Columbia Female Institute




Articles & Books

Merriam, Lucius S. Higher Education in Tennessee, Contributions to American Educational History, no. 16. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1893.



Manuscripts & Archives

Chester, Mary Jane. Papers, 1840-44, 1873. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Microfilm.

Henry, Gustavus A. Papers. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Online manuscript inventory: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Henry,Gustavus_A..

Howe, Chiliab Smith. Papers. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Online manuscript inventory: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/h/Howe,Chiliab_Smith

Polk Family. Papers, 1864-1938. Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection includes letters from Frances Devereux Polk, who taught at the Columbia Female Institute, to her daughter, Frances Polk Skipwith.

Wilson, George. Papers, 1834-39. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
Includes correspondence between Wilson and his daughter, Sarah Greer Wilson, while she attended Columbia Female Institute in 1838 and 1839.


Women in Tennessee History: Education

Ken Middleton kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu
Todd Library, Middle Tennessee State University