First Year at Harpeth Hall Scrapbook page

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Harpeth Hall School

Full page of six black and white photographs

Full page of six black and white photographs

Name/Title

First Year at Harpeth Hall Scrapbook page

Entry/Object ID

2026.009

Scope and Content

Single page from a 1951 scrapbook, unknown creator and exact date. Handwritten notes underneath six black and white photographs arranged on the page and adhered to page with photo corners.

Context

In 1951, a group of local community leaders organized to ensure that college preparatory, all-girls education continued in Nashville after the closing of Ward-Belmont. This group purchased Estes Estate in Green Hills and renamed the school Harpeth Hall, inspired by the nearby Harpeth River Valley. On Sept. 17, 1951, Harpeth Hall's campus opened with its two school buildings — Souby Hall and what is now the Senior House — 161 students in grades 9-12, most of whom transferred from Ward-Belmont. The first Head of School, Susan Souby, was the former high school principal at Ward-Belmont, and nearly all of Harpeth Hall's 15 founding faculty members previously taught at Ward-Belmont.

Collection

Harpeth Hall Archives