Accession 07-15-80 (Original Collection), 1870 - 1954
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence of the Denson family as well as genealogical material on the Denson, Vernon, Ivey and Rush families, family photographs, postcards, clippings and scrapbooks.
Dates
- 1870 - 1954
Extent
1.0 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
PC.453 - Baptist Church, Lafayette, Alabama (Now filed in Photograph Collection)
IV.A.6111 Judge Nimrod Davis Denson Sr. (8), Carrie Vernon Denson (1) (Now filed in Photograph Collection)
IV.B.3257 John Vernon Denson (2) (Now filed in Photograph Collection)
IV.B.3258 Carrie Denson Tallman (11) (Now filed in Photograph Collection)
Auburn Alumnus, February 1921, Volume 8, No. 1 (AU Pamphlet Collection)
Auburn Forum, November 1940, Volume 1, No. 7 (AU Pamphlet Collection)
Annual Commencement HOP, June 2 1909 (AU Pamphlet Collection)
"Natchez, Mississippi: Where the Old South Lives", Historical Old Homes in Natchez, Mississippi (AU Pamphlet Collection)
Alabama Polytechnic Institute Bulletin, October 1906, Volume 1, No. 2 (Bulletins and Catalogs of Auburn Polytechnic Institute)
"The LaFayette Sun", LaFayette Alabama, October 19, 1910 (Alabama Newspapers)
"The Bulldog", Opelika High School, 1940 (Alabama Newspapers)
Scope and Contents
This accession consists primarily of scattered correspondence, news clippings, photographs, and postcards dating from 1870 through 1954. Correspondence from the earliest period, in particular the World War I correspondence of Nimrod David Denson Jr. and his brother John Vernon, forms the most useful portion of the collection. Also informative is the correspondence concerning missionary work in China during the first third of the twentieth century.
Condition
Fragile
Physical Location
Main Stacks: 42-D-1
Access
Open
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
