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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Robert Smith Phifer Papers, #593, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Gift prior to 1940

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• Charlotte Female Institute.
• Chester Female Academy (Chesterfield, Va.)
• Danville Academy of Music (Danville, Va.)
• Danville College for Young Ladies (Danville, Va.)
• Music teachers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
• Music teachers--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Phifer family.
• Phifer, Robert Smith, b. 1852.
• Roanoke Female College.
• Women--Education--North Carolina--History.
• Women--Education--Virginia--History.

Robert Smith Phifer (born 1852) was a professor of music at women's colleges in North Carolina and Virginia.

The collection includes scattered correspondence, recital programs, clippings, and other papers. The bulk of the collection consists of programs of concerts and recitals at the Danville Academy of Music, Roanoke Female College, Danville College for Young Ladies, Charlotte Female Institute, and Chester Female Academy, Chesterfield, Va. There is very little correspondence; the few letters deal primarily with Phifer family genealogy and with memberships in social clubs.