Grace L. Hyatt memoir

Collection

Collection number: ahc.MSS769f

Scope and Content

This collection contains Grace Hyatt’s memoirs which she composed in intervals between 1980 and 2002. It includes genealogical accounts of the Lorentzson family and several accounts of her life and that of her husband, Spurgeon. Most of these accounts are recollections of her teaching career in Brunswick, Collins, and Canton, as well as her courtship with Spurgeon.

Dates

2002

Creator

Hyatt, Grace Lorentzson (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.

Administrative/Biographical History

Grace Lorentzson Hyatt (1910-2011) grew up in Brunswick, Georgia. She taught English composition at Collins High School in Collins, Georgia, from 1930-1934, and later moved back with her family to teach at Brunswick High School. In 1935 she married Spurgeon Hyatt (1904-1987) from Canton, Georgia, and had three sons: Thomas, Ken, and Wayne. Hyatt lived and taught in Canton until she moved to Roswell in 1992.