Alice E. Guild
A
transplant from the Bay State, she arrived in Winter Park in 1883 with her
parents
Born in Lowell,
Massachusetts on October 16, 1860, Alice Guild loved the arts. She graduated from the
Massachusetts North Art School in Boston and planned on creating a career
in the arts in her beloved Boston. She fully intended to open her own art
studio there. But, her life took another course and she was transplanted to
Central Florida.
In 1883, her father's health concerns caused him to move the family
from Massachusetts to Florida.
She arrived in Winter Park with father William, mother Laura, and sister
Clara. She was 23 years of age at the time.
Rollins College was in its infancy,
and Dr. Edward Hooker (then president of the college) called on Alice for
help. At his request, she organized the first Art Department at the college
in 1886. She remained at Rollins for 12 years, teaching art to Rollins'
students.
As adults, Alice and her sister
Clara resided at 419 N. Interlachen for many years. Alice was an active
member of many Winter Park organizations: the Congregational Church, the
Fortnightly Club, the Winter Park Horticulture Association, and a reading
circle which ultimately became the
Winter Park
Circulating Library Association.
She died on June 28,
1949 after a long illness. She died in the home on Interlachen Avenue that
she shared with her sister for so many years.
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Item: Photograph of Alice Guild
Source: Biographical file
Date: unknown
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Item:
Photograph of William Guild
Source: Digital image
Date: undated |
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Item: Photograph of Clara Guild
Source: The Rollins Alumni Record
Date: September, 1945 |
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Item: Photograph of Guild home
Source: Digital image
Date: c.1884
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Item: Booklet
Source: Rollins College Bulletin (vol. LI, No. 1)
Title: The First Seven Years of Rollins College
Section: Other Faculty During the Hooker Administration
Date: December, 1955 |
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Item: Newspaper article
Source: Unknown
Title: Personalities of Winter Park
Author: Jane McCann
Date: December 7, 1937
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Item: Obituary
Source: Orlando Morning Sentinel
Date: June 29, 1949 |
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