H2O Scrapbooks 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. The 1962-1971 scrapbook is very fragile and should be handled with care.

Summary

Extent:
1.1 Linear Feet 1 flat box
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes scrapbooks of the H2O club (synchronized swimming team) of Longwood. The scrapbooks include photographs, programs from events and newspaper clippings. The collection also includes some ephemera that had fallen out of the scrapbooks.

Biographical / historical:

H2O club was formed in 1935 to "foster higher standards of swimming and to sponsor swimming activities" The club served as life guards for the schools indoor swimming pool, and put on water shows throughout the year. Around 1963 the Corkettes began to work with the H2O club to put on full synchronized swimming routines. By 1979 a synchronized swimming team named the Catalinas had been founded at Longwood combining and formalizing the activities of the other two organizations.

Custodial history:

The origins of these scrapbooks is unknown. In August 2010 they were removed from the Health, Athletics, Recreation, and Kinesiology Department by Dr. Carl Riden and Dr. Naomi Johnson-Tsigaridas, then Co-Directors of Women and Gender Studies. They were subsequently transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

Processing information:

Both scrapbooks are unbound, and each page is numbered