Lee, Nelle Harper (1926-2016)
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Bill and Doris Leapard Collection of Nelle Harper Lee Materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4210
Overview
The collection consists of two notecards from Nelle Harper Lee, the book John Singer Sargent by Carter Ratcliff, and a pair of Airoldi earrings in the shape of leopard heads with the original Brighton jewelry bag in which they were sent. The materials were gifts to the Leapards from Nelle Harper Lee.
Dates:
circa 1980s
Cleophus Thomas Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3887
Overview
Cleophus (Cleo) Thomas Jr. is an Alabama attorney and was the first African American president of the Student Government Association at The University of Alabama. The collection contains letters sent to Thomas by noted authors and artists, materials related to special events on The University of Alabama campus, and a map and photographs presented to politician Nicholas Katzenbach.
Dates:
1966-2015
Elise Ayers Sanguinetti Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0098
Abstract
This collection consists of the correspondence, manuscripts, and galley proofs, as well as reviews and notices of Elise Ayers Sanguinetti, the Alabama author of The Last of the Whitfields (1962), The New Girl (1964), The Dowager (1968), and McBee's Station (1972).
Dates:
1929 - 2003
O. B. Emerson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0485
Overview
The collection chiefly consists of correspondence between O. B. Emerson and various individuals including authors, former students, and other faculty and staff from The University of Alabama. The collection also includes materials about different authors and subjects on which Dr. Emerson either taught or published, as well as a significant amount of materials related to professional organizations in which he was involved.
Dates:
1945-1990
John Cowardin Collection on Nelle Harper Lee
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4208
Overview
The John Cowardin Collection on Nelle Harper Lee contains letters between Florida author John (Jack) Cowardin and Pulitzer-Prize winning Alabama author Nelle Harper Lee. It also includes supplemental materials related to Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
Dates:
1960-1962, 2004-2009
Hudson Strode Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1361
Overview
Hudson Strode (1892-1976) was a literature and creative writing professor at The University of Alabama from 1916-1963, and a writer of more than a dozen nonfiction books. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, manuscripts, artifacts, prints, newspaper clippings, and other materials related to his travels and literary career.
Dates:
1753-1986
Ann Waldron Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3098
Overview
Ann Waldron was born on December 14, 1924, in Birmingham, Alabama. She attended the University of Alabama, serving as editor of the Crimson White and earning a degree in journalism in 1945. She went on to work forThe Atlanta Constitution, where she met her husband Martin Waldron. The collection predominantly consists of correspondence between Ann Waldron and various individuals, as well as materials related to her work as an...
Dates:
1945 - 2010