Myrtle Lawrence Shelor Photograph Collection
SC 201.02

Summary Information

Repository
McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections
Title
Myrtle Lawrence Shelor Photograph Collection
ID
SC 201.02
Date [inclusive]
1918-1925
Extent
0.1 Linear feet
Physical description
The physical collection consists of three scrapbooks with photographs mounted on each page, and the pages were scanned without removing the photographs from the book to keep the scrapbooks intact. The digital collection consists of tiff files scanned from the original scrapbooks. The actual scrapbooks have been returned to the owners per stipulations of the loan agreement.
Language
English
Abstract
Myrtle Lawrence Shelor of Pilot, Virginia, graduated from the State Normal School for Women at Radford in 1922, and taught school in Riner, Pilot, Shawsville, and Dry Valley, Virginia. The photos in the Myrtle Lawrence Shelor Photo Collection depict Ms. Shelor, her friends and family, the college at Radford, and the surrounding area during the time period 1918-1920s. Myrtle Lawrence Shelor married Garnet Allen Kenley, and their grandson, William Allen Kenley, graduated from Radford University in 1987.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of photograph], Myrtle Lawrence Shelor Photo Collection, McConnell Library Special Collections, Radford University, Radford, VA

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections

McConnell Library
PO Box 6881
Radford, Virginia
540-831-5692
archives@radford.edu

Restrictions to access

Access is online only through the RU Digital Collections portal: https://monk.radford.edu/records/?&refine[Categories][]=Appalachian%20Collections$$$Shelor%20Scrapbook%20Collection

Copyright is held by the heirs to Myrtle Lawrence Shelor Kenley, and these photographs are reproduced here by permission of the copyright owners. The images are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Myrtle Lawrence Shelor Photo Collection, McConnell Library Special Collections, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use or unauthorized reproduction of these photographs, without the written permission of the copyright owner, is strictly prohibited.

Custodial history

The physical scrapbooks were loaned to the RU Archives from the Kenley Family, heirs to Myrtle Lawrence Shelor and owners of the photographs and scrapbooks in this collection. The Kenley family gave the RU Archives digital reproduction rights including rights to copy images, save digital copies, and reproduce them on the RU Archives website. The original scrapbooks and photographs were returned to the Kenley family in February 2012.

Accruals

No additional accruals are expected.

Processing information

Scrapbooks scanned by Ali Wang, spring 2010. Finding aid and transfer to web by Gene Hyde, Summer-Fall 2010.

Exisistence of digital copies

Digitial copies of photographs in the Myrtle Lawrence Shelor photograph collection are available in the Radford University Digital Collections: https://monk.radford.edu/records/?&refine[Categories][]=Appalachian%20Collections$$$Shelor%20Scrapbook%20Collection

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