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Box 2877

 Container

Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and miscellaneous documents

 File — Box: 2877
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains correspondence to Sue Brown from friends and relatives, as well as a scrapbook and miscellaneous documents and correspondence. Included in the miscellaneous documents are: an 1832 annual catalog of the Tuscaloosa Female Academy; an 1893 postcard to Dr. D. M. Gatlin of Ellisville, Mississippi; two 1901 postcards to Dr. Charles R. Rencher of Enterprise, Mississippi; a 1916 typewritten note signed by H. L. Mencken; and seven World War II ration books and one gasoline...
Dates: 1833-1943

Diary, 1862 - 1865

 File — Box: 2877
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contains a photocopy of a typescript of the diary Kenyon kept from early 1862, before he was taken prisoner, through 1864. The work also contains a bri copies of his Army orders and promotions through 1865. He provides fairly detailed descriptions of life as a prisoner of war in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and other southern cities.
Dates: 1862 - 1865

Letter, 1863-07

 File — Box: 2877
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letter to Champion T. Turner regarding money he received after Richard L. Turner's death.
Dates: 1863-07

Church ledger, 1881-1901

 File — Box: 2877
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of photocopies of the Wiley, Alabama, New Hope Baptist Church of Christ meeting minutes, letter of faith, and financal records, 1881-83.
Dates: 1881 - 1903

Diary

 File — Box: 2877
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The collection contains a transcription of a diary created by a Union soldier who served in Company H of the 124th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry and mustered out in 1865. The diary spans the years 1863-1865.
Dates: 1863-1865