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Provenance: Gift of Louise H. Reaves (Accession #1995-28) Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from this collection must be requested from the archivist, DeKalb Historical Society. Citation should be as follows: Description of specific item; Caroline McKinney Clarke Papers, DeKalb Historical Society Archives Processed by Lindsey Breithaupt, DHS intern, 1997.
Size: 2.0 linear feet (five archival boxes)
Biographical Sketch of Caroline McKinney Clarke (1905-1994) Caroline McKinney Clarke was a lifelong resident of Decatur, Georgia. She lived in the same house at 146 South Candler Street that her family had owned for several generations. She was born November 21, 1905, the daughter of Samuel Branch McKinney and Claude Candler McKinney. Her maternal grandfather, Milton Candler (-1909), a Congressman and attorney, built the house in 1889. Clarke had one brother, Samuel B. McKinney, Jr. (1908-1992). In 1927, she graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur. She had planned to attend the School of Social Work in New York, but instead went to work for a variety of social service organizations, including Community Employment Service, Federal Emergency Relief, and National Youth Administration. She and her first husband, Forrest Hill, had one daughter, Louise Hill Reaves (1933-). A World War I veteran, Hill operated a nine-hole golf course that bore his name. The course was located just off his family’s farm on Columbia Drive. The clubhouse was a popular site for dances, barbecues, and office parties. It burned down in 1937 and was never rebuilt. After Hill succumbed to tuberculosis in 1942, Clarke took over the management of the course. She ran the course for two years, acting as general manager, caddy master, greens keeper, and bartender. She was then approached about becoming the Director of the DeKalb Department of Family and Children Services, which she did from 1945 to 1972. During this time, she married Oscar Taylor Clarke, who died in 1958. After her retirement, Clarke was able to devote more time to her avocation of local history. She was a member of the DeKalb Historical Society and author of two books, The Story of Decatur, 1823-1899 and The Story of the Decatur Presbyterian Church. Clarke died on October 21, 1994. Her lifelong home at 146 South Candler Street is now the property of Agnes Scott College.
Description The Caroline McKinney Clarke Papers contain copies from archival records and books, along with newspaper clippings that the author used to write her book, The Story of Decatur. The topics of these clippings range from the Civil War to historic buildings. She has information about prominent Decatur citizens and the surrounding areas. Also, there are several drafts of her manuscript and old photographs of various individuals, including Forrest Hill, Caroline and her brother, Thomas L. Cooper, Mary Scott Candler, Bessie Scott, Charles Murphey Candler, Alexander Stephens and servant, and W.H. Clarke.
Subject Headings: Where possible, Library of Congress Subject Headings have been used. Main Entry: Clarke, Caroline McKinney (1905-1994) Subject/Added Entries: Candler, Milton A. Civil War, 1861-1864. Clarke, Rev. William Henry (-1872). Decatur, Ga.-Social life and Customs. Decatur Presbyterian Church (Decatur, Ga.). DeKalb Historical Society (Decatur, Ga.). Old Courthouse on the Square (Decatur, Ga.). United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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