Fitts and Alston Families Papers
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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
Abstract
Papers, correspondence, and photographs from three generations of two Tuscaloosa, Alabama, families.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Murray R. Summers, 2011
Source
- Summers, Murray R. (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Guide to Fitts and Alston Families Papers
- Status
- Available
- Date
- December 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository