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Browse Collection › LC Subject Heading › 12 records found where LC Subject Heading is Photography -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
	Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to Celestia Muse Southgate, March 26, 1882 Mattie Logan Southgate writes her sister Lessie (Celestia Muse) Southgate with news of festive and somber events at the Wesleyan Female Institute. She provides a vivid description of Alma Ivey's death from "tiphoid and brain fever," the visit of Alma's mother to school, and the funeral procession from school to the railroad depot. Mattie tells Lessie about her new interest in drawing and her lessons with Reverend Harris' daughter, Mattie. She discusses her coursework with Lizzie Daniels in vocal music and her plans to study art and musical elocution in the next year. Mattie notes that she visited Edmund Berkeley's studio and she promises to send her sister a photograph.
	Letter from James Haywood Southgate to Mattie Logan Southgate, April 06, 1882 James Haywood Southgate sends his sister Mattie Logan Southgate a humorous letter and photograph. James provides an immodest analysis of his physical features by comparing them with those of nineteenth-century luminaries. "You will doubtless note the appearance of that Classic brow, that Websterian mouth, that Clay cut ear, that Calhoun nasal organ . . . ." He commends Mattie on her academic progress at the Wesleyan Female Institute, particularly her improvement in painting, and offers that he might be able to visit her in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Leland Sneed Portrait of Leland Sneed, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made by the Edmund Berkeley studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Mettie Ricketts Portrait of Mettie Ricketts, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made at the Edmund Berkeley studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Leland Sneed Portriat of Lela Sneed, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made by Edmund Berkeley's studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Mollie E. Page Portrait of Mollie Page, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made by Edmund Berkeley's studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Mattie Logan Southgate Portrait of Mattie Southgate, student at the Wesleyan Female Institute. Image made by Edmund Berkeley's studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) Portrait of Durham tobacco dealer Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889). Image made at the A. H. Blunt photographic studio, Danville, Virginia.
	Photograph of Leland Sneed Portrait of Leland Sneed standing near floral vase. The image was made by Praysen & Company, Danville, Virginia.
	Photograph of Thomas Decatur Jones and Mattie Logan Southgate Jones Portrait of Thomas Decatur Jones (1852-1889) and his wife, Mattie Logan Southgate Jones. Image taken at the A. H. Blunt studio in Danville, Virginia.
	Photograph of Alma Ivey Portrait of Alma Ivey from New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended the Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton, Virginia where she was fatally stricken with typhoid fever in 1882. The photo was taken at Edmund Berkeley's studio in Staunton, Virginia.
	Photograph of Lucie Talbott Portrait of Lucie Talbott in Danville, Virginia.

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