Avis Kemp Scrapbooks

Location of collection:

Longwood University

Archives and Special Collections

Greenwood Library

Longwood University

401 Redford Street

Farmville, VA 23909

Contact for questions and access:

Email: specialcollections@longwood.edu

Phone: (434) 395-2432

Fax: (434) 395-2453

Web: digitalcommons.longwood.edu/special

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access or use for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:

.75 Linear Feet 1 archival flat box

Creator:

Kemp, Avis.

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

These items date from 1911 to 1912 and contain clippings and quotes from Avis Kemp's classmates.

Biographical / historical:

Avis Lorraine Kemp of Norfolk, Virginia, attended [then] State Female Normal School from 1910 to 1912. During her time at the school Kemp served as Art Director for The Virginian (yearbook) and was a member of the Athenian Literary Society. Additionally, she was named best artist, daintiest, and neatest, in the class of 1912 senior superlatives.

Custodial history:

These scrapbooks originally organized by Avis Kemp, were donated to the Greenwood Library Archives by her nieces, Mary Arthur Stoudemire ('34) and Anna Billups Jones ('40).

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:

Kemp, Avis.