A Guide to the Lizzie Scott Neblett Papers,
1848-1935
Born in 1833 in Mississippi, Elizabeth
(Lizzie) Scott moved with her family to Houston when she was 6 years of age.
She married farmer and attorney William H. Neblett in 1852, and the couple
settled in Anderson, Texas before later moving to Corsicana. Lizzie Scott
Neblett kept a diary of her experiences from 1852 to 1863. This diary and
related documents provide a chronicle of life for a woman in rural Texas. She
died in Anderson, Texas in 1917.
Collection includes diary,
correspondence, literary works, genealogical material, scrapbooks, clippings,
legal and financial records, advertising circulars, postcards, and
photographs.
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Erika L. Murr, ed., A
Rebel Wife in Texas: The Diary and Letters of Elizabeth Scott Neblett,
1852-1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.
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Lizzie Scott Neblett Papers, 1848-1935,
Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
All or a portion of this collection
is available on CAH microfilm 18,335 Series G, Part 1, Reel 34-35. Photocopies
should be made from microfilm, not from originals. See microfilm inventory on
Reference shelves under the title, “Ante-Bellum Plantations.”
Microfilm
of Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations, Series G, from University
Publications of America, 44 North Market St., Frederick, MD 21701. (OCLC:
16125404)
Detailed Description of the Papers
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Inventory
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| 2F81 | | | Personal |
| | | | Correspondence: |
| | | | | July 1849-1874 |
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| 2F82 | | | | | 1875-July 1905 |
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| 2F83 | | | | | August 1905-1907 |
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| 2F84 | | | | | 1908-1911 |
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| 2F85 | | | | | 1912 |
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| 2F86 | | | | | 1913-June 1914 |
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| 2F87 | | | | | July 1914-1916 |
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| 2F88 | | | | | 1917-1927, 1935 |
| | | | | Fragments and undated |
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| 2F89 | | | | | Greeting, calling and postal cards, invitations
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| | | | | Envelopes |
| | | | Literary productions: |
| | | | | Book of thoughts and sayings by Lizzie Scott,
1848-1850 |
| | | | | Diary, by Lizzie Scott Neblett, 1852-1863 |
| | | | | Travel diary, unknown author, 1855 |
| | | | | “A Memoir of . . . William H. Neblett,” by Lizzie
Scott Neblett, ca. 1871 |
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| 2F90 | | | | | Speeches, varied authors, undated |
| | | | | Notes: General and Historical |
| | | | | Poetry |
| | | | Astrological and phrenological analysis for Lizzie Scott
Neblett and Grace Neblett, 1886, 1892, 1893 |
| | | | Family: |
| | | | | Family Bible, photocopies of family record
pages |
| | | | | Genealogical notes |
| | | | | William H. Neblett notebook, 1859 |
| | | | | Grace Neblett, 1880-1904 |
| | | | | Funeral notices, Lula Henderson, 1861, and Annie
Throop, 1886 |
| | | | | Anne E. Scott, memorial card, 1905 |
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| 2F91 | | | | | Palmer Throop, 1907-1918, undated |
| | | | | S. N. Dobie, memorandum book, undated |
| | | | | Charlotte Ewell Mullem, 1921 |
| | | | | Roger Q. Mills, memorial book with an introductory by
R. S. Neblett, 1912 |
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| 4L867 | | | | Neblett family Bible (RESTRICTED from use; family
history information is available in 2F90) |
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| 2F91 | | | | Anderson Red Ribbon Temperance Society, 1880-1882 |
| | | | Programs, 1898-1926, undated |
| | | | Recipes |
| | | | Miscellaneous |
| | | Scrapbooks |
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| 2F92-2F93 | | | Scrapbooks and scrapbook materials |
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| 2F94-2F96 | | | Clippings |
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| 2F97 | | | Legal and financial records: |
| | | | Correspondence and advertising circulars: 1866-1868, 1887-1911 |
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| 2F98 | | | | Correspondence and advertising circulars: 1912-1928 |
| | | | Legal documents, 1853-1905 |
| | | | Financial records: |
| | | | | General, 1859-1929 |
| | | | | Mining investments, 1907-1912, undated |
| | | | | Account books, 1849-1918 |
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| 2.325/T56c | | | | | Deed, Grimes County, Texas, between George Weston and
John R. Kennard, February 18, 1855 |
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| 2F99 | | | | Printed material: |
| | | | | Advertising circulars |
| | | | | Music books and sheet music |
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| 2F100 | | | | | Music books |
| | | | | School books and lessons |
| | | | | The Cactus Militaire,
1918 |
| | | | | Religious booklets, pamphlets, etc. |
| | | | | Co-Masonry, 1913, 1926 |
| | | | | United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1914, 1921-1925 |
| | | | | Playing cards, religious |
| | | | | Miscellaneous booklets, pamphlets, and
bulletins |
| | | | | Photocopies of annotated printed material |
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| 2.325/T56c | | | Oversized materials: |
| | | | Newspaper and magazine clippings |
| | | | Lottery document, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 13, 1889 |
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| 3S119b | | | Photographic material: |
| | | | Postcards |
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| 3T3 | | | | Daguerreotype of Lizzie Scott Neblett, ca. 1848 |
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| 3T216 | | | | Photographs, engravings, and halftone reproductions of
Neblett family and friends and of famous people as well as of identified
locations |
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| 3T217 | | | | Photographs of unidentified people and
places |
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