LU_339Jean Carruthers Boatwright CorrespondenceLU.339Benedict ChatelainGreenwood Library Archives and Special Collections

July 22, 2021

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-07 13:50:40 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections Jean Carruthers Boatwright Correspondence Boatwright, Jean Carruthers. LU.339 .95 Linear Feet .1 legal-sized archival flat box 1885-1948 English . 01 of 01 Restrictions on Access

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 Biographical sketch

Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright was a member of the class of 1886, the second class to graduate from the State Female Normal School after its opening in 1884. After graduation she served twice as State President of the Alumnae Association and was also responsible for organizing the Lynchburg Chapter of Alumnae in 1909. Two of Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright's daughters also graduated from the school. Her eldest daughter, Sallie Jean (Boatwright) Goodman, graduated in 1912 and was the first "granddaughter" to graduate from the institution. The Granddaughters Club was later formed in 1928, its' members made up of daughters and granddaughters of prior graduates. Margaret G. (Boatwright) McIntyre was the second daughter of Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright to graduate from the school in 1913. In 1942, Margaret G. (Boatwright) McIntyre's daughter, Margaret Amelia (McIntyre) Davis, became the third generation of the family to graduate from the school.

 Ownership and Custodial History

In 1948, Margaret G. (Boatwright) McIntyre donated this collection of correspondence to the school via Mary E. Peck, then professor of history. It is unknown when this collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

 General Note

Digitized copies of the correspondence in this collection, as well as transcripts thereof, are available upon request.

 Related Archival Materials

Title--LU-377, Margaret McIntyre Davis Memorabilia. Custodian--Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections: Address--201 High Street, Farmville VA, 23909, Country--USA.

 Scope and content

The correspondence in this collection dates from 1885-1886 and 1948. The (3) pieces of 19th century correspondence were written by Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright to her parents while she was a student at [then] State Female Normal School. The (2) pieces of correspondence from 1948 were written by Margaret (Boatwright) McIntyre to Mary E. Peck and concern the donation of her mother's correspondence to the school.

 Boatwright, Jean Carruthers. Carruthers, Jean. Correspondence, Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright to parentsDecember 24, 188501 of 01

Letter to parents, December 24, 1885

Correspondence, Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright to parentsFebruary 14, 188601 of 01

Letter to parents, February 14, 1886

Correspondence, Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright to parentsMay 9, 188601 of 01

Letter to parents, May 9, 1886

Correspondence, Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright to parents01 of 01

Letter to parents, undated (likely 1886)

Small placard describing Jean (Carruthers) Boatwright correspondence, used in display during Founders Day194901 of 01Correspondence, Margaret (Boatwright) McIntyre to Mary E. PeckOctober 27, 194801 of 01Correspondence, Margaret (Boatwright) McIntyre to Mary E. Peck01 of 01