Guide to the Letter Fragment from Melinda to her sister MSS.3159
Melinda to her sister
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
January 2011
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 2011-01-06T15:24-0600
- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Letter Fragment from Melinda to her sister
- Unit ID:
MSS.3159
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (1 letter)
- Dates:
After August 1857
- Abstract:
A letter fragment from Melinda to her sister discussing various friends and family, as well as the 1857 economic depression caused by the failure of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2011
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Letter Fragment from Melinda to her sister, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter fragment from Melinda to her sister discussing the 1857 economic depression caused by the failure of the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company. The fragment begins with the description of how "he" (a friend or family member) lost $5,000 when Ohio Life collapsed. Melinda goes on to name several friends who had recently married, including one who married a man who was "in pursuit of a wife."
Letter fragment Box SC0054 Folder 3159.01