Gertrude Hill Lakey collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3698
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of souvenir post card folders sent to Gertrude Hill Lakey in 1926 and 1927. There are also other letters, as well as a lock of hair in a bag with a 1924 dog tag and a typed essay.
Dates
- 1919-1934
Creator
- Lakey, Gertrude Hill (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Gertrude Hill Lakey lived in Corona, Alabama, in the early part of the 20th century. In 1926 and 1927 she received souvenir post cards from tourist destinations across the southern, eastern and lower plains states.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Souvenir post cards and other mementos and keepsakes. There is also a typed manuscript by Jacqueline Box Blaylock, "A Tribute to the Memory of Perry Jackson Box."
Provenance
gift of Susan S. Tolbert, 2013
General
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Processed by
Martha Bace, 2013
- Title
- Guide to the Gertrude Hill Lakey collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- February 2013
- 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