Fountania Program, March 29, 1926
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Folder
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Fountania Program (BCHA-1991.4), Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
Program for "The Gorgeous Floridian Fantasy: Fountania" produced at the Teatro Alegra, Pueblo Feliz, Miami Shores, Florida. Produced by Voegtlin Productions, March 1926. Cover art by McAvoy. Includes signatures of Wallace Jacobs, Leon Holmes, Brooke Monroe, Ruby Rainey, Carrie Heigel, Hart Kitteridge, and Edna Kitteridge. Donor was in the cast of the play.
- Biographical / historical:
In March 1926, Edna Kitteridge (1904-1976) was in the production of "Fountania." The venue, Pueblo Feliz, was completely destroyed in the 1926 hurricane.
Edna received her teaching certificate in 1925 from the Gorham Normal School (now the University of Southern Maine). She was recruited that same year by her Uncle Clint D. Kittredge, Fort Lauderdale's mayor, to be one of the town's first elementary teachers. On May 7, 1927 she married local resident James Wallace Jacobs. Her sister Harriet Kitteridge married James L. Meeks, and they also resided in Fort Lauderdale.
Edna was an educator for 30 years, teaching at the Southside, Westside and Central Schools before serving as Principal of both the Westside and Lauderdale Manors schools.
After her retirement in 1964, Edna was instrumental in organizing the local chapter of the Broward County Retired Educator's Association, serving as its first president and continuing as an active member for many years. She was named a "Broward County Pioneer" by the Broward County Historical Commission in 1979.
- Acquisition information:
- Edna Kitteridge Jacobs donated the materials to the Broward County Historical Commission on 05/14/1991 (Accession BCHA-1991.4).
- Processing information:
This collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Fountania Program is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Fountania Program (BCHA-1991.4), Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
