Elizabeth Smith McAshan Memoir

Collection

Identifier: THR/01/2014.s020

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Elizabeth Smith McAshan Memoir (no date; one legal folder) is an unbound 71 page account of the life and times of Elizabeth Smith McAshan. The memoir contains information and perspective on the South at the end of the civil war. There is also a transcription of the memoir that includes brief biographical information on the McAshan family.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1860 - 1870

Conditions Governing Use

The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording.

Extent

1 file (This collection is located within the single item collections boxes. )

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection consists of an unbound handwritten memoir and its transcription. The documents are arranged by order previously assigned to them. The collection is located in the SHSU Special Collection’s Single Item Collections Archival Box.