Nash Buckingham Collection
Scope and Contents
The Nash Buckingham Collection contains correspondence (1963-1967), clippings (1910s), and the short story "Uncle Willis, Skimpy, and the Cotton Bale" by Nash Buckingham (1900). This is the first appearance in print of this Buckingham story. There are also two typed letters, signed by Buckingham, to Henry Cox commenting on his writings, the story, book collecting, and outdoor matters. Another letter by Frank Pemberton as managing editor of Harvard Today comments on earlier iterations of the story. There are also clippings about Buckingham from the Memphis Commercial from the 1910s.
Dates
- Creation: 1900 - 1967
Biographical Note - Nash Buckingham
Theophilus Nash Buckingham was born on May 31, 1880 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was an author, conservationist, and avid outdoorsman. He wrote nine books and hundreds of articles on the outdoors. He played football for the University of Tennessee in 1902 where he was captain and an All-Southern tackle. He died on March 10, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Full Extent
.4 Linear Feet (4 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Nash Buckingham Collection contains correspondence (1963-1967), clippings (1910s), and the short story "Uncle Willis, Skimpy, and the Cotton Bale" by Nash Buckingham (1900).
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Nash Buckingham Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zach Johnson
- Date
- March 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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