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Size | 2.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1200 items) |
Abstract | Helen M. Blount Prescott was a genealogist of Atlanta, Ga. The collection is chiefly correspondence and notes, 1910-1940, of Prescott. The Adams family, Blount family, Hill family, Howard family, Hughes family, Randolph family, and Reynolds family are among those represented. Also included are thirteen antebellum letters of the Prescott family and Slade family of Fort Gaines (Columbus County) and Columbus, Ga., including one, 1835, from George W. Prescott, Fort Gaines, describing unrest among the slaves caused by abolitionist activities, and a series of letters, 1852-1863, from members of the Slade family to a family friend describing social and family life, especially of Emma (Slade) Prescott. Also included are diaries and personal records of Helen Prescott and her mother, occasionally 1915 to 1944, about daily domestic life. |
Creator | Prescott, Helen M. Blount. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Helen M. Blount Prescott was a genealogist of Atlanta, Ga.
Back to TopThe collection is chiefly correspondence and notes, 1910-1940, of Helen M. Blount Prescott. The Adams, Blount, Hill, Howard, Hughes, Randolph, and Reynolds families are among those represented. Also included are thirteen antebellum letters of the Prescott and Slade families of Fort Gaines (Columbus County) and Columbus, Ga., including one, 1835, from George W. Prescott, Fort Gaines, describing unrest among the slaves caused by abolitionist activities, and a series of letters, 1852-1863, from members of the Slade family to a family friend describing social and family life, especially of Emma (Slade) Prescott. Also included are diaries and personal records of Helen M. Blount Prescott and her mother, occasionally 1915 to 1944, about daily domestic life.
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