Mount Vernon Seminary and College Media collection 1925-1999 1946 - 1999. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Mount Vernon Seminary and College Media collection 1925-1999 1946 - 1999.

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Mount Vernon Seminary and College Media collection 1925-1999 1946 - 1999.

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This collection contains videotapes, audio cassettes, audio tape reels, 8 mm film, 16 mm film, and a 35 mm film from the Mount Vernon Seminary and College archives. The recordings capture campus scenes, ceremonies, celebrations, and student life predominately on the Spring Valley and Foxhall Road campuses of Mount Vernon Seminary and College. They range in date from 1925 to 1999, with the bulk of the media dating between 1946 and 1999.

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5.0 linear feet 2 over-size video tape boxes, 1 flat box, 2 letter-size document boxes, 12 film cans.

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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...