Ruth Serpell Ephemera

Location of collection:

Longwood University

Archives and Special Collections

Greenwood Library

Longwood University

401 Redford Street

Farmville, VA 23909

Contact for questions and access:

Email: specialcollections@longwood.edu

Phone: (434) 395-2432

Fax: (434) 395-2453

Web: digitalcommons.longwood.edu/special

Restrictions:

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

Summary

Extent:

1.4 Linear Feet 1 archival flat box and 1 archival photograph binder

Creator:

Serpell, Ruth.

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

The materials in this collection, which date from 1915 to 1919, consist of ephemeral items such as scrapbook pages, programs, photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Ruth Serpell of Farmville, Virginia was born in 1897 to George M. and Almeda B. Serpell. In 1911, she enrolled in then-State Female Normal School and earned her diploma in 1917. While a student at State Female Normal School, she was a member of the Athenian Literary Society and the Champion Tennis Club. Serpell's father, George M. was at one time the owner of Farmville's Prince Edward Hotel.

Custodial history:

The items in this collection were accumulated and created by Ruth Serpell while a student at State Female Normal School. In 2009, Martha S. Coffman, a descendant of Ruth Serpell, donated this collection to the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations. It is unknown when the collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:

Serpell, Ruth.