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Newman, Frances

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: d. 1928

biographical statement

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Frances Newman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS005
Abstract

Frances Newman served as Georgia Tech's librarian from 1924 to 1926. Her papers are comprised of correspondence and newspaper clippings dealing with her untimely death, as well as typescripts of some of her published and unpublished works.

Dates: 1920-1981 (bulk 1923-1929); Majority of material found within 1923 - 1929

Frances Newman Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: VAM005
Abstract

This collection contains one photograph of Frances Newman. This is the same photograph that appeared in the 1924 Atlanta Constitution article announcing Miss Newman as the new librarian at Georgia Tech.

Dates: ca. 1920-1924

James P. Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS085
Abstract

Dr. James P. Smith was a faculty member of the Georgia Tech English Department. The bulk of the materials constituting this collection are of the scholarly research he conducted on Frances Newman, an author and a librarian at the Georgia Tech Carnegie Library in the 1920s. His goal was to write a biography on Newman and compile a collection of her criticisms, but Dr. Smith passed away suddenly in 1980 before he could accomplish this.

Dates: 1914-1978 (bulk 1923-1928); Majority of material found within 1923 - 1928

Newman Family Grave Stones Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: VAC344
Abstract

The Newman Family Grave Stones Photograph Collection contains 11 color photographs. The photographs, taken circa 1987, document the various grave stones in the Newman family lot in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta.

Dates: ca. 1987

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Subject
Women authors, American. 3
Librarians -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 2
Photographs. 2
American literature -- 20th century. 1
Novels. 1
Scrapbooks. 1
Sepulchral monuments -- Georgia -- Atlanta. 1
Short stories. 1
Typescripts. 1