Harris family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0640
Scope and Contents
The collection includes typewritten copies of letters written between James William and Robert Harris, both serving in the Confederate States Army, and their family in Marengo County, Alabama. Also includes a note about the Harris family on the Sons of Confederate Veterans stationery of Clyde H. Strickland, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Dates
- 1861
Creator
- Harris, James William (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical / Historical
Robert and James William Harris were Confederate soldiers from Marengo County, Alabama, where their father, Sydney J. Harris, was a physician.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (65 pieces; typescript transcripts)
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Includes typewritten copies of letters written between James William and Robert Harris, both serving in the Confederate States Army, and their family in Marengo County, Alabama.
Provenance
unknown
General
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Processed by
Megan Quillivan and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Creator
- Harris, James William (Person)
- Harris, Robert T. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Harris Family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository