Mother Mynders

Creators

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Source Collection

Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0475.73218_001.001

Description

Pobrecita Richerson Mynders was the wife of Seymour Allen Mynders, the first President of the West Tennessee Normal School. Known to the students as "Mother Mynders" she was the school's first librarian and "house mother". She is seen here with Sam Johnson (left) and Henry Jacobs (right).

Date Created

2023

Date

1910s

Recommended Citation

"Mother Mynders" (2023). Memphis State University. 47.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar1/47