Elsass, Nanette Williams, 1933-
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Nannette Elizabeth Williams Elsass Genealogical Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 1343
Scope and Content Note
The four family scrapbooks pertain to members of the Darby-Delony-Lindsay-Purkins-Turner-Williams family of Hope, Arkansas. The albums contain created and collected genealogical material; family letters, ca. 1864-1981; greeting cards; announcements; obituaries; newspaper clippings; last will; indenture (1879); Journal of the Hempstead County Historical Society, Winter, 1985; family portraits; and photographs.
Dates:
ca. 1864-1981
Nannette Williams Elsass Papers
Collection
Identifier: MC 806
Scope and Content Note
The papers contain two scrapbooks. Marie Antoinette Purkins's scrapbook details the kindergarten she founded and taught in Hope, Arkansas from 1938-1962. Of special interest is the Christmas photocard of the child William Jefferson (Billy) Blythe III, who later became Arkansas Governor and United States President Bill Clinton. Sophia Delony Purkins's scrapbook documents her husband's death in 1934 and special events in her immediate family. Also included are two travel journals from the...
Dates:
1903-1969
Nannette Williams Elsass Papers Addendum
Collection
Identifier: MC 806a
Scope and Content Note
The papers contain correspondence between the Williams and Elsass family and other family friends. In addition, the collection contains Elsass Family scrapbooks and newspaper clippings.
Dates:
1870-2002