Image Binder: 14 LU-192.002
Annie J. Thraves, school nurse1 Photographic Prints Black and white mounted on board 10"x5'5"
- Still Image Binder: 14 LU-192.003
Unidentified woman1 Photographic Prints Black and white carte de visite 7.25"x5.25"
- Still Image Binder: 14 LU-192.004
Unidentified woman, likely Portia Lee Morrison1 Photographic Prints Black and white carte de visite 5.75"x6.75"
- Still Image Binder: 14 LU-192.005
Unidentified group of 11 women1 Photographic Prints Black and white mounted on board 5.25"x8.25"
- Still Image Binder: 14 LU-192.006
School children with teachers1 Photographic Prints Black and white mounted on board 7"x9"1902
- Still Image Binder: 14 LU-192.007
School children with teachers1 Photographic Prints Black and white mounted on board 7"x9"1902
- Still Image Binder: 14 LU-192.008
Group of women with dog. Celeste Parrish (far left).1 Photographic Prints Black and white mounted on board 8"x10"
- Still Image [1000523362] box: 01 of 01 LU-192.001a
Virginian yearbook Board of Editors1 Photographic Prints Black and white mounted on board 10"x12"1902
- Still Image [1000523362] box: 01 of 01 LU-192-009
Unidentified group of men and women1 Photographic Prints Black and white mounted on board 12"x14"Early 1900s