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DePelchin Children's Center

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

DePelchin Children's Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0656
Abstract

The materials in the DePelchin Children's Center records include the written and visual record of the Center ranging from 1887 to 2000. Highlights include correspondence from and photographs of the founder, Kezia Payne DePelchin. The collection does not contain records of adoptions.

Dates: 1887 - 2000

Kezia Payne DePelchin letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0201
Abstract

The collection consists of a bound volume of 28 letters, the majority of which were written by Mrs. Kezia Payne DePelchin (1828-1893) to her sister, describing her experiences as a nurse during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. The volume also includes letters from E. Kate Heckle, a friend and fellow nurse, to DePelchin, describing some of her own experiences during the same epidemic.

Dates: 1878 - 1879

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African Americans 1
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Children 1
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