Title:
Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to Celestia Muse Southgate, March 26, 1882: Electronic Edition.
Author:
Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Funder:
Funding by the Institute of Museum of Library Services (IMLS) and the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), with support provided through North Carolina ECHO.
Transcription Information:
Text transcribed by: Trudi Abel
Images scanned by: Digital Production Center
Text encoded by: Katherine M. Wisser
Transcription Edition:
Edition: First edition,
Date: 2006
Publication Information:
Publisher: Duke University Libraries
Date: 2006
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Source Information:
Title: Letter from Mattie Logan Southgate to Celestia Muse Southgate, March 26, 1882
Author: Mattie Logan Southgate
Date: 18820326
Note: Mattie Logan Southgate writes her sister Lessie (Celestia Muse) Southgate with news of festive and somber events at the Wesleyan Female Institute. She provides a vivid description of Alma Ivey's death from "tiphoid and brain fever," the visit of Alma's mother to school, and the funeral procession from school to the railroad depot. Mattie tells Lessie about her new interest in drawing and her lessons with Reverend Harris' daughter, Mattie. She discusses her coursework with Lizzie Daniels in vocal music and her plans to study art and musical elocution in the next year. Mattie notes that she visited Edmund Berkeley's studio and she promises to send her sister a photograph.
P: James Southgate papers, 1794-1944 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Class: Music -- Instruction and study -- Texas -- 19th century
Class: Daniels, Lizzie
Class: Durham (N.C.) -- History
Class: Women musicians -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Women -- Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Class: Women -- Education
Class: Powers, Florence
Class: Harris, Mattie
Class: Ivey, Alma d. 1882
Class: Dead
Class: Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Class: Ricketts, Mettie
Class: Tannehill, Fany
Class: Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Music -- Instruction and study -- Southern states -- 19th century
Class: Education -- Southern states -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Class: Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Berkeley, Edmund
Class: Photography -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Photography of women -- Virginia
Class: Photography -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Class: Harris, Mattie
Class: Harris, William A., b. 1830
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Class: Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Class: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Class: Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Virginia -- 19th century
Class: Music -- Instruction and study -- Virginia -- 19th century
Class: Sisters -- Correspondence
Class: Death -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Class: Death -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Class: Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Class: Southgate, Lessie
Class: Staunton (Va.)
Class: Goliad (Tex.)
Class: Durham (N.C.)
Class: Danville (Va.)

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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Music -- Instruction and study -- Texas -- 19th century
Daniels, Lizzie
Durham (N.C.) -- History
Women musicians -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Women -- Education
Powers, Florence
Harris, Mattie
Ivey, Alma d. 1882
Dead
Diseases -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
Ricketts, Mettie
Tannehill, Fany
Communication in the family -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Music -- Instruction and study -- Southern states -- 19th century
Education -- Southern states -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Family -- Social life and customs -- Southern states
Women in communication -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Berkeley, Edmund
Photography -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Photography of women -- Virginia
Photography -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Simmons, Celestia Muse Southgate, 1863-1914
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate
Harris, Mattie
Harris, William A., b. 1830
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.)
Wesleyan Female Institute (Staunton, Va.) -- Students -- History -- 19th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Southern states -- History -- 19th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Virginia -- 19th century
Music -- Instruction and study -- Virginia -- 19th century
Sisters -- Correspondence
Death -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century
Death -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
Jones, Mattie Logan Southgate, b. 1865
Southgate, Lessie
Staunton (Va.)
Goliad (Tex.)
Durham (N.C.)
Danville (Va.)

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