Ellen Buchanan Screven My biography, 1915

Summary

Creator:

Screven, Ellen Buchanan, 1841-

Date:

1915

Extent:

1 folder(s) (3 items)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Ellen Buchanan Screven My biography, ms369, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of My biography by Ellen Buchanan Screven, written in 1915. The manuscript contains information on growing up in Annapolis, Maryland, the outbreak of the Civil War, social life in Mobile, Alabama, during the war, the 1876 yellow fever epidemic in Georgia, the death of her husband, raising her children alone, and the relationship between her family and the black slaves or servants. The collection contains one bound manuscript, and two typescripts.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Southern States -- Race relations.
Autobiography

Places:

Annapolis (Md.) -- Social life and customs.
Mobile (Ala.)

Preferred citation:

Ellen Buchanan Screven My biography, ms369, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.