John Peavy Wright Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence (1854-1904), including letters (1861-1864) to William Wilmot Wright from his brother George Washington Wright, a lieutenant in the 12th Alabama Infantry; military passes, exemptions and applications (1863-1865); papers (1860-1871) concerning Macon County schools; land deeds (1825-1905); tax receipts (1847-1913); business papers (1840-1913), including account books, contracts, correspondence, promissory notes, wills and estate papers, and receipts; along with other genealogical research and local history materials on East Alabama.
Dates
- 1825 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Proper Credit to John Peavy Wright for any material published. Literary copyrights to remain with donor.
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Wright moved to Macon County, Alabama, from Georgia in 1836. His children and grandchildren farmed in Macon and Lee Counties. John Peavy Wright, his grandson, was born in Lee County, Alabama, in 1898. After graduating with a B.S. degree from Alabama Polytechnic Institute, he received a Ph. D. in political science from Harvard. He twice ran unsucessfully for the Alabama Legislature, and in his later years worked on local history and genealogy.
Extent
7 Cubic Feet (Three record center boxes, two card boxes, one oversize box, one document box, and two half document boxes.)
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
Accession 85-16 was received by Jeff Jakeman, October 30, 1984 and acquisitioned by Jones. Processed by unknown.
Accession 86-85 was listed by P. Martin, August 28, 1990.
Accession 86-106 was listed by P. Martin, August 28, 1990.
Accession 86-126 was listed by P. Martin, August 28, 1990 and later removed from the collection.
Accession 95-93 was processed by Marty Olliff, August 15, 1995.
Accession 96-102 was listed by DC, September 17, 1996.
Accession 97-003 was processed by Alfreida Brummitt, February 14, 1997 and was later removed from the collection.
Finding aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Tori Buchanan, 2022.
- Title
- Guide to the John Peavy Wright Papers
- Subtitle
- Record Group 745
- 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
