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Lessons From The 1800s: Creating The Miss Porter's School Digital Archive, Deborah Smith
Lessons From The 1800s: Creating The Miss Porter's School Digital Archive, Deborah Smith
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
College preparatory (“prep”) schools have their roots in the New England region of the United States; many predate the nation's most illustrious colleges and universities. The archives at these schools contain items of importance to American history in the 1800s. However, few schools have trained archivists managing their physical collections and even fewer have created digital archives to increase access. Founded in 1848, Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut was one of the first independent schools devoted to the education of young women. This article reviews the creation of the Porter's digital archive in 2018 and examines issues specific to …
The Spinster (2016), Hollins University
The Spinster (2016), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
Educating The Modern Woman: Girls’ College Preparatory Schools In Virginia, 1900-1930, Eliza Mcgehee
Educating The Modern Woman: Girls’ College Preparatory Schools In Virginia, 1900-1930, Eliza Mcgehee
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
In the early 1900s, women pursued higher education and employment outside of the home in growing numbers. As women’s educational opportunities expanded, the need for college preparation also increased. This study examines the development of four all-girls’ college preparatory schools in Virginia from 1900 to 1930, focusing on the ways in which notions of gender influenced the creation and execution of the schools’ guiding visions and curricula. It also examines the roles students played in the development of these programs and shows students’ wide range of responses to the purpose and goals of their own education. Through the academic curricula, …
The Invisible Woman And The Silent University, Elizabeth Robinson Cole
The Invisible Woman And The Silent University, Elizabeth Robinson Cole
Dissertations
Anna Eliot Ticknor (1823 – 1896) founded the first correspondence school in the United States, the Society to Encourage Studies at Home. In the fall of 1873 an educational movement was quietly initiated from her home in Boston, Massachusetts. A politically and socially sophisticated leader, she recognized the need that women felt for continuing education and understood how to offer the opportunity within the parameters afforded women of nineteenth century America. With a carefully chosen group of women and one man, Ticknor built a learning society that extended advanced educational opportunities to all women regardless of financial ability, educational background, …
The Lasting Importance Of Ephemera: What Scrapbooks, Diaries, Newspapers, And Receipts Tell Us About Life At Hollins During The Civil War., Karen Adams
Articles about Hollins and Special Collections
The University Archives and Special Collections at Hollins University contain a rich collection of documents, from academic catalogs, newspapers, and diaries to receipts, scrapbooks, and other artifacts. Together they tell a story of life at Hollins during the Civil War.
The Spinster (2012), Hollins University
The Spinster (2012), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2011), Hollins University
The Spinster (2011), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2010), Hollins University
The Spinster (2010), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2009), Hollins University
The Spinster (2009), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2008), Hollins University
The Spinster (2008), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2007), Hollins University
The Spinster (2007), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2006), Hollins University
The Spinster (2006), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2005), Hollins University
The Spinster (2005), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2004), Hollins University
The Spinster (2004), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2003), Hollins University
The Spinster (2003), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2002), Hollins University
The Spinster (2002), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2001), Hollins University
The Spinster (2001), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (2000), Hollins University
The Spinster (2000), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (1999), Hollins University
The Spinster (1999), Hollins University
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins University (previously College)
The Spinster (1998), Hollins College
The Spinster (1998), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1997), Hollins College
The Spinster (1997), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1996), Hollins College
The Spinster (1996), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1995), Hollins College
The Spinster (1995), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1994), Hollins College
The Spinster (1994), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1993), Hollins College
The Spinster (1993), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1992), Hollins College
The Spinster (1992), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1991), Hollins College
The Spinster (1991), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1990), Hollins College
The Spinster (1990), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1989), Hollins College
The Spinster (1989), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)
The Spinster (1988), Hollins College
The Spinster (1988), Hollins College
The Spinster
Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)