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Interview No. 349, Anne Magee Oct 1978

Interview No. 349, Anne Magee

Combined Interviews

Recollections of her father as a Confederate soldier and Ku Klux Klan member; remembers her grandmother made Klan gowns; witnessed part of the Mexican Revolution in Brownsville, Texas; lived on a plantation where Mexicans were hired; lived on the border during Prohibition, the 1918 Flu Epidemic, and the Depression; social customs.


Interview No. 347, Alice White North Oct 1978

Interview No. 347, Alice White North

Combined Interviews

Biography; childhood in Iowa; her father's experience as a Northern soldier during the Civil War; move to Edinburgh, Texas, in 1930; teaching experiences with Mexican children; the Depression; 1918 Spanish Flu; experiences as a volunteer during World War I; her poetry. (Also included is a collection of Ms. North's poetry.)


Introduction To "'I Found The Country Greatly Excited': A Civil War Letter By E. E. Lott." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 17 No. 1 (Summer 1978): 65., Vicki Betts Jul 1978

Introduction To "'I Found The Country Greatly Excited': A Civil War Letter By E. E. Lott." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 17 No. 1 (Summer 1978): 65., Vicki Betts

Presentations and Publications

A letter from E. E. Lott, Starrville, Smith County, Texas, March 21, 1862, to Oran M. Roberts describing a supposed slave insurrection plot in his community.


In Commemoration Of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain : A Guide - Bibliography, Maine State Archives May 1978

In Commemoration Of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain : A Guide - Bibliography, Maine State Archives

Maine Collection

In Commemoration of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain : A Guide - Bibliography

Compiled and Edited by Barrett Parker, Pejepscot Historical Society and Sylvia J. Sherman, Maine State Archives.

"Published under Appropriation No. 1065.1".

Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine (May 1, 1978).

Contents: Introduction / Preface / Part I. Publications / Part II. Manuscripts / Appendix

Appendix consists of a "Facsimile of Report of Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, 20th Maine Volunteers to Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac Concerning the Actions of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg, July 6, 1863."


0224: Milton Newman Discharge Paper, 1865, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1978

0224: Milton Newman Discharge Paper, 1865, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains the discharge paper for Milton Newman from Company C, 3rd Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers.


"The Civil War Letters Of Elbridge Littlejohn, Part 1." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 17 No. 2 (Winter, 1978): 8-60., Vicki Betts Jan 1978

"The Civil War Letters Of Elbridge Littlejohn, Part 1." Chronicles Of Smith County, Texas 17 No. 2 (Winter, 1978): 8-60., Vicki Betts

Presentations and Publications

Letters between Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn of the 10th Texas Cavalry, and his wife Sallie Jeffries Littlejohn in Starrville, Smith County, Texas, during the Civil War.