Mildred Lewis Rutherford scrapbooks, [circa 1858-1930]

Summary

Creator:

Rutherford, Mildred Lewis, 1852-1928

Date:

[circa 1858-1930]

Extent:

4.4 Linear Feet (2 document boxes, 3 oversized boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Mildred Lewis Rutherford scrapbooks, MS 1686. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of scrapbooks of Mildred Lewis Rutherford from ca. 1858-1930. Two scrapbooks (1858-1908 and 1896-1901) pertain to the Lucy Cobb Institute and contain clippings, programs, printed material, handbooks, correspondence, and copies of the MESSENGER, a publication of the Institute. The other scrapbooks contain mainly clippings documenting current events in Georgia including information on the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs.

Biographical / historical:

Mildred Lewis Rutherford (1852-1928), author and educator, resided in Athens, Georgia.

For more information, see the article Mildred Lewis Rutherford (1851-1928) in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Related

Related material:

For related materials at the Hargrett Library, see also the Mildred Lewis Rutherford papers, MS 41, and the Stone Mountain papers, MS 2817.

Other descriptive data:

Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Women -- Education -- Georgia.
Women school administrators -- Georgia.
Private schools -- Georgia.
Scrapbooks.
Women -- Georgia -- Societies and clubs.

Names:

Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.)
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs

Places:

Athens (Ga.)

Preferred citation:

Mildred Lewis Rutherford scrapbooks, MS 1686. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.