Jewelry
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85070195
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Bill and Doris Leapard Collection of Nelle Harper Lee Materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4210
Overview
The collection consists of two notecards from Nelle Harper Lee, the book John Singer Sargent by Carter Ratcliff, and a pair of Airoldi earrings in the shape of leopard heads with the original Brighton jewelry bag in which they were sent. The materials were gifts to the Leapards from Nelle Harper Lee.
Dates:
circa 1980s
Ronald and Elizabeth Howard collection of George Corley Wallace materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1631
Overview
Campaign materials and other memorabilia of George Corley Wallace's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns.
Dates:
Unknown
Newspaper articles on Confederate artifacts, 1940-1978
File — Box WSC002: [1006241709], Folder: W0150.09
Scope and Contents
Of these two articles from Birmingham, Alabama, newspapers, one describes Confederate First Lady Varina Davis's jewelry that is on display at the White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery, Alabama; several of the pieces are photographed. The other is a letter to the editor debunking the romantic story of General Robert E. Lee's surrendering his sword to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomatox, Virginia. The writer ends with a quote from General Grant, written years later, that states "The...
Dates:
1940-1978