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Education--1890-1900

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bessie Stevenson Taylor Graduation Diplomas collection

 Collection
Identifier: 001-MSS 2024-011
Scope and Contents

A collection of two graduation diplomas for student Elizabeth "Bessie" Stevenson Taylor, received from the Leache-Wood Seminary in June 1893 and the College of William and Mary in September 1932.  Additional research materials about the Leache-Wood Seminary and Annie Cogswell Wood are included.  The diploma from the College of William and Mary is written in Latin.

Dates: created: 1893, 1932; Other: Date acquired: 05/21/2024

The Phillips & West School for Girls Records

 Collection — 1 box
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-148
Scope and Contents

Two 1885-1895 grade books and one 1896-1897 booklet of The Phillips & West School for Girls in Norfolk, Virginia. The gradebooks include girls' names, home addresses, names of guardians, and grades for various subjects. Some notes in the margins indicate amounts paid for courses.

Dates: created: 1885-1897; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014

Virginia Old Papers

 Collection — 7 folders
Identifier: 001-01-MSS 0000-195
Scope and Contents

Personal school records and correspondence of Virginia Old and memorabilia relating to the Norfolk College for Young Ladies and the Granby Street Chapter of the Epworth United Methodist League in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: created: 1889-1932; Other: Date acquired: 11/24/2014