Wynne Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-3918
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters and papers pertaining to various members of this large Hale County, Alabama, family. The letters are written by: Osmun Appling Wynne; his wife, Frances Laura Anderson Wynne; their children, William Appling, Martha, John, Laura, Elizabeth (Bettie), Thomas Osmun, and Julia; by the Wynne childrens' suitors, friends and spouses; and by Laura Wynne and Bestor Coleman's children and their friends. The collection also includes invoices and bills of William Appling, as well as photographs.
Three books included in the collection (Laura's Letters, Laura's and Her Children's Letters, and Laura's Family's Letters), are transcriptions of the letters center primarily around Laura and Bestor. All three books have been autographed by the author who also marked each letter with a code that corresponds to the letters that are in protective sleeves.
Three books included in the collection (Laura's Letters, Laura's and Her Children's Letters, and Laura's Family's Letters), are transcriptions of the letters center primarily around Laura and Bestor. All three books have been autographed by the author who also marked each letter with a code that corresponds to the letters that are in protective sleeves.
Dates
- 1804-2009
Creator
- Coleman, Laura Frances Wynne (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
None
Biographical / Historical
Osmun Appling Wynne was born in Columbia County, Georgia, on 9 November 1804, to Williamson Wynne and Eleanor McGruder Wynne. He married Frances Laura Anderson on 26 January 1829, in Greene County, Georgia. They had six children: William Appling (b. 7 December 1832, d. 2 May 1869; never married); Martha Ann (b. 16 November 1834, d. October 1875; m. Dr. Lewis L. Sturdivant, 9 October 1860); John Williamson (b. 18 March 1837, d. 27 May 1867; m. Emma Chapman, 17 April 1867); Frances Laura (b. 28 August 1839, d. 18 March 1891; m. Bestor Coleman, 20 December 1859); Elizabeth Jane (b. 13 April 1842, d. 4 November 1867; m. Daniel J. Webster, 14 February 1865); Thomas Osmun (b. 23 December 1847, d. 1901; never married); and Julia Eoline (b. 13 February 1852, d. 23 August 1878; m. Dr. John E. Scott, 17 December 1875).
Extent
3 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Letters and papers of this Hale County, Alabama, family. Also included are autographed copies of Alice Coleman Griffin three books: Laura's Letters, Laura's and Her Children's Letters, and Laura's Family's Letters.
Provenance
Gift of Alice Coleman Griffin, 2012
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2012
- Coleman, Bestor
- Coleman, Bestor Wynne
- Correspondence
- Daily Life and Family
- Education
- Hale County (Ala.)
- Receipts (financial records)
- Scott, Julia Eoline
- Southern Life and Culture
- Sturdivant, Martha Ann Eleanor Wynne
- University of Alabama
- War and Military
- Webster, Elizabeth Jane Wynne
- Women
- Wynne, Frances L. Anderson
- Wynne, John Williamson
- Wynne, Osmun Appling
- Wynne, Thomas Osmun
- Wynne, William Appling
- Title
- Guide to the Wynne Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- October 2012
- 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