Name/Title
"Views of the College for Women"Entry/Object ID
2000.2.2Description
"Views of the College for Women" booklet depicting twelve black and white photographs of college students. Many of the photos include images from classes, references to Shakespeare, and images of the basketball team.Context
This book was owned by Emma Richardson Baker (1891–1967). Emma later studied at the Presbyterian College for Women in Columbia, South Carolina, which began operating out of the Hampton-Preston Mansion around 1890. Originally known as the South Carolina Presbyterian Institute for Young Ladies, the college later merged with Greenville's Chicora College in 1915. Emma graduated in 1911, four years before the merger.
Emma was not the only member of her family to live on the grounds of the Hampton-Preston Mansion. Her grandfather, Franklin J. Moses, Jr. (1838–1906), served as a Reconstruction era governor from 1872 to 1874 and used state funds to purchase the property from the Preston family in January 1873. As a result, the Hampton-Preston Mansion served as the governor’s mansion until 1874, when Moses faced financial ruin and the property fell under the control of the state’s Sinking Fund Commission.Dimensions
Width
10-1/4 inLength
11-1/2 in
