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Ellen Buchanan Screven My biography
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Ellen Buchanan Screven My biography | |
| Creator: Screven, Ellen Buchanan, 1841- | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1915 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 1 folder(s) (3 items) | |
| Collection Number: ms369 | |
| Repository: Hargrett Library | |
Collection Description
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.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Ellen Buchanan Screven My biography, ms369, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2018.