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Whitley and Handley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2286
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Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and church programs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-1980

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Myrtis Annie Parker, daughter of James E. and Eula Parker, was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 1, 1900. By the 1910 U. S. Census, the family lived in Thomaston, Alabama. She married Gabe Sherrod Handley on October 28, 1938, and taught in Lewisburg and Mt. Olive, Alabama, for many years. She died on September 6, 1981, in Thomaston.

Extent

10.4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and church programs

Physical Location

These materials are stored at our off-site Archival Facility (AF) and may require up to two business days for retrieval and delivery for use in our Hoole Library reading room. Please email archives@ua.edu or call 205-348-0500 for more information.

Provenance

Unknown

General

To provide faster access to our materials, this finding aid was published without formal and final review. Email us at archives@ua.edu if you find mistakes or have suggestions to make this finding aid more useful for your research.

Title
Guide to the Whitley and Handley papers
Status
Completed
Date
April 2016
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