Carrie Crenshaw Timberlake
1846-1938
Carrie Crenshaw Timberlake was born on October 29, 1864 in Richmond, VA to John Henry and Etta Gertrude Bowe Timberlake. An avid reader and learner, she attended Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton, Richmond College, and later studied German and French abroad. She taught at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi, Lewisburg Female Institute in Lewisburg, West Virginia, and the Stonewall Jackson Institute in Abingdon, Virginia. Carrie C. Timberlake traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia following her teaching career. She never married, and died at Rutland House on March 15, 1938. She is buried with her parents in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.
The land on which the Atlee Library and surrounding development sits was known as Rutland and was the homestead of the Timberlake family. This conference room is named to honor Carrie Crenshaw Timberlake in recognition of the Timberlake family’s generous gift to the library.
For Further Reading
-
"Late 18th Century and Early 19th Century Life at Rutland Hanover County, Virginia" - Dept. of Historical Resources
"Rutland finds will go to the Smithsonian" - Richmond Times-Dispatch
"A Guide to the Timberlake Family Papers" - Library of Virginia
"Memorial to honor Enslaved African Americans in Mechanicsville" - WTVR.com
Echoes of Virginia
A brief slideshow of some of the Virginia-related mementos from the life of Carrie Crenshaw Timberlake, including items from her teaching career, travel souvenirs, and a few of the many postcards she collected.Around the World in 128 Days
In 1926, Carrie Timberlake embarked on a cruise that went around the world, with ports of call in four continents. An avid postcard collector, Miss Timberlake brought back many souvenirs of her trip abroad.See the Carrie Crenshaw Timberlake playlist on YouTube.