Verna Jewel Winters (State Normal School) papers, circa 1918-1920, 2000

Summary

Creator:

Winters, Verna Jewel, 1899-1924

Date:

circa 1918-1920, 2000

Extent:

0.25 Linear Feet 1 box

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Verna Jewel Winters (State Normal School) papers, UA00-023, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes a photo album (circa 1918-1920) from her time as a student at the State Normal School in Athens, Georgia. There also is a short biography of Verna Jewel Winters and list of captions for the scrapbook written by her nephew, Daniel Bing.

Biographical / historical:

Verna Jewel Winters was born in 1899 to a farming family in Bradley, Georgia. She attended the State Normal School in Athens, Georgia for three years and graduated on May 26, 1920. Her photograph album illustrates how much she enjoyed her time at the school. After graduation, Verna married and taught school in Alabama. Unfortunately, her life was cut short by her sudden death in 1924 of dehydration from morning sickness.

Related

Other descriptive data:

RG SNS (State Normal School)

Indexed terms

Subjects:

College campuses -- Georgia -- Athens -- Photographs.
Students -- Georgia -- Athens.
Photographs.

Names:

State Normal School (Athens, Ga.)

Places:

Athens (Ga.) -- Photographs.

Preferred citation:

Verna Jewel Winters (State Normal School) papers, UA00-023, University Archives, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.