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Mrs. S. L. Cawthon Letter, October 2, 1914

 

Summary

Extent:
1.00 items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Mrs. S. L. Cawthon Letter, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1964-051

Background

Scope and content:

The letter was written on genuine birch bark by Mrs. S. L. Cawthon, October 2, 1914, while on vacation at Springfield, Vermont, and was addressed to "My Dear Girls." The letter is quite legible and contains some excellent descriptions of the areas in Vermont where she was vacationing.

Biographical / historical:

Sarah Hulse Landrum Cawthon (S.L. Cawthon) was born in Milton, Florida, in 1868, to Mr. Casimir Alonzo Landrum and Mrs. Mary Jane Inge Landrum. She graduated from the State Normal School of DeFuniak, Florida in 1890, and began teaching at various finishing and public schools. She married Stephen Devon Cawthon in 1893. In 1910, after her husbands death she accepted her position at Florida State College for Women becoming the Dean of the College Home for 15 years. She retired in 1925 and lived in North florida until her death on March 15,1942 in Pensacola, Florida. Cawthon Hall dormitory, built in 1946 on the Florida State University Campus, was named in her honor.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. J.H. (Irma) Trammel Moseley.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Mrs. S. L. Cawthon Letter, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1964-051

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA