- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Frances Newman
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1925
- People:
- Newman, Frances, d. 1928
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Portrait of writer Frances Newman.
Frances Newman was a novelist, translator, critic, book reviewer, and librarian. Newman was born in 1883 in Atlanta, Georgia, the youngest daughter of U.S. district Judge William T. Newman who was a Confederate war hero and Fanny Percy Alexander, a direct descendant of the founder of Knoxville, Tennessee. Frances’ modernist novels The Hard-Boiled Virgin (1926) and Dead Lovers Are Faithful Lovers (1928) featured a satire of southern culture and were banned in Boston for their allusions to sexuality. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.4237.001
ahc1704237001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/1555
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
