Series 16-A “HISTORICAL SKETCHES WRITTEN AND COLLECTED BY
RPT [Item 17, 85l]
This series is divided into two parts. Series 16-A contains
articles written by RPT; Series 16-B contains articles collected by RPT.
Folder R/Box 13
Item 1: “History of Demopolis, Alabama”, written by RPT.
3l.
FolderR-2
Item 2: “A short history of Livingston’s D. U.
D’s”, written by RPT. 4l.
FolderR-3
Item 3: “Early history of Epes, Alabama”, written by
RPT
Folder R-4
Item 4: Gainesville, Alabama, “Far away and long ago”,
written by RPT. Three copies’ one hand written draft, one type written copy
and one Xerox copy 8l.
Folder R5
Item 5: A rough draft written in pencil by RPT of the
history of Sumter County and Livingston, Alabama. This is not in the proper
sequence nor complete, but it is assumed RPT was polishing this history for
writing style and correct facts. 8l.
Folder R-6
Item 6: “Annual events in Sumter County” written by
RPT. 1l.
Item 7: “Sumter County History” written by RPT.2l.
Folder R-7
Item 8: “Livingston Sumter County Library”, written by
RPT. 2l.
Item 9: “Incidentally”, written by RPT giving her
thoughts on instilling the love of reading in children. 2l.
Item 10: A collected item by RPT entitled “ Library
Ruled”. 1l.
Item 11: “Dancing Rabbit Club”, written by RPT to
entice children to read by forming a competitive reading club. 2l.
Item 12: RPT reminiscing about Livingston, Alabama, the
organization and history of the “Primrose Club, and the library. 10l.
Folder R-8/Box 14
Item 13: A story written by RPT about speaking the
“Primrose Club” on “Hobbies”. 5l.
Item 14: “Indian names in Sumter County”, collected and
written by RPT. 3L.
Item 15: “Ku Klux Tale” by George Young as told to rpt.
Two copies: one hand-written and one typewritten copy. “See Also” Series 14,
Box10, Folder P-16, Items 34,35,36. 5l.
Folder R-9
Item 16: “ Notes on Livingston”, written by rpt. Two
type written copies (complete); two type written copies with the first page
missing for each; notes written by hand assumed to be notes for the original
draft for this story. 17l.
Folder R-9/Box 14
Item 17: “Plant thou a tree”, written by rpt about
architectural eyesores. 1l.
Folder R-1/Box 23
Item 1: “Early History of Gainesville”, written by rpt.
Incomplete. 10l.
Item 2: “D.U.D’s is a New Year’s Tradition”, a
newspaper article written by rpt. 1l.
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Series 16-A Addendum HISTORICAL
SKETCHES WRITTEN AND COLLECTED BY RPT [Items 2, 11 l.]
Folder R-1/Box 23
Item 1: "Early History of
Gainesville", written by RPT. Incomplete. 10 l.
Item 2: "D.U.D.'s is a New Year's
Tradition", a newspaper article written by RPT. 1 l.
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Series 16-B HISTORICAL SKETCHES WRITTEN AND COLLECTED BY
RPT [Items 39, 157l.]
Series 16-B contains articles collected by rpt. The
arrangement is chronological.
Folder S-1/Box 14
Item 1: The Voice of Sumter, Livingston, Alabama,
August 9, 1836. This article is about Sumter County History concerning Steve
Renfroe and “The McGrews”. Two copies: one typewritten (14l) and one Xerox copy (15l.).
29l.
Folder S-2
Item 2: The Voice of Sumter, November 29, 1836,
concerning a run-away slave. Copied by rpt in her handwriting. 2l.
Item 3: Sumter County Whig, January 30, 1844. Two
pages from this newspaper. 2l.
Item 4: The Sumter Democrat, 1851. A marriage
certificate copied by rpt in her handwriting. 1l.
Item 5: The Beacon, Greensboro, Alabama, March 12,
1858. Two newspaper clippings concerning “The burning of the Eliza Battle”,
steamboat disaster, and one Xerox copy (3l.).
5l.
Item 6: Livingston Journal, April 25, 1868. A type
written article entitled, “The Union League Coincidence”. 1l.
Item 7: Livingston Journal, May 23, 1868.
Typed written copy concerning “Reconstruction”. 1l.
Folder S-3
Item 8: Friday, July 31, 1868. Typed written copy
concerning “Reconstruction”. 3l.
Item 9: Friday, July 31, 1868. A typed written copy
entitled, “the Freedmen’s Parade on the 18th”. 2l.
Item 10: The News, July 29, 1869. Typed written copy
concerning “Reconstruction”. 3l.
Item 11: The News, August 27, 1870. A typed written
copy entitled, “The reign of terror”. 3l.
Item 12: The
News, October 29, 1870. Typed written copy concerning “Reconstruction”:
one Xerox copy of the same. 2l.
Item 13: “Ku Klux of Sumter County” gathered from old
Livingston, Alabama, newspapers by rpt. 17l.
Folder S-4/Box15
Item 14: Livingston Journal, March 24, 1871. A typed
written copy entitled, “Sturges of the Meridian Riot”. 3l.
Item 15: Friday, July 25th, 1873. A typed
written copy entitled, “News respecting Sumter”. 1l.
Item 16: Fayetteville (N. C.), Express, Friday, June
12th, 1874. A typed written copy entitled, “De Pervisions, Josiar”.
2l.
Item 17: Friday, August 28, 1874. A typed written copy
entitled, “The Truth Boldly Spoken”. 2l.
Folder S-4/Box 15
Item 18: Livingston Journal, may 14, 1875. A typed
written copy entitled, “Ten Years, A Disastrous Decade, 1865-1875, Retrospect
of Reconstruction”. 3l.
Item 19 Livingston Journal, June 4, 1875, A typed
written copy entitled, “The Death of outrage”. 3l.
Item 20: Gainesville Dispatch, August 14, 1875.
Handwritten copy by rpt concerning the advertised sale of a free negroes sons’
by himself. 1l.
Folder S-5/Box 15
Item 21: Livingston Journal, March 3, 1876.
Handwritten copy of miscellaneous items copied from the Livingston Journal.
1l.
Item 22: The Gainesville Dispatch, April 4, 1876. A
hand-written copy concerning the cost and scarcity of food and clothing. 1l.
Item 23: Livingston Journal, 1879. Two typed written
copies of a story entitled, “Gallows Ball”. 2l.
Item 24: Livingston Journal,
Friday, June 10, 1881. Two copies entitled, “The Execution of Ben Perkins”:
one typed written copy (4l.) and one
incomplete hand-written copy (3l.). 7l.
Item 25: Livingston Journal, August 25, 1882. Two
typewritten copies entitled, “A Diabolical Scheme”. One of the copies is
incomplete. 2l.
Item 26: Livingston Journal, September 1, 1882. Two
copies entitled, “Jack Turner Pays His Last Debt”: One typewritten and one Xerox
copy. 10l.
Folder S-6/Box 15
Item 27: Livingston Journal, July 5, 1886. A brief
hand-written copy concerning the weather, prices, health, and scarcity of
products. 1l.
Item 28: Livingston Journal, November 10, 1887. A
typed written copy entitled, “Annual Hunt”. 1l.
Item 29: The Sun, May 26, 1892. Typed written copy
entitled, “After Jim Jones, Rapist…”. 2l.
Item 30: The Sumter Sun, August 24, 1893. A typed
written copy entitled, “A terrible Oath”. 2l.
Item 31: Livingston Journal, October 5, 1894. A
typed written copy entitled, “The Anti-Lynching Committee”. 4l.
Folder S-7
Item 32: Our Southern Home, May 20, 1903. A typed
written copy entitled, “Alabama Normal College”. 1l.
Item 33: February 1938, Sherard, Mississippi. Two copies
(one type-written and one Xerox copy). This copied article was authored by Frank
Herr and entitled, “Reconstruction Times in Sumter County, Alabama”; also
included is a story of Steve Renfroe. “See Also” Series 17, Box 17, Folders
T4-9. 22l.
Folder S-8/Box 15
Item 34: Minutes of the Primrose Club. The Primrose Club
was organized as study club for women, and their main goal was to sponsor the
County Library, in which rpt was the librarian. 7l.
Item 35: Constitution of the Primrose club. 1l.
Item 36: Newspaper clipping entitled, “Sumter County
History”. 1l.
Item 37: A listing of Confederate Soldiers of Sumter
County. 2l.
Item 38: Newspaper clipping entitled, “Sumter Registrars
absolved of charge”. Rpt served on the board of Registrars. 1l.
Item 39: Two typed written copies of a historical article
entitled, “Grampian Hill”. It is unknown id this article was written or
copied by rpt. 4l.
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Series 17 BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OF SUMTER COUNTY PEOPLE AND
JOHN AND ALAN LOMAX [Items 22, 176l.]
Information in these sketches is either by rpt or copied
from newspapers or others accounts. The sketches by rpt are noted, and the
arrangement is alphabetical. Box 17 contains information about Stephen Renfroe,
and the arrangement is chronological as it appeared in newspapers.
Folder T-1/Box
16
Item 1: Clark, Joe. A sketch on heroism written by rpt. The
sketch is entitled “Greater love hath no man than this”. Two copies: one
typewritten copy and one Xerox copy. 4l.
Folder T-2
Item 2: Culpepper, W. Cleon. A sketch of appreciation
written by rpt entitled, “ W. Cleon Culpepper-an appreciation”. 3l.
Folder T-3
Item 3: Lomax, John A. An incomplete sketch written by the
wife of John Lomax for a newspaper. 1l.
Item 4: Lomax, John A. A newspaper clipping reprinted from
the “Chicago Sun” on August 11, 1946, entitled, “Lomax…Folklorist of the
West”. 1l.
Item 5: Lomax, Alan. A clipping from “Time”, September
22, 1952, entitled, “Just folk”: The article is incomplete. 1l.
Item 6: Lomax, John A. A newspaper clipping entitled,
“John Lomax, great collector of folk songs, was Mississippian”. 1l.
Folder T-4/Box
17
Item 7: Renfroe, Stephen S. 1874. Items collected from
newspapers by rpt about Sumter County’s outlaw sheriff that appeared during
the year 1874. 30l.
Folder T-5
Item 8: Renfroe, Stephen S., 1875. Items collected by rpt
form newspapers about Stephen Renfroe that appeared during the year 1875. 8l.
Folder T-6
Item 9: Renfroe, Stephen S., 1882. Items collected by rpt
from newspaper about Stephen Renfroe that appeared during the year 1882. 2l.
Folder T-7
Item 10: Renfroe, Stephen S., 1885. Items collected by rpt
from newspapers about Stephen Renfroe that appeared during the year 1885. 29l.
Folder T-8
Item 11: Renfroe, Stephen S., 1886. Items collected by rpt
from newspapers about Stephen Renfroe that appeared during the year 1886. 18l.
Folder T-9
Item 12: Renfroe, Stephen S., undated. Article copied from
newspaper entitled, “A sad shooting”. 2l.
Item 13: Renfroe, Stephen S., undated. The author of the
article entitled, “S. S. Renfroe is unknown. Three copies: two typewritten
copies plus one Xerox copy. 30l.
For additional information on Stephen S. Renfroe “See
Also”
Series 15, Box 11, Folder Q-6, Item 11
Series 16-B, Box 14, Folder S-1, Item 1
Series 16-B, Box 15, Folder S-7, Item 33
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Series 17 BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OF SUMTER COUNTY PEOPLE AND
JOHN AND ALAN LOMAX [Items 22, 176l.]
(Continued)
Folder T-10/Box 16
Item 14: Rosenbush, Edwin. A hand-written article on Edwin
Rosenbush by rpt. 1l.
Folder T-11
Item 15: Tutwiler, Julia S. A newspaper clipping entitled,
“In Alabama’s Hall of fame”, October 15, 1953. 1l.
Item 16: Tutwiler, Julia S. An article written by rpt
entitled, “A review of Julia S. Tutwiler”. 3l.
Item 17: Tutwiler, Julia S. The song “Alabama” copied
from a newspaper by rpt with notes written in rpt’s hand-writing. 3l.
Item 18: Tutwiler, Julia S. An article written by an
unknown author entitled, “Julia s Tutwiler: Woman pioneer of education is
Alabama”. 12l.
Item 19: Tutwiler, Julia S. An article written by rpt. One
typewritten copy and one Xerox copy along with two hand-written pages of notes
in rpt’s handwriting. 4l.
Folder T-12
Item 20: Ward, Vera Hall.
Handwritten account of Vera Hall Ward by rpt. 2l.
Item 21: Ward, Vera Hall. A brief account of Vera Hall Ward
written by rpt. Two copies: one typewritten and one Xerox copy. 2l.
Folder T-13
Item 22: Winston, John Anthony. An article about John A.
Winston written by rpt. Four copies: three type-written and one Xerox copy. 18l.
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Series 17 ADDENDUM: BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OF SUMTER COUNTY
PEOPLE AND JOHN AND ALAN LOMAX [Items 1, 2l.]
Folder TT-1/Box 26
Item 1: Scruggs, Mrs. J. O. A tribute written by rpt. 2l.
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Series 18 NOTES AND COLLECTED ITEMS BY RPT [Items 45, 92 l.]
This series contains copies of newspaper articles,
newspaper clippings, magazine articles, book reviews of various subjects that
were of interest to rpt.
Folder u-1/Box 18
Item 1: The Voice of Sumter, Livingston, Alabama,
January 2, 1838. These copied items concern navigation of the Sucarnatchee and
circuit court. 1l.
Item 2: “Notes and collected items” by rpt copied from
various sources concerning a variety of subjects. 6l.
Item 3: July 27, 1868, entitled “Proclamation”, copied
by rpt, forbidding armed assemblages. 1l.
Item 4: Livingston Journal, May 3, 1872. These
copied items concern Birmingham, Alabama, and Mr. and Mrs. Elnathan Tartt moving
to Livingston, Alabama. Two copies: one typewritten copy and one hand-written
copy that have the article about Birmingham and other items not included in the
type-written copy. 2l.
Item 5: The Gainesville Dispatch, May 22, 1875, This
copied article is entitled, “Birth and Parentage of P. B. S. Pinchback”. 1l.
Item 6: The Livingston Journal, October 2, 1874.
This copied article is entitled, “The story of Joseph G. Hester’s
adventurous career”. 6l.
Item 7: Gainesville Dispatch, April 1876. This
copied item is in rpt’s handwriting, and concerns “War Times in the
South”. 1l.
Item 8; Livingston Journal, August 12, 1881. This
seems to be a letter to Dr. Brock from rpt attempting to prove the dates in
which Julia Tutwiler was principle of Livingston Female Academy. 1l.
Item 9: Our Southern Home, May 2, 1901. A copied
item by rpt entitled “considerable Difference”. 1l.
Item 10: Our Southern Home, August 5, 1936. Copied
items by rpt concerning the value of libraries. 1l.
Folder U-2/Box 18
Item 11: Seems to be rpt’s review of a book. This item is
written in rpt’s hand- writing possible while she was in the nursing home. To
identify this page use handwriting on p. 329. 1l.
Item 12: A lovely item written in rpt’s handwriting
concerning acts of God and how to deal with them. To identify the first line is
“Take a storm calmly…”1l.
Item 13: Book reviews written in rpt’s handwriting
possibly copied. To identify the first line is, “The book (I refer to)…” 1l.
Item 14: Thoughts and saying on various subjects possibly
copied or could be original with rpt. Written by hand by rpt, but these
miscellaneous items are incomplete. To identify the first line “The maid at
the Inn”. 5l.
Item 15: Incomplete fragments of sayings and thoughts on
the philosophy of life and writing. Written in rpt’s handwriting. To identify
the first line is “A novelist describing on…” 5l.
Item 16: Thoughts and sayings written in rpt’s
handwriting on various subjects. These items are incomplete nor are they in the
proper sequence. To identify the first line is “Down the hot road walked…”
5l.
Item 17: Incomplete and fragmentary thoughts and sayings
written in rpt’s handwriting possibly when she was in the nursing home. To
identify the first page it has “28x32 frame”. 4l.
Item 18: three items copied and written in rpt’s
handwriting concerning roosters crowing Indian custom and “The first
temperance pledge’. 1l.
Item 19: Items copied and
written in rpt’s handwriting entitled,
“Styles in May 1875”. 2l.
Item 20: Items copied from various sources by rpt in her
own handwriting concerning “The Creation”, “Heaven”, “Hold fast your
dream”. 1l.
Item 21: Livingston Journal, June 19, 1874. A copied
item in rpt’s handwriting entitled, “Farm”. 1l.
Item 22: Two humorous stories copied by rpt in her
handwriting concerning a hotel room and a lawyer. 1l.
Item 23: Miscellaneous quotes about writing and art copied
by rpt in her handwriting. To identify the first line is, “to record facts is
journalism…” 1l.
Item 24: A brief sentence written in rpt’s handwriting
concerning the first newspaper. 1l.
Item 25: An article about tornadoes written in rpt’s
handwriting with the first sentence beginning, “Prof. Loomis…” 1l.
Item 26: Type-written copy entitled, “An Indian Legend of
the Tombigbee” collected by rpt. 1l.
Item 27: An item written in rpt’s hand writing concerning
unusual names. To identify the first line is, “A person named Danger kept
a…” 1l.
Item 28: A copied item written in rpt’s hand writing
concerning a reward offered for a runaway slave, dated march 29, 1836. 1l.
Item 29: A collection of copied “Epitaphs” written in
rpt’s hand writing. 3l.
Folder U-3/Box 18
Item 30: An item collected from a magazine by rpt entitled
“Uncle Remus”. 1l.
Item 31: The table of contents from the book “From hell
to breakfast” in which rpt had a story published, “Carrie Dykee-Midwife”.
1l.
Item 32: A collected item by rpt from a magazine. Item is,
“Hail and farewell” by Charlotte E. Wilder. 1l.
Item 33: A collected item by rpt from a magazine. Item is
“Alabama, Here we rest” by Eleanor Risley. 2l.
Item34: A newspaper clipping collected by rpt concerning
the burial of a child in Washington and the invocation that was delivered. 1l.
Item 35: a collected item by rpt from a magazine. The item
is entitled “A war-time Christmas” by Agnes Repplier. 1l.
Item 36: A collected article by rpt form Harpers
Magazine, December 1926, entitled “America and the debts” by George
Glasgow. 3l.
Item 37: A collected article by rpt from Harper’s
Monthly Magazine entitled “what is Christianity?” by Harry Emerson
Fosdick. 6l.
Item 38: a collected article by rpt from The Atlantic
Monthly, December 1922, entitled “The America that used to be”, edited
by Lawrence Shaw Maya. 5l.
Item 39: A collected article by rpt from a magazine with
the article entitled, “Your obituary, well written” by Conrad Aiken. 4l.
Item 40: a collected item by rpt entitled, “Leo, the
lonely lion” with an attractive drawing of Leo. 1l.
Item 41 A newspaper clipping collected by rpt entitled,
“Popular song, nightgown and even beret, have adopted title”. The article is
about how many people used Carl Carmer’s title “Stars fell on Alabama”. 1l.
Item 42: Birmingham Post Herald, November10, 1960,
newspaper clipping collected by rpt entitled “The people speak…” by Samuel
Lubell concerning the election of John F. Kennedy, to the presidency. 1l.
Item 43: An article entitled, “Incidentally” is about
A. A. Milne’s ability to write children’s books, and it is assumed rpt wrote
this article. 1l.
Item 44: Collected items from Library Club of America
Publicity Supplement, March 1957, 4l.
Item 45: A collected article from The Christian Century,
October 26, 1955, entitled “Ironies of ’55, Southern Style”, 1l.
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Series 18 ADDENDUM: NOTES AND COLLECTED ITEMS BY RPT
[items 20, 32l]
Folder UU-1/Box 27
Item 1 A story entitled, “The Wolf had Pups”. 2l.
Item 2: Handwritten notes of sayings entitled, “An Old
Gaelic Prayer”. 1l.
Item 3: Two thoughts written by RPT expressing herself on
death and artificial flowers 1l
Item 4: A poem that RPT collected in which she sated she
wish she had written concerning you are the pilot of your cruise. 1l.
Item 5: Livingston Journal, June 10, 1886.Copied
items concerning dogs. 1l.
Item 6: Livingston Journal, November 19, 1885.
Copied item entitled, “Regarding Renfroe's Pistol”. 1l.
Item 7: A Photostatted copy of a story entitled, “Tom’s
Last Forage”. 10l.
Item 8: A newspaper clipping reviewing a book Folksongs
of Alabama by Byron Arnold reviewed by Carl Carmer. 1l.
Item 9: Saturday Review of Literature, July 29,
1950. A story entitled “Folk Music, the Roots of Jazz”. 2l.
Item 10: A newspaper clipping entitled, “Beautiful
Livingston”. 1l.
Item 11: A magazine article by Alistar Cooke entitled,
“Small Town Life in America”. 2l.
Item 12: The Dallas Morning News, N. D. A newspaper
article about the death of John Lomax. 1l.
Item 13: The Dallas Morning News, N. D. A newspaper
article about Mrs. John Lomax. 1l.
Item 14: Montgomery Advertiser-Journal, June 11,
1961.A newspaper article and picture about the ground breaking for “Julia
Tutwiler Library” in which RPT is pictured. 1l.
Item 15: A newspaper article dated April 5, 1959, featuring
historical Tuscaloosa homes. 1l.
Item 16: A magazine article dated August 7, 1966, about
Julia Tutwiler. 1l.
Item 17: The Montgomery Advertiser, October 25,
1961. Newspaper article featuring Gainesville, AL with pictures. 1l.
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Series 18 ADDENDUM: NOTES AND COLLECTED ITEMS BY RPT
[Items 20, 32l.]
Archival Folder UU-2
Item 18: Sumter County Whig, January 16, 1844. 1l.
Item 19: Sumter County Whig, February 6, 1844. 1l.
Item 20: Sumter County Whig, October 15, 1844. 1l.
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Series 19 MISCELLANEOUS [Items 50, 75l.]
Fragments of stories, sermons, poems, etc. These items
could not by matched with other items in the collection. Many are so fragmentary
and illegible that proper identification could not be made.
Folder V-1/Box 19
Item 1: Five typewritten pages that are not related to each
other, but could not be match to their proper stories. Some of the items are
copied from newspaper articles and are concerned with the Ku Klux Klan and Steve
Renfroe. Included also is the last page of a story written by rpt with a verse
from the song, “Little Black Train”. 5l.
Item 2: Fragments of stories about the “Vacation Reading
Club” organized by RPT to encourage young people to read and her thoughts on
why one should read. 4l.
Item 3: An article written in RPT’s hand writing about
the death of a fifteen year old girl, Amelia Simms, who died December 8, 1838,
of scarlet fever. 1l.
Item 4: Written in rpt’s hand writing giving the address
of Vera Hall Ward, and a brief statement giving Mr. Courlander Permission to
record the voices of Vera, Doc and Rich. 1l.
Item 5: A list of children’s books written in rpt’s
hand writing. 1l.
Item 6: An incomplete story written by rpt and in her
handwriting on loose-leaf notebook paper. 2l.
Item 7: An incomplete story entitled “The nigger is the
scapegoat in Alabama”. 1l.
Folder V-2
Item 8: Fragments of a story written by rpt and in her
handwriting about Negroes plowing and also praying for rain. 2l.
Item 9: An incomplete article written in rpt’s
handwriting giving a small insight into her character. 1l.
Item 10: RPT writing in pencil about friendliness and
hospitality. 1l.
Item 11: An incomplete item written by rpt in her
handwriting concerning public service. 1l.
Item 12: Typewritten outline of chapters possibly for a
book on Josh Horn. 1l.
Item 13: Written by rpt in her handwriting giving her
thoughts on O. Henry. 1l.
Item 14: An incomplete article written by rpt in her
handwriting possibly on a negro sermon. 4l.
Item 15: Incomplete Negro sayings about life and religion
written in pencil by rpt in her handwriting. 2l.
Item 16: Incomplete copied item entitled “Rube is
killed”. 1l
Item 17: Our Southern Home, January 22, 1936. This
copied article is about the value of public libraries. On the back of this
article is a humorous tale about rpt telephone bill along with some other
writings. 1l.
Item 18: This is assumed to be a sympathy letter written by
rpt, but to whom it is written is unknown. 1l.
Item 19: An illegible piece written in rpt’s handwriting.
To identify the number 2 is at the top of the page. 1l.
Item 20: A miscellany of notes written in rpt’s
handwriting concerning the Primrose Club request for an iron fence around the
town square, an old man’s advice to his son, quotations and some dates. 4l.
Folder V-3
Item 21: A difficult to read item written in rpt’s
handwriting on loose-leaf notebook paper. To identify the first line is, “Job
and his…” 1l.
Item 22: An article written by rpt in her handwriting
concerning art. To identify the letterhead on the stationery is “Register of
Circuit Court…” 1l.
Item 23: A difficult to read item written by rpt in her
handwriting. To identify the first line is “A living poor house”. 1l.
Item 24: An incomplete item written by rpt in her
handwriting concerning he beliefs and thoughts about Negroes and their
philosophy on life. To identify the first sentence begins “Acquired a
philosophy of adversity”. 2l.
Item 25: A miscellaneous item written by rpt in her
handwriting that is difficult to read. To identify the first ling is “Few
persons could state with…” 1l.
Item 26: A difficult to read item written by rpt in her
handwriting. To identify the first word is “Interest”. 1l.
Item 27: A brief statement written in rpt’s handwriting
concerning a way to live. To identify the letterhead is “Mrs. Ruby Pickens
Tartt, Sumter Nursing Home-Box 68”. 1l.
Item 28: An incomplete article on the history of Sumter
County that is typewritten. 1l.
Item 29: A handwritten item by rpt entitled “Alice
adventures”. 1l.
Item 30: A handwritten item by rpt. This item is incomplete
and the person she is writing about cannot be identified. To identify the first
line is “A calm peace came over him”. 1l.
Item 31: A handwritten item in pencil by rpt that concerns
Sumter County Negroes. To identify the first line is “About 7 A.M. the crowd
began to gather”. 1l.
Item 32: Three small white sheets of paper with writings on
various subjects that cannot be identified. To identify the first line on the
first page begins “Our main business street in Livingston…” 3l.
Item 33: An item written on a small yellow paper by rpt
about Mark Twain and his writing. 1l.
Item 34: An incomplete draft written in pencil by rpt
resigning from the Primrose Club. 1l.
Item 35: Three item not written in RPT's handwriting, and
entitled “Flowers” and “Fate of the Apostles”. 3l
Item 36: An incomplete copied item entitled “The
execution last Friday”. 1l.
Item 37: A collected item entitled, “Global War
Stories”. 1l.
Item 38: An incomplete story written by hand by rpt
entitled, “My most unforgettable character”, and it is about Rich Amerson. 1l.
Folder V-4
Item 39: A brief item naming Samuel Eskredge with dates of
his birth, death and moving to Green and Livingston. 1l.
Item 40: A notice written for the newspaper by rpt
advertising the dates the “Sumter Count Board of Registrars” would be in
session. 1l.
Item 41: An item with telephone numbers and addresses
written in rpt’s handwriting. 1l.
Item 42: A program for a concert presented by “Society
for the preservation of spirituals”, March 20, 1959. 1l.
Item 43: The criticism of an unknown poem, and it is not
known who wrote neither this criticism nor the title of the poem. 4l.
Item 44: A list of concerts some of which rpt attended, and
written in her handwriting. 2l.
Item 45: The date is written by rpt when the town of
Livingston was laid off. This item is incomplete and written in pencil. 1l.
Item 46: An incomplete list of Negro dialect words with the
meaning explained. 1l.
Item 47: A list of terms used to class animals. 1l.
Item 48: A miscellaneous list of ring games, an incomplete
song and two sayings. 1l.
Item 49: An item written by rpt in her handwriting
concerning Dancing Rabbit Creek and the establishment of the first church is
Gainesville, Alabama. 1l.
Item 50: An item written in rpt’s handwriting entitled
“The imprint of Creole aristocracy”. 1l.
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Series 19 ADDENDUM MISCELLANEOUS [Items 17, 20l.]
Folder VV-1/Box 26
Item 1: Notes for portraits rpt planned to paint of Mr.
Clements and Dr. Jordon of Tuscaloosa, AL for Hale Hospital. 1l.
Item 2: Miscellaneous notes on various subjects written in
rpt’s handwriting. 1l.
Item 3: A poem written by rpt entitled “On Going
Blind”. 1l.
Item 4: An incomplete writing by rpt on “Library Reading
Club”. 1l.
Item 5: An incomplete writing by rpt entitled,
“Children’s Flower Show”. 1l.
Item 6: Apparently note written by rpt for a letter
concerning certain songs and singers she had recorded. This is difficult to
read. 1l.
Item 7: An incomplete article by rpt about Waights Taylor,
newspaper editor. 1l.
Item 8: Two Negro sayings collected by rpt. 1l.
Item 9: An incomplete article written by rpt concerning
slavery. 1l.
Item 10: Notes on a Negro sermon written by rpt. 2l.
Item 11: “Ole Mule” original folk song by rpt. 1l.
Item 12: rpt’s recipe for refinishing furniture. 2l.
Item 13: Excerpts from rpt’s letters to her daughter,
Fannie Pickens Inglis, on refinishing furniture. 2l.
Item 14: A very funny tale told to rpt and she wrote the
account. 1l.
Item 15: A cute story that occurred while rpt was in the
nursing home. 1l.
Item 16: A poem written by rpt. 1l.
Item 17: An incomplete thought written by rpt on Joel
Chandler Harris. 1l.
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Series 20 DIARIES AND NOTEBOOK [Items 30]
These diaries and notebooks contain folk sayings, folk
songs, sketches, quotations, addresses, historical information, autobiographical
data on rpt and her family, drafts of articles and stories, rpt’s reflections
on her life, records of interviews, recipes. These notebooks reveal the
character, humor and intellectual interests of rpt, and speaking of her writing
she said, “I would rather have a good notebook than a textbook”.
Box 20
Item 1: A small notebook containing songs, sayings, lists
of names and amount of money paid, addresses, directions to homes and churches
of possible informants, birth dates, sketches of glass patterns.
Item 2: A notebook containing humorous as well as
inspirational sayings. This notebook gives insight into the humor of rpt.
Item 3: A notebook containing lists of things to be done by
rpt, sayings, copied items from newspapers and songs.
Item 4: A black notebook with a note pasted on the cover by
Fannie Pickens Inglis describing the contents. This notebook contains songs,
Negro sayings, outline of a story on Josh Horn by Dr. Robert Gilbert, rpt’s
thoughts on art, poetry, ring games. It also contains a list of books by
Southerners, addresses, how to mix colors for painting as well tips on how to
paint portraits, etc. ring games quotations, and Negro dialect interpreted. This
notebook gives insight into rpt’s humor and intellectual interest.
Item 5: A notebook containing recipes, rpt thoughts on
spirituals, Negroes, drafts for stories, songs and directions to the homes of
possible informants.
Item 6: A notebook with a note from Fannie P. Inglis saying
this notebook originally belonged to the mother of rpt. This notebook has
quotations and sayings written in the handwriting of rpt as well as her mother.
Item 7: A notebook containing rpt’s ideas for the
historical preservation of Gainesville, Ala.; forgiveness of sin; morality
quoting different writers; philosophy of life and religious thought and beliefs
of rpt.
Item 8: A notebook containing rpt’s thoughts on Negroes,
their songs; quotations; the South; copied newspaper items; Negro names and
sayings; superstitions and drafts for stories.
Item 9: A notebook containing hollers, folk-songs, ring
games, rpt’s thoughts on growing up, marriage, and notes and measurements for
a portrait.
Item 10: A notebook containing quotations sayings,
addresses, historical notes, rpt’s thoughts on adversity and life, lists of
books for children, note written in 1967 of a visit from the author Kathryn
Windham, sketches of churches and orders for pictures.
Item 11: A notebook containing lists of song titles, songs
and lists of book titles with prices.
Item 12: A notebook containing recipe for furniture polish,
notes taken and used in rpt’s stories, quotations, rpt’s thought on various
subjects, sayings newspaper clippings, list of New York photographers, writings
about rpt’s husband and an article about cats.
Box 21
Item 13: A notebook containing sayings, copied items from
newspapers, superstitions and epitaphs.
Item 14: A notebook containing miscellaneous writings on
various subjects, Negro belief in conjuring, Negro superstitions, historical
facts and copied items.
Item 15: A small notebook containing shopping lists,
addresses, measurements for antiques and frames, prices and sketches of antique
furniture and clothes sizes for her husband (Pratt Tartt).
Item 16: A small notebook containing a list of books,
addresses, clothes sizes for various people, a list of painting supplies, a list
of cultural events in New York City, a list of painting colors, painting tips
and shopping lists.
Item 17: A small notebook containing clothes sizes,
measurements for fire place belonging to Fannie P. Inglis, measurements for
frames, list of paint colors and addresses.
Item 18: A small notebook containing addresses,
measurements for frames, list cutlery with prices, list of Negro churches and
cabins and their location and sayings.
Item 19: A notebook containing directions and locations of
antiques with prices and sometimes sketches of the antiques.
Item 20: a notebook containing assorted notes on book
titles, addresses, songs, fold stories, superstitions, measurements for frames
and antiques, lists of antiques with prices, sketches of furniture and home
remedies.
Item 21: A notebook containing assorted notes on taking
medication, sayings, art, antique and addresses.
Item 22: A notebook that has written on the cover “notes
written in nursing home, 1964-1974”. This notebook contains lists of singers
and tellers of tales, songs and quotations. This is difficult to read.
Item 23: A small notebook that has written on it, “Sumter
Nursing Home notes after 1966”. This notebook contains addresses, sayings,
sketches, measurement of frames, lists of books and publisher’s addresses,
art, rpt reminiscing about her childhood, and her daughter’s ability as a
child portrait painter. This notebook is difficult to read.
Item 24: A notebook that has written on the cover “Taken
from rpt’s room (Sumter Nursing Home), October, 1974 by FPI”. This notebook
contains personal thoughts of rpt on the advanced age, saying, quotations,
rpt’s thoughts on life, poetry, historical notes, some dates and facts about
the life of rpt, addresses and recipes.
Item 25: A notebook hat has written on the cover, “Sumter
Nursing Home-F.P.I. -after 1964”. A notebook containing assorted notes on
songs, addresses, notes for slave narratives, biographical data on rpt, sayings,
quotations, newspaper clippings, comments on John Lomax, Vera Hall, Doc Reed and
Negro lore, personal thought. It also contains sketches, copied newspaper items,
humorous personal accounts by rpt, thoughts of rpt on various subjects,
epitaphs, list of books and newspapers. Some of this notebook is difficult to
read, but it is invaluable in that it gives so much insight into the character
of rpt.
Item 26: A notebook possibly written when rpt lived in a
nursing home. A notebook containing assorted notes on sayings, addresses,
biographical data and quotations. This notebook is difficult to read.
Item 27: A notebook that is difficult to read, but seems to
be a miscellany of rpt’s thoughts assumed to be written while she lived in the
nursing home.
Item 28: A notebook according to Fannie P. Inglis belonging
to Mary Champ Chiles Shorts (RPT’s
grandmother). This notebook contains accounts and prices as well as daily events
in her life.
Item 29: A notebook according to Fannie P. Inglis belonging
to Mary Champ Chiles Shorts. This notebook contains accounts and records of her
students, quotations, sketches and newspaper clippings.
Item 30: A notebook according to Fannie P. Inglis belonging
to Mary C. Chiles Shorts (RPT’s grandmother), and described as a friendship
book while she was a student.
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Series 20 ADDENDUM: DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS [Items 1]
Box 27
Item 1: A small notebook belonging to Mary Champ Chiles
Shorts, grandmother of rpt, containing sayings and business accounts.
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Series 21 TAPES [Items 7]
Item 1: Side 1
“No Room at the Inn”-Vera Hall
“Death Have Mercy”-Vera Hall
“Prayer Song”-Dock Reed and Vera Hall
“King David”-Rich Amerson and Earthy Anne Coleman
“Railroad 1”-Rich Amerson
“Brother Hawk, Brother Buzzard, and Brother Rabbit”-Rich Amerson
“Black Woman”-Rich Amerson
Side 2
Field Call-Annie Grace Horn Dodson
Complaint Call-Enoch Brown
“Mama’s Goin’ Up North-Satisfied”-Children of East School
An interview of Vera Hall by Alan Lomax
Item 2: Nathaniel Reed talking about rpt as a writer. Three
copies. Also ¼ reel to reel.
Item 3: RPT interviewed by Dr. Robert B. Gilbert, August
10, 1975
Item 4: The ceremonies renaming the Livingston Pubic
Library to Ruby Pickens Tartt Library, May 31, 1975.
Item 5: “Another Man Done Gone”, a song discovered by
rpt and assumed to by sung by O’Detta and Mississippi Delta Blues Man.
Item 6: One-fourth inch reel to reel tape. Rich Amerson
with “Little Bit”, 1961
Item 7: Cassette taken from ¼” reel to reel by Alan
Brown. Entitled: Rich Amerson
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Series 22 PUBLISHED WORKS (BOOKS, ARTICLES, ETC.) [Items
28]
Item 1: Alabama: A Guide to the Deep South. Compiled
by workers of the writers’ program of the work projects administration in the
state of Alabama. RPT worked on this project.
Item 2: Akens, Helen Morgan and Virginia Pounds Brown, Alabama:
Mounds to Missiles. For reference to rpt see, “Lullabies and cotton
picking”, pp.196-201.
Item 3: Arnold, Byron, Folksongs of Alabama. For
reference to rpt see, “Preface”, p. V, and “Ruby Pickens Tartt”, pp.
151-156.
Item 4: Boatwright, Mady C. and Donald Day, Eds. From
Hell to Breakfast. For a story written by rpt see p. 21 “Carrie
Dykes-Midwife”.
Item 5: Botkin, B. A., Lay My Burden Down. Two
copies. For reference to rpt see pp. 271-286 plus the index p. 296.
Item 6: Botkin, B. A., A Treasury of Southern Folklore.
For a story written by rpt see p. 594 “Guinea Jim”.
Item 7: Carmer, Carl, Holiday, 27: 50-59, March
1960. “Back to Alabama”.
Item 8: Carmer, Carl, Stars Fell on Alabama. For
reference to rpt see “Author’s Note”, P. XLL. Mary Louise is the fictional
name Carl Carmer gave to rpt in “Stars Fell on Alabama”, and Elie
Siegmeister referred to rpt with this name in “The New Music Lovers
Handbook”.
Item 9: Courlander, Harold, The Big Old World of Richard
Creeks. This book has two characters included in it discovered by rpt; the
characters are Rich Amerson and his sister Earthy Ann.
Item 10: Courlander, Harold, Negro Folk Music, U.S.A.
For a reference to black singers discovered by rpt see “Preface”, p. VI.
Item 11: Courlander, Harold, Negro Songs from Alabama.
For reference to rpt see “Introduction” p. 1; the Table of Contents is
checked to indicate those singers discovered by rpt.
Item 12: Foley, Martha, Ed., The Best American Short
Stories 1945. Two copies. For stories written by rpt see “Alabama
Sketches” p. 272.
Item 13: Foley, Martha and Abraham Rothberg, U.S.
Stories: Regional Stories from the Forty-Eight States. Three copies. For
stories written by rpt see “Alabama Sketches” p. 307. See also
“Biographical Notes” p. 679.
Item 14: Lomax, Alan, The Folk Songs of North America in
the English Language. For reference to rpt and singers she discovered see
pp. 497, 499, 500, 521,539.
Item 15: Sing Out, 14#3:30-31, July 1964. For an
article on Vera Hall (singer discovered by rpt) see “The Passing of a Great
Singer-Vera Hall”, p. 30.
Item 16: Lomax, Alan, The Rainbow Sign. The
character, “Nora”, in this book is Vera Hall, singer discovered by rpt.
Item 17: Lomax, John A., Adventures of a Ballad Hunter.
For references to rpt see “Alabama Red Land” p. 189. For a reference to Doc
Reed and Vera Hall see p. 301.
Item 18: Lomax, John and Alan. Folk Song U.S.A. For
references to rpt and the singers she discovered see pp. 225, 295, 398.
Item 19: Lomax, John and Alan. Our Singing Country: a
Second Volume of American Ballads and Folk Songs. For references to Vera
Hall, Doc Reed, Aunt Harriett (singers discovered by rpt) and rpt see
“Preface” pp. XIII, XV. The songs these singers contributed in this volume
are checked
Item 20: Sandburg, Carl, New American Songbag. For
reference see “Another Man Done Gone” p. 84, a song sung by Vera Hall.
Item 21: Saturday Review of Literature, 33#2: 35-48,
July 29, 1950. For references to singers discovered by rpt see “Folk Music,
the Roots of Jazz” p. 35.
Item 22: Siegmeister, Elie, The New Music Lovers
Handbook. On pp. 9-11 under “Letter from Alabama” is a discussion of
Mary Louise, the fictional name Carl Carmer gave rpt in “Stars Fell on
Alabama” along with some singers rpt discovered.
Item 23: Southwest Review, 34: 192-195, Spring 1949.
A story, “Alice”, written by rpt.
Item 24: Southwest Review, 37: 137-140, Spring 1952.
Written by rpt “Four Negro Stories”.
Item 25: Stover, Elizabeth Matchett, Ed. Son-of-a-Gun
Stew. For reference to rpt see “Adventures of a Ballad Hunter”, p. 29;
for a story written by rpt “Bing Oliver is a Pushin’ Man” see p. 103.
Item 26: Wimberly, Lowry C., Ed. Mid Country. Three
copies. For a story “Earthy-Ann” see p. 343.
Item 27: Windham, Kathryn Tucker. Alabama: One Big Front
Porch. For reference to rpt see p. 56.
Item 28: Tartt Memorabilia books from the childhood of
Fannie Pickens Inglis, daughter of rpt. Harris, Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus
Kingsley, Charles. The Water-Babies.
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