Ruth Jinks Papers

Collection

Identifier: MU-PP-0057

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Scope and Contents

The Ruth Jinks Collections contains correspondence, photographs, ledgers, programs, leaflets, and pamphlets.

Dates

Creation: 1911-1936

Rights Statement

To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.

Biographical / Historical

Ruth Jinks was born in Butts County, Georgia, in 1878. She attended the WMU Training School in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1909 and 1912. She worked as a Pastor’s Assistant at the East Durham Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina, from 1920-1924 and a State Missionary for the Georgia Baptist Convention in the 1930s. She was a hotel entrepreneur in Miami, Florida, and Clayton, Georgia. Ruth Jinks died in Atlanta, Georgia in 1959.