Mattie Cooper Harlin Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 120
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a photo of Add Ran College at Thorp Springs, Texas. Of
particular interest is her diary from 1890 as a student and an autograph book from 1885.
There is also a program from Add-Ran College, a receipt for a Cotton Bowl ticket, a Fort
Worth Press news clipping, and a poem, signed by ‘Lela.’
Dates
- Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Creator
- Harlin, Mattie Cooper (Person)
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been transferred to TCU.
Biographical / Historical
Mattie Cooper attended Add Ran College, circa 1890. She married John Harlin in
Gordon, Texas. Together they ran Harlin’s Store in Gordon from 1922 until the store was
sold in 1973 by son, John Boyd Harlin. He donated Mattie’s keepsakes to TCU in 1985.
Extent
1.00 Linear feet
Arrangement
Arranged by subject.
Physical Location
Vault DB 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mattie Cooper Harlin's son, John Boyd Harlin, in 1985.
Creator
- Harlin, Mattie Cooper (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Mattie Cooper Harlin Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lisa Pena
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, Mary Couts Burnett Library Repository
Contact:
TCU Box 298400
2800 S. University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76129-0001
Fort Worth Texas 76129
(817) 257-4566
(817) 257-7282 (Fax)
LibSpecialCollections@tcu.edu
TCU Box 298400
2800 S. University Drive
Fort Worth, Texas 76129-0001
Fort Worth Texas 76129
(817) 257-4566
(817) 257-7282 (Fax)
LibSpecialCollections@tcu.edu