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Newspaper clipping about Anna Maria Otis Mead Chalmers and her school, 1913 August 10

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

"The Lengthened Shadow" of a Woman" by Maria Pendleton Duval in the Ricmond Times Dispatch is a newspaper aticle about how Anna Maria Otis Mead Chalmers started Mrs. Mead's School for Young Ladies and how it influenced the opening of the Virginia Female Institute in Staunton, Virginia. Mrs Chalmers taught female students using the same curriculum as Harvard College.

Dates

  • Creation: 1913 August 10

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

From the Collection: 4.5 Cubic Feet (9 document boxes) : 9 legal size document boxes, 2 oversize documents and one oversize account book. (and 3 flat boxes in original collection).

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States