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Title
Columbia
Athenaeum
,
School
for
Young
Ladies
Alternate Title
Athenaeum, Columbia, Tennessee
Date
ca.
1860
Genre
Chromolithographs
Description
Color
poster
advertising
the
Columbia
Athenaeum
. The
composition
is
divided
into a
main
image
of the
campus
, with
two
diamond-shaped
vignettes
at
top
corner
, and
three
scenes
of the
grounds
below
.
Historical note
The
Columbia
Athenaeum
, a
school
for
young
women
in
Columbia
,
Tennessee
, was
founded
in
1852
by
Reverend
Franklin
Gillette
Smith
(1797-1866)
after
he
left
the
Columbia
Female
Institute
,
where
he had been
headmaster
since
1837
. The
former
school
had been
founded
by
locally
prominent
citizens
,
including
Episcopal
Bishop
of
Tennessee
James
Hervey
Otey
and
Reverend
Leonidas
Polk
(1806-1864)
,
Bishop
of the
Southwest
Territory
.
Otey
,
Polk
, and
other
Episcopal
leaders
were also
instrumental
in
founding
the
University
of the
South
at
Sewanee
,
although
neither
lived
to
see
it
open
after
the
Civil
War
.
While
the
Columbia
Female
Institute
closed
during
the
war
,
Smith
and his
wife
worked
tirelessly
to
keep
the
Athenaeum
boarding
school
open
for any
young
ladies
who
cared
to
stay
,
fearful
that the
buildings
might
be
destroyed
in their
absence
.
Columbia
, the
county
seat
of
Maury
County
,
which
encompasses
some
of the
richest
farmland
in the
state
,
became
a
stronghold
of
Confederate
sympathies
during
the
war
.
Among
the
owners
of
many
of the
large
plantations
in the
surrounding
area
can
be
found
several
Confederate
generals
,
including
Gideon
Pillow
and
Leonidas
Polk
.
Polk
,
who
was a
graduate
of
West
Point
,
resigned
from his
post
as
Bishop
of
Louisiana
to
fight
in the
army
.
Subject
Education
;
Columbia
Female
Institute
;
Smith
,
Franklin
Gillette
;
Otey
,
James
Hervey
;
Polk
,
Leonidas
;
Pillow
,
Gideon
;
University
of the
South
,
Sewanee
,
Tennessee
;
Episcopal
Church
;
Girls--1860-1870
;
Polk
,
Leonidas
;
Otey
,
James
Hervey
;
Pillow
,
Gideon
Theme
Holding Fast to Beauty
Capture the Flag
Story
Education of Young Women
Souveniring
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Columbia
;
United
States--Tennessee--Sewanee
Time period
1860-1869
Language
eng
Rights
Images
reproduced
on this
website
are
intended
for
individual
,
educational
use
only
. For
research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
,
contact
the
Maury
County
Archives
.
Credit line
The Athenaeum Rectory, courtesy Maury County Archives
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Contributing Institution
Maury County Archives
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Source
Cincinnati
,
OH
:
Krebz
Lithography
Company
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