Virginia Elizabeth Snow Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Richmond
Rare Books and Special Collections
Boatwright Library
University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lynda Kachurek
Phone: (804) 289-8458
Fax: (804) 287-1840
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.

Terms of access:

Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

SC-19, Virginia Elizabeth Snow Collection, Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

Summary

Extent:
.5 Linear Feet
Creator:
Dopp, Stuart
Abstract:
The collection consists of snapshots and a diploma from Westhampton College during the years of 1925-1929.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

SC-19, Virginia Elizabeth Snow Collection, Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

This small collection consists of Virginia Elizabeth Snow's diploma, awarded in 1929 from Westhampton College at the University of Richmond. Also included are 19 unidentified photographs of young women at UR and from her time teaching at the coal mining village in West Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

Virginia Elizabeth Snow was from Lawrenceville, VA, and, per her family, loved her time at Westhampton College where she attended between 1925 and 1929. After graduation in 1929, she taught Latin at a coal mining village near Beckley, WV, as they paid 3 times more than what she could make in Virginia. She used some of that money to help her brother, John Edward Snow (Jack) complete his undergraduate (1931) and law degrees at the University of Richmond. Their father had died in 1927, leaving the family strapped, but savings enabled them to finish school. Virginia married Howard Robertson Richardson. After he retired, he became a professor at Elon University where Virginia enjoyed working in the library. Howard's mementoes and diploma are in the archives at William and Mary and Elon.

Acquisition information:
These materials were donated by Virginia Snow's daughter, Stuart Dopp, in 2022
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 1 series: Personal.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard