Marjorie Browne Srother collection

Marjorie Browne Srother collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Marjorie Browne Srother collection
Creator: Hudson, Sandra Strother
Creator: Strother, Marjorie Browne, 1890-1987
Inclusive Dates: 1909-1970
Language(s): English
Extent: 4.25 Linear Feet 4 boxes
Collection Number: ms3759
Repository: Hargrett Library

Collection Description

Historical Note

Marjorie Browne was born to Nina Young and Rhodes Browne in Kentucky. She grew up in Columbus, Ga. and attended Lucy Cobb Institute. In 1914, she married Weyman Strother and they had one child, Weyman, Jr. The couple divorced in 1925 and she married Colonel Charles Almon Hunt.

Scope and Content

The collection includes correspondence from Marjorie to her mother from Paris in 1909-1910, early marriage in 1914-1918, in China in 1920-1921, and 1960s-1970s to her granddaughter Sandra Strother. Also included are genealogical information, estate information, and Marjorie Browne's poems. The photographs include Marjorie Browne, Edmund Weyman Strother, Nina and Rhodes Browne, Charles Almon Hunt, Sandra Strother Hudson, and snapshots from China (1920s).


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Marjorie Browne Strother collection, ms3759, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


Related Materials and Subjects

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
box
1papers and photographs
 
box
2correspondence and transcripts
 
box
3scrapbook and photographs
 
box
4photograph and "Mammy" doll

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