LU_216Avis Kemp ScrapbooksLU.216Jamie KroghGreenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

2020/12/04

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-18 07:01:51 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections Avis Kemp Scrapbooks Kemp, Avis. LU.216 /repositories/2/resources/110 .75 Linear Feet 1 archival flat box 1911-1912 English 04 01 of 01 Biographical sketch

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.

Ownership and 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).

Scope and content

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

Restrictions on Access

No restrictions on access or use for research purposes.

Kemp, Avis. Scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/104461911-191201 of 01Scrapbook/repositories/2/archival_objects/10447191201 of 01Photograph of unidentified woman216.001/repositories/2/archival_objects/104481 Photographic Printsblack & white photograph4.75"x4"04