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[Identification of item], Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Papers were acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 1941 and 1961.
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Encoded by Meghan Lyon, September 2011
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Statesman, author, clergyman, diplomat, and educator, of Richmond, Va.
The major part of the collection is the correspondence of J. L. M. Curry with his son, Manly Bowie Curry, mainly in the years 1884-1903. The correspondence is personal, for the most part, but there are occasional references to Curry's career in education. The collection also contains two letter books covering a portion of the time Curry served as United States minister to Spain (1885-1888) which have extensive observations on Spain, its rulers, customs, and environment; a few items of correspondence with relatives; newspaper clippings; photographs of the Curry family and of the Philippines; and a typewritten journal kept by Manly Lamar Curry while serving with the United States Marine Corps in Nicaragua, 1930-1931.
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.
Additional materials from J.L.M. Curry can be found in the correspondence series of the C.C. Clay Papers, also held at Duke.