Guide to the Letter to Lizzie MSS.2771
Lizzie
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lydia Wommack
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
August 2010
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 2010-09-22T16:49-0500
- Language Usage:
English
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Letter to Lizzie
- Unit ID:
MSS.2771
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1875 November 21
- Abstract:
A letter Lizzie received from her cousin in Cheltenham about the family, the Whiskey Ring Scandal, and schooling debates.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Letter to Lizzie, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2010.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter Lizzie received from her cousin in Cheltenham about the family. The Whiskey Ring trial had began, and many wealthy and affluent members of the community had been implicated. (The Whiskey Ring Scandal trials began in Jefferson City, Missouri in October 1875.) Her cousin also told her about a feud between Catholic and Protestant priests over the control of the public school system in St. Louis.
Letter Box SC0035 Folder 2771.1
Letter from Cousin, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, to Cousin Lizzie, November 21, 1875 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/54954