Violet Rochelle Wolford Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4065

No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

The collection contains the diary of a young woman in Cordova, Alabama, in 1918.

Dates

Creation: 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.

Extent

0.04 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Diary of young woman in Cordova, Alabama, in 1918.

Provenance

purchased from M. Benjamin Katz, 2014

General

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