| Summary |
Emma Augusta Lehman attended Salem Female Academy from 1855-1857. She joined the faculty at SFA in 1864, and taught for fifty-two years. While English literature was her profession, she also taught piano, art, astronomy, and botany. |
| Title |
Emma Lehman Collection |
| Date |
1882-1922 |
| Creator |
Emma Augusta Lehman |
| Physical Description |
10 boxes, approximately 7 linear feet |
| Language |
English |
| Scope and Content |
Lehman's personal herbarium, correspondence, scrapbooks, and history and literature notes related to her teaching. The strengths of her collection is the herbarium and her writings on the history of Salem College and the Salem community, Other items of interest include a series of plant drawings by her,notes about numerous historical figures, a list of words she credits World War I for inspiring, samples of the plant Monotropsis lehmanii, travel journals to Europe, and handwritten drafts of her published poems. |
| Access |
Researchers must register and agree to copyright laws before using this collection which is available by appointment only |
| Repository |
Archives, Salem Academy & College, 601 S. Church St. Winston-Salem NC |
| Use and Permissions |
Copyright of Salem Academy and College records are held by Salem Academy and College. |
The full finding aid is located in Box I of the Emma A. Lehman Collection. The finding aid was created by students Caroline Holland, Lauren Barnhill, and Archives Assistant Terry Collins, in May 2017 and November 2018. It was finalized in January 2019.
