Livy Carlton scrapbook, 1894-1897.

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Livy Carlton scrapbook, 1894-1897.

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The collection consists of a scrapbook signed on verso of front cover "Livy Carlton 'Cloverhurst'. Lucy Cobb Institute. 1894. Athens, Ga." This scrapbook essentially consists of cutouts of advertisements of the period with autograph verses of scripture relating to the pictures. There are also inserted several newspaper clippings and colorful advertising cards. Twelve leaves are filled with pasted-on items while other materials are inserted interlinearly on the blanks.

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Carlton, Livy.

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The Lucy Cobb Institute, a secondary school for young women in Athens, was founded in 1859 by Thomas R.R. Cobb, a prominent lawyer and proslavery writer. Between 1880 and 1928 Cobb's niece Mildred Lewis Rutherford, a Lucy Cobb graduate, taught at the school. She served as principal for twenty-two of those years. Rutherford's work in women's clubs, most significantly the United Daughters of the Confederacy, made her one of the best-known women in Georgia of her day. Her national repu...

Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.)

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The Lucy Cobb Institute, a secondary school for young women in Athens, was founded in 1859 by Thomas R.R. Cobb, a prominent lawyer and proslavery writer. Between 1880 and 1928 Cobb's niece Mildred Lewis Rutherford, a Lucy Cobb graduate, taught at the school. She served as principal for twenty-two of those years... Despite its success, the institute struggled to maintain high enrollment and keep its bills paid. The school faced acute financial difficulties in the 1920s, mostly because of the agri...