James D. Porter Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one document.
This document was purchased in 1996 by Special Collections.
Dates
- 1902
Language of Materials
English
Biography/History
James David Porter was born on December 7, 1828 in Paris, Tennessee and died in Nashville on May 18, 1912. He received an A.B. from the University of Nashville in 1846, and an A.M.. He attended Cumberland University to study law and graduated in 1884. He was a trustee of Peabody Education Fund in 1883, President of the Tennessee Historical Society, and an author of Confederate Military History of Tennessee.
Extent
.01 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains one document.
This document was purchased in 1996 by Special Collections.
Physical Location
Special Collections & Archives
- Title
- Finding Aid for the James D. Porter Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Repository
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville TN 37203 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu