Clinton Hale Tebbetts Letters

Collection

Identifier: MS T22

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Scope and Content Note

Copies of letters dated at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 3, September 4 and 24, 1891, and February 7, 1907, from Tebbetts to Mary B. Paddock, Fayetteville, Arkansas, pertaining to reminiscences of the Tebbetts family in Fayetteville.

Dates

1891
1907

Creator

Tebbetts, Clinton Hale (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

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Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Clinton Hale Tebbetts was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas on January 30, 1848. He graduated from West Point having been trained as a civil engineer. Tebbetts became superintendent and commandant of Culver Military Academy in 1895 then moved on to Pittsburgh in 1898 to work in manufacturing and then as an iron and steel inspector for the American Bridge Company. In 1907, after a period of poor health, he became an inspector of Purchases for the U. S. Army at the Pittsburgh Storage and Supply Depot. Tebbetts passed away on February 15, 1920.

Extent

.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged chronologically.

Acquisition Information

The Clinton Hale Tebbetts Letters were donated to Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries in 1967 by Ernest Cecil Deane of Fayetteville, Arkansas.