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Postcard Collection, 1910s - 1980s

 File — Box: 4
Identifier: 21-007

Scope and Contents

From the Accession:

This accession contains numerous documents relating to Ann Bowling Pearson's family history, including genealogical records and charts, scrapbooks, correspondence, wills, land deeds, and legal documents. Photographs dating from the 1800s to the late 2010s of various family members and friends are also included-notably several of Ann's maternal grandfather, Luther Noble Duncan, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Correspondence and documents from Luther Noble Duncan's time spent as Alabama Polytechnic Institute's President, as well as small personal items belonging to him such as cufflinks, are included too. In addition, there are documents and photographs relating to Ann Pearson's personal and professional life, including various manuscript drafts, diaries, postcard and stamp collections, and records from her time served on the local cemetery board and within multiple historical and genealogical societies. Other highlights of the accession include: a letter from Agatha Christie; correspondence from a European diplomat who visited Auburn; a letter mentioning the first time Mount Everest was surmounted; early photographs of Auburn Campfire Girls; a Luther Noble Duncan tapestry panel potentially created by API's School of Textile Engineering in the 1930s; and the last will and testament of Auburn's "Doc" Hodge Freeman Drake.

Dates

  • 1910s - 1980s

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to research without restrictions.

Extent

From the Accession: 27 Cubic Feet (11 flat boxes; 2 OS flat boxes; 7 card file boxes; 1 small card file box; 1 slide box; 13 RC boxes; 4 framed photographs)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732