Guide to the Wilhelmine M. Easby-Smith letters MSS.0467
Smith, Wilhelmine M. Easby
- 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
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English
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Wilhelmine M. Easby-Smith letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.0467
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (2 items)
- Dates:
1896 June 9, 15
- Abstract:
Two letters, dated 9 and 15 June 1896, to James H. Fitts, regarding a portrait of Easby-Smith's husband, William Russell Smith, given to the University of Alabama.
- creator
Smith, Wilhelmine M. Easby
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Wilhelmine M. Easby-Smith letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains two letters, written by Wilhelmine M. Easby-Smith, dated 9 and 15 June 1896, to James H. Fitts, regarding a portrait of her husband, William Russell Smith, given to the University of Alabama.
Biographical/Historical note
Wilhelmine M. Easby, daughter of William and Agnes M. Easby, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1835. She married William Russell Smith, politician and later president of the University of Alabama (1869-1871), on 14 June 1854; she was his third wife. The couple had two children: James S. and William. William Russell Smith died on 26 February 1896 in Washington, D.C.. She died in Washington, D.C. in 1918.
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Conditions Governing Use note
None
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Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
unknown
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Unknown; updated by Andrew Harris & Martha Bace, 2013
Source(s)
Smith, William Russell, 1815-1896 (Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File)
Arts--Alabama (lcsh)
Letters (correspondence) (aat)
University of Alabama (localbroad)
Letters Box 635