Edward Maffitt Anderson Photographic Album
Collection
Identifier: 2009-219
Scope and Contents
The photograph album consists of forty-seven Cartes de Visite (CDVs) presented to Edward Maffitt Anderson, midshipman on board the CSSAlabama, by friends in Liverpool, England, in 1864. The album contains photographs of other Alabama crewmembers and three photographs of Anderson. On the first page of the album, it is written: "To dear Edward from his fond friends, Ella & Hattie, Liverpool, July 22nd 1864". There is also a clipping attached to last page of the album, "City Beat," Savannah Morning News, October 31, 1967, regarding the CSS Alabama.
Dates
- 1864
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Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without the consent of those individuals may have legal implications, for which the University of Alabama assumes no responsibility.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Maffitt Anderson, a native of Georgia, was midshipman on the CSS Alabamaduring the Civil War. He joined the crew of theAlabama
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photograph album containing forty-seven Cartes de Visite belonging to Edward Maffitt Anderson, midshipman on board the CSS Alabama.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Marina Klarić, November 2013.
- Title
- Guide to the Edward Maffitt Anderson Photographic Album
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Marina Klarić, November 2013; updated by Donnelly Walton, 2019.
- 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