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Lucy Cobb Institute collection

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

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.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Administrative records.
Athens (Ga.) -- Education.
Barrow, Phyllis Jenkins
Endowments -- Georgia.
Fund raising -- Georgia -- Athens.
Insurance records.
Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.)
Private schools -- Georgia.
Rutherford, Mildred Lewis, 1852-1928
Scrapbooks
Student records -- Georgia -- Athens.
Women -- Education -- Georgia.

Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 
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11Receipts for tuition - David C. Barrow, 1861
 
12Report cards - Clara Barrow, 1894-1895
 
13Report cards - Phyllis Jenkins, 1931-1932
 
14Blue List, 1895
 
15Matriculation tickets
 
16Certificates of recommendation, 1925-1928
 
17Alumni lists
 
18The Lightning Bug is Looking For its Lost Alumni
 
19Commencement programs, 1927-1932
 
110Performance programs, 1895-1932
 
111Mary Ann Lipscomb Elementary School of Lucy Cobb Institute - application, statement and brochure
 
112Ballot - Lucy Cobb Referendum - Georgia General Assembly, 1930 May 2
 
113Pandora page announcing women's dormitory opening, 1932
 
114Lucy Cobb Centennial, 1958
 
115Newspaper clippings
 
116Amalthean Literary Society - notes, 1911-1930
 
117Student's Handbook of Rules and Regulations, 1925-1926
 
118A Toast to Miss Millie Rutherford - Laura E. Blackshear
 
119A Tribute to Miss Millie - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow - Athens Daily News, 1967
 
120Laura A. Blackshear - writing - copies
 
121Brumby - writing
 
122Seney-Stovall Chapel - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow - speech
 
123History of Lucy Cobb Institute - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow - draft
 
124History of Lucy Cobb Institute - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow - thesis paper, 1951
 
125Millie Rutherford - correspondence with Board of Trustees, 1926
 
126Correspondence - selection of new principal, 1907
 
127Seney-Stovall - restoration notes and photograph
 
128-31Lucy Cobb - Seney-Stovall, 1953-1997
 
132First Alumni Endowment Fund - unsuccessful, 1918
 
133-34Endowment Fund - correspondence, forms, 1920-1924
 
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21Incorporation amendment, 1872
 
22Subscription Agreement of 1855 - copy, 1907
 
23Inventory of crockery, etcetera, 1908
 
24Bids for repair work, 1907
 
25Indenture and contracts for building, 1907
 
26Invoices, receipts, correspondence for construction, 1907-1909
 
27Invoices, correspondence regarding new pool and gymnasium, 1909
 
28Contracts, leases with principals, 1907-1917
 
29Insurance
 
210Business correspondence, receipts, invoices
 
211Bond certificates, 1908-1918
 
212Receipts, deposits, bonds, checks, 1907-1925
 
213Tuition bill - David Crenshaw Barrow, 1859
 
214Insurance statements, receipts, tax receipts - Emory Christler, 1930-1936
 
215Photograph album - Tallulah Falls
 
216Photograph - French children fostered during WWI
 
217Photographs - group and performances
 
218Photographs - children groups - Phyllis Jenkins
 
219Portrait photographs - undentified African American woman and children
 
220Scrapbook - Patsy Jane Miller, 1934-1935
 
221Program - Golden Jubilee - with notes, 1908 June 3
 
222Science project book - Barbara Jenkins
 
2Scrapbook - Barbara Jenkins
 
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3Notes on Lucy Cobb Institute - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow
 
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4Furniture feet - 4 - glass ball with brass claw - from a table that belonged to Millie Rutherford
 
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11Photograph - Senior class picture - identified on back, 1900
 
12Photograph - Eclectic B class - some identified on back, 1900
 
13Photograph - group on front steps - Clara Barrow identified
 
14Photograph - group - Clara Barrow identified - ghost image on back
 
15Photograph - group on front steps - note to Clara from Miss Millie
 
16-7Photograph - group on front steps
 
18Ledger - cash and bond records, 1907-1910
 
19Photograph album - Elizabeth Carithers - Athens and trips to New England and Cuba, 1901-1907
 
110Scrapbook - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow
 
111Music book - Phyllis Jenkins Barrow
 
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21Scrapbook
 
22PTA scrapbook
 
23Miniature binoculars - Lucy Cobb Institute image in lenses
 
24Small pin dish - inscribed Lucy Cobb Institute
 
25Insect Orchestra - created by Miss Jennie Smith, art teacher
 
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3Student record books, 1888-1897
 
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4Student record books, 1897-1904
 
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5Student record books, 1911-1918
 
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6Student record books, 1918-1926
 
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1Athens Evening Graphic, v.1, no. 72, 1888 June 6
 
1Sight Seeing in Georgia by Mildred Rutherford - Flags and Flowers
 
1Lucy Cobb Dots, Alumni Edition, v.1, no.1, 1917 October 3
 
1Lucy Cobb Dots, v.1, no. 24, 1918 April 3
 
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2Photograph - group of students and faculty
 
2Blueprint - gymnasium and pool
 
2Diploma - Clara Elizabeth Barrow, 1895
 
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3Broadside - Georgia, Items of Interest Prepared by Miss Mildred Rutherford