Rebecca Jane Tackett McAlister Colburn Diary
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Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of a photocopies of a diary kept by “Becca” Tackett McAlister in 1857 and of a transcription made by Mary-Louise Bixby.
Dates
- 1857
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Becca Tackett lived at Tulip near the Butler family, and her family is referred to in the Butler-Paisley letters. Following the death of her husband in 1864, Becca married again, to Dr. Thomas Jefferson Colburn, DDS.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Acquisition Information
The Rebecca Jane Tackett McAlister Colburn Diary was donated to the Special Collections Department by Elizabeth Paisley Huckaby, cousin of Mary-Louise Bixby, in 1984.
Processing Information
Processed by Ethel C. Simpson; completed in April 2004.
- Title
- Rebecca Jane Tackett McAlister Colburn Diary
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Ethel C. Simpson
- Date
- 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu