Guide to the Edward Eppes notebook MSS.0488
Eppes, Edward
- 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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Edward Eppes notebook
- Unit ID:
MSS.0488
- Repository:
University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 book)
- Dates:
1894-1912
- Abstract:
Notebook containing handwritten notes, including billing and account information, property dimensions, worklogs, and sketches of tools, of this Georgia-based civil engineer.
- creator
Eppes, Edward
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Edward Eppes notebook, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of one book containing handwritten notes relating to his jobs as a civil engineer for various Southern railroads. Notes include billing and account information, property dimensions, and sketches of tools. Also included is a list of his jobs, beginning in August 1888 in Albany, Georgia, where he worked at a grocery store for $20 a month, to his last job as Chief Engineer of the Georgia & Florida Railway in Augusta, Georgia, making $175 in 1913.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Paul Musselman and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2006; updated by Martha Bace, 2013
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Purchased from Cather and Brown Books, 1990
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Usage Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Use note
None
Biographical/Historical note
Edward Bancroft Eppes, son of Rev. William Eston and Emily Bancroft Eppes, was born on 23 October 1869 in Marietta, Georgia. He married Jennie Kendall on 1 July 1908; the couple had one son, John Kendall. Eppes attended the University of Georgia where he earned a degree in civil engineering. He worked on various railroad projects in Georgia and various other Southern states. He died in Augusta, Georgia, on 1 July 1918.
Source(s)
Business and Labor (localbroad)
Drawings (visual works) (aat)
Financial records (aat)
Logs (records) (aat)
Notes (aat)
Technology and Industry (localbroad)
Notebook Box 3312