Violet Rochelle Wolford Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4065
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the diary of a young woman in Cordova, Alabama, in 1918.
Dates
- 1918
Creator
- Wolford, Violet Rochelle (Author, Person)
Biographical / Historical
Violet Rochelle Wolford, daughter of Charles and Mattie Wolford, was born on April 6, 1899, in Gurley, Alabama. She married Frederick Mitchell Jackson (the F. M. Jackson mentioned in the diary) sometime in 1920. In February 1921, the couple had one set of triplets, two girls and a boy, Frederick Mitchell, III. The two girls died just after birth as a result of being scalded in the hospital nursery(1). Violet died in Birmingham, Alabama, in January 1982.
(1) Source: "Frederick Mitchell "Fred" Jackson, III, Obituary." Find A Grave Index. Find A Grave, 27 Dec. 2011. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82438506.
(1) Source: "Frederick Mitchell "Fred" Jackson, III, Obituary." Find A Grave Index. Find A Grave, 27 Dec. 2011. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82438506.
Extent
0.04 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Diary of young woman in Cordova, Alabama, in 1918.
Provenance
purchased from M. Benjamin Katz, 2014
General
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Processed by
Martha Bace, 2014
Source
- M. Benjamin Katz, Fine Books & Manuscripts (Bookseller, Organization)
Creator
- Wolford, Violet Rochelle (Author, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Violet Rochelle Wolford Diary
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- November 2014
- 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