- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Martha Berry
- Date of Original:
- 1866/1942
- Subject:
- Educators--Georgia--Rome
Women educators--Georgia--Rome
Women philanthropists--Georgia--Rome
Philanthropists--Georgia--Rome
Berry Schools
Berry College
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Rome
Fund raisers (Persons)--Georgia--Rome
Women college administrators--Georgia--Rome
College administrators--Georgia--Rome
Berry, Martha, 1866-1942 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Rome, 34.25704, -85.16467
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Martha Berry, the daughter of a wealthy Floyd County planter, founded several "Berry Schools" that were established to provide poor children in the north Georgia mountains with the opportunity to earn an education. In 1902 she founded in Rome the school that would become Berry College
Photograph of a young Martha McChesney Berry, founder of the Berry Schools that were established to provide poor children in the north Georgia mountains with the opportunity to earn an education. These schools of the early 1900s grew within three decades into Berry College, a comprehensive liberal arts college. As a result of her work of forty years with the schools and college, Berry is among Georgia's most prominent women of the first half of the twentieth century. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/martha-berry-1866-1942/m-1758/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Berry College Archives
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/martha-berry-1866-1942
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/berry-college
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/rome
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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