Title: Maria Thompson Daviess Manuscript/Autograph

Date/Date Range :   undated

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of a single manuscript page from The Dundine. Attached is a photo of Maria Thompson Daviess, autographed to John J. Wood.

Call number: MS-2350

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

The Special Collections Library purchased this collection in May of 1997.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Maria Thompson Daviess Manuscript/Autograph, MS-2350. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Maria Thompson Daviess was born in Kentucky in 1872. Her family relocated to Nashville, Tennessee, after the death of her father. She studied art in college and then traveled in Europe, turning her focus to miniatures and photography. She returned to the United States to teach art in 1904, and soon began writing, eventually producing 13 novels and an autobiography. Her interest in women's suffrage led her help found movements in both Nashville and in Madison, where she moved in 1915. She died there in 1924, a year after completing her autobiography, Seven Times Seven.

This collection consists of a single manuscript page from The Dundine. Attached is a photo of Maria Thompson Daviess, autographed to John J. Wood.

• Daviess, Maria Thompson, 1872-1924.
• Women authors -- Southern states.