Guide to the Poems from the Old Log House MSS.2579
Poems from the Old Log House
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Haldy
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
October, 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-04-01T15:07-0500
- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Unit ID:
MSS.2579
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 Booklet)
- Dates:
1976 August
- Language of Materials note
While most of the booklet consists of English language materials, two poems are written in German.
- Abstract:
This is a compilation of KatieAnn (Detweiler) Troyer's poems about her life and the lives of her family members, written between 1958 and 1968, in Fredericksburg, Ohio.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Amanda Haldy, 2009.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Poems from the Old Log House, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
Scope and Contents note
Contains poems by KatieAnn (Detweiler) Troyer about her life and the lives of her family members, written between 1958 and 1968. Several poems are dedicated to relatives and concern them. There are 31 rhyming verse poems, photocopied and compiled by Troyer's family. Some entries are typed, though others are handwritten, with little consistency. Two are written in German.
Biographical/Historical note
The author of the poetry, KatieAnn (Detweiler) Troyer, and the family members responsible for this compilation, lived in Fredericksburg, Ohio. The poems themselves were written while Troyer was living in a log home, between 1958 and 1968.
Poems from the Old Log House Box SC0028 Folder 2579.01