<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-VLC">LU_388</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Mattie E. Leath School Records<num>LU.388</num></titleproper><author>Benedict Chatelain</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/161425/images/GW_grayscale.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2021/06/09</date></p><address><addressline>Janet D. Greenwood Library</addressline><addressline>401 Redford Street</addressline><addressline>Farmville, VA 23909</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 434-395-2433</addressline><addressline>ask@longwood.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libguides.longwood.edu/home/asc" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libguides.longwood.edu/home/asc" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2023-08-07 13:54:21 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1897/1898" type="inclusive">1897-1898</unitdate>
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    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Mattie E. Leath of Nottoway Courthouse, Virginia was born in 1880 to George E. and Laura Leath.  Leath attended then State Female Normal School in Farmville, Virginia from 1897 to 1898.  In 1905, she married Purnie H. Jenkins.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Custodial History</head>
<p>The items in this collection, which relate to Mattie Leath during her time as a student at State Female Normal School, were acquired by Nancy Shelton during her tenure with the Longwood University Department of Alumni Relations.  It is unknown when this collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.</p>  </custodhist>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>The items in this collection, which date from 1897 to 1898, include correspondence regarding tuition and receipts for tuition and board payments.</p>  </scopecontent>
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<p>There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <subject source="local">Leath, Mattie E.</subject>
    <subject source="local">Leath, George</subject>
    <subject source="local">Cox, Benjamin Matthew</subject>
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