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Kate Gannaway Trent Collection, LU-189

Kate Gannaway Trent, of Dillwyn, Virginia was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1900, shortly before her family returned to their ancestral home at Caryswood Plantation in Buckingham County, Virginia. She attended high school at [then] State Normal School for Women’s training school, from which she graduated in 1919. Trent then earned her teaching certificate from State Normal School in 1922. From 1922 to 1924 she taught at Grace Arents School in Richmond, Virginia. Trent returned to [by then] State Teachers College in 1924 and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1926. From 1926 to 1930 she was a teaching supervisor at the State Teachers College in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In 1931 she earned her master degree from Columbia University and then took a teaching position at Michigan State College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Trent then returned to the State Teachers College in Fredericksburg in 1933, where she taught for three years before taking a position at Wilson Teachers College in Washington, D.C. in 1936. In 1947, she returned to State Teachers College in Farmville where she served first as a supervisor in the elementary school and then as a professor in the Education Department. She remained at the school until her retirement in 1971.

Provenance

This collection was donated to [then] Longwood College in 1984 by Kate Gannaway Trent. It is unknown when the collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

Scope and Content

This collection dates from 1920 to 1926 and consists of a student’s record book belong to Kate Trent as well as 23 photographs, taken at the State Normal School for Women 1921 Field Day, which include images of faculty and students involved in field day events.

Size

This collection consists of .65 linear feet contained in an archival flat box and an archival photograph binder.

Notes

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

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  • 12 unidentified women wearing middie blouses. by Kate Gannaway Trent

    12 unidentified women wearing middie blouses.

  • Children running on campus field by Kate Gannaway Trent

    Children running on campus field

  • Child standing on stairs by Kate Gannaway Trent

    Child standing on stairs

  • Child wearing sign by Kate Gannaway Trent

    Child wearing sign

  • Dr. Boyd Coyner announcing winners of Field Day events. by Kate Gannaway Trent

    Dr. Boyd Coyner announcing winners of Field Day events.

  • Four unidentified women by Kate Gannaway Trent

    Four unidentified women

  • Four unidentified women by Kate Gannaway Trent

    Four unidentified women

  • Large gathering of spectators watching Field Day by Kate Gannaway Trent

    Large gathering of spectators watching Field Day

 
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