Charles E. Mitchell Address for the Lowry Gift Collection
1925
MF 68

Descriptive Summary

Creator:
Mitchell, Charles E.
Title:
Charles E. Mitchell Address for the Lowry Gift Collection
Dates:
May 21, 1925
Abstract:
The collection contains the address given by Charles E. Mitchell on the occasion of the dedication of the Lowry gift on the cause of banking education in America.
Quantity:
0.5 linear feet
Processed By:
Jared McSwain
Administrative History

Charles E. Mitchell was president of the National City Bank of New York in 1925 when he gave this address at the dedication of the gift given by Colonel Robert J. Lowry, head of the Lowry National Bank of Atlanta, and his wife Emma Markham Lowry, who bequeathed in her will a large sum of money to the creation of the Lowry School of Banking and Commerce, to Oglethorpe University.
Description

The collection contains Charles E. Mitchell’s address at Oglethorpe University in which he venerates the deceased Lowrys, surveys higher education, and argues for the necessity of education on banking and commerce in the face of a modern business developed world.
Restrictions

None.
Subject Headings

Lowry, Emma Markham, 1844-1923.

Lowry Gift, 1925.

Lowry, Robert James, 1840-1919.

Mitchell, Charles Edwin, 1877-1955.

Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, GA).

Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, GA) Benefactors.

Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, GA) Fundraising.
Administrative Information

Preferred Citation:
Please cite Charles E. Mitchell Address for the Lowry Gift Collection, MF 68, Archives, Philip Weltner Library, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia. Permission to publish from this collection must be approved in writing by the Director of the Library, Oglethorpe University.