SEYDELL, MILDRED, 1889-1988
Mildred Seydell papers, 1842-1987
Manuscript Collection No. 449
Papers,
1842-1987; 56.75 linear feet
Seydell
(1889-1988) was a journalist, author, and lecturer from
Atlanta, Georgia where 
she
worked for the newspaper Atlanta Georgian from
1924-1939. She also lived and worked in New Jersey and
West Virginia (1910-1923) and in Belgium (1947-1967).
During her life she published several books and edited
her own magazine. Seydell was also an active participant
in many women's organizations in both the United States
and Belgium. The collection contains correspondence,
both personal and professional, writings, personal and
family records, memorabilia, photographs, and source
material used for her writings. Also included are correspondence
and printed matter documenting Seydell's activities
with the Atlanta branch of the National Woman's Party,
the Federation of Women's Clubs, the Atlanta Women’s
Press Club, the Georgia Mother’s Association,
and other women's organizations in Atlanta as well as
those in New Jersey, West Virginia and Belgium. Material
concerning various family members, including her aunts,
Lamar Rutherford Lipscomb and Mildred Rutherford, is
also contained in the collection.
Materials
available here concern the Federation of Women's
Clubs, the Georgia Mother's Association, the National
Woman's Party and Suffrage, as well as a number of
photographs of Seydell.
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