Prentiss Ingraham and Joseph H. Ingraham Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0729
Scope and Contents
Material relating to "dime novelist" Prentiss Ingraham and his father, Joseph Holt Ingraham, kept by Prentiss's daughter, Rosa. Included are clippings, letters, poetry, photographs and other items, and a a list of books by Ingraham held by the W. S. Hoole Library.
Dates
- 1839 - 1950
- Majority of material found within 1868 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Prentiss Ingraham was a soldier and novelist. He was born near Natchez, Mississippi in 1843, the son of Joseph Holt Ingraham, novelist and Episcopal churchman. He served in the Confederate army, in Mexico under Juarez against the Emperor Maximilian, in the Prussian army in 1866, in Crete, and in the Cuban revolution, 1868-1872. Thereafter he turned to writing and produced over three hundred "dime novels," as well as poetry. Ingraham married Rosa Langley in 1873.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Material relating to "dime novelist" Prentiss Ingraham and his father, Joseph Holt Ingraham, kept by Prentiss's daughter, Rosa. Included are clippings, letters, poetry, photographs and other items, and a a list of books by Ingraham held by the W. S. Hoole Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Rosa Ingraham Masser, daughter of Prentiss Ingraham, 1950
Processing Information
Processed by Betty P. Chancellor, 1981; updated Donnelly Lancaster, 2006
- Title
- Guide to Prentiss Ingraham and Joseph H. Ingraham Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository