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.
Carol Ford, a Sweet Briar student, jumping over a hurdle on a horse named Dusty at one of the college’s horse shows, 1960
Florence T. McCulloch, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, and student Kadri Nüder talking by the steps to the Mary Helen Cochran Library, 1960
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
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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