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Nannie Stillwell Jackson Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MC 460

Scope and Content Note

4 items. Copies and a transcript of a diary kept by Nannie Hudson Stillwell Jackson (1854-1908) of Desha County. Margaret Jones Bolsterli edited and wrote an introduction to the diary which has been published as Vinegar Pie and Chicken Bread: A Woman's Diary of Life in the Rural South, 1890-1891 (University of Arkansas Press, 1982).

Dates

  • 1890-1891

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

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.

Use Information

No restrictions apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

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

Biographical Note

Nannie Stillwell Jackson was born in Fayette County, Tennessee to Abraham and Tabitha Hudson September 26, 1854. Not much is known about Nannie’s early childhood but it is believed that she grew up near Napoleon, Desha County, Arkansas. Nannie Hudson married Asher C. Stillwell, a merchant and farmer, on December 16, 1873. Thirteen years later, Asher died on August 10, 1886. Together they had three children, William A., Etta Elizabeth, and Mary Sue.

Three years after the death of her first husband, Nannie married widower, William T. Jackson, on August 1, 1889. In 1890 their first child Stonewall Jr. was born and in 1895 they welcomed the birth of their daughter Carrie M. These children are reported not to have lived to adulthood.

Nannie Stillwell Jackson lived in Watson, Desha County, Arkansas until her death in 1908. She was survived by her two daughters, Etta Elizabeth Stillwell Coose and Mary Sue Stillwell Graves, and her second husband William T. Jackson.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (4 items in 1 box)

Acquisition Information

The diary was donated by Margaret J. Bolsterli of Fayetteville, Arkansas on January 26, 1983.

Processing Information

Processed by Nan Lawler; completed in September 1986.

Title
Nannie Stillwell Jackson Diary
Status
Completed
Author
Nan Lawler
Date
1986
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444