Personal Papers
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence, including letters to and from family members, especially foreign travel correspondence. Noteworthy is a letter from Florence Cotnam's niece describing conditions in Russia, circa 1927. Additional materials include banking and legal records, newspaper articles, family obituaries, the Woodson-Brown family tree, and papers of Nell Cotnam. Nell Cotnam's papers consist of correspondence; short stories; notes regarding newspaper writing and Ellis Island; and miscellaneous travel papers, including maps; the oversized map has been removed to Manuscript Collection Oversize Box No. 5. For a biographical sketch of Florence Cotnam, see Dallas Tabor Herndon's Centennial History of Arkansas, vol. 3, pages 1140-1142. For biographical information about Nell Cotnam, see the Arkansas Gazette, March 11, 1979, pages 1F and 7F, and January 1, 1987, pages 5A and 8C.
Dates
- From the Collection: 1885-1968
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Creator
- From the Collection: Cotnam, Florence Brown (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu