Pauline Camper Photograph CollectionLU.197

Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

Janet D. Greenwood Library
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Business Number: 434-395-2433
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Benedict Chatelain

Repository

Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

Identification

LU.197

Title

Pauline Camper Photograph Collection 1920-1923

Quantity

8 Photographic Prints, 8 black and white photographs

Quantity

1 Linear Feet, 1 archival photograph binder

Creator

Camper, Pauline.

Language

English .

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

Ownership and Custodial History

It is unknown when, or under what circumstances, this collection of photographic slides was acquired by Longwood University or the Greenwood Library Archives.

Pauline Camper was born in 1881 in Salem, Virginia. She graduated from [then] State Female Normal School in June 1901. While at the school she served on the Board of Editors for the Virginian (yearbook) and was a member of the basketball team and the Skaters Club. From 1921 to 1923 she served as Supervisor of Rural Education in Prince Edward County. In 1925 Camper earned a B.S. from the Teacher's College in New York. From 1927 to 1928 returned to [by then] State Teachers College in Farmville as an associate professor in the Department of Education.

Scope and content

This collection of black & white photographs dates from the early 1920s and consists of images of Longwood campus, Farmville, and Prince Edward County, including several rural schools in the county.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Camper, Pauline.
Longwood University -- : Photographs.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Camper, Pauline.

Container List

Photographs

Still Image Binder: 14 197.001
Large brick house

1 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph 2.75"x4.5"

General
Labeled on reverse, "Graham House, site of Francis G. Lankford building."
Still Image Binder: 14 197.002
Children standing in front of school building

1 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph 2.75"x4.5"
April 1923
General
Labeled on reverse, "Abilene School, 1923 - April."
Still Image Binder: 14 197.003
Pauline Camper with small children and dog

1 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph 2.75"x4.5"
April 1923
General
Labeled on reverse, "Children from Throck School, April 1923. Pauline Camper."
Still Image Binder: 14 197.004
Schoolhouse

1 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph 2.75"x4.5"
April 1923
General
Labeled on reverse, "Spring Hill School, April 1923."
Still Image Binder: 14 197.005
Pauline Camper and dog on High Street

1 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph 2.5"x3.5"
Still Image Binder: 14 197.006
Group of children standing in front of school building

1 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph 2.5"x3.5"
Still Image Binder: 14 197.007
Venable House, Farmville

1 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph 2.75"x4.5"

General
Labeled on front bottom margin, "Venable Cottage in the snow."
Still Image Binder: 14 197.008
Unknown large room (likely Blackwell Hall)

1 Photographic Prints Black and White Photograph 2.75"x4.5"