Fitts and Alston Families Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4198

No requestable containers

Scope and Contents

The collection contains the papers, correspondence, and photographs from three generations of these two Tuscaloosa, Alabama, families. The largest group of materials concern the capsizing of Samuel Fitts Alston's yacht "Mary Frances" during a philanthropic cruise on the Black Warrior River in June 1919, where twenty-five people, mostly children, were drowned.

There are also materials from Samuel's wife, Fannie Fitts Alston and their children, James Fitts Alston and Marilou Alston Rudulph, inlcuding Marilou's postcard collection.

The collection also has two photograph albums and a small box of cabinet cards and carte de visite, as well as a portrait of Fannie Alston painted by Nicholas R. Brewer.

Dates

Creation: 1900 - 1966

Creator

Fitts, James Harris, Jr., 1830-1912 (Person)
Alston, Samuel Fitts (Person)

Extent

1.0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers, correspondence, and photographs from three generations of two Tuscaloosa, Alabama, families.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Murray R. Summers, 2011

General

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