Alto Vela Lee papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0851
Scope and Contents note
A miscellany of papers and letters relating to this Barbour County, Alabama, lawyer, jurist, and politician and University of Alabama trustee, including some family correspondence, an essay by a Miss Lola Fleming, and papers relating to the estate of S. M. Streater.
Dates
- 1861-1890
- Majority of material found within 1861 - 1868
Conditions Governing Access
None
Biographical/Historical note
Lawyer and jurist, he was born December 28, 1844, at Louisville, Barbour County, Alabama. Lee served in the Civil War and was captured at Spanish Fort. Postwar he studied law under D. M. Seales at Clayton, Alabama, and began practicing law in 1867. He served as mayor of Clayton, solicitor for Barbour County, solicitor for the eighth judicial district, and associate judge of the city court of Gadsden. He was also a trustee of the University of Alabama. He married Lillie Lawrence on December 19, 1865. They had six children: Lawrence Haywood, Vela, William Lovard, Charles W., Henry Fitzhugh, and Alto Vela Jr.
Extent
0.05 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
A miscellany of papers and letters relating to this Barbour County, Alabama, lawyer, jurist, and politician and University of Alabama trustee, including some family correspondence, an essay by a Miss Lola Fleming, and papers relating to the estate of S. M. Streater.
Provenance
Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1992
Processing Information
Updated by Donnelly Lancaster Walton, July 2010
- Title
- Guide to the Alto Vela Lee Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2010
- 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