Lyda Messer Caudill's family, Rowan County, Kentucky.
Title
Lyda Messer Caudill's family , Rowan County , Kentucky .
Creator
Thomas, Jean, 1881-1982 (collector)
Description
Lyda Messer Caudill (left , wearing a hat) poses with three men (including her father , William Messer , second from right) and a young girl outside a church at Christy Creek in Rowan County , Kentucky . The young girl may be her daughter , Leola Margaret Caudill , and one of the men may be her husband , William T . Caudill . Mrs . Caudill , a teacher , was elected superintendent of Rowan County , Kentucky schools in 1906 and founded the first school for African-American students in the county . She was also a singer of traditional Scottish ballads and claimed to be a descendant of Mary Queen of Scots . Title supplied by cataloger .
Subject
Women Men Girls Churches
People Pictured
Caudill, Lyda Messer, 1888-1958 Messer, William, 1856-
Location Depicted
Rowan County (Ky.)
Date Original
192-?- 193-?
Object Type
Negatives
Source
2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. b&w nitrate negative. Item no. 1979.33.0485 in the Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman, Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/jthom/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1979.33.0485
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