mackinnoninez Preliminary Inventory of the Inez Alexandria Stephens MacKinnon Papers, 1821-1953 Processed by: ; machine-readable finding aid created by: Walt Evans

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 Descriptive Summary Inez Alexandria Stephens MacKinnon Papers, 1821-1953 MacKinnon, Inez Alexandria Stephens, 1901- 4.5 Linear Feet 900 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Inez Alexandria Stephens MacKinnon Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

 Provenance

The Inez Alexandria Stephens MacKinnon Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1991.

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Finding Aid Last Updated November 6, 2002

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 Biographical Note

Resident of Marianna, Fla.

 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)

Subject Headings

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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. Contents of Collection Accession #91-081

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Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.

1 Correspondence, family papers, school papers, mounted portraits, and clippings. 2 Scrapbooks and photograph album. 3 Mementos, printed materials, correspondence, large portraits, photographs, and negatives.