Mary T. McCouattria Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MSN/MN 10001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of twelve incoming letters written to Mary T. McCouattria, an African American schoolteacher from Rome, Georgia.

Dates

Creation: undated

Creator

McCouattria, Mary T., 1877-? (Person)

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Biographical / Historical

Mary T. McCouattria (1877-?) received her education at the Presbyterian Parochial School in Rome, Georgia, before attending the Barber-Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina. McCouattria remained at the college as an instructor in dress-making before returning home to Rome in 1908 due to her mother’s illness. She began her teaching career in Rome as a substitute teacher at the first black elementary school in Rome, Georgia, and continued to teach for forty-four years, retiring in 1952.