New family papers

Edenwold, Ward-Belmont Farm and Country Club (click to view full PDF)

Edenwold, Ward-Belmont Farm and Country Club (click to view full PDF)

Name/Title

New family papers

Entry/Object ID

2026.008

Description

Lucile New, and her sister, LaUna New, attended Ward-Belmont somewhere in the early part of last century, and the collection includes items from their time at the school. These include a program from Ward-Belmont’s presentation of Jeanne D’Arc, presented by the Senior Dramatic Club (year not listed but it had to be around 1916), a school catalog from The Ward-Belmont School of Home Economics from 1917-1918, a pamphlet from Edenwold, the Ward-Belmont Farm and Country Club, a program from the Children’s Expression Class presentation of Three Little Kittens from the Land of Pie from 1908, a songbook from 1911.

Context

Edenwold, the Ward-Belmont Farm and Country Club, with color sketch on front cover, descriptions of the farm, 100 year old house used as a country club, and Ward-Belmont students activities. Includes multiple black and white photographs of the property and a panoramic group photograph of students and faculty. Edenwold is described as a 600 acre farm located ten miles outside of Nashville.

Collection

Harpeth Hall Archives