B. S. Stafford Collection

Collection

Identifier: WHC-M-587

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

FULL FINDING AID (PDF)

Businessman. Manuscript (1932) of Stafford's memoirs entitled "Incidents and Recollections of My Life" in which he describes the Civil War in South Carolina, and slavery on his father's planatation. Also included are accounts of land speculation and bank failures in Oklahoma and Texas.

Dates

1932

Creator

Stafford, B. S., 1853- (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Available for public access.

Extent

.10 ft. (.10 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Lily F. Stafford.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Stafford, Lily F. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1949.

Subjects

Bank failures -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bank failures -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Banks and banking -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Banks and banking -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Memoirs Subject Source: Ftamc
Oklahoma -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Oklahoma -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Slavery -- South Carolina Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
South Carolina -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- South Carolina Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings