Catherine Von Bora Alphin Hotinger,1901-1980, biography and miscelleaneous papers

Containers:
Box 23, Folder 24
Extent:
40 Item
Scope and content:

Includes school reports, marriage certificate, wedding invitation, and letter from Harvey before marriage. Also included are photographs of Catherine Alphin, her parents and siblings.

A Lutheran Sunday School pin, which may have belonged to Catherine or one of her Alphin family members, while members at Bethany Lutheran Church in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Contains the photos photos as follows: Catherine in basement at home with crocks, maybe about 1950; a photo of her, maybe on Mother's Day; and a group photo of her three high school aged children, Josephine, Harvey, and Harold. Also included is a group photo of Catherine and four other women, proably Home Demonstration Club, and a group photo of a young Catherine with Hope Welsh and Cecil Welsh. Also included is a photo of Catherine in front of Home Demonstration Market Price's sign.

Catherine's Mirror Drawing Experiment, August 19, 1925. Also included is Catherine's autograph album, with notes and photos of friends, some marked August 1925. A 1941 note from her daughter Josephine is included in the album and photos of sisters Mary and Jo Alphin, with a note from Jo. Photocopies from the 1923 "The Schoolmadam," State Normal School, Harrisonburg, VA, Catherine's Junior year.

Related material:

See Catherine's 1922 Elizabethan College yearbook (Rare LD 7251 .S32 E44 v.5 1922). She played basketball and her cousin Hope Welsh also attended there. The school burned while the students were at home on Christmas vacation.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
Special Collections and Archives
James G. Leyburn Library
Washington and Lee University
204 W. Washington Street
Lexington, VA 24450
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Tom Camden
Phone: (540) 458-8649
Phone: (540) 463-8109
Fax: (540) 463-8964
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This collection is open for research use.
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