Title: Lera Knox Memoir

Date/Date Range :   undated

Extent: 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

This memoir contains Lera Knox's brief family history (from Colonial period) and memories from Columbia, Tennessee (1896-1933), as well as Lera's travelogue as written for the Nashville Banner. The memoir was edited by Margaret Knox Morgan.

Call number: MS-2583

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

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections by Margaret Knox Morgan.

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], Lera Knox Memoir, MS-2583. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of two folders.

Lera Ussery was born June 7, 1896 in Columbia, Tennessee. She married Alfred Knox in January, 1918. They had a son, named Jack and a daughter, Margaret Knox, who is the editor. According to Margaret her mother was active in the community and traveled extensivly, funding these trips by writing articles for the now defunct Nashville Banner. Alfred died in 1968 and Lera died in 1975.

The manuscript contains the memories of Lera Knox, as well as travel articles she wrote for the Nashville Banner. The memories give a brief history of Lera's family, covering the Colonial period to the 1960's. Lera's narrative account of Columbia stops in 1933. From this point on the manuscript is a travelogue. Lera was present at and wrote about the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953.

• Knox, Lera Ussery, 1896-1975.
• Tennessee -- History.
• England -- Description and travel.