Dr. Robert T. Brumfield was born in Brookneal, VA in 1912. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College, and then received a Master’s degree from the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. from Yale University. After separation from the army in 1945 he was hired as a professor of Biology at Longwood University. During his time at Longwood he conducted an Atomic Energy Commission study to research the effects of radiation on living cell growth. Dr. Brumfield was also the chair of the Longwood Natural Science Department for nine years. He retired around 1972.
Films are named for the labels found on them when acquired by Greenwood Library, please read the descriptions and keywords for more information about the events depicted in the videos.
Back to Robert T. Brumfield Collection, LU-257
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LU-257.F02, Longwood Picnic
Longwood University
This video depicts the first themed Oktoberfest events held at Longwood College. Included in the video are dances by Spirit Leaders in lederhosen, as well as Mittenmeister Pat Cloonan, and Fetmeister Dillard Vaughn. The video also includes an underwater skit, and clowns doing a tumbling act.
Film was digitized into MP4 format from 16mm film and does not include sound.
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LU-257.F05, Newting & Davis Hands
Longwood University
This video taken by Dr. Robert T. Brumfield who taught biology, is of a field trip sometime in the 1960s to a river where students of Longwood College are catching newts in a net. The video also includes instructional steps to creating a slide, likely used for a class. Students can also be seen playing with a dog, and an African American women is seen waving at the camera at the end.
Film was digitized into MP4 format from 16mm film and does not include sound.
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LU-257.F06, People Arriving
Longwood University
Video taken by Dr. Robert T. Brumfiled shows students arriving to Longwood College. The video also includes clips of teachers walking behind the Cunningham and students visiting the Greenhouse behind Stevens Hall.
Film was digitized into MP4 format from 16mm film and does not include sound.
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LU-257.F07, Hockey and Circus
Longwood University
This video taken by Dr. Robert T. Brumfield, includes a Longwood Field Hockey game likely during Circus or Geist Festival Weekend. Also included are student skits.
Film was digitized into MP4 format from 16mm film and does not include sound.
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Lu-257.F08, Newting
Longwood University
This video taken by Dr. Robert T. Brumfield who taught biology, is of a field trip sometime in the 1960s to a river where students of Longwood College are catching newts in a net.
Film was digitized into MP4 format from 16mm film and does not include sound.
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LU-257.F09, 1962 Daisy Chain and Graduation
Longwood Univerisity
This video taken by Dr. Robert T. Brumfield is of the Daisy Chain Ceremony before graduation. Underclassmen students would flank the senior class carrying a daisy chain that they would then lay on the lawn of Ruffner Hall in the shape of the class numbers. The clip also includes images of students packing up and leaving and of a police officer directing traffic.
Film was digitized into MP4 format from 16mm film and does not include sound.
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LU-257.F11, Lankford Inauguration
Longwood University
This video taken by Dr. Robert T. Brumfield shows the academic processional out of Lancaster Library to Jarman Auditorium. The video features short images of some of Longwood's professors including Rosemary Spraque, Francis Butler Simkins and others. You can also see students emerging from Jarman Auditorium with diplomas. There are no shots of the interior of Jarman Auditorium.
Video is 16mm converted to MP4 format and does not include sound.
