Sweet Briar History

Take a visual tour of Sweet Briar's rich history. Sponsored by the Tusculum Institute at Sweet Briar College (www.tusculum.sbc.edu). Contact Dr. Lynn Rainville with questions (lrainville@sbc.edu).


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A photograph recently uncovered by Sweet Briar Librarian Liz Kent. It shows Sterling Jones raising the flag in front of the Cochran Library. Retired librarian Shirley Reid remembers Mr. Jones raising the flag every day and sometimes going into the library to get her to remove metal splinters from his hand that came from the flag cable. Mr. Jones died in 1959. Photograph courtesy of the Sweet Briar College Library Archives.

A photograph recently uncovered by Sweet Briar Librarian Liz Kent. It shows Sterling Jones raising the flag in front of the Cochran Library. Retired librarian Shirley Reid remembers Mr. Jones raising the flag every day and sometimes going into the library to get her to remove metal splinters from his hand that came from the flag cable. Mr. Jones died in 1959. Photograph courtesy of the Sweet Briar College Library Archives.