MCCANDLESS, FRANCES AUGUSTA COLEMAN, 1819-1889.
Frances Augusta Coleman McCandless papers, 1845-1929 (bulk 1845-1885)

Emory University

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Atlanta, GA 30322

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Descriptive Summary

Creator: McCandless, Frances Augusta Coleman, 1819-1889.
Title: Frances Augusta Coleman McCandless papers, 1845-1929 (bulk 1845-1885)
Call Number:Manuscript Collection No. 254
Extent: .25 linear ft. (1 box)
Abstract:Papers of Frances Augusta Coleman McCandless, teacher and writer, including notebooks containing literature and Latin assignments, poems, notes, and the partial draft of a play.
Language:Materials entirely in English.

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Unrestricted access.

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All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.

Source

Gift, 1979.

Citation

[after identification of item(s)], Frances Augusta Coleman McCandless papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.

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Collection Description

Biographical Note

Frances Augusta Coleman McCandless (1819-1899) was born in West Haven, Rutland County, Vermont, and attended Patapsco Female Institute (Ellicott City, Md.), ca. 1845. She was a teacher for over forty years in South Carolina and Georgia.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of the papers of Frances Augusta Coleman McCandless from 1845-1929. The papers include three notebooks containing literature and Latin assignments, poems, notes and a partial draft of a play written by Frances Augusta Coleman at Patapsco Female Institute (Ellicott City, Md.) circa 1845. The collection also includes essays, accounts, and letters, most of them written by Coleman as a student; a book regarding the history of the Pynchon family (1885), and biographical information pertaining to Frances A.C. McCandless, including McCandless family genealogy; and a copy of the Emory Phoenix (1929).

Arrangement Note

Arranged and described at the fole level by Kathy Shoemaker, 2018.

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Container List

Box Folder Content
1 1 Correspondence, [1849], 1874
1 2 Notebooks (2), 1845, 1865 and undated
1 3 Notebook, 1846-1853
1 4 Essays, undated
1 5 Patapsco Female Institute, fees, 1845
1 6 Record of the Pynchon Family in England and America compiled by Dr. J.C. Pynchon (1885) which includes newspaper clipping “Early Settlers of New England,” undated
1 7 Emory Phoenix (1929)
1 8 Biographical information pertaining to Frances A.C. McCandless, including McCandless family genealogy, [1979]
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