Papers, 1850-1970.

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Ellett-St. Catherine's Alumnae Association. Papers, 1850-1970.

Papers, 1850-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31681694

The collection offers detailed information on the education of girls and the life of a woman educator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One-half of the collection pertains to St. Catherine's School for girls and its predecessor, the Virginia Randolph Ellett School for Girls, established in Richmond, Va., ca. 1890. Printed materials include newspaper clippings, photographs, publications and programs for student events, catalogs, and promotional literature. Manuscripts include notes of the school's founder, Virginia Randolph Ellett, on operating a school and teaching literature. Also included are roll books, a few student essays, and information on fund raising. The correspondence, 1894-1938, of Virginia Randolph Ellett accounts for one-third of the collection and includes letters from students and former students, professional educators, female friends, and fellow teachers. It provides information on Ellett's strategies for making her school a feeder for Bryn Mawr and other women's colleges in the northeast, as well as insights into the overlap between the professional and personal life of this single woman. The papers, 1850-1921, of Ellett's mother, Mary (Hudson) Ellett Ellett of New York, N.Y., and Richmond, Va., include correspondence with girlhood friends that began in adolescence and continued throughout their lives, as well as correspondence with her daughter and other family members. Also included are a small number of papers pertaining to other Ellett family members.

5,000 (ca.) items.

Virginia Historical Society Library