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Jo Beth Garrard photograph collection, 1915-1976
Photographs dated from 1915 to 1976 of Jo Beth Apperson, Atlanta Symphony harpist, as a child, at recitals, and in promotional portraits.
More About This Collection
Creator
Garrard, Jo Beth (Josephine Cornelia Elizabeth Apperson), 1909-
Publisher
Jo Beth Garrard photograph collection, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.
Date of Original
1915/1976
Subject
Dobbs, Mary Butt Griffith
Keelin, Margie
Marsh, Bynum, Mrs.
Moore, Jacquelin
De La Fuente, James
Atlanta Harp Quartet (Atlanta, Ga.)
White, Marion
Clothing and dress--Georgia--Atlanta
Musical instruments--Georgia--Atlanta
Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium
photographs
visual works
Description
This collection consists of images of Jo Beth Apperson, as a child, at recitals, and in promotional portraits. Also included are photographs of her family, and three images of violinist James De La Fuente., Josephine "Jo Beth" Cornelia Elizabeth Apperson (1909 - ) was the daughter of Mr. Lawrence Apperson and Mrs Caroline Middlebrooks of Atlanta. She is of the tenth generation of the Middlebrooks family (who founded the Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga). Her maternal grandfather served the Confederacy as a surgeon in the 17th Ga Infantry. Jo Beth Apperson graduated from the Washington Seminary in 1928 with both her graduation diploma and a certificate in the Harp. She played her harp for many social events and charities, and as a guest for the Atlanta Symphony. On May 8, 1930 she was married to Mr. Walter Martin Garrard of Birmingham Alabama. They had three daughters and also raised an additional three foster children. Jo Beth was head of the Weslyan Conservatory Boys Department for some time, and in retirement she worked as a "Grey Lady" at the Georgia Mental Health Consortium working with patients who were parapalegics and often alcoholics.
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.
Holding Institution
Atlanta History Center