Hortense M. Orcutt papers, 1904-1922.

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Hortense M. Orcutt papers, 1904-1922.

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This collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, advertisements, newspaper clippings, magazines, catalogs, certificates, meeting minutes, annual reports, and other miscellaneous materials from 1904 to 1922 belonging to Hortense M. Orcutt. These papers cover Orcutt's career as a supervisor of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten in Savannah, Georgia.

2 boxes (1.5 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7327191

Georgia Historical Society

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Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten (Savannah, Ga.)

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The Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten in Savannah, Ga., was started in 1899 by George Johnson Baldwin (1856-1927) and his sisters as a memorial to their mother. The project was continued by his children, George Hull Baldwin and Dorothea Irwin, and grew into a city-wide system of kindergartens and a training school for kindergarten teachers. The kindergarten operated under the direction of Martha G. Waring, 1899-1907; Hortense M. Orcutt (died 1936), 1907-1936; and Augusta Stuart Clay and Ruth Peeple...

Orcutt, Hortense M., d. 1936.

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Hortense M. Orcutt was born in Conway, Massachusetts and was the daughter of William Baker and Mary Elizabeth Orcutt. She attended the Ethical Cultural School in New York, New York where she studied to become a kindergarten teacher. Orcutt worked as a kindergarten teacher and principals of kindergarten programs in New York before accepting the position of supervisor of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten program in Savannah, Georgia. Orcutt held this job until her death in Savannah in 1936. The K...