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Scrapbooks about Mildred L. Rutherford Edit

Summary

Component Unique Identifier
MSS 016.004
Level of Description
Series
Language
English

Dates

  • 1923-1948 (Creation)

Extents

  • .0525 Linear Feet (Whole)
    One of eight folders in a full legal document box.

Subjects

Notes

  • Abstract

    Two scrapbooks with clippings and ephemera pertaining to Mildred L. Rutherford, a graduate and later principal of the Lucy Cobb Institute, Athens, Georgia.

  • Immediate Source of Acquisition

    John F. Monroe and Elizabeth A. Carithers

  • Physical Description

    Poor

  • Preferred Citation

    Scrapbooks about Mildred L. Rutherford, Small Collections, Heritage Room, Athens-Clarke County Library

  • Biographical / Historical

    Author and educator Mildred Lewis Rutherford was born in Athens, Georgia on July 16, 1851. A graduate of Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens in 1868, she taught in Atlanta before returning to Athens as the principal of Lucy Cobb in 1880. Rutherford was involved in the United Daughters of the Confederacy for five years. As an historian, she advocated for the Confederacy and is associated with the Lost Cause school of thought. She fell ill in 1927 and died on August 15, 1928.

  • Scope and Contents

    The two scrapbooks are filled with articles and other memorabilia about Mildred Lewis Rutherford. A pamphlet provides details on the Historical Essay Contest of 1940, organized by the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, with Mildred Lewis Rutherford being the subject. The same pamphlet includes a biography of Rutherford. These personal scrapbooks are not to be confused with the periodical that Rutherford published in the 1920s entitled Miss Rutherford's Scrap Book.

  • Related Materials

    Georgia State Normal School records, MSS 007; Miss Rutherford’s Scrap Book, GR975.8 RUTHERFO 1923 and GR975.8 RUTHERFO 1924

Instances

  • Type
    Mixed Materials
    Container 1 Type
    Box
    Container 1 Indicator
    1
    Container 2 Type
    Folder
    Container 2 Indicator
    4

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