Ethel Mary Ervin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0568

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This .21 linear foot collection contains one three-ring binder with 27 pieces of original correspondence, with a transcription and photocopies. Also included are notes of recommendation, programs, and student cards. Ethel Mary “Dot” wrote most of the letters with the last letter being written by her younger brother, Albert Goode Ervin, Jr. “Budy” when he was 12 years old. “Lily” is the nickname of her mother, Elizabeth Ervin.

Dates

  • 1891-1903

Language of Materials

English

Biography/History

Ethel Mary Ervin, a native of Camden, Alabama, was born January 1, 1882. She graduated from George Peabody Normal College of the University of Nashville in 1901 and taught elementary school in Atmore, Alabama. After her 1904 marriage to Aubrey Jay Miller, they moved to Hood River, Oregon, in 1907. She died January 14, 1945.

This collection was assembled by and donated in 2004 by her nephew, Mark Ervin Campbell.

Extent

.21 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Physical Location

Special Collections & Archives

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Finding Aid for the Ethel Mary Ervin Collection
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections Repository

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/specialcollections/
Contact:
Jean and Alexander Heard Library
419 21st Avenue South
Nashville TN 37203 United States

 

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