"Age 14. Has made her own dresses since her ninth year. Wants to be a nurse. Is a very fine example of a blond mountain girl. Has great personal charm and with an equal chance would make her place anywhere in the world. Has had the usual education of a girl her age. Her parents favor her having a wider education."
"Ran away from home because she did not like her stepfather. Come to Methodist Settlement School and is a model pupil. She is going to Washington to study Nursing."
"Ran away from home because she did not like her stepfather. Come to Methodist Settlement School and is a model pupil. She is going to Washington to study Nursing."
"Mr. Niles [noted folklorist and assistant to Ulmann] is recording the songs of both Mrs. Cornette and Ethel Holcolm. Mrs. Cornette left her blackberry preserving to come sing for the folks."
"Has had a little learnin at the Richmond, K.Y., Normal School, and has taught a little. She is truly a beauty of the most extraordinary type. She has, however, great naivete and could almost be called bashful. She wants to see the outside world."
Contains a total of 42 signed, matted platinum prints by noted photographer Doris Ulmann that were commissioned by the Richmond branch of the Southern Woman's Educational Alliance and which were found among its archives. Titles and captions are taken directly from the inventory for 95 prints (represented by 92 entries); original spellings and colloquialisms have been retained. Although Ullman most likely authored the titles and captions, this has not been verified.