Geraldine Ackiss, from Newport News, Virginia, attended [then] State Teachers College from 1938 to 1942 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education. While at the school, Ackiss was involved in several organizations, including Pi Kappa Sigma, the Athletic Association, YWCA, and the Association for Childhood Education. Additionally, she served as secretary of the Dramatic Club and social editor of The Rotunda (student newspaper).
It is unknown when, or by what means, this collection was acquired by Longwood University or the Greenwood Library Archives.
This collection, which dates from 1937 to 1940, consists of 38 photographs of student organizations, individual students, and campus buildings. The majority of the photographs were originally taken for the Virginian (student yearbook).
College Orchestra
H2O Club
Monogram Club
Description Outdoor fireplace at Longwood House
Orchesis (dance group)
A Cappella
Biology Lab
Cotillion Club officers
Gamma Psi
Girls with same names
Description Home Economics Club (front porch of B.M. Cox Home)
H2O Club
Orchesis (dance group)
Student Council
Virginia Rudd and Mary Deans
Athletic Association
Cotillion Club Officers
Debate Club
Freshman Commission
H2O Club
Kappa Delta Pi
Pi Gamma Mu
Senior A Cappella
3 unidentified women
3 unidentified women
5 unidentified women
Description Jane Engleby and Graham Haynie
Training school
Betty Lucy sitting on roof
Norma Wood and Harriette Scott playing in snow
Nancy Wolfe, Anne Easley, and Hubby playing in snow
Virginia Rudd