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Mary Virginia Bryan school papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1215

Scope and Content

This collection contains documentation of Mary Virginia Davis's education. The bulk of the materials are grammar, arithmetic, and spelling workbooks from E. Rivers School in Atlanta, Georgia. Other school papers include graduation achievement documents, and an E. Rivers School 1946-1947 yearbook titled The Rivers Overflow. There is also a World War II ration book and a wedding dress invoice for Mary Virginia Brown, Bryan's great-grandmother.

Dates

  • 1874-1952, undated

Creator

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Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright.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

Mary Virginia Bryan (1934- ) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Robert F. Bryan (1904-2006) and Frances Connally Spalding Bryan (1909-1996). Mary Virginia was the great-granddaughter of Mary Virginia Brown Connally (1850-1927), the daughter of Georgia Governor Joseph Emerson Brown (1821-1894). Bryan attended E. Rivers Kindergarten and Elementary Schools from 1939-1947, North Fulton High School from 1947 to 1950, and graduated from Northside High School in 1952. Bryan continued her education at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. She married Jarrett LaFayette Davis III (1929- ) in 1955 and they had three children, Frances Spalding Davis Roberts (1956- ), Jarrett L. Davis IV (1957- ), and Robert Bryan Davis.

Extent

0.52 linear ft. (one document case)

Language

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically to titles supplied by staff.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 2008, with subsequent additions.

Related Materials

Constance Spalding Anderson photographs of the Brown, Connally, and Spalding families, VIS 429, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center

General

MSS 1215 was previously processed as MSS 912f.

Description Control

This collection was processed in 2019.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Mary Virginia Bryan school papers
Subtitle
ahc.MSS1215
Author
Emma Jones
Date
July 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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