Established in 1901 as the Sweet Briar Institute and opened its doors in 1906, Sweet Briar College is a women's liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Virginia, United States.
The college is on 3,250 acres (13,152,283 m2) in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the former estate of the college's founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams.
A photo collection from Mary Helen Cochran Library that documented daily life of students at the college in the 1960s.
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| Carol Ford, a Sweet Briar student, jumping over a hurdle on a horse named Dusty at one of the college's horse shows, 1960 |
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| Florence T. McCulloch, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, and student Kadri Nüder talking by the steps to the Mary Helen Cochran Library, 1960 |
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| Florence T. McCulloch, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages; John R. Shannon, Professor of Music; and student Kadri Mider talking in front of the entrance to the Mary Helen Cochran Library, 1960 |
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| Students, including Shanaz Anwar Ali from Pakistan, using the study carrels in the lower-level stacks in the Mary Helen Cochran Library, 1960 |
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| On the train to SBC, 1962 |
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| Orientation, 1962 |
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| Parents weekend, 1962 |
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| Playing guitar, 1962 |
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| Students by the Hitching Post (freshman officers?), 1962 |
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| Students lake, 1962 |
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| Students playing Monopoly, 1963 |
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| Sweet Briar tennis, 1963 |
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| The Sweet Briar Riding Council posing in the snow with three horses and a dog, February 7, 1963 |
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| A student working at a study carrel in the lower-level stacks, March 24, 1964 |
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| Juniors on May Day, 1964 |
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| Winter fun of 1964 |
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| Aints and Asses, 1965 |
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| Bum Chums, 1965 |
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| Lacrosse team, 1965 |
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| Chatting on the grass, 1966 |
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| Funny girls, 1966 |
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| "I am a mushroom", 1966 |
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| May Day, 1966 |
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| QVs, 1966 |
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| Students in a dorm room, 1966 |
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| Students studying in the reading room, 1966 |
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| Vixen Den patio, 1966 |
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| A student taking a book from a shelf in the stacks, circa 1967 |
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| A Sweet Briar student sitting and reading a book by the rare book shelves, circa 1967 |
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| Entrance to the Dana Wing, Reading Room Side, circa 1967 |
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| Girl looking at a display in the Library Foyer, 1967 |
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| Lee Giaunakis and Mary Pat Cogan standing by a plaque for the new Dana Wing, October 18, 1967 |
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| Students on the Dana Wing Terrace, circa 1967 |
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| Students standing on a landing on the steps leading to the new Dana Wing, circa 1967 |
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| Two Sweet Briar students talking on a landing outside the Dana Wing, circa 196 |
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| A student with a beehive hairdo reading a book in the lower-level stacks of the SBC Library, 1968 |
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| Margary Jackson, honors student, studying in a carrel at the Mary Helen Cochran Library, 1968 |
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| Studying in the lower-level stacks of the Mary Helen Cochran Library, 1968 |
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| A view of Mary Helen Cochran Library's reading room through one of the door's peepholes, circa 1969 |
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| Listening to a record at the Library, 1969 |
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| A girl reading a book in the stacks, circa 1960 |
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| Doing some leisure reading in the Cochran Library browsing room, circa 1960 |
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| Studying a library orientation display, circa 1960 |
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| Christmas at Sweet Briar in the 1960s |
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| Napping in the Browsing Room, circa 1960 |
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| Students chatting on the library's right-hand steps, circa 1960 |
