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Coleman Family Papers 1899-1912

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Contents List

Series 1 - Marie Clarke Coleman, 1899-1902 and undated

Box 1

Folder 1     Letter to Mrs. W. Lee Coleman (Mother), ca. 1899

Folder 2     Programs, 1899-1902 and undated

  • Program, Commencement Exercises: Greenville Female College, June 15, 1899 (photocopy)
  • Program, Commencement: Furman University and Greenville Female College, June 9-12, 1902 (photocopy)
  • Program, Judson Literary Society, March 25, 1902 (photocopy)
  • Program, Judson Literary Society, June 10, 1902 (photocopy)
  • Program, Graduation announcement (photocopy), Greenville Female College, 1902, envelope addressed to Miss Charlotte Manly

Folder 3     Photographs, undated

  • “ ‘Darlings’(?)”; “A rip-snortin set” [names listed on verso]; five females posing on the grass with buildings in the background.
  • “GFC- Greenville, SC”; view of a decorated fireplace, mantle and wall; pillows on floor in front of fireplace.
  • “In front of a F.C. (female college)”; A line of females posing outside.
  • “Just for fun”; seven female students in uniforms posing in and around a tree.
  • “Roguishness- A memento of the sporty times at GFC”; Maude Walker, Melita Clyburn, and Marie Coleman posing around a tree.
  • Professional photo by Fitzgerald photography (Greenville, SC); seven women leaning on one another, names on verso.

Folder 4     Photograph Album 1902-1905

Folder 5 Accretion # 2010-078

  • Composition Book, undated.
  • Composition Book, lecture notes, 1898
  • Newspaper clipping, “Death of Miss Marie Coleman,” June 1907 (photocopy)

Series 2 - Edith Coleman, 1906-1912

Box 2

Folder 1 - Graduation Announcement, Greenville Female College, 1909

Folder 2 - Photograph Album 1906-1912