- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of doctor, Forsyth, Monroe County, Georgia, ca. 1969]
- Date of Original:
- 1969
- Subject:
- Women's colleges--Georgia--Forsyth
Education--Georgia--Forsyth
Portraits--Georgia--Forsyth - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Monroe County, Forsyth, 33.0343, -83.93824
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Forsyth, ca. 1969. Dr. Carey Vinzant (1904-1980). He served as president of Bessie Tift College from 1952-1969. The school chartered in 1849 as Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute is now known as Tift College. Under Dr. Vinzant's term the physical plant of the school was increased four fold.
2003/07/09: Tift College merged with Mercer University in 1986. With the merger, Mercer promised to uphold the heritage and ideals of the original Tift College. Mercer University maintains a Tift College alumni office. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mnr053
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mnr053
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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