Series II: Personal Correspondence, 1861-1992

Series — Multiple Containers

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection contains the papers of the Owen, McCutchen and Merritt families; and consists of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, business and legal papers and ephemera, mostly dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1920s.

Dates

Creation: 1861-1992

Extent

From the Collection: 9.0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Consists of seventeen folders, the majority of which are incoming letter to Louis McCutchen from 1870-1914. Most of his incoming correspondence is from friends and family members who live in Alabama and Missouri. The rest of the correspondence consists of letters to or from Louisiana Bozarth Owen, Given Owen, Mattie Owen and other sources.