The Phillips & West School for Girls Records, 1885-1897 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Sarah Osorio

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Collection Overview

Title: The Phillips & West School for Girls Records, 1885-1897

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-148

Primary Creator: The Phillips & West School for Girls

Extent: 1.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in chronological order.

Date Acquired: 11/24/2014

Subjects: Education--1890-1900, Schools, Teenage girls

Forms of Material: Booklets, Grade books

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

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.

Subject/Index Terms

Education--1890-1900
Schools
Teenage girls

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Unknown

Preferred Citation: The Phillips & West School for Girls Records, MSS 0000-148, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed June 21, 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1

Item 1: Grade book, 1885-1889: The back inside cover is inscribed, "Mrs. Avery, London Bridge, Princess Anne Co., Va." Also includes a page titled "Monthly Report of Scholars in my French class at Misses Phillips' and West's School," written in Norfolk on December 15, 1888 by Stephanie Schisano.
Item 2: Grade book, 1889-1895
Folder 1: Booklet, The Phillips and West School for Girls, 1896-1897: Includes calendar, list of teachers, names of students, awards for merit, information about the 1896-1897 session, and tuition rates.