Leigh Papers, 1868-1916, Date acquired: 09/00/1980

Summary

Creator:

Leigh family

Extent:

120.00 items

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Letters and correspondence, 1868-1916, of the Leigh family of Bagdad and Milton, Fla., consisting primarily of letters to Sue A. Leigh (later Mrs. S.A. Creary) of Bagdad from friends and relatives. Includes letters of C.H. (Hanks) Dorr describing life as a student at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1869-71.

Most of the letters describe events and the community of the writers and occasionally echo the events in Milton and Bagdad described in the letters that Miss Leigh had written to them. Places and areas include Belleville, Ala; Columbiana, Ala; Evergreen, Ala.; Haynesville and Hazelwood, Ala; Bagdad, Bay Point, Milton, Fla.; Hopkinsville, Kt.; Sewanee and University Place, Tn.; Houston, Honesville, Powellton, and San Antonio, Tx.

Correspondents include C.H. (Hanks) Dorr, Mrs. C.B. (Beatrice) Gaylord, J.H. Hughes, Mary Judge, Sue Leigh, Capt. J.D. Leigh, Rebecca McLean, N.A. Milton, Virginia Martin, and Hattie C. Sawyer.

In addition to life of the families and communities mentioned, other subjects include General Gorgas, Bishop Greene, and the University of the South.

Acquisition information:

Gift of R. E. Neville, Jr., September 1980

Processing information:

Revised 06/04/1987

Cataloged 1980

Arrangement:

Chronological

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Bagdad (Fla.)

Names:

University of the South--Students--Correspondence.
University of the South.
Leigh, J. D.--Correspondence.
Leigh, Susan A.
McLean, Rebecca--Correspondence.
Milton, N. A.--Correspondence.
Sawyer, Hattie C.--Correspondence.
Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883--Correspondence.
Greene, Bishop--Correspondence.
Creary, Sue A.--Correspondence.
Dorr, C. H.--Correspondence.
Gaylord, Beatrice--Correspondence.
Hughes, J. H.--Correspondence.
Judge, Mary--Correspondence.

Places:

Belleville (Ala.)
Columbiana (Ala.)
Evergreen (Ala.)
Haynes (Ala.)
Hazelwood (Ala.)
Bay Point (Fla.)
Hopkinsville (Ky.)
Sewanee (Tenn.)
Houston (Tex.)
Jonesville (Tex.)
Powellton (Tex.)
San Antonio (Tex.)
Milton (Fla.)

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:

UWF University Archives and West Florida History Center

University Archives and West Florida History Center

11000 University Pkwy

Pensacola

FL

32514

USA

Contact:

https://uwf.edu/library/databases-and-collections/university-archives-and-west-florida-history-center/