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:Mary Frances Battle, born May 30, 1896, was the daughter of Alfred Blackman Battle and his first wife Fannie Scott Miller. She was the half-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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