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Mary (Mrs. Holman S.) Todd Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: 2019A002

Scope and Contents

Scrapbook created by Mrs. Holman S. Todd (Mary Pieratt Todd) containing newspaper clippings from The Wolfe County News, with Mrs. Todd's notes dating them from 1893-1960. The scrapbook contains mostly obituaries about the Todd, Pieratt, and Combs families along with Wolfe county friends and family. Other clippings include pictures, poems, recipes, and stories that interested Mrs. Todd, such as news articles about Abraham Lincoln and Japan. Mrs. Todd includes a list from 1959 at the end of the scrapbook recording the Pieratt's lineage from father to son, starting with Valentino Pieratt in 1760. There is a loose photograph of the Combs family and a charcoal sketch of Henry Combs.

Dates

  • Creation: 1893 - 1960
  • Acquisition: 2018

Creator

Full Extent

0.22 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Donated by church member Jerry Dimitrov.

Source of Acquisition

White Oak Pond Church

Method of Acquisition

Gift.

Separated Materials

Separated and added to Newspaper Collection: Wolfe County News dated 7 May 1948 Christian Companion dated 6 May 1903

Title
Mary (Mrs. Holman S.) Todd Scrapbook
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah King
Date
02/05/2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository

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