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Box W0026.01

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

"Mammy stories"

 Item — Box: W0026.01
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: between 1900 and 1920