Bethel Fite Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4106
Scope and Contents
The collection contains papers of Bethel Fite, longtime employee of the University of Alabama. Included are newspaper clippings reviews of two of Howell Raines' books, Whiskey Man and My Soul is Rested, as well as an uncorrected proof of My Soul is Rested. There is also a pen and ink sketch by L. W. Nederkorn, inscribed by Nederkorn "To MIss F."
Dates
- 1928-1978
Creator
- Fite, Bethel (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Bethel Fite, daughter of I. B. and Kittie Fite, was born in Mississippi, on December 30, 1910. She worked in the Library at the University of Alabama and has an endowed scholarship for part-time students in the School of Library and Information Studies named in her honor. She died in Tuscaloosa in June 1995.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Papers of Bethel Fite, longtime employee of the University of Alabama.
Provenance
gift of Dr. and Mrs. David McElroy (Janet), 2015
General
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Processed by
Martha Bace, 2015
- Title
- Guide to the Bethel Fite Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- June 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