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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

James Simpson Alexander Papers

 Collection — Box Short Collection 18: Accession 91-98
Identifier: 0926
Scope and Contents

This collection contains photocopied legal papers and correspondence of the James S. Alexander family, including nine Civil War letters from Alexander to his wife, Frances Jane Alexander (1863-1864). Alexander, a South Carolina farmer, served in the 22nd infantry division. Also includes genealogical information.

Dates: 1805-1947; Majority of material found within 1863-64

William C. Alexander Letters

 Collection — Box Short Collection 7
Identifier: 0140
Scope and Contents

Contains two photocopied letters written by William C. Alexander -- from Newton, Illinois -- to a friend, E.S. Brown, in Kentucky. The letters are dated September 18, 1865 and October 9, 1865. Also included is one photocopied letter from Mammie Plummer to Miss Mary Rutland dated December 8, 1882.

The letters discuss daily activities and mention family and friends in Kentucky and Illinois.

Dates: 1865-1882

Allen Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1337
Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters to and from members of the Allen Family, printed emails, family-related articles, photographs, and documents from Archie Clayton Allen's service in World War II.

Dates: 1911 - 2023

Jason L. Doten Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0343
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of seven letters written and sent to Doten's parents in Cooper, Maine, from Fort Lincoln, Maryland, Falmouth, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

Dates: February 8, 1862 - October 18, 1862

Joseph E. Evarts Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 0490
Scope and Contents

Nine letters written between October and December 1862 from Evarts to his wife. Most of them were sent from Camp Terry in New Haven, Connecticut, one from New York City, and one from on board a ship.

Dates: 1862-10-9 - 1862-12-19

Opal V. C. Fields Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1361
Scope and Contents

This collection contains letters that span several decades from "Ted" Theodore C. Hoepfner to "Sunny" Opal Virgina Combs Fields. Also included are poems by George Marion O'Donnell, Richard Croom Beatty, and poems and essays written and/or edited by Hoepfner, who occasionally wrote under the pseudonym Anton Kobold.

Dates: 1936 - 1984

Walter L. Fleming Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0286
Scope and Contents This collection consists of five items: a photocopy of a newspaper article about Walter L. Fleming being inducted into the Alabama Hall of Fame; an advertisement for the book "The Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by J.C. Lester and D.L. Wilson With Introduction and Notes by Walter L. Fleming, Ph.D."; a letter from W.L. Fleming to his mother and father describing his boarding arrangements as an Auburn college student, as well as a flood in the library (January 6, 1894); a...
Dates: 1884 - 1957

H. W. Fontain Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: 0697
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one letter written by H. W. Fontain from a miliatry camp in Georgia to his wife, Gatsey. A transcription is also included.

Dates: December 7, 1864

Armistead L. Galloway Letters

 Collection
Identifier: 0780
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of six letters, a newspaper clipping, a record of births, and correspondence.

Dates: 1862 - 1983

James Thomas "Cotton Tom" Heflin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1299
Scope and Contents This collection contains eighty-five letters sent to James Thomas "Cotton Tom" Heflin between the years 1932-1938. The bulk of the letters discuss his illness and the Alabama Special Democratic Primary election on January 4, 1938. Other items include Harrington Phillips Heflin’s certificate of law from 1887, three photographs, a U.S government...
Dates: 1887; 1918 - 1938