Bellevue High School records, 1875-1955 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- Bellevue High School (Va.)
- Extent:
- 19.5 Linear Feet
3276 Items - Language:
- English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.00099
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains school records including account books; stationery books; correspondence of the Abbott, Minor, and Henderson families; diaries and daybooks of John B. Minor, Jr.; a woman's journal; various notebooks; clippings, including a series of Civil War clippings; photographs; and other ephemera, including a school pennant. One oversize class photograph is housed in an oversize cabinet.
- Biographical / historical:
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Bellevue High School is a classical academy for boys in Bedford Co., Va., founded in 1866 by James P. Holcombe.
- Acquisition information:
- The Bellevue High School Records, 1940-1992 and undated, were acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library in 1995.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Paula Jeannet
Completed November 27, 1995
Encoded by Lisa Stark
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Names:
- Bellevue High School (Va.)
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Collection is open for research. Some record books are very fragile, and can be used only with the assistance of a staff member.
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All or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. The library may require up to 48 hours to retrieve these materials for research use.
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- Terms of access:
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The copyright interests in the Bellevue High School Records have not been transferred to Duke University. For further information, see the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
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- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Bellevue High School Records, 1875-1955 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.