"Mammy stories"

Collection

Identifier: W-0026

No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

This handwritten, twenty-four page manuscript by Birmingham author Julia Neely Finch describes "an old-time Southern Mammy," which Finch writes is "a picture drawn from real life." Finch provides a vivid yet lyrical description of the unnamed mammy's physical appearance, speech, and daily life.

Dates

Creation: between 1900 and 1920

Creator

Finch, Julia Neely (Author, Person)
Williams, A. S., III (Collector, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Due to the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access to certain materials may require additional advance notice.

Biographical / Historical

Julia Neely Finch was born in Mississippi in 1850. Finch moved to Birmingham, Alabama, in 1900, and remained there until between 1910 and 1920, when she relocated to Connecticut to live with her daughter, Lucine Finch. An accomplished poet, Finch's poems and short stories were published in ladies' magazines; her most well-known work was a poem titled "The Unborn." Finch died on 17 September 1926 in Connecticut.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Handwritten manuscript by Birmingham author Julia Neely Finch describing "an old-time Southern Mammy."

Physical Location

The A. S. Williams III Collection, Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, The University of Alabama

Provenance

Gift of A. S. Williams III, 2010

Related Materials

Julia Neely Finch papers, W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama.

Philip Neely scrapbook of fugitive fiction, The A. S. Williams III Americana Collection, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama.