Frances Smith Foster papers, 1980-2009.

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Frances Smith Foster papers, 1980-2009.

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The collection consists of the professional papers of Frances Smith Foster, from 1980 -2009. The papers include her writings, correspondence, subject and research files, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of her writings and research files for the two books on love and marriage in the African American community in the 18th and 19th centuries. Much of the correspondence and other subject files relate to her tenure as chair of the Women's Studies department and also the English department at Emory University.

26 linear ft. (26 boxes and 1 oversized paper (OP))

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7614716

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory university

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The Baccalaureate service is an inter-religious ceremony for all graduating Emory University students receiving bachelor's degrees and consists of prayers, music, and an address by the Emory University President. The Commencement ceremony includes all Emory University graduates and consists of an address by the commencement speaker, the conferral of honorary degrees and awards, and the conferral of degrees en masse. From the description of Emory University Baccalaureate and Commencem...

Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911

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Frances Harper was born September 24, 1825 in Baltimore, Maryland to free parents. Her writing career began in 1839 for anti-slavery publications. She published two books of poetry (1845, 1854). In 1859, Harper published the short story "The Two Offers" in Anglo-African Magazine, making her the first Black woman to publish a short story. She also wrote 3 serialized novels for magazines in 1868-1888, and another novel in 1892. Starting in 1850, Harper moved to Ohio and began work as the first...

Foster, Frances Smith

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Frances Smith Foster, an African American professor of women's and African American literature and culture, taught at Emory from 1994-2009. Her books include 'TIL DEATH OR DISTANCE DO US PART: LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN AFRICAN AMERICA (2010), LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN EARLY AFRICAN AMERICA (2007), WITNESSING SLAVERY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANTE-BELLUM SLAVE NARRATIVE (1994), and WRITTEN BY HERSELF: LITERARY PRODUCTION BY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, 1746-1892 (1993). She has also edited many works, including M...