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Finding Aid for the Bentley Family Papers, 1859-circa 1950


MS-2358

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 6, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Bentley Family Papers

Date/Date Range :   1859-circa 1950

Extent: 1.2 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection contains two series: the first consisting of personal correspondence, mostly to Blanche (Spurlock) Bentley in the 1920s and 1930s and the second consisting of notes, clippings, and photographs regarding genealogy of Blanche (Spurlock) Bentley's family.

Call number: MS-2358

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

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
The Special Collections Library purchased this collection in 1991.
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], Bentley Family Papers, MS-2358. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of twelve folders divided into two series: Correspondence and Genealogical Information.


Biography / History

No biographical information is available.


Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection contains two series: the first consisting of personal correspondence, mostly to Blanche (Spurlock) Bentley in the 1920s and 1930s and the second consisting of notes, clippings, and photographs regarding genealogy of Blanche (Spurlock) Bentley's family. Series I also contains several letters written to other individuals. Series II also houses a folder of old receipts and cancelled checks from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Subject Terms

  • Bentley family.
  • Tennessee -- History.
  • Tennessee -- Geneaology.
Contents List
   

Series I: Correspondence, 1910-1938
Box   1     Folder   1    
Letters to Blanche (Spurlock) Bentley, 1923-1936
Box   1     Folder   2    
Letters to Blanche (Spurlock) Bentley, 1927-1938
Box   1     Folder   3    
Letters to Blanche (Spurlock) Bentley, undated
Box   1     Folder   4    
Envelopes from letters to Blanche (Spurlock) Bentley, undated
Box   1     Folder   5    
Wedding Invitations, undated
Box   1     Folder   6    
Letters to other addressees: recommendation letter regarding Frank Bentley (1910); letter to John Fisher (1932); letter to Beauty (?) (1935), 1910-1935
   

Series II: Genealogical Information, 1842-1921
Box   1     Folder   7    
Genealogy Notes, undated
Box   1     Folder   8    
Miscellaneous Writings, undated
Box   1     Folder   9    
Newsclippings, undated
Box   1     Folder   10    
Old Correspondence by various writers, 1842-1921
Box   1     Folder   11    
Photographs, undated
Box   1     Folder   12    
Receipts and Checks, 1859-1914