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Title
Miss
Edith
Cress
--
graduated
1913
.
Creator
Matlack, Claude Carson, 1878-1944 (collector)
Description
Portrait
of
Edith
Marie
Cress
. In
1908
,
when
Edith
was a
12-year-old
orphan
living
with her
poor
grandmother
, she
wanted
an
education
so
desperately
that she
took
what
few
clothes
she had and
began
to
walk
over
twenty-five
miles
to
ask
Professor
Burns
if she
could
work
at the
school
in
exchange
for her
education
.
Fortunately
, a
man
on
horseback
found
the
exhausted
child
after
she had
walked
about
half
the
distance
and
gave
her a
ride
to
Oneida
,
where
she
lived
,
worked
and
went
to
school
for
five
years
. She
graduated
from
Oneida
Baptist
Institute
in
1913
was
one
of the
first
mountain
girls
to
earn
a
college
degree
.
Subject
Women
Oneida Baptist Institute
Alumni & alumnae
Portrait photographs
People Pictured
Cress, Edith Marie
Location Depicted
Oneida (Ky.)
Clay County (Ky.)
Date Original
1913?
Object Type
Photographic prints
Source
6.25 x 9 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. 1982.01.308.p in the Claude C. Matlack Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/matlack#conditions
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Collection
Claude C. Matlack Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/matlack/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA
1982.01.308
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