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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from this collection must be requested from the archivist, DeKalb Historical Society. Citation should be as follows: Description of specific item; Earle Carter Smith Papers, DeKalb Historical Society Archives Processed by Coley Stilz, DHS intern, 1999.
Size: 1 document box
Description The Earle Carter Smith Papers include two folders of correspondence; the first contains a collection of letters dating to the period around the Civil War. The second folder is personal correspondence of Earle from the early 1930s-1950s. There is a diary written by Earle in 1918, during the First World War. This provides valuable information about life on the home front, dating in the 1910s, and life in general in the early part of the twentieth century. Included are newspaper clippings from the war and the armistice agreement. The fourth folder contains a guest book from a Smith house dating from 1937-1960. There are also several court documents dating from the early 1800s-1859.
Subject Headings: When possible, Library of Congress Subject Headings have been used. Main Entry: Smith, Earle Carter Subject/Added Entries: Smith, Ruth Kirkpatrick Family Pace Family Simpson, Billy
Folder List: Box Folder Contents Date 1 1 Correspondence 1856-1868 2 Correspondence 1931-1952 3 Diary 1918 4 Guest Book 1937-1960 5 Scrapbook ca. 1890s 6 Photos 7 Miscellaneous 8 Lease Documents 1858 9 Probate of Will 1859 10 Pre-Nuptial
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