Scotia Caledonia Hume Diploma
This diploma certifies that the East Tennessee Female Institute conferred the degree of Mistress of Polite Literature on Scotia Caledonia Hume on July 26, 1849.
Dates
- 1849 July 26
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 oversize folder)
Abstract
This diploma certifies that the East Tennessee Female Institute conferred the degree of Mistress of Polite Literature on Scotia Caledonia Hume on July 26, 1849.
Biographical/Historical Note
Scotia Caledonia Hume was born to David and Eliza (Saunderson) Hume in Tennessee on April 25, 1832. She earned a Mistress of Polite Literature Degree on July 26, 1849 and married Oliver Perry Temple (1820-1907) on September 9, 1851. The couple had one daughter, Mary Boyce (1856-1929). Scotia (Hume) Temple died on October 25, 1889 and is buried in Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository