1 10 1 https://suspeccoll.southwestern.edu/files/original/64bc882394d63a165df958f0c05c9109.jpg 8bff89b54f697afec663631774d028fc https://suspeccoll.southwestern.edu/files/original/800c9d8bba5945463ffa074ee8d54fd6.jpg 707d571d02809a5a25db6384b6bcc6ca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource G.W. McClanahan Sr. Paine Female Institute Collection Description An account of the resource George Walker McClanahan Sr. (1824-1874) was the first principal of the Paine Female Institute in Goliad, Texas, from 1855 to 1860. The Paine Female Institute was established in 1852, when members of the Methodist Church in Goliad held a public meeting to establish a college for women, to take the place of the late Hillyer Female College. The collection consists of three folders that contain G.W. McClanahan Sr.’s correspondence dating from 1854 to 1857 concerning the Paine Institute, including three versions of an article he wrote about his journey from Virginia to Texas, a small bound notebook containing a curriculum and an attendance log from the 1855 Spring semester at the Paine Institute, a Bible questions and Answers booklet written by McClanahan’s son, G.W. McClanahan Jr., an article in the Lutheran newspaper The Messenger written in remembrance of G.W. McClanahan Jr. and a several newspaper clippings relating to the McClanahan family’s history. Of particular interest to both researchers and genealogists are the Institute’s attendance logs in the second folder. McClanahan’s account of his arrival in Texas includes descriptions of frontier life and agricultural practices. His correspondence also details his travel times and expenses. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource G.W. McClanahan Sr. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections, Smith Library Center at Southwestern University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854-1857 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Letter from G.W. McClanahan to Brother [Josiah] Whipple] Description An account of the resource Letter from G.W. McClanahan to Brother [Josiah] Whipple regarding a potential job offer and general conditions of wellbeing. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McClanahan, G.W. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Special Collections, Smith Library Center at Southwestern University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1855-01-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Whipple, Josiah education Goliad Paine Female Institute