Guide to the James P. Creath Letter MSS.0370
Creath, James P,
- Publication:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
Box 870266
February 2008
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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James P. Creath letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.0370
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 item)
- Dates:
1893 April 29
- Abstract:
Letter written by a Uniontown, Alabama, businessman dated 29 April 1893, to his fiancée.
- creator
Creath, James P., 1858-
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a lengthy letter dated 29 April 1893, and written in Uniontown, Alabama, to his unnamed fiancée.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of James Pat Cather, 1990
Biographical/Historical note
James P. Creath, son of Servetus and Carolyn S. Creath, was born on 19 February 1858, in Virginia. He was in Greenville, Butler County, Alabama, by 1880, and in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama, by 1900. He married Willie Walker and the couple had one daughter, Willie. Creath died on 5 March 1930.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
James P. Creath letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processed by
unknown, 2008; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
Source(s)
Daily Life and Family (localbroad)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
Love and Friendship (localbroad)
Letter Box 3151