Letters and report cards, 1881-1895 and n.d.

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Letters and report cards, 1881-1895 and n.d.

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Chiefly letters (1893-1895) to Lyons from Happie and Frank Snider in Senatobia, Miss., and Cincinnatti, Ohio. There are also letters to Lyons from her daughter Ella and son Willie, in addition to Happie's 1881 and 1882 report cards from the Mount Pleasant Institute and the Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Institute in Mt. Pleasant, Pa. The majority of the letters from the Sniders detail the poor health and ongoing development of their young son, Joe. However, the Sniders also comment on various African American Christian denominations, preachers, and practices (including a "meeting," a cemetery, and burying practices in Mississippi); the separate girls and boys classes in their (unnamed) school; and their travel plans for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Acquired as part of the George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana. (01-026).

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7569229

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana

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The George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana (sometimes referred to as the George Washington Flowers Memorial Collection) honors George Washington Flowers, a trustee of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) from 1897-1918. Some of his children graduated from Trinity College, including Robert Lee Flowers, President of Duke University from 1941-1948. The collection was established and endowed by his children for the purpose of collecting materials concerning the history and literature o...

Lyons, Mary P.

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Resident of Uniontown (Fayette Co.), Pa., in the 1890s. Her daughter, Happie Lyons Snider, and son-in-law, Frank Snider, taught school in Senatobia, Miss., during the 1890s. From the description of Letters and report cards, 1881-1895 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46719300 ...

Snider, Happie Lyons.

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Snider, Frank Parmer, 1940-

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Western Pennsylvania Classical and Scientific Institute.

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