Pastel Portrait - Unidentified Family Member, undated

File — Box: 1361.038, oversize-folder: 1

Identifier: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The Personal and Professional Materials Series consists of genealogical and biographical information about Hudson Strode and the family of his wife, Therese Cory Strode. Also included are certificates, programs, items relating to his memoirs, legal documents, research materials, newspapers, booklets, and memorabilia. Newspaper clippings here cover Strode's professorship, plays, lectures, travels, the publication and reviews of his books, and his retirement and death. The series also contains clippings, reviews, speeches and lectures pertaining to Strode's time as a professor at The University of Alabama. Also in the series are items concerning students who went on to become successful writers, including Borden Deal, Lonnie Coleman, Alice Fellows, Harriet Hassell, Helen Norris, Elise Sanguinetti, and Carlyle Tillery. The Personal and Professional Series includes scrapbooks, artfacts, and artwork collected by Strode. Among the artifacts are some personal effects, such as a pipe, cigarette case, cufflinks, and leather glasses case that may have belonged to Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928. Other artifacts found here include religious items, souvenir spoons, leather portfolios, a Confederate flag, and some Confederate currency. “Columbus Breaking the Egg,” a 1753 etching by English printmaker William Hogarth, is among the artwork collected here.

More material about the publication of Strode’s books can be found in the Writings Series.

Dates

Creation: undated

Creator

From the Collection: Strode, Hudson (Person)
From the Collection: Lee, Nelle Harper (1926-2016) (Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials are primarily in English. Some correspondence and printed material in Spanish, German, Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish.

Conditions Governing Access

Portions of the collection are open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. 

Access to and use of materials that were created by Nelle Harper Lee in this collection require written permission from the Lee estate. Patrons may not use cell phone cameras or any other recording devices when accessing restricted portions of this collection. University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections staff will not photocopy or digitize letters written by Nelle Harper Lee without written permission from the Lee estate. For information contact The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections staff at archives@ua.edu.