Zilpah Tignor Collection

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:
.75 Linear Feet 1 archival flat box
Creator:
Tignor, Zilpah.
Language:
English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection dates from 1902 to 1913 and consists of an invitation to the graduation exercises for the January class of 1902 at State Female Normal School, letters of recommendation for Zilpah Tignor from her professors, a 1902 Virginian yearbook, and information regarding the Seaside Summer Normal School in Norfolk, Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

Zilpah Tignor graduated from [then] State Female Normal School in 1902. After graduation, Tignor spent many years teaching in the public schools in Hampton, Virginia.

Custodial history:

The items in this collection were donated to the Greenwood Library Archives by Anne Windler Inman, great-niece of Zilpah Tignor, in November 29, 2004.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Tignor, Zilpah.