Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
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Benedict Chatelain
Repository
Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
Identification
LU.192
Title
Ruth Clendenning Gaver Photograph Collection 1902-1907
Quantity
1.25 Linear Feet, 1 archival flat box and 1 archival photograph binder
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.
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.
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.
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