Guide to the James Harry Deems Letter MSS.2092
Deems, James Harry
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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James Harry Deems Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2092
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet 1 letter
- Dates:
1928 May 1
- Abstract:
A 1928 letter from James Harry Deems to Mr. John Bios concerning the 1864 Union Relief Association fair. He also includes a family history.
Scope and Contents note
This is a letter, written in 1928, from James Harry Deems to Mr. John S. Bios concerning a request for information about Abraham Lincoln's 1864 speech at the Union Relief Association fair. He gives a family history, which has a long tradition of military service, and he states that his father, James Monroe Deems (1828 - 1901), a brigadier general during the Civil War, conducted the band, and he played first violin.
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Processed by
Rosanne Rumstay, 2008
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
James Harry Deems Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2007
Biographical/Historical note
James Harry Deems (February 4, 1848 - circa 1930) was the son of Civil War General James M. Deems. He was a musician at several churches.
Letter Box SC 0006 Folder 2092 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22246