Preliminary Inventory of the Inez Alexandria Stephens MacKinnon Papers, 1821-1953

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)

Descriptive Summary

Title: Inez Alexandria Stephens MacKinnon Papers, 1821-1953
Creator: MacKinnon, Inez Alexandria Stephens, 1901-
Extent: 4.5 Linear Feet , 900 Items
Repository: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language: English.

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Accession #91-081

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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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

Attention: Contains rusty fasteners.

Correspondence, family papers, school papers, mounted portraits, and clippings.

Box 1

Scrapbooks and photograph album.

Box 2

Mementos, printed materials, correspondence, large portraits, photographs, and negatives.

Box 3