Carrie Watkins papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1531
Overview
Letters, recipes, and love poems, as well as her diary, written between 1857 and 1864 in Huntsville, Alabama, with her daily thoughts, favorite excerpts from literature and history, math problems, drawings of architecture, and problem solving.
Dates
- 1857-1864
Creator
- Watkins, Carrie (Person)
Physical Description
One part of the diary is water damaged and hard to read. The other part of the diary in another folder is in better condition with few water spots.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (41 items, 109 pieces)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Cather & Brown Books, 1993
Physical Description
One part of the diary is water damaged and hard to read. The other part of the diary in another folder is in better condition with few water spots.
General
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Processing Information
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- Title
- Guide to the Carrie Watkins 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