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Asheville School for Girls Collection
(1911-15)

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"The Asheville School for Girls, Class of 1912", Asheville School for Girls Collection,
D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville 28804
Title Asheville School for Girls Collection
Creator Asheville School for Girls
Subject Keyword :
Asheville School for Girls ; Marguerite Birkemeyer White ; Adella Dilley ; Education
Subject LCSH : 
White, Marguerite Birkemeyer
Dilley, Adella
Asheville School for Girls (Asheville, N.C.)
Schools -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- History
Education -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- History
Women -- Education -- North Carolina -- History
Description This collection contains one photograph (a group picture of the 1912 Class of Asheville School for Girls) and a copy of the school's history.
Publisher D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor Adella B. Dilley ; Southern Highlands Research Center
Date 2001-05-29
Type Collection ; Text ; Image
Format 1 folder 
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/ash_girlschool/asheville_school.html
Source Special Collections Vertical File
Language English
Relation
Coverage 1912-1913 ; Asheville, NC
Rights Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.
Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.  
Donor Donor number 134
Acquisition 1987-12-04
Citation Asheville School for Girls Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by Special Collections staff, 1987 and 2001

 

CONTEXT
The Asheville School for Girls was created in 1911 by a group of Asheville families to provide a "high class school for their daughters that shall be worthy of the beautiful city in which it is located and sufficiently equipped to accommodate a limited number of pupils from a distance."  A building, the home of Col. N. W. Woodfin, was chosen at the then "head of North Main Street," It had a small boarding department for pupils who came from locations outside of Asheville. The mission of the school was to prepare girls for "true colleges of high grade and to give those who may never enter college such through instruction in the ordinary courses of study and such wholesome discipline that they will become well educated, refined, and sensible women." 

The course of study included  English, Latin, History, Mathematics, Physiology, Botany, and Physical Geography. There was also a Kindergarten for approximately twenty children and a Primary Department consisting of the first through the third grade. The Intermediate Department consisted of four years of study and the College Preparatory Department also consisted of four years of study. There were two general examinations conducted in writing. One occurred in January and the other in May. There are five report periods described in the 1912-1913 catalog. The total cost for board for the year was $500.00 in 1912-13. The cost of tuition varied across the Departments from $45.00 for Kindergarten to $90.00 for the College Preparatory Department. Piano lesson cost from $50.00 to $120.00 and Voice $120.00

The School changed its name in 1915 or 1916 to "Oakhurst" and continued its same mission. The catalogue for Oakhurst's  Sixth Session 1916-1917 describes the programs in detail for that session and provides additional historical information on the School.

ITEM LIST
Item 1 Photograph of Class of 1912  (See above)
Item 2   Letter
Item 3

Copy of School Profile held by Asheville-Buncombe Library System: 

Asheville School for Girls, Incorporated, Third Year 1912-1913, Asheville, North Carolina 

Contains information on the Executive Committee of the School Board members, the Faculty, the Calendar, a mission statement, budget, and overview of the school curriculum.
  *Ramsey Library Special Collections is looking for any additional information, pictures or manuscripts related to the Asheville School for Girls. The identity of individuals in the group photograph would be particularly welcomed. Please contact hwykle@unca.edu

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