Higbee School, Memphis

Publications of the Higbee School for young women in Memphis, Tennessee, that was established by Jenny M. Higbee (1839-1903). Higbee taught at St. Mary's School and then the Court Street Female High School until she was recruited to head the Presbyterian Grammar and High School. In 1878 she opened her own school in the Robertson Topp mansion on Beale Street which became The Higbee School in 1882. A new building was constructed next door on the corner of Beale and Lauderdale to accommodate the expanding school. The school survived Higbee's death in 1903 under two of her teachers, Hattie L. White and Mary E. Pim, but closed in 1914.

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Annual Catalogue of Higbee School, Memphis, 1913-1914

Thirty-Third Annual Catalogue of Higbee School, Memphis, 1913-1914.
French Fete program, Higbee School alumnae, 1908

Program of the French Fete given by the Higbee School alumnae for the memorial fountain to be erected in Overton Park, Memphis, Tennessee, at the Lyceum Theatre on April 25, 1908. The event was arranged by Harriet M. Bogardus and featured Professor William Saxby's Orchestra and the accompanist was Mrs. Elma Ney McClure. The event was organized to fund a memorial for Jenny Higbee, the late principal of the Higbee School. The memorial was constructed in 1908 near where the Brooks Museum now stands and was moved to its present site in the Formal Gardens around 1959.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 1:2, 1907

Vol. 1, No. 2 of "The Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in November 1907.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:1, 1908

Vol. 2, No. 1 of "Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in October 1908.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:1, 1908

Vol. 2, No. 1 of "The Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in April 1908.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:2, 1908

Vol. 2, No. 2 of "Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in November 1908.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:2, 1908

Vol. 2, No. 2 of "The Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in May 1908.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:3, 1908

Vol. 2, No. 3 of "Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in December 1908.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:3, 1908

Vol. 2, No. 3 of "The Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in June 1908.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:4, 1909

Vol. 2, No. 4 of "Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in January 1909.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:6, 1909

Vol. 2, No. 6 of "Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in March 1909.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:7, 1909

Vol. 2, No. 7 of "Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in April 1909.
Higbee Magazine, Vol. 2:8, 1909

Vol. 2, No. 8 of "Higbee Magazine", the student publication of the Higbee School, Memphis, Tennessee, published in May 1909.