City of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0509
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters created and received by the city of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. Most letters relate to routine matters in this small town, including city maintenance concerns.
Dates
- 1927-1933
Creator
- Faunsdale (Ala.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Faunsdale is a town in Marengo County, Alabama, named for nearby Faunsdale Plantation. Faunsdale is home to a medium-sized community of Amish Mennonites and the only Amish Mennonite community in this area of Alabama outside of Greensboro, Alabama. The town is also home to the only Amish Mennonite Church in the area, Cedarcrest Mennonite Church.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Letters created and received by the city of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama, mainly relating to routine matters in this small town, including city maintenance concerns.
Provenance
unknown
General
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Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Creator
- Faunsdale (Ala.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the City of Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- Feburary 2008
- 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