LU_222Zilpah Tignor CollectionLU.222Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

2022-01-27

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-07 13:51:30 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections Zilpah Tignor Collection Tignor, Zilpah. LU.222 .75 Linear Feet 1 archival flat box 1902-1913 English . 01 of 01 Restrictions on Access

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

 Biographical sketch

Zilpah Tignor graduated from [then] State Female Normal School in 1902. After graduation, Tignor spent many years teaching in the public schools in Hampton, Virginia.

 Ownership and Custodial History

The items in this collection were donated to the Greenwood Library Archives by Anne Windler Inman, great-niece of Zilpah Tignor, in November 29, 2004.

 General Note

The correspondence in this collection has been digitized and is available on request

 Scope and content

This collection dates from 1902 to 1913 and consists of an invitation to the graduation exercises for the January class of 1902 at State Female Normal School, letters of recommendation for Zilpah Tignor from her professors, a 1902 Virginian yearbook, and information regarding the Seaside Summer Normal School in Norfolk, Virginia.

 Tignor, Zilpah. Invitation to graduation exercises, State Female Normal SchoolJanuary 190201 of 01Letter of recommendation from Dr. Robert FrazerJanuary 24, 190201 of 01

Dr. Robert Frazer, letter of recommendation, 1902

Letter of recommendation from E. Edith CheathamJanuary 24, 190201 of 01

E. Edith Cheatham, letter of recommendation, 1902

Letter of recommendation from Linus W. KlineFebruary 3, 190201 of 01

Linus W. Kline, letter of recommendation, 1902

Correspondence & letter of recommendation from B.W. ArnoldFebruary 24, 190201 of 01

B.W. Arnold, correspondence & letter of recommendation, 1902

Correspondence & letter of recommendation from Mary St. Clair WoodruffApril 15, 190201 of 01

Mary St. Clair Woodruff, correspondence & letter of recommendation, 1902

Seaside Summer Normal School, letter to facultyApril 25, 191301 of 01Seaside Summer Normal School, list of faculty191301 of 011902 Virginian (yearbook)01 of 01