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Mrs. Mary J. Bobo Confederate Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS 289
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

The Mrs. Mary J. Bobo Confederate Scrapbook contains pasted newspaper clippings on some of the history and battles of the U.S. Civil War, clippings primarily from the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner. Principally, the battles at Murphreesboro and Chickamauga are noted.

The scrapbook also has death notices of ordinary Civil War soldiers, particularly those from Tennessee, as well as more famous Confederates like Colonel William Campbell Preston Breckinridge. In addition, it holds reprints of Civil War and post-Civil War poetry and songs. Some clippings pay tribute to the Confederacy’s most well known generals like Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.

Articles related to Confederate veterans’ reunions and the United Daughters of the Confederacy are also found in the scrapbook. Some of the more interesting articles include “Why Booth Shot Lincoln: Some Unwritten History” (on the third leaf) and a serialized autobiography by former lieutenant colonel and commander of the 25th Alabama Calvary Battalion Milus E. Johnston entitled “The Sword of the ‘Bushwacker’ Johnston” (on leaves 5-23).

On the back paste-down endpaper of the scrapbook are two old, faded photographs of Mary J. Bobo.

Dates

  • 1902 - 1907

Creator

Access Restrictions

This materials is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Mary J. Bobo Confederate Scrapbook, MS 289, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Note

Little information is available on the creator of this scrapbook, Mrs. Mary J. Bobo. At one point in her life she lived in Tullahoma, Tennessee.

Extent

2 Linear Feet ( (1 scrapbook))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The Civil War and Confederate scrapbook of Mrs. Mary J. Bobo contains pasted clippings from the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner on some of the history and battles of the U.S. Civil War dating from 1902-1907. Principally, the battles at Murphreesboro and Chickamauga, Tenn. are noted.

Acquisition Information

This scrapbook was a gift of Mrs. Mae B. Timberlake. April 1971.

General

Portions of this collection are available online at: https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/62258

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Mrs. Mary J. Bobo Confederate Scrapbook, 1902-1907
Status
Completed
Date
2004
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

https://library.rice.edu/woodson
Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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