Lucy Cobb Institute collection

Descriptive Summary
Title: Lucy Cobb Institute collection
Creator: Unknown
Inclusive Dates: 1858-1997
Language(s): English
Extent: 12 Linear Feet 4 boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 3 oversize folders
Collection Number: ms4244
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

The Lucy Cobb Institute was a boarding school for girls and young women in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1859 and named after a daughter of one of the school's founders, T.R.R. Cobb. Millie Rutherford was a long time teacher, administrator, and driving force behind the operation of the school. The school closed in 1931 and the University of Georgia purchased the building to use as a dormitory. In 1884 the offices of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government moved into the complex. The Seney-Stovall Chapel was built in 1882 and fully restored in 1997.

For more information, see the Lucy Cobb Institute page in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs, correspondence, business records, scrapbooks, student records, and writing of Lucy Cobb Institute students, faculty, and administration.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Lucy Cobb Institute collection, ms4244, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Receipts for tuition - David C. Barrow, 1861

 

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Report cards - Clara Barrow, 1894-1895

 

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Report cards - Phyllis Jenkins, 1931-1932

 

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Blue List, 1895

 

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Matriculation tickets

 

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Certificates of recommendation, 1925-1928

 

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Alumni lists

 

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The Lightning Bug is Looking For its Lost Alumni

 

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Commencement programs, 1927-1932

 

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Performance programs, 1895-1932

 

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Mary Ann Lipscomb Elementary School of Lucy Cobb Institute - application, statement and brochure

 

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Ballot - Lucy Cobb Referendum - Georgia General Assembly, 1930 May 2

 

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Pandora page announcing women's dormitory opening, 1932

 

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Lucy Cobb Centennial, 1958

 

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Newspaper clippings

 

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Amalthean Literary Society - notes, 1911-1930

 

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Student's Handbook of Rules and Regulations, 1925-1926

 

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A Toast to Miss Millie Rutherford - Laura E. Blackshear

 

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A Tribute to Miss Millie - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow - Athens Daily News, 1967

 

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Laura A. Blackshear - writing - copies

 

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Brumby - writing

 

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Seney-Stovall Chapel - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow - speech

 

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History of Lucy Cobb Institute - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow - draft

 

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History of Lucy Cobb Institute - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow - thesis paper, 1951

 

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Millie Rutherford - correspondence with Board of Trustees, 1926

 

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Correspondence - selection of new principal, 1907

 

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Seney-Stovall - restoration notes and photograph

 

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Lucy Cobb - Seney-Stovall, 1953-1997

 

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First Alumni Endowment Fund - unsuccessful, 1918

 

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Endowment Fund - correspondence, forms, 1920-1924

 

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Incorporation amendment, 1872

 

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Subscription Agreement of 1855 - copy, 1907

 

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Inventory of crockery, etcetera, 1908

 

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Bids for repair work, 1907

 

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Indenture and contracts for building, 1907

 

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Invoices, receipts, correspondence for construction, 1907-1909

 

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Invoices, correspondence regarding new pool and gymnasium, 1909

 

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Contracts, leases with principals, 1907-1917

 

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Insurance

 

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Business correspondence, receipts, invoices

 

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Bond certificates, 1908-1918

 

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Receipts, deposits, bonds, checks, 1907-1925

 

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Tuition bill - David Crenshaw Barrow, 1859

 

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Insurance statements, receipts, tax receipts - Emory Christler, 1930-1936

 

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Photograph album - Tallulah Falls

 

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Photograph - French children fostered during WWI

 

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Photographs - group and performances

 

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Photographs - children groups - Phyllis Jenkins

 

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Portrait photographs - undentified African American woman and children

 

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Scrapbook - Patsy Jane Miller, 1934-1935

 

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Program - Golden Jubilee - with notes, 1908 June 3

 

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Science project book - Barbara Jenkins

 

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Scrapbook - Barbara Jenkins

 

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Notes on Lucy Cobb Institute - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow

 

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Furniture feet - 4 - glass ball with brass claw - from a table that belonged to Millie Rutherford

 

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Photograph - Senior class picture - identified on back, 1900

 

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Photograph - Eclectic B class - some identified on back, 1900

 

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Photograph - group on front steps - Clara Barrow identified

 

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Photograph - group - Clara Barrow identified - ghost image on back

 

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Photograph - group on front steps - note to Clara from Miss Millie

 

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Photograph - group on front steps

 

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Ledger - cash and bond records, 1907-1910

 

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Photograph album - Elizabeth Carithers - Athens and trips to New England and Cuba, 1901-1907

 

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Scrapbook - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow

 

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Music book - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow

 

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Scrapbook

 

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PTA scrapbook

 

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Miniature binoculars - Lucy Cobb Institute image in lenses

 

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Small pin dish - inscribed Lucy Cobb Institute

 

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Insect Orchestra - created by Miss Jennie Smith, art teacher

 

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Student record books, 1888-1897

 

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Student record books, 1897-1904

 

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Student record books, 1911-1918

 

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Student record books, 1918-1926

 

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Athens Evening Graphic, v.1, no. 72, 1888 June 6

 

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Sight Seeing in Georgia by Mildred Rutherford - Flags and Flowers

 

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Lucy Cobb Dots, Alumni Edition, v.1, no.1, 1917 October 3

 

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Lucy Cobb Dots, v.1, no. 24, 1918 April 3

 

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Photograph - group of students and faculty

 

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Blueprint - gymnasium and pool

 

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Diploma - Clara Elizabeth Barrow, 1895

 

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Broadside - Georgia, Items of Interest Prepared by Miss Mildred Rutherford