Preliminary Inventory of the Inez Alexandria Stephens MacKinnon Papers, 1821-1953
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleInez Alexandria Stephens
MacKinnon Papers,
1821-1953
Creator
MacKinnon, Inez Alexandria
Stephens, 1901-
Extent
4.5 Linear Feet
900 Items
Repository
900 Items
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library, Duke University
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have
not been transferred to Duke University. For more
information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Inez Alexandria
Stephens MacKinnon Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and
Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Inez Alexandria Stephens MacKinnon Papers
were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library as a gift in 1991.
Processing Information
Encoded by Walt Evans
Finding Aid Last Updated November 6, 2002
Finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Resident of Marianna, Fla.
[top]Collection Overview
Papers of MacKinnon, including correspondence with
her sister, Louise Mae Davis Stephens, her husband, Francis
T. MacKinnon, and other family members and friends (ca.
1920s-1930s); her diary during her courtship (1919-1922);
and photograph albums, portraits, scrapbook, and mementos.
Also includes husband Francis MacKinnon's WWI scrapbook and
letters to family written during his military service in
Europe; sister Louise Stephens' personal correspondence,
photographs, portraits, mementos, and scrapbooks (ca.
1912-1937); courtship letters of Inez MacKinnon's parents,
Jefferson Davis Stephens and Mae Inez Yarborough (ca.
1900); Jefferson Stephens' diary (ca. 1899-1926); and
19th-century papers of the Stephens and Yarborough
families, including an 1821 court order by the Territory of
Florida. (accession #91-081)
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- MacKinnon, Inez Alexandria Stephens, 1901- .
- MacKinnon, Francis T.
- Stephens, Louise Mae Davis.
- Stephens, Jefferson Davis.
- Yarborough, Mae Inez.
- Stephens family.
- Yarborough family.
- Family life--Florida.
- Marianna (Fla.)-- History.
- Courtship--United States.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Diaries.
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.
- Portraits.
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Preliminary Description of Unprocessed COllection
Accession #91-081
Some of the materials in this collection are
not immediately accessible because they require further
processing before use. Technical Services staff needs to
process materials in envelopes, reformat brittle paper, and
remove pictorial materials for preservation work before
use. Please contact Research Services staff before visiting
the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library
to use this collection.
Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.
Box 1
Correspondence, family papers,
school papers, mounted portraits, and
clippings.
Box 2
Scrapbooks and photograph
album.
Box 3
Mementos, printed materials,
correspondence, large portraits, photographs, and
negatives.
