John W. Rush Papers
Content Description
This collections consists of two accessions. Accession 98-078 contains correspondence, sermons, speeches, photographs, pamphlets, family recollections, personal writings, newspaper clippings, published materials, one artifact, and other materials. These materials arranged in four series: Annie Douglas Mitchell, Rush Family, Nimrod D. Denson Jr, and Miscellaneous. Accession 96-35 contains essays, a poem, correspondence between John W. Rush and his wife, Octavia O. Rush (including letters from Civil War campsites and Johnson's Island prison camp), other correspondence, and miscellaneous items.
Dates
- 1852 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
John Wesley Rush (1833-1905) was a Methodist minister and son-in-law of bishop James Osgood Andrew. He raised a company of troops for the Confederacy, surrendered at Island Number 10, was imprisoned at Johnson's Island, Ohio, and was discharged from service upon his parole in 1862. He served several Methodist churches in south Alabama during his career as a minister. Annie Douglas Mitchell was the daughter of Emily Elizabeth Rush Mitchell (a daughter of John Wesley Rush). Nimrod Davis Denson, Jr., an attorney in Lee County, Alabama, married Annie Elizabeth Rush, daughter of Charles Andrew Rush (a son of John Wesley Rush).
Extent
1.50 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Processing Information
Accession 96-035 processed by Dixie Dysart (March 19, 1996); accession 98-078 processed by John Hardin (August 1998). Finding aids entered into ArchivesSpace by Lisa Glasscock 6/19/2020.
- Title
- Guide to the John W. Rush Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 2
- Status
- Under Revision
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
