McCown, Alberta Lee Davis, Papers, 1913-1965, Date acquired: 07/00/1981
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- McCown, Alberta Lee Davis
- Extent:
- 578.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Personal papers and photographs (1913-1965) covering her education at Pensacola High School (1913-1917) and at Duke University (1937), her activities in Campfire Girls, and as a missionary in Argentina for the Southern Baptist Convention (1922-1926), and literary manuscripts of her work as a poet. Other materials include Pensacola High School memorabilia (1920-1922) of Mary Louise Davis, and records of her father Charles T. Davis and his patent medicine business (Davis Remedy manufactured in Pensacola), as well as numerous family photographs.
one book; three scrapbooks containing 264 photographs and 46 items; one album with 14 photographs; and 88 other items and 161 other photographs.
- Acquisition information:
- Alberta Lee Davis, Pensacola, Fla., July 1981
- Processing information:
Revised 10/09/2006
Cataloged 12/02/1981
- Arrangement:
Chronological
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Patent medicines--Florida--Pensacola.
High school students--Florida--Pensacola.
Women college students--North Carolina--Durham.
Women missionaries--Argentina.
Women authors, American--Florida--Pensacola.
Women poets, American--Florida--Pensacola.
Women teachers--Florida--Pensacola.
Memorabilia--Florida--Pensacola.
Photographs.
Poems.
Business Records--Florida--Pensacola. - Names:
- Davis Remedy (Firm).
Davis Union Remedy.
Southern Baptist Convention--Missions--Argentina.
Camp Fire Girls.
Pensacola High School.
Duke University
Davis, Charles T.
Davis, Mary Louise.
Davis family--Photographs.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.
- Terms of access:
Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.
- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
