Wenonah Lydia Saum scrapbook

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

Repository has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16616 Wenenah Lydia Saum scrapbook, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.44 Cubic Feet 1 small oversized flat box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16616 Wenenah Lydia Saum scrapbook, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a scrapbook of Wenonah Lydia Saum documenting her time as a student at the University of Virginia in 1923. The album contains photographs, postcards, cafeteria tickets, napkins, plant matter, and many musical, dance, and theater programs from productions held at the University. Many of the photographs are captioned and include photographs of acquaintances and views of buildings and landscapes at the university and also from the surrounding area.

Biographical / historical:

Wenonah Lydia Saum was born in Adair, Iowa on 7 November 1903. Saum was one of the first females to graduate with a degree from the graduate education program at UVA.

Physical description:
Fair
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Scrapbooks
Places:
University of Virginia -- Co-education