Oxford Female Seminary Records
The Oxford Female Seminary was established in 1850 with Samuel Wait as President. Under President F.P. Hobgood from 1880 the seminary grew, and it was chartered as a junior college after World War I. The school closed in 1924. This collection contains announcements, articles published later about the school, catalogs, a commencement program, faculty information, gradebooks, legal records, photographs, property records, an alumni banquet program, report cards, and yearbooks of the seminary, Phoenix, and the college, X-Ray).
Biographical and Historical Note
The Oxford Female Seminary was established in 1850 with Samuel Wait as President. Under President F.P. Hobgood from 1880 the seminary grew, and it was chartered as a junior college after World War I. The school closed in 1924.
Collection Overview
These materials of the seminary and college include announcements, articles published later about the school, catalogs, a commencement program, faculty information, gradebooks, legal records, photographs, property records, an alumni banquet program, report cards and yearbooks of the seminary (Phoenix) and the college ( X-Ray).
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2004
- Revision Description
- Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2021
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
- Copyright Notice
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- Preferred Citation
- Oxford Female Seminary Records (MS83), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.