Pauline Camper Photograph Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

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

Summary

Extent:
8 Photographic Prints 8 black and white photographs and 1 Linear Feet 1 archival photograph binder
Creator:
Camper, Pauline.
Language:
English .

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard