Guide to the Mary Tarver Carroll papers MSS.0283
Carroll, Mary Tarver
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Mary Tarver Carroll papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.0283
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (7 items)
- Dates:
circa 1930s
- Abstract:
Contains two undated letters written from this Alabama resident to Peter Brannon, most likely the director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History; two hand-written verses; and three printed cards with Christmas illustrations and poems written by Carroll.
- creator
Carroll, Mary Tarver, 1885-
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains two undated letters written from Carroll to Peter Brannon, most likely the director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History; two hand-written verses, possibly written by Carroll; and three printed cards with Christmas illustrations and poems written by Carroll.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Cather?
Biographical/Historical note
Mary Tarver Austin Carroll was born 16 February 1885 in Bullock County, Alabama. She married M. O. Carroll in 1902.
An author of novels, short stories, and poetry, Carroll was a charter member of the Pen Women of Alabama and of the Ozark Study Club. She published The Man Who Could Not Wait: The Story of Aaron Burr (1941), The Man Who Dared to Care: The Story of James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785 (1942), and Keep My Flags Flying (1945)
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Mary Tarver Carroll, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
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Conditions Governing Access note
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unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2012
Source(s)
Alabama - Authors (Local)
Alabama - Poetry - 20th Century (Local)
Drawings (visual works) (aat)
Greeting cards (lcsh)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
Literature and Authors (localbroad)
Poems (aat)
Women (localbroad)
Women--Alabama (lcsh)
Papers Box 3582