Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Fannie Sutter Photograph Album

Summary
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1325
Creators:
Sutter, Fannie
Dates:
1919 - 1921
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.15 Cubic feet
1 box
Repository:
A scrapbook created by Fannie Sutter detailing her time attending Battle Creek Normal School of Physical Education. It contains photographs, programs of events, and personal notes written by Fannie Sutter and her classmates concerning exercising, acting, and dressing for plays.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An album compiled by Fannie Sutter while a student at Battle Creek Normal School of Physical Education, in Battle Creek, Michigan. The album contains black-and-white photographs and other school-related ephemera such as invitations, menus, clippings, and miscellany. The photographs show students engaged in physical activities such as swimming, canoeing, camping, walking, picnics, parties, and other forms of entertainment. The students often dressed in costume and staged plays, dance performances, and musicals.
Arrangement
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into one series.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The Battle Creek Normal School of Physical Education was founded in about 1908 as part of the complex of training schools and colleges associated with Dr. John Harvey Kellogg's sanitarium. This complex included medical training for doctors, nurses, dieticians, and physical therapists as well as the school to train physical education teachers. The all-women's school, organized by Dr. Kellogg, emphasized a program of vigorous outdoor activities. It was one of about two dozen schools in the nation that specifically focused on a physical education curriculum.
Administration
Author
Corey Schmidt
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased at auction from Carmen D. Valentino in 2014.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Corey Schmidt.
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Fannie Sutter Photograph Album, 1919-1922, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Swimming Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Women -- Education Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Menus -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Physical education and training Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photograph albums -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Camping Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Canoes and canoeing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clippings -- 20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dance Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Picnicking Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Plays Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kellogg, John Harvey, 1852-1943 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Battle Creek Normal School of Physical Education (Battle Creek, Mich.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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