Women in higher education
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Asa G. and Carolyn D. Yancey papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1293
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, organizational documents, certificates, campaign materials, speeches, audiocassette tapes, and clippings. Most of the material is related to Carolyn D. Yancey’s involvement as a Board of Education and Board of Regents member. Folders include congratulatory letters, a fascimile from Henry G. Neal, and drafted letters from Carolyn D. Yancey to Henry G. Neal (1923-2010). Material related to Asa G. Yancey document his involvement in the Atlanta Public...
Dates:
1916-2001, undated
Catherine M. Howett papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1289
Scope and Contents
This collection contains articles, awards, book reviews, correspondence, event pamphlets and programs, and project materials that document the life and career of Catherine M. Howett. Also included are materials produced during the exhibition Land of Our Own curated by Howett and sponsored by Atlanta Historical Society (later Atlanta History Center) including a concept design, exhibition catalogue, and scrapbook. Of particular note are Howett's thesis,...
Dates:
1957-2015, undated
Catherine M. Howett photographs and landscape drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS538
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and landscape drawings that document the professional work and projects of Catherine M. Howett created during her career as a landscape architect and historian. Of particular interest are photographs of landscape plans and project models produced while Howett was a student at the School of Environmental Design (later College of Environment + Design) at University of Georgia.
Dates:
1973-2004, undated
Clara Mildred Thompson photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS465
Scope and Contents
This collection features photographs documenting Clara Mildred Thompson's life, including images from her time as a student and the dean of Vassar College. Also featured are portraits of notable public figures, including President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), and personalized autographed portraits of celebrities. Of particular note are images of the signing conference for the Final Act of the Constitution of the United States Educational,...
Dates:
1884-1971, undated
Meguiar ephemera
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS920f
Scope and Content
This collection contains ephemera found in the Cherokee Garden Library historic book, Floral Keepsakes (1854) by John Keese (1805-1856). The book was owned and inscribed by sisters Sweetie and Mary Lizzie Meguiar. Items include correspondence and essays written by the Meguair sisters while attending College in Kentucky. Also a part of the collection are letters from friends, such as Helen Mary Shelby (1857-1904), also a student of the same college. The...
Dates:
approximately 1850-1880, undated