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Mary Pickens Opie papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1073

Scope and Contents

Letters from family and friends, recipes, sheet music and handwritten compositions, including, "Diary of a Private" - 1914 autobiography of __ Hubbard, a private in the 6th Tennessee Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War.

Dates

  • 1887-1946

Extent

1 Linear Feet (726 items)

Language of Materials

English

Overview

Letters from family and friends, recipes, sheet music and handwritten compositions, including "Diary of a Private" - 1914 autobiography of __ Hubbard, private in the 6th Tennessee Cavalry during the U.S. Civil War.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Gloria Cole, 1983

Related Materials

The Pickens Family Papers, The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama.

General

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Title
Guide to the Mary Pickens Opie papers
Status
Completed
Date
2015
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

Contact:
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa AL 35487-0266
205.348.0513