Lottie West Scrapbook, 1918/1937

Access and use

Location of collection:
Longwood University
Archives and Special Collections
Greenwood Library
Longwood University
401 Redford Street
Farmville, VA 23909
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (434) 395-2432
Fax: (434) 395-2453
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

Summary

Extent:
.90 Linear Feet 1 archival flat box
Creator:
West, Lottie Belle.
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

The scrapbook in this collection, which dates from 1918 to 1919, contains handwritten notes, ephemera, photographs, and other memorabilia from Lottie West's initial period of time at the school. Additionally, the collection contains other pieces of ephemera that were likely previously affixed to pages in the scrapbook. Lastly, this collection includes correspondence that dates from 1918 to 1919 and 1937.

Biographical / historical:

Lottie Belle West of Bacon's Castle, Virginia was born in 1901. From 1918 to 1919 she attended [then] State Female Normal School and later taught school in Richmond, Virginia. She later returned to, by then, State Teachers College and earned her bachelor's degree in 1936.

Custodial history:

It is unknown when, or by what means, this collection was acquired by Longwood University or the Greenwood Library Archives.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard