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Atkins family papers

Correspondence and writings, photographs, and newspaper clippings chiefly by and about Florence Ewell Atkins, her speeches, and her work with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, dating from 1912-1946.

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Creator
Atkins, E. C., Rev.
Atkins, Florence Ewell

Date of Original
1912/1946

Subject
Atkins family
Women--Suffrage--Georgia
State Prison Farm (Milledgeville, Ga.)
Prison ministry
Orators--United State
Temperance advocate
Temperance--United States--Societies, etc.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union

People
Atkins, E. C., Rev.
Atkins, Florence Ewell

Location
United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321

Medium
speeches (documents)

Type
Text

Description
This collection contains correspondence and writings, photographs, and newspaper clippings chiefly by and about Florence Ewell Atkins, her speeches, and her work with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Reverend E. C. Atkins (1855-1949) was a Methodist clergyman who worked with prisoners at the State Prison Farm in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was married to Florence Ewell (1863-1940), a well-known, national speaker for the Women's Christian Temperance Union, on the subjects of Temperance and Woman's Suffrage. Their son, D. Ewell Atkins (1887-1956) was married to Helen Wilkinson (1886-1968).

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/guan_4258

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Hargrett Library

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