Henrietta Huffard Scrapbook 1921

Access and use

Location of collection:
Wytheville Community College
F.B. Kegley Library
Wytheville Community College
Smyth Hall, Room 103
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
Contact for questions and access:
POC: William A. “Bill” Veselik
Phone: (276) 223-4876
POC: George Mattis
Phone: (276) 223-4744
Fax: (276) 223-4745

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Henrietta Huffard kept this scrapbook, a printed memory book published by Reilly & Lee Company, during her senior year at Rural Retreat High School in 1920 and 1921. She recorded information on students, teachers, academics, sports, clubs, and other activities. The scrapbook also contains photographs, newspaper clippings, programs, and graduation visiting cards. An annotated table of contents prepared by the Archivist is included.

Persons Named in Scrapbook
  • Carl Atkins
  • Raymond Banks
  • Erskine Baumgardner
  • Mae Baumgardner
  • Mary Mabel Beaver
  • Fred Peery Brown
  • Grace N. Carter
  • Anna Marie Cassell
  • Hubert Catron
  • Mabel Brown Heldreth Ellison
  • Johnnie Frye
  • Nannie C. Huffard Furrow
  • Charles P. Graham
  • Walter McKinley Harris
  • Mabel Brown Heldreth
  • Ralph Heldreth
  • Patsy Irene Hicks
  • Anna Marie Cassell Holmes
  • Henrietta Huffard
  • Hazel Neff Geohagan James
  • Adah Kathleen Keyes
  • Carl P. Killinger
  • Brett Kinder
  • Henrietta Huffard Moore
  • Hazel Neff
  • Ruth Kegley Neff
  • Erlmah Huffard Parker
  • Blanche Olivette Snavely
  • Oscar Spracker
  • Jane Coleman Tyler
  • Blanche O. Snavely Wampler
  • W. F. Wampler
  • Gip Ward
  • Albert B. Wilson
Biographical / historical:

Henrietta Huffard, the daugher of James Henry Huffard (1859-1952) and Caroline Weaver Huffard (1860/1866-1950), was born 30 January 1903. Her family included her sisters Lelia Huffard, Erlmah Huffard Parker (married Stafford Parker), and Nannie Caroline Huffard Furrow (married George C. Furlow).

Raised in Rural Retreat, she attended Rural Retreat High School where she served as vice-president of her senior class, participated in girls' athletics and drama. She graduated in 1921 and married James M. Moore of Roanoke, Virginia. She died on 30 January 1954 in Roanoke and is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Virginia. She had no children.

Acquisition information:
Purchased in 2009.
Physical description:
1 volume.