Portrait of Clara Louise Guild

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Dublin Core

Title

Portrait of Clara Louise Guild

Alternative Title

Clara Louise Guild

Subject

Photography--Florida-
Higher education
Educators--Florida
Teachers--Florida
Principals, High school

Description

Clara Louise Guild, born June 5, 1864, was the first graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Her family originally hailed from Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, William Guild, was a Harvard Medical School graduate and pharmacist. Clara enrolled at Rollins College on November 4, 1885, at the age of 21. In May of 1890, along with Ida May Missildina, Clara became a member of Rollins College's first graduating class, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Guild never married, but steadily progressed in her career, receiving her Master of Arts degree from Rollins in May of 1898. She would later become principal of Sanford High School from 1907 to 1920. In total, her educational career spanned four decades, Guild retired in 1939, and passed away at her Winter Park home on August 21, 1945.

Source

Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Education--Educators, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

Date Created

ca. 1900-1910

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.

Is Part Of

Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Education--Educators, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.

General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpeg

Extent

7.2 MB

Medium

1 black and white photograph.

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Boston, Massachusetts
Winter Park, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Sanford, Florida
Winter Park, Florida

Spatial Coverage

42.336601, -71.104213
28.591865, -81.348492
28.805814, -81.270562
28.804472, -81.265913
28.599896, -81.339026

Temporal Coverage

1864-06-05/1945-08-21

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Curator

Morton, Dave

Digital Collection

External Reference

Zhang, Wenxia. "Clara Louise Guild (1864-1945): First Graduate of Rollins College." Notable People of Rollins and Winter Park, Rollins College. http://lib.rollins.edu/olin/oldsite/archives/golden/CGuild.htm.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 black and white photograph

Citation

“Portrait of Clara Louise Guild,” RICHES, accessed December 13, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/863.

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