Guide to the Frank Burrell Opening Address Poem MSS.3305
Burrell, Frank
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
March 2011
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Frank Burrell Opening Address Poem
- Unit ID:
MSS.3305
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet
- Dates:
after 1890
- Abstract:
Poem written by Frank Burrell on 24 December (probably in the early 1890s), inviting old and young to some sort of show on Christmas Eve.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
None
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2008
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Frank Burrell Opening Address Poem, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2011
Biographical/Historical note
In the 1890s, Frank Burrell probably lived in Eden, Ohio, the youngest child of John and Martha Burrell.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a poem written by Frank Burrell on 24 December (probably in the early 1890s), inviting old and young to some sort of show on Christmas Eve, promising, "you will get your money's worth - yes every bit." The collection also has an envelope addressed to Crissie Burrell in Rocky Fork, Ohio, and postmarked 7 March 1891.
Poem Box SC0066 Folder 3305.01