Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
Ruth Clendenning Gaver Photograph Collection
Gaver, Ruth Clendenning.
LU.192
1.25 Linear Feet
1 archival flat box and 1 archival photograph binder
1902-1907
English
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14
01 of 01
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.
Biographical sketch
Ruth Clendenning Gaver was born in Loudon County, Virginia in 1881. From 1901 to 1903 she attended [then] State Female Normal School. After graduation, Ruth Clendenning Gaver worked for many years as a teacher and substitute teacher in Danville, Virginia public schools.
Ownership and Custodial History
This collection of photographs, which originally belonged to Ruth Clendenning Gaver, were donated to [then] Longwood College by her daughter, Mary Virginia Gaver of New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is unknown when the collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.
Scope and content
The Ruth Clendenning Gaver collection dates from approximately from the late 1890s through 1903, and consists of (9) photographic images of women at [then] State Female Normal School in Farmville.
Gaver, Ruth Clendenning.
PhotographsVirginian yearbook Board of EditorsLU-192.0011 Photographic PrintsBlack and white photograph5"x7"1902141902 Virginian (yearbook), Board of Editors
Annie J. Thraves, school nurseLU-192.0021 Photographic PrintsBlack and white mounted on board10"x5'5"14Annie J. Thraves, school nurse
Unidentified womanLU-192.0031 Photographic PrintsBlack and white carte de visite7.25"x5.25"14Unidentified woman
Unidentified woman, likely Portia Lee MorrisonLU-192.0041 Photographic PrintsBlack and white carte de visite5.75"x6.75"14Unidentified woman (likely Portia L. Morrison)
Unidentified group of 11 womenLU-192.0051 Photographic PrintsBlack and white mounted on board5.25"x8.25"14Unidentified group of 11 women
School children with teachersLU-192.0061 Photographic PrintsBlack and white mounted on board7"x9"190214School children with teachers
School children with teachersLU-192.0071 Photographic PrintsBlack and white mounted on board7"x9"190214School children with teachers
Group of women with dog. Celeste Parrish (far left).LU-192.0081 Photographic PrintsBlack and white mounted on board8"x10"14Group of women with dog
Virginian yearbook Board of EditorsLU-192.001a1 Photographic PrintsBlack and white mounted on board10"x12"190201 of 01Unidentified group of men and womenLU-192-0091 Photographic PrintsBlack and white mounted on board12"x14"Early 1900s01 of 01Unidentified group of men and women