Ethel Trotter Williams papers
Collection
Identifier: MS0258
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of letters, diaries, and notebooks. The correspondence is written primarily by John F. Williams to his wife, both before and after they were married. The diaries were kept by Ethel Trotter as a teenager in high school and in college.
Dates
- 1910 - 1950
Creator
- Williams, Ethel Trotter (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Biographical / Historical
Ethel Trotter Williams was born in 1897 to Morris E. and Helen Trotter of Charlotte. The family resided at 1608 Elizabeth Avenue. Ethel attended Queens College, taught school in Charlotte [according to the City Directory, she taught at Belmont and Elizabeth Heights] and Bessemer City, N.C., and married John F. Williams of Charlotte around 1922. Prior to their marriage, he worked as a traveling salesman for Williams & Shelton Company, a wholesaler of dry goods located at 406 South Tryon Street in Charlotte. He later worked for Southern Power Company and its successor, Duke Power, as a load dispatcher. [According to city directories and return addresses on envelopes, they lived at 1509 East 4th Street and 2106 Greenway in Charlotte.]
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 document box (shared))
Language
English
Overview
Papers of Williams as a teenager, college student, wife, and mother in Charlotte in the first half of the 20th century. Includes her diaries (1910-1916) and letters (1917-1938) to her from her husband, John F. Williams.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into a single, alphabetical folder title series.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Tony Crumbley, 1999.
Creator
- Williams, Ethel Trotter (Person)
- Title
- Papers of Ethel Trotter Williams
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository
Contact:
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte 28223 United Stated
spec-coll@uncc.edu
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte 28223 United Stated
spec-coll@uncc.edu