Mable Claire Lewis School Records, 1917/1918

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:

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

Summary

Extent:

1 Folder

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of ephemeral materials dates from 1917 to 1918 and consists of receipts for tuition and board payments at State Normal School for Women.

Biographical / historical:

Mable Claire Lewis of Pittsylvania County, Virginia was born in 1903 to William Henry and Mary Pocahuntas Lewis. In 1917, Lewis enrolled as a student at then-State Normal School for Women in Farmville, Virginia. For many years, she was a music teacher in Pittsylvania County. In 1929, Lewis married Frank Leslie Covington, an engineer from Arlington, Virginia.

Custodial history:

The materials in this collection, which relate to Mable Claire Lewis during her time as a student at State Normal School for Women, were later acquired by Nancy Shelton during her tenure with the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Lewis, Mable Claire