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The papers of individuals in the Irion and Neilson families consist of diaries, journals, personal correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous publications. The personal journals of Eliza Lucy Irion who married John Abert Neilson cover the period from 18431911. The personal correspondence of James W. Irion to his family, 18591862; Mr. and Mrs. McKinney F. Irion, Jr. to Elizabeth Charlotte Irion and Lucy Irion, 18441862, are also included. The Civil War diary of Captain John Albert Neilson of Columbus, a member of Company K, 14th Regiment of Mississippi Infantry, CSA, covering the years 18611862, and another of his diaries for the year 1866 are contained in the collection as well.
The collection has been arranged in the following order:
Book 1, 18431858
Book 3, January 1May 10, 1859
Book 4, May 11December, 1859
Book 2, 18581864
Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, Book 5, 18651868
Book 6, 18691873
Book 6, 18741883, 1911
fol. 1. Charles Abert to W. W. Neilson, 1837
fol. 2. Snow Baker, 1813
fol. 3. Elizabeth C. Irion Journal, 18521854
fol. 5. James W. Irion to family, 18611862
fol. 6a. Captain John Abert Neilson Diary, 18611862 (typescript)
fol. 6b. Captain John Abert Neilson Diary, 18611862 (original)
fols. 7a and 7b. John Abert Neilson Diary and accompanying papers, 1866, n.d.
fol. 810. Love Letters of John Abert Neilson and Lucy Irion, 18701871
fol. 12. McKinney F. Irion, Jr. to Lucy Irion, 18591862
fol. 13. Miscellaneous, Lucy Irion, 18611901
fol. 14. Miscellaneous Prose and Poetry
fol. 16. Newspapers clippings: obituaries
Miscellaneous publications, 3 folders.
fol. 11. Mrs. McKinney F. Irion, Jr. to Elizabeth Charlotte Irion, 18441846
fols. 15a-c. Photographs
fols. 17-19. Newspaper Clippings
Scrapbook of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1866
Scrapbook of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1883
Souvenir Album of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1857
The Social Ladder, a book of cartoons drawn by C. D. Gibson and published by the J. W. Pratt Co., New York, 1901
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