Name/Title
Ward-Belmont May Queen & Court PhotographEntry/Object ID
2023.139Tags
Ward-BelmontDescription
A photograph of the Ward-Belmont May Queen and her court/attendants. Based on archive 2012.166 and the 1946 Milestones yearbook, this appears to be from the year 1946. The May Queen that year was Joy Roberts. Her preparatory school attendants were Gene Allen Kennedy and Mary Jane Stuckey; college attendants, Emmie Jackson and Mary Graham Hull; and Honor Maid Betty Asquith.Photograph Details
Subject
May DaySubject Person or Organization
Roberts (Christian), Joy (Joy) 1946, Kennedy (Rose), Gene Allen (Gene Allen) 1946, Jackson (McDonald), Emmie Keith (Emmie) 1944, Asquith, BettyContext
The annual May Day Festival was described as "the highlight of the social year at Ward-Belmont" (Milestones, 1945). The festivities involved dancing, processions, the crowning of the May Queen and her court, and the traditional May Pole Dance. The Lady of the Hall, Harpeth Hall's highest honor, evolved from the May Queen ceremony.Collection
Harpeth Hall School ArchivesLexicon
Search Terms
Ward-Belmont, May Queen, May Day, May Festival