Scott, James McMillian, 1870-1907 (MSS 628)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-30-2018

Comments

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 628. Letters of James McMillian Scott, a native of Cumberland County, Kentucky, to Sarah Elizabeth “Ellie” Garnett of Adair County, Kentucky, written before and after their marriage. Frequently separated from his wife because of his work on his family’s Texas farm and his editorial positions on newspapers in Texas, Kentucky and Arkansas, Scott writes of his family, his social and religious activities, his Spanish-American War service, and his newspaper work. He is frequently resentful of local attacks on his reputation arising from unspecified indiscretions committed while living in Kentucky. Full-text scans of several Spanish-American War letters between Scott and Ellen Garrett, of Columbia, Kentucky, (Box 1, Folder 3 & 4) can be accessed by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Scott, James McMillian, 1870-1907 (MSS 628)" (2018). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4380.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4380