Tag: Abingdon VA

A 1926 college yearbook spills its secrets

Let’s take a close look at the 1926 yearbook of one Susan Leyburn Hyatt (1908-1999), class of 1927, Stonewall Jackson College, Abingdon, VA.

Curator Andrew Talkov of the Virginia Historical Society discusses the thinking behind this exhibit for the Civil War Sesquicentennial.

The Bristol Herald Courier on May 23, 1922 reports on the Stonewall Jackson College commencement and other bits of daily life in Abingdon, VA

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