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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 (1865-1946) was the wife of Seymour Allen Mynders, the first President of the West Tennessee State Normal School. She remained at the school for many years after her husband's death in 1913. Known to the students as "Mother Mynders" she was the school's first librarian and "house mother". She is seen here in front of the Administration Building with Sam Johnson (left) and Henry Jacobs (right), circa 1930.
Date Created
2021
Date
circa 1930
Recommended Citation
""Mother" Mynders, West Tennessee State Teachers College, circa 1930" (2021). Memphis State University. 47.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar1/47
Keywords
Mynders, Pobrecita Richerson (1865-1946); West Tennessee State Teachers College.
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