Preston Womack Diploma

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

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Restrictions:

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

Summary

Extent:

1.5 Linear Feet 1 oversize archival folder

Creator:

Womack, Preston.

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a Licentiate of Teaching, issued by the State Female Normal School, earned by Preston Womack in June 1892.

Biographical / historical:

Preston Womack of Prince Edward County, Virginia, was born in 1874 to Edward Lockett and Sallie Emmett Womack. In 1888, she enrolled at then-State Female Normal School and earned her diploma in 1892. After graduation, Womack relocated to Washington, D.C. where she was employed for several decades as a land law clerk at the Department of Agriculture.

Custodial history:

The diploma in this collection was received by Preston Womack in June 1892. This item was donated to the Greenwood Library Archives on December 9, 2021 by Pauline Womack Spencer, a niece of Preston Womack.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:

Womack, Preston.