Mount Vernon Seminary and College Foxhall Road Campus Collection, 1940-1999.

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Mount Vernon Seminary and College Foxhall Road Campus Collection, 1940-1999.

This collection contains photographs, negatives, contact sheets, and a smaller quantity of minutes and correspondence documenting the campus, students, and staff of Mount Vernon Seminary and College during the period from 1946 to 1999 when it was located on Foxhall Road. Images include publicity photos, formal photos of students, snapshots by students and staff, and photos of commencement, student activities, and alumnae activities. Documents, some of which date to 1940, include faculty meeting minutes, some administrative correspondence, pamphlets, programs, and promotional materials.

4.5 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8031692

George Washington University

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Mount Vernon Seminary

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The Mount Vernon Seminary was officially established by Elizabeth Somers in 1875 with classes held at her residence on F Street; she named it after her brother's church in Baltimore, Mount Vernon Place Methodist. The Seminary began as a six year prepatory school, with four years of high school level classes, and two years of post-high school curriculum, calling it a "Family and Day School for Young Ladies." In order to graduate, students had to complete a formal process of "Senior Essays" in whi...

Mount Vernon College

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Mount Vernon Seminary and Junior College moved from its Nebraska Avenue location in 1942 to make way for the United States Navy, and remained in temporary quarters in the Spring Valley neighborhood until 1946, when it reopened at 2100 Foxhall Road. This collection documents the Foxhall Road campus with photos of students, campus events, and buildings from 1946 to 1999, when the college and its campus became part of The George Washington University. It also includes some documents such as minutes...