National Society of Colonial Dames of
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Metro Davidson County Collection - Nashville Public Library


Portrait #882
Subject/Title:
Perry, Mary Frances Battle (1897-1997)
Artist:Unknown
Date Created:unknown
Owner/Location:Special Collections Division
Nashville Public Library
615 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37219
Frame Dimensions:27 ½ x 23 ½
Image Dimensions:
Materials/Media:Hand-colored photograph
Date Documented:6 August 2007
Condition:Excellent
Description:Mary Frances Battle Perry as a young girl, in a white dress with ruffles and a large white bow in her hair.
History of Work:Presented to the library in 2003 by the Estate of Anne Elizabeth Battle.
Notes:Born in 1897, Mary Frances Battle Perry was the daughter of Alfred Blackman and Blanche Goodall Battle, the sister of Anne Elizabeth Battle, the wife of Henry Rutledge Perry, and the great-niece of Mary Frances "Fannie" Battle. She graduated from Vanderbilt University and taught history in Mississippi and Louisiana.

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