Guide to the Letters to Ora Ferguson MSS.1861
ferguson, ora
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
November 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Letters to Ora Ferguson
- Unit ID:
MSS.1861
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.5 Linear feet (4 letters)
- Dates:
1929, circa 1947
- Abstract:
Collection contains letters to Ora Ferguson in Louisville, Kentucky, from her husband Clarence and nephew William Peyton. Clarence wrote home while on a trip to Miami, Florida, in 1929. Peyton wrote letters while attending college in Syria and travelling in the Middle East.
Scope and Contents note
Collection contains letters to Ora Ferguson from her husband Clarence and nephew William Peyton. Clarence wrote home while on a trip to Miami, Florida, in 1929. The other letters are from her nephew William (Willie) while living in the Middle East during the mid-1940s. A student at Damascus College in Syria, he wrote to her about his travels and included descriptions of terrorists activities. None of his letters are dated, but he mentioned the U. S. ambassador to Iraq, George Wadsworth, who served as ambassador from 1947-1948.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Brittany Ray, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Letters to Ora Ferguson, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2005
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
none
Biographical/Historical note
Ora Ferguson, a Kentucky resident.
Letters to Ora Ferguson Box 6644 Folder 1