Edward East Barthell Lantern Slide Collection
Scope and Content Note
Dates
- multiple
Language of Materials
Biography of Edward East Barthell
Barthell went to Vanderbilt Law School – graduating class of 1888. As a student he was highly involved and active in the collegiate life. In 1887, he was given the Founder’s Medal and chosen to represent Vanderbilt in an intercollegiate oratory contest. He was also a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
In 1889 he began practicing law in Tennessee with John Bell Keeble, a classmate and friend. This partnership dissolved because Keeble was appointed the District Attorney for the L & N Railroad. Eventually Barthell began commuting between a Chicago firm and a Nashville firm. However this commute ended in 1915, when he moved to Chicago, and became part of the Barthell, Fitts & Rundall practice, which eventually employed his son Edward Barthell Jr.
Barthell continued to be involved with the Vanderbilt community. In 1905 he was president of the Vanderbilt Alumni Association. He was also a member of the Board of Directors. He was considered one of the most active members of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust. He died May 9, 1937 at the age of 68
Extent
10 Linear Feet
Physical Location
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Edward East Barthell Lantern Slide Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Repository
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville TN 37203 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu