Duncan, Sarah Amanda "Dallie," 1848-1940 (SC 3486)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

10-16-2019

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3486. Letters, 3 November 1866 and 23 May 1867, of Dallie Duncan to her mother in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Returning for another year of school at Science Hill Academy, Shelbyville, Kentucky, she writes of her roommates and clothing purchases, asks about various family members, and warns that her tuition should be paid before she leaves school, noting the headmistress’s criticism that “Mississippians never paid their debts when they could help it.” She also expresses concern for her recently widowed mother’s emotional and physical health. Dallie’s mother (addressed as “Mrs. C. G. Mitchell”) married her late sister’s husband, Dr. Charles Grider Mitchell, a Warren County, Kentucky native who Dallie refers to as “Uncle Charles.”

Disciplines

Education | United States History | Women's History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Duncan, Sarah Amanda "Dallie," 1848-1940 (SC 3486)" (2019). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4763.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4763