Bessie Smith papers, 1904-1905.

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Bessie Smith papers, 1904-1905.

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The collection consists of a scrapbook, entitled "Memories of 1905," filled with memorabilia and remembrances of time spent at the State Normal School in Athens. There are notes to and from a young Bessie Smith and her classmates with chatty comments on boyfriends, social events, fashions, and sports. Two fine broadsides advertising University of Georgia baseball contests are pasted in the scrapbook. In addition, accompanying the scrapbook is a photograph labeled "Sophomore class of 1904 S.N.S."

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State Normal School (Athens, Ga.)

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The State Normal School for women opened in 1891 in a university-owned building and later moved to its own campus, in the section of Athens now known as Normaltown. New Georgia Encyclopedia - Athens http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved December 2, 2010) From the description of State Normal School Materials, 1864-1912. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 688616827 ...

University of Georgia. International Student Life Office

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The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. Located in Athens, Georgia, approximately 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, it was the first state-chartered university in the United States. In 2005 U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked UGA 19th in its list of the top 50 public universities for a sixth year in a row. UGA also ranks 58th overall (public and private) in the nation. Today, it is the largest university of the University Syste...

Smith, Bessie

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