The Velma and Stephens G. Croom Collection

Box Inventories


Table of Contents:

Croom Family--Correspondence, 1840-1856

Croom Family--Correspondence, 1857-1859

Croom Family--Correspondence, 1860-1865

Croom Family--Correspondence, 1866-1906

Elizabeth Bellamy--Writings

Elizabeth Bellamy--Personal Papers

Stephens Croom--Personal Papers

Croom Family--Miscellaneous


Abbreviations used:

BFM (Benjamin F. Marshall)
CSC (Cicero Stephens Croom)
EWC (Elizabeth Whitfield Croom)
EWB (Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy) after 1858
JSC (Julia Stephens Croom)
MMC (Mary Marshall Croom)
WWC (William Whitfield Croom)


Box 1 - Correspondence, 1840-1856

File 1 - Correspondence, 1840 and 1848

1.1 W. B. P. [Partridge? Primrose?], Washington, La., to uncle [Martin Mayhall?], Fort Claiborne, Ala., 11/20/1840

1.2 Wm. W. Croom, Quincy, Fla. to Mon cher fils [CSC], 10/18/1848

1.3 Wm. W. Croom, Quincy to Stephens, 11/5/1848 (photo copy)

1.4 Wm. W. Croom, Quincy, to Stephens, 11/12/1848


File 2 - Correspondence, 1850

2.1 Wm W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 8/25/1850

2.2 Cousin Croom, Terre Bonne, to Cousin [CSC], 10/8/1850

2.3 Bryan Croom, Bel Air, to Cousin [CSC], 10/9/1850


File 3 - Correspondence, 1852

3.1 Friend [Harmon Morgan] to Stephens, 1/31/1852

3.2 Sister [EWC], Columbus, Georgia, to Little Brother [CSC], 2/27/1852

3.3 E. W. Croom, Columbus, to Brother [CSC], 2/28/1852 [w/note from Mother, 3/1/1852]

3.4 Croom Bellamy, Hopoi, [Georgia], to Cousin [CSC], 2/28/1852

3.5 Cousin Julia [K]enan, Columbus, to Stephens, 11/3/1852

3.6 W. W. Croom, Quincy, [Fla.] to Son [CSC], 11/7/1852

3.7 W.W. Croom, Quincy, to Son [CSC], 11/14/1852


File 4 - Correspondence, January-July 1853

4.1 Mother [JSC] to Son [CSC] 1/23/1853

4.2 Mother [JSC], Columbus, to Son [CSC] 1/27/1853

4.3 Mother [JSC], Columbus, to Son [CSC], 2/7-8/1853

4.4 Lizzie [EWC], Quincy, to Brother [CSC], 2/13/1853

4.5 C. S. Croom, Quincy, to Mother [JSC], 3/8/1853

4.6 W. T. Stockton, Jr., Quincy, to Friend [CSC?], 5/18/1853

4.7 Mother [JSC], New York, to Stephens, 7/10/1853 [w/ note from sister L. W. C. [EWC]

4.8 Friend Harmon Morgan, Portland [NY], to Stephens 7/23/1853


File 5 - Correspondence, August-September 1853

5.1 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 8/17/1853

5.2 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 8/21/1853

5.3 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 8/27/1853

5.4 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], [n.d., probably 1853]

5.5 W. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 9/2/1853

5.6 Lizzie W. Croom, New York, to Stephens, West Point, New York, 9/4/1853

5.7 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], 9/11/[probably 1853]

5.8 Son C. S. Croom, West Point, to Mother [JSC], 9/13/1853

5.9 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 9/18/[probably 1853]

5.10 C. S. Croom, West Point, to Mother [JSC], 9/21/1853


File 6 - Correspondence, October-December 1853

6.1 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], [Quincy, Fla.], 10/27/ [probably 1853]

6.2 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], [Quincy], 11/14/1853

6.3 Sister E. W. Croom, New York, to Brother [CSC], [Quincy], [w/note from JSC], 11/27/1853

6.4 George J. Osborn, West Point, to [CS] Croom [Florida], 12/2/1853

6.5 C. S. Croom, Casto de Lago, [Florida], to Father [WWC], 12/10/1853

6.6 W. W. Croom, Savannah, to Son [CSC], [Tallahassee], 12/10/1853

6.7 W. W. Croom, New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], [Tallahassee], 12/14/1853, [w/letter from Mother [JSC] to Son]

6.8 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], [Tallahassee], 12/17/1853

6.9 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], [Tallahassee], 12/18/1835 [1853]

6.10 C. S. Croom, Casto de Lago, [Florida], to Mother [JSC], 12/22/1853

6.11 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], [Quincy], 12/24/1853


File 7 - Correspondence, January-February 1854

7.1 C. S. Croom, Quincy, to Mother [JSC], 1/8/1854, and Husband Wm. W. Croom to Wife [JSC] on same paper as letter above

7.2 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], 1/11/1854

7.3 L.W.C. [EWC] to Brother [CSC], n.d. [1854]

7.4 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Child [CSC], 1/24/1854

7.5 Elizabeth [EWC], New York, to Brother [CSC], 1/29/1854

7.6 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], 2/5/1854

7.7 E.W.C. to C. S. Croom, Quincy, Fla., n.d.[1854] "A rebellion in the chemistry class"

7.8 Mother [JSC] to Dear Child [CSC], 2/8/1854

7.9 Mother [JSC] to Dear Boy [CSC], 2/12/1854

7.10 Mother [JSC] to Dear Boy [CSC], Quincy, Fla., 2/19/[1854]

7.11 Lizzie [EWC] to Brother [CSC], n.d. [1854]


File 8 - Correspondence, March-May 1854 [No correspondence for April]

8.1 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], 3/4/1854

8.2 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Child [CSC], 3/13/1854

8.3 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 3/19/1854

8.4 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 3/29/1854

8.5 Harold Bellamy, Hopoi, Ga., to Cousin [CSC], 5/9/[1854]

8.6 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 5/18/1854

8.7 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 5/21/1854

8.8 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 5/31/1854 [w/ note from JSC]

8.9 Isaac C[room] Jeffrey, Quincy, to Stephens, 5/31/1854


File 9 - Correspondence, June 1854

9.1  Mother [JSc], New York, to Son [CSC], 6/4/1854 [w/letter from E. W. Croom to Brother]

9.2  Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], 6/10/1854

9.3  Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 6/10/1854

9.4  Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 6/11/1854

9.5  Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 6/14/1854

9.6  Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 6/14/1854

9.7  Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 6/17/1854

9.8  Lizzie [EWC], New York, to Brother [CSC], 6/18/1854 [w/letter from Mother [JSC]

9.9  Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 6/20/1854


File 10 - Correspondence, August-December 1854 [No correspondence for July]

10.1 Cousin Dooty to Cousin [CSC], 8/21/1854

10.2 Aunt Betsey [wife of Sam Bellamy], Quincy, Fla., to Stephens, 9/24/1854

10.3 George J. Osborn, West Point, to Friend [CSC], 11/8/1854

10.4 Isaac C. Jeff[reys], Quincy, to Stephens, 11/13/1854

10.5 George Osborn, West Point, to Friend Croom [CSC], 12/10/1854

10.6 Charles Gray [schoolmate], West Point, to Friend Croom [CSC], 12/11/1854

10.7 Charles Gray, West Point, to Friend Croom [CSC], 11/17/1854


File 11 - Correspondence, January-May 1855

11.1 George Osborn, West Point, to Croom [CSC], 1/6/1855

11.2 Charles O. Gray, West Point, to Friend Croom [CSC], 1/16/1855

11.3 George Osborn, West Point, to Croom [CSC], 2/4/1855

11.4 Charles Gray, [Warrensburgh], to Friend Croom [CSC], 2/25/1855

11.5 Isaac C. Jeff[reys], Quincy, to Stephens, 4/1/1855

11.6 Aunt [Bess], Quincy, to Stephens 5/8/[1855]

11.7 George J. Osborn, New Haven, to Croom [CSC], 5/12/1855

11.8 George J. Osborn, New Haven, to Friend [CSC], 5/20/[1855]


File 12 - Correspondence, June-December 1855

12.1 W. T. Stockton, Quincy, to Dear Friend [CSC?], 6/9/1855

12.2 Harold Bellamy, Hopoi, Ga., to cousin Stephens, 7/6/1855

12.3 Isaac C. J[...], Quincy, to Stephens, 9/9/1855

12.4 George Osborn, New Haven, to Friend [CSC], 10/14/1855

12.5 S. L. C., Columbus, to Dear Old Fashionable Friend and Gossip [JSC], 10/17/1855

12.6 Bryan Croom Jr., Northhampton, to Stephens, 11/12/1855

12.7 George Osborn, New Haven, to Friend [CSC], 11/18/1855

12.8 Harold Bellamy to Cousin [CSC], 12/2/1855


File 13 - Correspondence, January-April 1856

13.1 E. W. Croom to Brother [CSC], n.d. [1856]

13.2 Francis L. Hawks [kinsman], New York, to Stephens, 1/12/1856

13.3 C. S. C., Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 2/9/1856

13.4 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 2/17/1856

13.5 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 3/11/1856

13.6 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 3/24/1856

13.7 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 4/14/1856

13.8 Brother [CSC], Chapel Hill, to Sister [EWC], 4/20/1856


File 14 - Correspondence, May-August 1856

14.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 5/4/1856

14.2 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 5/12/1856

14.3 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 6/20/1856

14.4 Nathan B. Whitfield [cousin], Demopolis, to Stephens, 7/2/1856

14.5 [EWC] to [CSC], 7/27/1856 [poem]

14.6 Mother [JSC] to Dear Boy [CSC], 8/2/1856

14.7 Sister [EWC], Green's Farm, [boarding house outside New York City], to Brother [CSC], 8/10/1856

14.8 Mother [JSC], Green's Farm, to Son [CSC], 8/24/1856

14.9 C. S. Croom to Father [WWC], 8/31/1856

14.10 Sister [EWC], Green's Farm, Brother [CSC], 8/31/1856


File 15 - Correspondence, September 1856

15.1 Mother [JSC], Green's Farm, to Dear Boy [CSC], 9/12/1856

15.2 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 9/14/1856

15.3 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 9/18/1856

15.4 Aunt Betsey [probably wife of Sam Bellamy in Quincy, Fla.] to Stephens, 9/27/1856

15.5 Bryan Croom Jr., Northhampton, to Cousin [CSC], 9/28/1856

15.6 E. W. Croom, Mrs. Frost's [New York City], to Brother [CSC], 9/28/1856

15.7 C. S. Croom, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 9/28/1856


File 16 - Correspondence, October-December 1856

16.1 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 10/12/1856

16.2 Stephens, C. H. [Chapel Hill], to Mother [JSC], 10/12/1856

16.3 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 10/13/1856

16.4 Mother [JSC], New York], to Son [CSC], 10/18/[1856]

16.5 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], Mother [JSC] and Sister [EWC], 10/26/1856

16.6 E. W. Croom, New York, to Brother [CSC], 11/2/1856

16.7 A. K. S., New York, to Friend [CSC], 11/ 7/1856

16.8 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 11/9/1856

16.9 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 11/15/1856

16.10 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 11/16/[1856]

16.11 James P. Coffin, Hampton's Room, to Friend Stephens, 12/16/1856

16.12 Syd Smith, Chapel Hill, to Friend Stephens, 12/21/[1856]

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Box 2 - Correspondence, 1857-1859

File 1 - Correspondence, January 1857

1.1 Nathan [B. Whitfield], Mt. Auburn, to Stephens, 1/3/1857

1.2 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 1/15/1857

1.3 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 1/18/1857

1.4 Wm. W. Croom, Quincy, to Dear Boy [CSC], 1/18/1857

1.5 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 1/18/1857

1.6 Wm. W. Croom, Quincy, to Wife [JSC], 1/20/1857

1.7 Wm. W. Croom to Son [CSC], 1/24/57

1.8 [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 1/25/1857

1.9 Mother [JSC], New York, to Good Child [CSC], 1/30/1857


File 2 - Correspondence, February 1857

2.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 2/1/1857

2.2 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 2/2/1857

2.3 Sister [EWC] to Brother [CSC], 2/8/1857

2.4 Mother [JSC], New York, to Dear Boy [CSC], 2/15/1857

2.5 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 2/19/57

2.6 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 2/22/1857 with note from Mother [JSC]


File 3 - Correspondence, March 1857

3.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 3/1[1857]

3.2 [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 3/1/1857

3.3 A. K. S. [Anna K. Sweet] to Friend Stephens, 3/4/1857

3.4 Sister [EWC] to Brother [CSC], 3/8/1857

3.5 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 3/15/1857

3.6 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 3/16/1857

3.7 [P.W.] White, Quincy, to S. C. Croom [CSC], 3/19/1857

3.8 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 3/22/1857

3.9 Aunt Betsey [Croom Bellamy], Quincy, to Stephens, 3/25/1857

3.10 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 3/29/1857


File 4 - Correspondence, April-June 1857

4.1 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 4/3/1857

4.2 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 4/4/1857

4.3 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 4/11/1857

4.4 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 4/13/1857

4.5 W. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 4/14/1857

4.6 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 4/19/1857

4.7 N. [Nathan B. Whitfield?] to Stephens, 5/21/1857

4.8 Mother [JSC], Casa del Laga [Quincy, Fla.] to Son [CSC] 5/27/1857

4.9 Wm. W. Croom to Son, [6/1857]

4.10 Cicero S. C., Asheville, N.C., to Mother [JSC], 6/8/1857

4.11 Mother [JSC], Quincy, to Son [CSC], 6/14/1857

4.12 Mother [JSC], Quincy, to Son [CSC], 6/22/1857

4.13 Alphonse C. A[very], Morgantown, to Stephens, 6/25/1857

4.14 [JSC], Hopoi, to Son [CSC], 6/27/1857


File 5 - Correspondence, July 1857

5.1 Mother [JSC], Hopoi, to Son [CSC] 7/1857

5.2 Cousin Hap [Bellamy], Hopoi, to Stephens, 7/2/1857

5.3 Sister [EWC], Hopoi, to Brother [CSC], 7/3/1857

5.4 Stephens, Ashville, to Father [WWC], 7/3/1857

5.5 W. W. Croom, Hopoi, to Son [CSC], 7/8/1857

5.6 D. C. Jay, New York, to Sir [CSC], 7/20/1857

5.7 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 7/24/1857 [partial letter]

5.8. Mother [JSC], Louisville, to Dear Boy [CSC], 7/25/1857

5.9 Sister [EWC], Columbus, to Brother [CSC], 7/31/1857


File 6 - Correspondence, August 1857

6.1 Wm. W. Croom, Memphis, Tenn., to Son [CSC], 8/3/1857

6.2 Mother [JSC], Hopoi, to Son [CSC], 8/6/1857

6.3 N. Whitfield [Nathan B.], Baltimore City, to Stephens, 8/8/1857

6.4 Harold [Bellamy], Hopoi, Ga., to Cousin [CSC], 8/11/1857

6.5 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 8/11/1857

6.6 Mother [JSC], Hopoi, Ga., to Son [CSC], 8/16/1857, w/note from sister [EWC] and W. W. Croom

6.7 Aunt Betsey [Croom Bellamy], Quincy, Fla., to Stephens, 8/28/1857


File 7 - Correspondence, September 1857

7.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 9/1/1857

7.2 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 9/3/1857

7.3 Sister [EWC], Hopoi, to Brother [CSC], 9/5/1857

7.4 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 9/9/1857

7.5 Cousin Harold [Bellamy], Oxford, N.C., to Stephens, 9/22/1857

7.6 Wm. W. Croom, Columbus, to Son [CSC], 9/27/1857

7.7 A. K. S. [Anna K. Sweet], Pokupsie [Poughkeepsie], to friend Stephens, 9/29/1857

7.8 E. W. Croom, Columbus, to Brother [CSC], 9/30/1857

7.9 Mother [JSC], Columbus, to Son [CSC], 9/30/1857

7.10 Stephens, [Chapel Hill] to [...], [Written in 1857 when Stephens was a Junior at Chapel Hill]


File 8 - Correspondence, October 1857

8.1 Mother [JSC], Columbus, to Son [CSC], 10/6/[1857]

8.2 N. [Nathan B. Whitfield], near Eutaw, Ala., to Stephens, 10/8/1857

8.3 Hap [Bellamy], Oxford, to Stephens, 10/10/1857

8.4 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 10/17/1857

8.5 Croom Bellamy, Oxford, N.C., to Stephens, 10/18/1857

8.6 Wm. W. Croom, Bolivar County, to Dear Boy [CSC], 10/30/1857

8.7 E. W. Croom, Memphis, Tenn., to Brother [CSC], 10/1857


File 9 - Correspondence, November 1857

9.1 Mother [JSC], Memphis, to Son [CSC], 11/2/[1857]

9.2 C. S. Croom, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 11/3/1857

9.3 Cousin Charles E. [Edward] Bellamy, Memphis, to Stephens, 11/3/1857

9.4 A. K. Sweet, New York, to Friend [CSC], 11/4/1857

9.5 Croom Bellamy, Oxford, N.C., to Stephens, 11/8/1857

9.6 Wm. W. Croom, Prentiss, Miss., to Son [CSC], 11/10/1857

9.7 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 11/13/1857

9.8 Mother [JSC], Memphis, to Son [CSC], 11/15/1857

9.9 Mother [JSC], Memphis, to Son [CSC], 11/19/1857

9.10 Sister [EWC], Memphis, to Brother [CSC], 11/22/1857

9.11 N. [Nathan B. Whitfield], Demopolis, to Stephens, 11/25/1857 [w/ notes from EWC & JSC forwarding his letter]

9.12 C. S. Croom, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 11/26/1857

9.13 Wm. W. Croom, Memphis, to Son [CSC], 11/26/1857

9.14 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 11/31/1857

File 10 - Correspondence, December 1857

10.1 Wm. W. Croom to Son [CSC], 12/3/1857

10.2 Mother [JSC], Memphis, to Son [CSC], 12/4/1857

10.3 Mother [JSC], Memphis, to Son [CSC], 12/13/1857

10.4 Mother [JSC], Memphis, to Son [CSC] 12/17/[1857, not 1858 as written]

10.5 E. W. Croom, Memphis, to Brother [CSC], 12/20/1857

10.6 Cousin Harold [Croom], Hopoi, Miss., to Stephens, 12/21/1857

10.7 Wm. W. Croom, Memphis, to Son [CSC], 12/30/1857


File 11 - Correspondence, January 1858

11.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 1/5/1858

11.2 Mother [JSC], Memphis, to Son [CSC], 1/9/1858

11.3 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 1/12/1858

11.4 Wm. W. Croom, Atlanta, Ga., to Son [CSC], 1/13/1858

11.5 Wm. W. Croom, Fort Valley, to Son [CSC], 1/17/1858

11.6 C. S. Croom, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 1/23/1858

11.7 E. W. Croom, Memphis, to Brother [CSC], 1/31/1858


File 12 - Correspondence, February-April 1858

12.1 C. S. Croom, Chapel Hill, to Sister [EWC], 2/7/1858

12.2 A. K. S. [Anna K. Sweet], New York, to Friend [CSC], 2/7/1858

12.3 Sister [EWC], Hopoi, Miss., to Brother [CSC], 2/26/1858

12.4 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 3/7/1858

12.5 Mother [JSC], Hopoi, to Son [CSC] 3/9/1858, with note from Elizabeth [EWC]

12.6 N. [Nathan] B. Whitfield, Jr., Demopolis, Ala., to Stephens, 3/19/1858

12.7 Lizzie [EWC], Rosewood, Miss., to Brother [CSC] 4/4/1858, with note from Mother [JSC] 12.8 Mother [JSC], Rosewood, to Son [CSC], 4/25/1858


File 13 - Correspondence, May-June 1858

13.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 5/8/1858

13.2 E. W. Croom, Memphis, to Brother [CSC], 5/9/1858

13.3 Charles E. [Edward] Bellamy, Memphis, to Stephens 5/10/1858

13.4 Wm. W. Croom, Memphis, to Son [CSC] 5/12/1858

13.5 Mother [JSC], to Child [CSC] 5/17/1858

13.6 Friend & Classmate Lucius Fr[aison], Columbia, Tenn., to Stephens, 6/13/1858

13.7 Sister E. W. B., Hopoi, to Brother [CSC], 6/16/1858 [note Elizabeth married Charles E. Bellamy in May 1858]


File 14 - Correspondence, July 1858

14.1 N. [Nathan B. Whitfield, Jr.], Pass Christian, Miss., to Stephens, 7/8/1858

14.2 Sister E. W. Bellamy to Brother [CSC], Memphis, 7/15/1858, not 1857 as written]

14.3 C. S. Croom, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 7/23/1858

14.4 C. S. Croom, Chapel Hill, to Father, 7/25/1858

14.5 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 7/28/1858


File 15 - Correspondence, August 1858

15.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 8/2/1858

15.2 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 8/3/1858

15.3 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 8/10/1858

15.4 Mother [JSC], Mont Vale Springs, to Son [CSC], 8/15/1858

15.5 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 8/19/1858

15.6 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 8/25/1858

15.7 Mother [JSC], Mont Vale, to Son [CSC], 8/26/1858

15.8 James P. Coffin, Knoxville, to Stephens, 8/28/1858

15.9 Hap [Harold Bellamy], Memphis, Tenn., to Cousin [CSC] 8/29/1858


File 16 - Correspondence, September 1858

16.1 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 9/4/1858

16.2 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 9/13/1858

16.3 Sister [EWB], New York, to Brother [CSC], 9/17/1858

16.4 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 9/25/1858

16.5 James P. Coffin, Knoxville, to Stephens, 9/29/1858


File 17 - Correspondence, October 1858

17.1 Nathan B. Whitfield, Demopolis, Ala., to Stephens, 10/1/1858

17.2 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 10/3/1858

17.3 Charles E. Bellamy, Memphis, Tenn., to Stephens, 10/5/1858

17.4 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 10/7/1858

17.5 Sister Lizzie, New York, to Brother [CSC], 10/19/1858

17.6 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 10/20/1858

17.7 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Son [CSC], 10/20/1858

17.8 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 10/26/1858


File 18 - Correspondence, November-December 1858

18.1 N. B. C. [Needham Cobb], Greenville, N. C., to Stephens, 11/6/1858

18.2 [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 11/14/ 1858

18.3 Anna [Anna K. Sweet], East Chester, to Friend [CSC], 11/14/1858

18.4 Stephens, Montgomery, to Mother [JSC], 12/15/1858

18.5 Mother [JSC], New York, to Son [CSC], 12/17/1858

18.6 Stephens, Demopolis, Ala., to Mother [JSC], 12/25/1858

18.7 E. W. Bellamy, Hopoi, Miss., to Brother [CSC], 12/26/1858


File 19 - Correspondence, January-March 1859

19.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 1/19/1859

19.2 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 1/26/1859

19.3 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 2/7/1859

19.4 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Mother [JSC], 2/19/1859

19.5 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 3/14/1859

19.6 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 3/23/1859


File 20 - Correspondence, April-October 1859

20.1 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 4/9/1859

20.2 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 4/14/1859

20.3 Stephens, Chapel Hill, to Father [WWC], 5/4/1859

20.4 Wm. W. Croom, New York, to Wife [JSC], 6/1/1859

20.5 Stephens, New York, to Mother [JSC], 6/9/1859, with note from Wm. W. Croom

20.6 James P. Coffin, Knoxville, to Stephens, 7/28/1859

20.7 James L. Gaines, Black Mountain, to Stephens, 10/30/1859

[No correspondence in August, September, November and December 1859]

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Box 3 - Correspondence, 1860-1865


File 1 - Correspondence, 1860

1.1 James P. [Park] Coffin, Knoxville, to Stephens, 1/13/1860

1.2 Friend N. Collins Hughes, New Berne, N.C., to Stephens, 3/8/1860

1.3 James P. Coffin, Knoxville, to Stephens, 10/7/1860

1.4 James P. Coffin , Knoxville, to Stephens, 11/11/1860

[No correspondence in February, April-September, or December 1860]


File 2 - Correspondence, February-July 1861 [No correspondence January,March-May]

2.1 J. S. Gaines to Stephen, 2/3/1861, St. Charles, Mo.

2.2 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 6/22/61, Dalton, Ga.

2.3 Stephens to Father [WWC], 6/26/1861, Lynchburg, Va.

2.4 Stephens to Father [WWC], 7/9/61, Camp Clay, Richmond, Va.

2.5 Stephens to [Sister?] [EWB], 7/17/61, Winchester, Va. [partial letter]

2.6 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 7/21/[1861], Piedmont, Va.

2.7 Stephens to Father [WWC], 7/25/61, Army of the Shenandoah, about eight miles from Manassas Junction and half a mile from the battle field


File 3 - Correspondence, August 1861

3.1 Mother [JSC] to Dear Boy [CSC], 8/4/61, Eutaw, Ala.

3.2 Stephens to Father [WWC], 8/6/1861, Army of Potomac, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade

3.3 Stephens to Father [WWC], 8/18/61, Camp near Bristol Station

3.4 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 8/19/61, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade

3.5 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 8/27/61, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, near Bristol, Va.


File 4 - Correspondence, September 1861

4.1 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 9/2/61, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, Camp near Bristol

4.2 Stephens to Father [WWC], 9/9/61, Camp near Bristol

4.3 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 9/12/61, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, Camp near Bristol

4.4 Stephens to Father [WWC], 9/21/61, Head Qrs., 5th Brigade, Camp near Bristol

4.5 Mother [JSC] to Dear Boy [CSC], 9/22/[1861], Eutaw, Ala.

4.6 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 9/24/61, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, Camp near Centerville

4.7 Stephens to Father [WWC], 9/29/61, Hd. Qrs., 5th, 2d Corps


File 5 - Correspondence, October-December 1861

5.1 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 10/18/61, Hd. Qrs., 5th Brigade, 2d Corps A.P.

5.2 Stephens to Father [WWC], 10/26/61, Hd. Qrs., 5th Brig., 2d Corps A.P.

5.3 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 11/1/61, Hd.Qrs., 5th Brigade, 2d Corps A.P.

5.4 Stephens to Father [WWC], 11/8/61, Hd. Qrs., 5th Brigade, 2d Corps A.P.

5.5 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 11/18/61, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, 2d Corps

5.6 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 12/3/61, Hd.Qrs., 5th Brigade, 2d Corps, A.P.

5.7 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 12/14/61, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, 2d Corps

5.8 Stephens to [...], n.d. [1861] partial letter


File 6 - Correspondence, January-April 1862

6.1 Stephens to Father [WWC], 1/13/62, Hd. Qrs., 5th Brigade, 2d Corps A.P.

6.2 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 1/26/62, Hd. Qrs., 5th Brigade, 2d Corps

6.3 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 1/27/62, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, 2d Corps

6.4 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 2/3/62, Hd. Qrs., 5th Brigade, 2d Corps A.P.

6.5 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 2/15/62, Hd. Qrs., 2d Brigade, 1st Division A.P.

6.6 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 3/2/62, Hd.Qrs., 2d Brigade, 1st Division, A.P.

6.7 Stephens to Father [WWC], 3/22/62, Hd.Qrs., 2d Brigade. 1st Div, near Orange C.H.

6.8 Stephens to Father [WWC], 4/11/62, Hd.Qrs. near Wynn's Mill, York Co., Va.

6.9 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 4/18/62, Hd.Qrs. near Yorktown


File 7 - Correspondence, May-July 1862

7.1 Capt. Stephens Croom to Father [WWC], 5/5/62, Selma, Ala.

7.2 Stephens to Father [WWC], 5/7/62, Mobile

7.3 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 5/16/62, Hd.Qrs., Dept. Ala & West Fla.

7.4 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 5/21/62, Mobile

7.5 Stephens to Father [WWC], 6/21/62, Mobile

7.6 Stephens to Father [WWC], 7/5/62, Mobile

7.7 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 7/15/62, Mobile

7.8 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 7/22/62, Mobile


File 8 - Correspondence, August-September 1862

8.1 Stephens to Father [WWC], 8/1/62, Mobile

8.2 Stephens to Father [WWC], 8/9/62, Mobile

8.3 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 8/17/62, Mobile

8.4 E. W. Bellamy to Brother [CSC], 8/21/62, Eutaw

8.5 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 9/7/62, Mobile

8.6 Stephens to Father [WWC], 9/10/62, Mobile

8.7 [WWC] to Son [CSC], 9/20/1862, Eutaw

8.8 Stephens to Father [WWC], 9/25/62, Mobile

8.9 S. Croom to Father [WWC], 9/26/62


File 9 - Correspondence, October-December 1862 [No correspondence for November]

9.1 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 10/2/62, Mobile

9.2 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 10/11/62, Mobile

9.3 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 12/11/62, Mobile

9.4 Stephens to Father [WWC], 12/16/62, Mobile


File 10 - Correspondence, March-April 1863 [No correspondence for January-February]

10.1 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 3/6/63, Jackson, Miss.

10.2 Stephens to Father [WWC], 3/13/63, Head Quarters, 2d Div. A.M., Camp on Big

Black River [Miss.]

10.3 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 3/27/63, Hd. Quarters, 2d Div. A.M., Camp on Big Black River

10.4 Stephens to Father [WWC], 3/27/1863, Mobile

10.5 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 4/2/63, Head Quarters, 2d Div. A.M.

10.6 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 4/12/1863, Hd. Quarters near Vicksburg

10.7 Jas. P. Coffin to Friend [CSC], 4/15/1863, Hawkins Co., [N.C.]

10.8 Stephens to Father, 4/19/63, Camp near Vicksburg

10.9 Stephens to Father [WWC], 4/19/1863, Camp near Vicksburg

10.10 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 4/27/1863, Head Quarters Forney=s Div. near Vicksburg


File 11 - Daily Journal, April 1863 [near Vicksburg]


File 12 - Correspondence, May-December 1863 [No correspondence June or August]

12.1 Stephens to Father [WWC], 5/3/63, Vicksburg

12.2 Stephens to Father [WWC], 5/17/63, Vicksburg

12.3 Stephens to Father [WWC], 7/15/63, Brandon, Miss.

12.4 Stephens to Father [WWC], 7/19/63, Enterprise, Miss.

12.5 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 7/22/63, Enterprise, Miss.

12.6 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 9/11/63, Enterprise

12.7 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 10/5/63, Enterprise

12.8 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 11/12/63, "Coventry"

12.9 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 11/27/63, Enterprise

12.10 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 12/4/63, Enterprise, Miss.


File 13 - Correspondence, January-June 1864 [No correspondence for March-April]

13.1 Stephens to Father [WWC], 1/5/64, Enterprise

13.2 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 1/26/64, Enterprise

13.3 Stephens to Father [WWC], 2/9/64, Enterprise

13.4 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 5/5/64, Montevallo, [Ala.]

13.5 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 5/19/64, Capville, Ga. [partial letter]

13.6 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 6/19/[1864], Demopolis, [Ala.]

13.7 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 6/21/64, near Jackson, Miss.

13.8 Stephens to Father [WWC], 6/22/64, Jackson, Miss.


File 14 - Correspondence, July-Nov. 1864 [No correspondence September, December]

14.1 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 7/1/64, St Joseph, La.

14.2 Mother [JSC] to Son [CSC], 7/17/64, Eutaw, Ala.

14.3 Stephens to Father [WWC]. 8/21/64, Alexandria, La.

14.4 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 8/29/64, Alexandria, La.

14.5 Mother [JSC] to Son [CSC], 10/6/64, Eutaw, Ala.

14.6 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 10/9/[1864], near Camden, Ark.

14.7 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 11/12/64, Camp near Camden, Ark.

14.8 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 11/30/[1864], Camp near Minden, La.


File 15 - Correspondence, 1865 [No correspondence January, March-December]

15.1 Stephens to Mother JSC], 2/2/65, Shreveport, La.

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Box 4 - Correspondence, 1866-1906


File 1 - Correspondence, 1866

1.1 Stephens to Sister [EWB], 8/18/1866, Mobile, Ala.

1.2 Mother to Son [CSC], 10/26/1866, Eutaw, Ala.


File 2 - Correspondence, 1867

2.1 Stephens to Mother [JSC], 4/13/1867, Mobile, Ala.

2.2 Stephens to Miss Mary [Marshall], 7/21/1867, Eutaw, Ala.

2.3 B[enjamin] F[ranklin] Marshall to Son [B. F., Jr.], 9/6/1867, Mobile, Ala.


File 3 - Correspondence, 1868

3.1 B. F. Marshall, Jr., to Howard Marshall Esq [brother], 3/11/1868, Univ. of Va.

3.2 [B. F. Marshall, Jr.] to Father [B. F. Marshall], 10/12/1868, Univ. of Va. [partial letter]


File 4 - Correspondence, 1869

4.1 Brother Howard to Ben [B. F. Marshall, Jr.], 5/30/1869 [partial letter]


File 5 - Correspondence, 1872

5.1 B[enjamin] F[ranklin] Marshall to Son, 8/15/1872, Mobile

5.2 [EWB] to Father [WWC], 8/14/1872, Cape May [N.J.]


File 6 - Correspondence, 1874

6.1 B. F. Marshall to Daughter [MMC], 6/20/1874, New Orleans

6.2 Bertie to Squtch [MMC], 10/10/1874, Atlanta

6.3 E. W. Bellamy to Miss Mary [MMC], 12/21/1874, Gainesville, Ala.

6.4 B. F. Marshall, Galveston, to Daughter [MMC], 12/24/1874, Galveston


File 7 - Correspondence, 1875

7.1 Mary G. Gazzam to Mame [MMC], 2/3/1875

7.2 Wm W. Croom to Daughter [in-law] [MMC], 8/2/1875, Rome, Ga.

7.3 E. W. Bellamy to Sister [in-law] [MMC], 10/6/1875, Gainesville, Ala.

7.4 Wm W. Croom to Daughter [in-law] [MMC], 12/11/1875, Rome

7.5 Wife [MMC] to Husband [CSC], 12/16/1875, Mobile


File 8 - Correspondence, 1876

8.1 Father [Benjamin F. Marshall] to Daughter [MMC], 5/2/1876, New Orleans

8.2 B. F. Marshall to Daughter [MMC], 7/3/1876, New Orleans

8.3 B[en Marshall] to Sister [MMC], 8/3/1876, Alum Springs


File 9 - Correspondence, 1877-1879

9.1 Ben [Marshall, Jr.] to Sister [MMC], 12/15/1877, Columbus, Miss.

9.2 Father [BFM] to Daughter [MMC], 3/22/1878, New Orleans

9.3 Father [BFM] to Daughter [MMC], 12/16/1878, New Orleans

9.4 Father [BFM] to Daughter [MMC], 8/7/1879, Mobile


File 10 - Correspondence, 1880

10.1 T. F. [Mayand], Washington, D.C., to Sir, 1/13/1880

10.2 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 10/13/1880

10.3 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 10/16/1880

10.4 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 10/18/1880


File 11 - Correspondence, February 1881

11.1 M.C. [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 2/5/1881

11.2 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 2/7/1881

11.3 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 2/11/1881

11.4 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 2/17/1881

11.5 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 2/18/1881

11.6 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 2/19/1881

11.7 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 2/20/1881

11.8 Mary [MMC], Mobile, to husband [CSC], New York, 2/28/1881


File 12 - Correspondence, April-September 1881

12.1 Father [BFM], New Orleans, to Daughter [MMC], Mobile, 4/22/1881

12.2 E.W.B., Gainesville, to Sister [in-law] [MMC], 8/7/1881

12.3 E.W.B., Gainesville, to Sister [MMC], 8/27/1881

12.4 Mary [MMC], "Auntie's" [Perdue Hill, Ala.], to husband [CSC], Mobile, 9/15/1881

12.5 S. C. [CSC], Mobile, to Mary [MMC], [Perdue Hill] 9/15/1881

12.6 M. M. C., "Auntie's" [Perdue Hill], to husband [CSC], Mobile, 9/16/1881

12.7 M. M. Croom, Perdue Hill, Ala., to husband [CSC], Mobile, 9/20/1881

12.8 [MMC], Perdue Hill, Ala., husband [CSC], Mobile, 9/22/1881


File 13 - Correspondence, 1884

13.1 N. H. R. Dawson, Montgomery, to Col. Joseph Hodgren, Mobile, 8/1/1884

13.2 D. J. Cain, Ashville, N. C., to Mrs. E. W. Bellamy, Mobile, 11/24/1884


File 14 - Correspondence, 1886-1888

14.1 Hannis Taylor, Mobile, to Mrs. Croom [MMC], 9/8/1886 [copy]

14.2 Vivian [H. Marshall], Anniston, Ala., to Sister [MMC], Mobile, 6/9/1887

14.3 Benton Fremont, Los Angeles, to Mr. Belford, 6/27/1888

14.4 Robert Belford [publisher], New York, to Mrs. Bellamy [EWB], 10/10/1888


File 15 - Correspondence, 1892-1895 [No correspondence for 1893]

15.1 Aunt [Lib?] to Maime [MMC], Mobile, 10/5/1892

15.2 Fannie [Marshall], Mansfield, Ohio to Sister [MMC], 12/27/1894

15.3 Vivian [H. Marshall], Jacksonville, Ala., to Sister [MMC], 8/1/1895


File 16 - Correspondence, 1897

16.1 Vivian [H. Marshall], Jacksonville, Ala, to Sister [MMC], Mobile, 3/10/1897

16.2 Cousin Georgia, Spring Hill, to Mamie [MMC], Mobile, 10/22/1897

16.3 Vivian [H. Marshall], Jacksonville, Ala., Sister [MMC], 10/23/1897

16.4 C[hess] E. Howard [cousin of MMC], Atlanta, Ga., to Mrs. Bellamy [EWB], 10/26/1897

16.5 Cousin Georgia, Spring Hill, to Cousin [MMC], Mobile, 11/3/1897


File 17 - Correspondence, 1898-1906 [Empty envelopes only]


File 18 - Correspondence, undated

18.1 E. W. Croom to Mother [JSC] 9/3/[1857-58]

18.2 [EWB], Eutaw, to Brother [CSC], 10/26/[1861-68] includes a long poem

18.3 Mother [Caroline Howard Marshall], Mobile, to Daughter [MMC], [1866-68]

18.4 Mother [Caroline Howard Marshall], to Daughter [MMC], 8/30/[...]

18.5 M.T. [Marie Thompson], Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Marshall 12/19/[...]

18.6 Fannie [Marshall] to Sister [MMC] 12/21/[1877-1909], Jacksonville, Ala.

18.7 L. M. Higley, Collage Hill, to Mrs. Bellamy, 11/4/[1884-1900]

18.8 L. M. Higley, Collage Hill, to Maime [MMC], 11/16/[1884-1900]

18.9 M. H. Vaughan to Mrs. B. [EWB], [1890s]

18.10 M.C.A. [Mrs. Leroy H. Anderson], Gainesville, to Friend [MMC] [after 4/13/1900]

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Box 5 - Elizabeth Bellamy Writings (Lectures)

1 Some Aspects of the Renaissance, Lectures 1-4

2 Some Aspects of the Renaissance, Lectures 5-9

3 Shakespeare Lectures, 1-4

4 Shakespeare Lectures, 5-8

5 Shakespeare Lectures, 9-12

6 Shakespeare Notes, mixed pages

7 Shakespeare and Renaissance Notes, mixed pages

8 Notes on Literary Figures

9 Notebook on 18th & 19th century literary figures


Box 6 - Elizabeth Bellamy Writings (Published)

1 "Shadow-Fame" by Kamba Thorpe in Mobile Sunday Times, April 26, 1868

2 "Jack" by Kamba Thorpe in Appleton's 9 (June 21, 1873)

3 "Foreclosing the Mortgage" by Kamba Thorpe in Appleton's 10 (August 16, 1873)

4 "The Story of Daffy-Down-Dilly" by Kamba Thorpe in Appleton's 12 (August 1, 1874)

5 "Grapes of Thorns and Figs of Thistles" by Kamba Thorpe in Appleton's 13 (Feb. 27, 1875)

6 "Grapes of Thorns and Figs of Thistles," typed manuscript

7 "A Memorable Trip" by Kamba Thorpe in Appleton's 13 (April 24, 1875)

8 "A Memorable Trip," typed manuscript

9 "A Middle-Aged Romance" by Kamba Thorpe in Appleton's 11 (May, 9, 16, 23, 1874)

10-13 "A Middle-Aged Romance," typed manuscript

14 "Tilly Bones Discourses" by E. W. Bellamy in The Independent (March 18, 1886)

15 "Hannah Caline's Jim" by Elizabeth W. Bellamy in Atlantic Monthly (March-April 1889)

16-17 "Hannah Caline's Jim," typed manuscript

18 "Me 'N' Pearline," typed manuscript [see Box 12 for published version in Youth's Companion]

19-21 "The Heygood Tea-Service," typed manuscript [See Box 12 for published version in Youth's Companion]

22 "Easter Sunshine," typed manuscript [See Box 12 for published version in Youth's Companion]

23 "Po' Ole Mis," typed manuscript [See Box 12 for published version in Youth's Companion]

24 "Mom Cely's Wonderful Luck," typed manuscript [Published version in Atlantic Monthly 74 (December 1894)]

25 "For Remembrance," typed manuscript [Published version in Lippincott's 53 (April 1894)]

26 "An Old Southern Home," (n.p., n.d.)

27 Penny Lancaster, Farmer (New York: Lovell, 1889) [boxed]

28 "Tilly Bones" in Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature, ed. Edward T. Mason (New York: Putnam, 1886) [boxed]


Box 7 - Elizabeth Bellamy Writings (Unpublished)

Stories:

1 "Shifting a Responsibility"

2 "The Blessing of the Unexpected"

3 "The Panic at Kytwin Ferry"

4 "Heard at Halfont Junction"

5 "An Old Grudge" or "The Ending/Death of a Grudge"

6 "A Witch Tale"

7 "A Strange Experience"

8-10 "A Potent Freak"

11-12 "A Question of Duty"

13 "Prize Story of Adventure"

14 "Marianna's Happy Day" [signed Ellis Barron - pseudonym]

15 "The Day after the Feast"

16 "A Night Watch"

17 "Heard at Moxley Station"

18 "Manifest Destiny"

19 "Miss Bailey's Conflict"

20 "Eugenia"

21 "A Misfit"

22-26 "Rony Pettibone"


Box 8 - Elizabeth Bellamy Writings (Unpublished)

Novels:

1-10 "Her One Talent"

11 "Clay in the Hands of the Potter"

12-14 "Mizzan"


Non-Fiction:

15 "A Summer Hotel"

16 "A Youth Named Abderrahaman"

17 "The Persistency of Error"

Partial Manuscripts:

18 "The Stranger"

19 "Pen-for-Short"

20 "A Confession"

21 "Hadassa's Warfare"

22 Mixed pages, unidentified manuscripts


Box 9 - Elizabeth Bellamy Writings and Personal Papers

Elizabeth Bellamy Writings:

1  Poetry by Elizabeth Croom Bellamy (published):

"Patria Dolorosa," Mobile Advertiser and Register, August 1866
"Summer Idyl," Mobile Daily Register, August 19, [1868]
"Transition," Mobile Sunday Times, February 2, 1868
"Sic Transit Gloria," Southern Collegian, n.d.
"The Lesson of the Rose," [The Gossip, c. December 1885] photocopy
"Baby Logic," Ghosts of Old Mobile

2  Poetry (published) author unknown:

"Fallen Snow," Register and Advertiser, January 19, 1868
"The Devils Delight," Unidentified newspaper, May 12, 1868
"Maryland, My Maryland"
"The Welcome Guest"

3  Poetry (unpublished) author unknown:

"Oh heart, my heart, how strange to yearn no more"
"The Major's Dream"

4  Poetry (unpublished) not by Bellamy

5  Notebook of Poetry by other authors

6  Notebook of Poetry by Bellamy and other authors

7  Notebook of short sketches by Bellamy

8  Elizabeth Bellamy's school essays (Spingler Institute), 1854

9  School essays, 1855

10 School essays, 1856

11 Graduation composition, 1856

12 Address to the Mobile Rifle Company, n.d.


Elizabeth Bellamy Personal Papers:

13  Financial Records, Receipts, 1898:

Mobile Register, 1/1/1900, 1/9/1900, 12/1/1896, 1/1/1898;
Mobile Daily Herald, 1/9/1900;
Mobile Hair and Millinery Store, 4/17/1897, 189(?);
Typewriter Headquarters, 10/2/1894, 11/16/1894;
M. B. Warren, 12/4/1894, 1/11/1895, 2/21/1895, 3/19/1895, 5/29/1895
G. H. Randall, 8/1/1895, 12/1/1895, 8/2/1897, 2/1/1898
E. O. Zadek Jewelry Company, 1/1/1897, 2/9/1898, 8/1/1899
G. Van Antwerp and Son Drug Co., 5/1/1897, 1/24/1898, 5/1/1898, 1/1/1900
Fitzgerald and Co., 1/1/1897, 5/1/1897, 1/1/1898, 5/2/1898, 6/1/1898, 1/30/1899
J. G. Hulsbush, 2/1/1898, 3/1/1898

14  Financial Records, Contracts and Royalty Accounts, 1889-91:

Belford, Clarke & Co., Publishers to EWB, 4/19/1889
Frank F. Lovell Publishing Company to EWB, 10/31/1889
Frank F. Lovell to EWB, 11/1889
Frank F. Lovell to EWB, 5/1/1890
John W. Lovell to EWB, 5/7/1890 (copy)
Frank F. Lovell to EWB, 11/9/1891
F. Jordan to EWB, 11/9/1891

15  Correspondence with Publishers and Editors, 1874-1888, and undated:

Editors of Atlantic Monthly to EWB, 4/23/1874
W. D. Howells [Atlantic Monthly] to EWB, 5/25/1874
W. D. Howells to EWB, 5/20/1880
J. B. Aldrich [Atlantic Monthly] to EWB
EWB Contract with R. P. Belford, 4/7/1888
R. P. Belford to EWB, 4/19/1888
Robert Belford to EWB, 4/30/1888
Perry Mason and Co. [Youth's Companion] to EWB, 7/7/1888
Unknown to Mr. Derby, 10/4/1888
Robert Belford to EWB, 12/18/1888
R. J. Belford to EWB, 7/11/188(?)

16 Correspondence with Publishers and Editors, 1889-90, 1899, and undated:

John W. Lovell to EWB, 2/1/1889
Perry Mason and Co. to EWB, 9/11/1889
John W. Lovell to EWB, 11/18/1889
George F. Seely to EWB, 5/12/1890
Robert Underwood Johnson to EWB, 6/5/1890
Corresponding Editor of The Youth's Companion to EWB, 11/8/1899
Perry Mason and Co. to EWB, April, no year

17  Correspondence - Miscellaneous, 1884-94 and undated:

H. L. Wayland to EWB, 8/8/1884
Olins [Miller?] to EWB, 3/5/1885
Esmeralda Boyle to EWB, 9/30/1888
Samuel Mint[en] Peck to EWB, 11/20/1889
James P. Coffin to Editor of the St. Louis Republic, 11/25/1889
[...] to E. G. T., 7/30/1894
J. R. Trueheart to EWB, undated

18  Spingler Institute Catalog, 1859

19  Reeve, James Knapp, comp. Five Hundred Places to Sell Manuscripts. Franklin, Ohio: The Chronicle Press, 1894.

20 Reviews of Bellamy's books and stories

21 Biographical Information on Bellamy

22 MacInerney, Dorothy McLeod. "Thoroughly Modern Lizzie." Paper presented to the Alabama Historical Association, April 23, 1999.

23 Lists of Bellamy's works

24 Correspondence about the Bellamy papers.

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Box 10 - Stephens Croom Personal Papers


School Essays written at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

1 Essays, 1854: "Death," 10/12/1854; "Napoleon Bonaparte," 10/27/1854

2 Essays, 1855:

"Luxury," 1/10/1855
"Character of Washington," 1/24/1855 [2 versions]
"Government," 2/23/1855
"Tis better for a pig to have two curls in his tail than one," 3/1855
"The rise of the Chattahoochee," 3/8/1855
"Sugar cane and the manner of preparing it," 4/1855
"Slavery," 4/1855
"Extremes," 11/1855

3 Essays, 1858:  "Our Commerce," 9/20/1858

4 Essays, n.d.: "The Death of Arnold"; "Motion Universal"; "The Persecution of the Jews"

5 Essays, n.d.:

"The Sublime"
"What will best stimulate a class to literary exertion?"
"Patience"
"While we live, let us live"
"Elocution"
"Dialogue between the ghosts of Caesar and Webster"
"The Model Student"
"The Proper Conduct of the Understanding"


Daily Journal, April 1863 (filed in Box 3)


Civil War Service Record:

6 File: Civil War Service Record

7 Microfilm: Civil War Service Record from the National Archives


Speeches:

8 Speech on black education and suffrage written during Reconstruction, n.d.

9 Speech supporting the candidacy of Col. Mann(?) for the Legislature in the August 30 election, n.d. [ possibly 1876]

10 Speech "Lien of Judgments" [printed in the Advertiser and Mail; read before the Alabama State Bar Association. n.d.]

11. Speech by Stephens Croom to the Jury. [n.d.]


Financial Records:

12.1 Stock Certificate from Mobile Building & Loan Assoc. for Stephens Croom, 5/1/1876

12.2 Three promissory notes from Stephens Croom to William M. Lewis, 9/5/1876

12.3 Receipt of payment from B. F. Marshall to Life Association of America, 12/20/1876

12.4 Loan repayment notice, People's Savings Bank to Stephens Croom, 4/1882

12.5 State of Alabama Bonds, 6/12/1882, 6/24/1882, 7/7/1882, 11/17/1882, 1/22/1883


Legal Records:

13 List of men and boys in Mobile old enough to law clerk, 11/1/1829; Lists of Law Cases which mention Croom

14 Legal Brief--Chancery Court of Mobile. William H. Lewis, et al, vs. Moses Waring, Joanna Moulton. Argument and Brief of Robert H. Smith and Stephens Croom. No date.

15 Legal Brief--Supreme Court of Alabama. Thomas A. Knight vs. John D. Haynie. Brief for the Appelle. Herndon, Croom and Lewis, Council. No date.

16 Deed for property bought by Stephens Croom, 2/10/1876; Deed for property owned by Stephens Croom and Elizabeth Bellamy, 10/21/1880

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Box 11 - Croom Family, Miscellaneous

1 Photographs

2 Financial Register (Day Book) of William Whitfield Croom,1833

3 Miscellaneous:

Report from William E. Jennings, Auditor of the City of Mobile to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means, 7/17/1871;
Marriage invitation from Mrs. Martha Mosely;
Stephens Croom's note on "the different signification of auto's and autos";
Stephens Croom's note on Arules for the accentuation of nouns in the Third Delension in Latin;
Contract between B. F. Marshall, Jr. and Allen, Johnson and Allen of Philadelphia, publishers, 3/1877;
Extracts from the minutes of the Mobile Police Board and response from the Commission of the Port of Mobile. The groups supported the proposal to erect a statue of Admiral Raphael Semmes in Bienville Square, 3/18/1880;
Perpetual Almanac and Calendar, 1856;
Letter from J[ohn] Clemmons to Gent., 8/12/1860;
Partial letter on genealogy, probably on the Marshall-Howard family;
Price List from Sheppard's Fancy Grocery, 6/26/18[9]1;
Mobile Cotton Exchange Market Report, 2/13/1895;
F. E. Grant, Bookseller (Advertisement) to E. W. Bellamy, 4/3/1902;
The Advertiser's Clipping Bureau of New York City--List of Bald People in Mobile, n.d.;
Business Card from the Sturges Hotel in Mansfield, Ohio;
Numbered index to Croom correspondence

4 Essay written for the Mobile News--"Southern Compliments presented to Northern People who helped the sufferers of yellow fever," author unknown

5 Bellamy-Croom School:

Elizabeth Bellamy and Mary Marshall Croom's School;
Journal article on awards of merit;
Recollections from Miss Laura Pillans (one time pupil), 7/5/1962;
Newspaper photograph of students at Mary Marshall Croom's Select School for Boys and Girls taken in 1900;
Article: "Little School Taught By Mrs. Croom Remains," Mobile Press Register, 7/8/1962

6-7 Newspaper articles

8 Publications:

Tip Top Library, "Frank Merriwell in New Orleans or The Queen of Flowers," 8/15/1896;
Tip Top Library, "Frank Merriwell's Mercy or The Phantom of the Everglades," 8/22/1896;
Tip Top Library, "Frank Merriwell's Friend or Muriel the Moonshiner," 8/29/1896;
Tip Top Library, "Frank Merriwell's Double or Fighting For Life and Liberty,"9/5/1896;
Tip Top Library, "Frank Merriwell Meshed or The Last of the Danites," 9/12/1896

9 Publications: Puck's Library (Magazine) 9/1890, 3/1891, 10/1891, 10/1893, 1894

10 Publications: Wide Awake (Magazine) 7/1889

11-13 Croom Family Genealogy

14 Velma Croom's Notes

15 Miscellaneous:

Letter from Tennant McWilliams to Stephens G. Croom 7/21/1977;
Article on Croom Family Cradle;
Mobile Daily Register article on results of election for Mobile City Attorney, 1/9/1875


Box 12 (Oversize)

Grey clamshell box contains published Bellamy stories in The Youth's Companion (10 issues):

"Me 'n' Pearline" (April 10, 1890): 202-203

"Easter Sunshine" (April 14, 1892): 183-84

"Po' Ole Mis'" (October 13, 1892):503-504; (October 20, 1892): 518-19

"Doctor Bob" (March 7, 1889):118

"The Heygood Tea Service" (March 5, 1891):131-32; (March 12, 1891):149-50; (March 19, 1891): 161-62; (April 2, 1891): 193-94; (April 9, 1891): 207-208


Box 13 (Oversize)

The Youth's Companion: an illustrated weekly paper for young people and the family (loose issues)

1887 (1 issue), 1888 (1 issue), 1893 (4 issues), 1894 (6 issues), 1895 (18 issues), 1896 (4 issues), 1897 (8 issues), 1900 (1 issue)

Paper is very brittle and should be handled as little as possible. Microfilm of this periodical is available at Samford University for the years 1885-97.


Box 14 (Oversize)

The Youth's Companion (bound volumes): 1889 (49), 1890 (48) [See also Box 13 for other 1889 and 1890 issues]


Box 15 (Oversize)

The Youth's Companion (bound volumes): 1891 (48), 1892 (50)

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