LU_197Pauline Camper Photograph CollectionLU.197Benedict ChatelainGreenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

June 17, 2021

Janet D. Greenwood Library401 Redford StreetFarmville, VA 23909Business Number: 434-395-2433ask@longwood.libanswers.comURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-07 13:51:13 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections Pauline Camper Photograph Collection Camper, Pauline. LU.197 8 Photographic Prints 8 black and white photographs 1 Linear Feet 1 archival photograph binder 1920-1923 English . 14 Restrictions on Access

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

 Biographical sketch

Pauline Camper was born in 1881 in Salem, Virginia. She graduated from [then] State Female Normal School in June 1901. While at the school she served on the Board of Editors for the Virginian (yearbook) and was a member of the basketball team and the Skaters Club. From 1921 to 1923 she served as Supervisor of Rural Education in Prince Edward County. In 1925 Camper earned a B.S. from the Teacher's College in New York. From 1927 to 1928 returned to [by then] State Teachers College in Farmville as an associate professor in the Department of Education.

 Ownership and Custodial History

It is unknown when, or under what circumstances, this collection of photographic slides was acquired by Longwood University or the Greenwood Library Archives.

 Scope and content

This collection of black & white photographs dates from the early 1920s and consists of images of Longwood campus, Farmville, and Prince Edward County, including several rural schools in the county.

 Camper, Pauline. Longwood University -- : Photographs. PhotographsLarge brick house197.0011 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph2.75"x4.5"14General

Labeled on reverse, "Graham House, site of Francis G. Lankford building."

Children standing in front of school building197.0021 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph2.75"x4.5"April 192314General

Labeled on reverse, "Abilene School, 1923 - April."

Pauline Camper with small children and dog197.0031 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph2.75"x4.5"April 192314General

Labeled on reverse, "Children from Throck School, April 1923. Pauline Camper."

Schoolhouse197.0041 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph2.75"x4.5"April 192314General

Labeled on reverse, "Spring Hill School, April 1923."

Pauline Camper and dog on High Street197.0051 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph2.5"x3.5"14Group of children standing in front of school building197.0061 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph2.5"x3.5"14Venable House, Farmville197.0071 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph2.75"x4.5"14General

Labeled on front bottom margin, "Venable Cottage in the snow."

Unknown large room (likely Blackwell Hall)197.0081 Photographic PrintsBlack and White Photograph2.75"x4.5"14