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  Cornelia Otis Skinner at Memphis State University, 1963

  Flier for a performance of Modern Character Sketches by Cornelia Otis Skinner at the Main Auditorium of Memphis State University on Thursday, February 14, 1963.

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  Elocution Class Recital Program, Arkansas College, 1896

  Program for a recital on February 27, 1896, by the elocution class of Arkansas College taught by Augusta Malone. Arkansas College was founded in 1872 in Batesville, Arkansas, and became Lyon College in 1994.

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  Florence Synodical Female College program, 1855

  Program for vocal and instrumental concerts performed by the students of Florence Synodical Female College in Florence, Alabama, on December 21 and 22, 1855. Founded in 1855 by the Presbyterian Synod of Nashville, Florence Synodical Female College trained genteel young women to take their place in the home and drawing room. The students came from across the South but mainly from northwest Alabama, and numbered around 100 in any year. The campus (which sat on the site of the current Florence Post Office) consisted of two substantial brick buildings: a dormitory and an academic building. Financial difficulties exacerbated by competition from other schools forced the college to close in 1893.

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  Florence Wesleyan University commencement program, 1856

  Commencement program for Florence Wesleyan University, Florence, Alabama, dated Wednesday, July 9, 1856. Benjamin Hicks Malone is listed as providing a musical piece in the program. Florence Wesleyan University began when LaGrange College's students and teachers sought a new location in Florence. The majority of the faculty and students left the original site of LaGrange College - across the river from Florence (4 miles south of Leighton, Alabama)- in 1855. The college began holding classes at the Florence Masonic Hall because construction of their building, Wesleyan Hall, had not been completed. The college closed during the Civil War and, while it reopened afterwards, it struggled and closed in 1871. In 1872 the school was deeded to the state of Alabama by the Methodist Church and reopened as State Normal School.

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  Marion Female Seminary program, 1901

  Program for a faculty recital at the Marion Female Seminary in Marion, Alabama, on October 25, 1901. Augusta Malone is listed as a reader. The Marion Female Seminary was established in 1836 and was owned by the city of Marion from 1918 to 1930, at which time it was transferred to state ownership for use as a Perry County public school.

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  Potter College, Kentucky, card, circa 1893

  An advertising card produced by Potter College in Bowling Green, Kentucky, from circa 1893. Augusta Malone attended the college. Pleasant J. Potter College was established in 1889 and educated both local girls and boarders in its large classroom and dormitory building until 1909. In that year, financial difficulties and President Benjamin F. Cabell's failing health forced him to close Potter College. In May 1909, Henry Hardin Cherry, president of the Western Kentucky State Normal School (now Western Kentucky University), which occupied premises further down the hill on College Street, negotiated the purchase of Potter College’s land and buildings together with some 160 surrounding acres.

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  Potter College, Kentucky, Quadrennial Announcement, 1893

  Quadrennial Announcement of Potter College for Young Ladies in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for 1893. Amongst the list of students is Augusta Malone. Pleasant J. Potter College was established in 1889 and educated both local girls and boarders in its large classroom and dormitory building until 1909. In that year, financial difficulties and President Benjamin F. Cabell's failing health forced him to close Potter College. In May 1909, Henry Hardin Cherry, president of the Western Kentucky State Normal School (now Western Kentucky University), which occupied premises further down the hill on College Street, negotiated the purchase of Potter College’s land and buildings together with some 160 surrounding acres.

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  The L.L.L. Star, Edward McGehee College, Woodville, Mississippi, 1899

  The first edition of "The L.L.L. Star", the newspaper published by students in the Longfellow Literary League of Edward McGehee College under the direction of Augusta Malone on March 29, 1899. Judge and plantation owner Edward McGehee (1786-1880) erected the Edward McGehee College for Girls at Woodville, Mississippi, in 1861.

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  Trezevant High School Play Program, circa 1925

  Program for the play "The Zander-Gump Wedding" based on contemporary comic-strip characters, performed at Trezevant High School in Trezevant, Tennessee, probably in the mid- to late-1920s. Among the performers were Dr. John Holmes and Florence Holmes.

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  Trezevant High School recital program, 1927

  Program for a certificate recital of Longfellow's "Melodrama of Hiawatha" by Josie Singleton and Loy Tate at Trezevant High School in Trezevant, Tennessee, on April 18, 1927. Augusta Malone Holmes is noted as their teacher.

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  Wolf Creek Banner, Milan, Tennessee, June 23, 1943

  The "Wolf Creek Banner" was produced by the employees of the Wolf Creek Ordnance Plant in Milan, Tennessee, operated by the Proctor and Gamble Defense Corporation during World War II. Florence Holmes worked at the plant and is mentioned in this June 23, 1943 issue (Vol. 2, No. 3).