LU_180Martha Bill ScrapbookLU.180Benedict ChatelainGreenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

February 2, 2021

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-07 13:50:56 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections Martha Bill Scrapbook Bill, Martha Jane. LU.180 1 Linear Feet 1 archival photograph binder 1912-1914 English . 14 Restrictions on Access

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 Biographical sketch

Martha Jane Bill was born in Roanoke, Virginia in 1892. She graduated from [then] State Female Normal School in 1914. While at the school Martha Bill was a member of the Pierian Literary Society, the track team, the Southwest Virginia Club, the Roanoke Club, the German Club, the Jefferson Debating Club, and the Ellen H. Richards Club. Additionally, she served as the 1914 Senior Class Treasurer.

 Ownership and Custodial History

This collection was donated to [then] Longwood College in March 1984 by Martha Jane Bill. It is unknown when the collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

 General Note

A digitized version of the scrapbook in this collection is available on request.

 Scope and content

This scrapbook, originally organized by Martha Jane Bill, dates from 1912 - 1914, and includes photographs and handwritten notes. The majority of the photographs are of S.F.N.S. students and faculty taken in City Point, Virginia and in Farmville and surrounding areas. Other photographs are of soldiers at [then] Camp Lee in Hopewell, Virginia.

 Bill, Martha Jane. Fort Lee -- : Virginia -- : Hopewell. Scrapbook of photographs of SFNS students and faculty in City Point, VA and soldiers at Camp Lee in Virginia.26 Leaves26 Loose pages with photographs1912-191414

Martha Jane Bill Scrapbook