Georgia -- Social life and customs
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Boswell Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: 0011
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters to Elizabeth Boswell Horne and Susan Boswell from relatives and friends in Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas. Included are Civil War-era descriptions of dyeing cloth and weaving dimity and letters from a nephew, W. Emory Horne, attending East Alabama Male College, now Auburn University, who later emigrated to Texas.
Dates:
1820 - 1874
Lowe Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0944
Scope and Contents
From the donor: "These letters are a revealing picture of life in rural Alabama and Georgia between 1885 and 1906. They not only reveal the day-to-day life of the families, their joys and sorrows, but give a glimpse of the complex relationships that can exist within families. Throughout the period the love and support given to John Henry Lower by the Sorrel family is based on a deep fath and love of god." This collection includes the correspondence between Lowe family members,...
Dates:
1847 - 1906
