 Manuscript 2006.02SEPTIMA KOEHLER LETTERSMS-2006.02 1908-1909 SOURCE: Georgia Department of Archives SIZE: 1 folder 10 photographs SHELVING UNIT: 1 folder PROCESSING: BNJ, 2007 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Septima Koehler (1848-1918) was an Indiana school teacher who later served as a mission worker with "Native Americans in South Dakota, 1896-1906, African Americans in Nashville, Tennessee, 1906-1908, and mill workers in LaGrange, Georgia, 1908-1909" according to the Indiana Historical Society and Indiana State Library. In LaGrange, she worked with the Mission of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal Mission. SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection consists of a letter written by Septima ("Seppie") to relatives in which she describes her decision to move from Nashville to LaGrange. Three letters describe her work as a night school teacher at the "Mission." Insightful accounts are given of her life and work among people of the Elm City area and descriptions of LaGrange and its citizens. One letter details her own illness and treatment by Dr. Henry Slack, a local physician. Ten photographs of the Elm City area, during the time period, are part of the collection. Transcriptions of the letters, by Rev. William McLemore of the Episcopal Church of LaGrange, are included. CONTAINER LIST: 1 folder 10 photographs TRACINGS: Businesses-LaGrange Churches-LaGrange Elm City Mill Textile Mills SEPTIMA KOEHLER LETTERS MS-2006.02 1908-1909 Description……………………..1 Biographical Note……………...1 Scope and Content……………..1 Container List………………….1 Tracings………………………1
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