A TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM Randolph-Macon Woman's College and Sweet Briar College February 28 and March 1, 1985 !~ { u;· .... ~ ~-~-.. ~ g, i: ~c; ,~ In Celebration of Virginia Women: Their Cultural Heritage A SYMPOSIUM Thursday, February 28, 1985 Friday, March 1, 1985 SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE RANDOLPH-MACON WOMAN'S COLLEGE Tyson Auditorium Maier Museum of Art 2:00 PM OPENING SESSION 9:30 AM COFFEE College Communities and Visible Leaders: Their Contributions to Virginia Women's Education 10:00 AM PANEL MODERATOR Virginia Women Writers Elizabeth R. Baer, Associate Dean of Student Academic Affairs, Sweet Briar College MODERATOR PARTICIPANTS Elizabeth J. Lipscomb, Associate Professor of English, Claudia Chang, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Randolph-Macon Woman's College Sweet Briar College, and Students PARTICIPANTS Finds from Archaeological Digs on Sweet Briar Campus Elizabeth R. Baer, Sweet Briar College 7\ Tr"\-/.nr, ;,.,.. J.],-,.., ~;f,,..,,.,,. ~_.; ..,,.. ,...., .( ,..._ D_,,,,....,.·-=--- -= J.. _r.,_ l\.t.f:,._.,..,.4. r ,:,.. ....... TT:~- - .:~-:~ uera1a lVl. Herg, Associate Yroressor or History, ~weet i ·~·v~ ••• ·· ·~ <, in, o ··· ~; .. i , • v••• v .,i ., w .. i •vv ... 6 ...... Briar College, and Students Women Diarists Presentation of Historical Research Margaret I. Raynal, Professor of English, Randolph-Macon Woman's College Anne Spencer: Rebel and Poet ORAL HISTORY Anne Jones, Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate Insti­ tute of Liberal Arts, Emory University Videotapes The Southern Lady and the Virginia Woman Writer: Glasgow and Johnston Lorraine Robertson and Helen White, Randolph-Macon Woman's College Housekeepers INTERVIEWERS 2:00 PM DISCUSSION Carolyn Wilkerson Bell, Associate Professor of English, Randolph­ Macon Woman's College Mary Guthrow, Director of Academic Resource Center, Sweet Briar College Virginia Women Artists Meta Glass, President of Sweet Briar College, 1925-1946, MODERATOR Ellen Schall, Curator, The Maier Museum of Art at and Randolph-Macon Woman's College alumna, class of Randolph-Macon Woman's College 1899. She is remembered through interviews with her secretary, Lois Ballenger, and former public relations di­ PARTICIPANT rector Martha von Briesen. Mary Frances Williams, Randolph-Macon Woman's College Celestia Parrish, Professor of Philosophy and Pedagogy, Three Taste-Makers: Louise Jordan Smith, Beatrice van 1893-1902, Randolph-Macon Woman's College and Keller, Harriet Fitzgerald founder of the first psychology laboratory in the South. She is remembered through interviews with Frederick B. Rowe and Frank S. Murray, Professors of Psychology, FILM Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Life's Narrow Spaces INTERVIEWER Carol McGinnis Kay, Dean of the College, Randolph-Macon Woman's A documentary on the life of Queena Stovall College. ROUNDTABLE 3:30-5:00 PM TOURS PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Ravelle Hami1ton Sweet Briar House and Museum S. Elizabeth LaCour Conducted by Ann Whitley, Curator Annie Adams Robertson Massie Lindsey Nolting Thelma Twery 8:00 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS/ Wailes Center 8:00 PM ADDRESS 'The Ladies of the Club': Unlikely Revolutionaries Ann Firor Scott, W. K. Boyd Professor of History, Duke Fashion on the Move: The Ever-Changing University, and author of The Southern Lady: From Pedestal Silhouette to Politics, 1830-1930 Margaret Spicer, Associate Professor and Costume De­ Introduction: Elizabeth R. Baer, Sweet Briar College signer, Drama Department, Dartmouth College, and Ad­ Greetings: Priscilla Little, Program Associate, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. junct Curator, Williams Costume Collection, The Hood Museum of Art. EXHIBITION EXHIBITION/ The Maier Museum of Art Contemporary Virginia Women Artists Selections from the Costume Collection of Randolph-Macon Woman's College The exhibition may be seen in The Refectory Gallery from 12:30 to 4:30 PM. Works by the Round table's Participating Artists and from the Permanent Collection of American Art These exhibitions may be seen throughout the day. TOURS/Lipscomb Library SYMPOSIUM COORDINATORS Virginia Women Writers Collection Ruth Ann Edwards, Director of the Lipscomb Library, Randolph-Macon Woman's College Tours will be given throughout the day. Elizabeth R. Baer, Frances E. White Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Sweet Briar College Reference Librarian Virginia Women's Cultural History Committee BOX430/2500 RIVERMONT AVENUE LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24503 SYMPOSIUM .