Jane (Crute) Sowards Collection, LU.351

Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

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Benedict Chatelain

Repository

Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

Identification

LU.351

Title

Jane (Crute) Sowards Collection 1922-1958

Quantity

12.5 Linear Feet

Creator

Sowards, Jane Elizabeth

Language

English .

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.

Jane (Clute) Crute

Ephemera [1000522755] box: 01 of 12
Autograph book, ca. 1927

1 Volumes
Scrapbook [1000522755] box: 01 of 12
Scrapbook page, ca. 1927

1 Sheets

Jane (Crute) Sowards - classwork, textbooks, and ephemera

Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Class paper, Report on the Advertisement of Gorham Silver in Magazines

1 Folder
1955
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Class paper, Teachers' Certifications, Salaries, and Welfare in Virginia

1 Folder
1956
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Class paper, Philosophy 452, by Gwen White, Ellen Webb, and Jane Crute

1 Folder
1958
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 typing

1 Folder
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College Bulletin, vol. XLIV, no. 4

1 Folder
1958
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Commencement Program

1 Folder
1958
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Virginia Journal of Education

1 Folder
1959
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Correspondence, Merle Landrum to Jane Sowards

1 Folder
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Founders Day, program and attendee nametag

1 Folder
1963
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Francis Butler Simkins, obituary

1 Folder
1966
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
The Rotunda, vol. XLVI, no. 14

1 Folder
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Founders Day – attendee nametag, schedule, program, and playbill

1 Folder
1968
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College Bulletin, Alumnae Issue, winter 1972-73.

1 Folder
1972-1973
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College News, Special Class Notes Edition, Summer

1 Folder
1988
Ephemera [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood College Alumni, refrigerator magnet

1 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 Folder
1998
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood University, self-guided tour pamphlet

1 Folder
Ephemera [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Postcards, unused, featuring Longwood University Rotunda

1 Folder
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Class of 1958, notes on class history by Ann Wheeler Abernathy,

1 Folder
2006
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Newspaper clippings re: 2016 Vice Presidential Debate, Washington Post

1 Folder
2016
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Longwood Magazine, Fall 2016

1 Folder
2016
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 Folder
2017
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Gregg Shorthand Dictionary,

1 Folder
1954
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Textbook, Gregg Speed Building for Colleges,

1 Folder
1955
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Textbook, Standard Handbook for Secretaries, 1956.

1 Folder
1956
Text [1000522756] box: 02 of 12
Textbook, Your First Year of Teaching Typewriters, 1947.

1 Folder
1947
Text [1000522757] box: 03 of 12
Some Aids to Teaching Bookkeeping, undated

1 Folder
Text [1000522757] box: 03 of 12
Textbook, Accounting Principles,

1 Folder
1953

Textiles

Textile [1000522758] box: 04 of 12
Silk scarf

1 Object
Textile [1000522758] box: 04 of 12
Handmade collars

5 Object

Dolls

Mixed Materials [1000522759] box: 05 of 12
Handmade dolls

3 Object Dolls
Mixed Materials [1000522759] box: 05 of 12
Ragdolls in red & white outfits

2 Object Ragdolls wearing red and white outfits

Memorabilia

Mixed Materials [1000522760] box: 06 of 12
Graduation cap tassel

1 Object
Mixed Materials [1000522760] box: 06 of 12
Longwood College, Wedgewood china ashtray

1 Object
Textile [1000524181] box: 07 of 12
Freshman "rat cap" beanie

1 Object
1954

Scrapbooks

Scrapbook [1000524182] box: 08 of 12
Freshman Year

1 Volumes
1954-1955
Scrapbook [1000524183] box: 09 of 12
Sophomore Year

1 Volumes
1955-1956
Scrapbook [1000524184] box: 10 of 12
Junior Year (1 of 2)

1 Volumes
1956-1957
Scrapbook [1000524194] box: 12 of 12
Junior Year (2 of 2)

1 Volumes
1956-1957
Scrapbook [1000524185] box: 11 of 12
Senior Year

1 Volumes
1957-1958

Photographs

Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.001
Class of 1958 reunion

1 Photographic Prints

General
(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 Pate

1 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 Bobbitt

1 Photographic Prints
Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.004
Class of 1958 reunion photo, (center) Eleanor Weidle

1 Photographic Prints
Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.005
Class of 1958 reunion photo, (L to R) Ann Wheeler, unknown, Mary Lee Dean

1 Photographic Prints
Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.006
Class of 1958 reunion photo, (L to R) Nancy Drudge Fawcett, Margaret Dowdy

1 Photographic Prints
Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.007
Joan of Arc statue in Longwood University Rotunda

1 Photographic Prints
Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.008
Class of 1958 reunion

1 Photographic Prints
2013
Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.009
Class of 1958 reunion, (L to R) Alice Sawyer Pate, Pat Patton, Jane Crute Sowards

1 Photographic Prints
2013
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 Pruitt

1 Photographic Prints
2013
Still Image [1000524186] Binder: 19 LU-351.011
Class of 1958 reunion, (L to R) Alice Sawyer Pate, Margaret Dowdy, Jane Crute Sowards

1 Photographic Prints
2013