Mary Blount Bowen/Green papers, 1816-1984

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Green, Mary Blount, 1896-1978
Date:
1816-1984
Extent:
8 Linear Feet 7 boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 oversized folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Mary Blount Bowen/Green papers, ms4047, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains teaching materials, artifacts, records, and correspondence regarding Mary Blount Green, her husband John B. Green, and their son Ronald. It also contains correspondence and records of her parents, Charles and Alice Andrews, and other relatives in the Bowen and Lamar families. Also contains the "Bowen Bible," featuring birth dates of enslaved people

Biographical / historical:

Mary Blount Green (1896-1978) was an Atlanta Public Schools elementary school teacher from Clinton, Georgia. Her husband John Benjamin Green, Jr. (1893-1961) was a landowner and farmer. They had a son, Ronald Green. Mary Green's parents were Charles Thomas Andrews and Alice Bowen Andrews, both from Clinton, Georgia.

Access and use restrictions

Preferred citation:

Mary Blount Bowen/Green papers, ms4047, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.