Alice Farmer Risley family papers, 1856-1939 (bulk 1863-1900).

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Alice Farmer Risley family papers, 1856-1939 (bulk 1863-1900).

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The family papers and photographs of Phoebe Farmer, Alice Risley, and Sam Risley concern family matters, personal and professional activities, life in Civil War Louisiana (especially New Iberia and New Orleans), participation in Grand Army of the Republic and Army Nurses Association, poetry, education, and Civil War hospitals. Includes a diary kept by Alice Risley during the Civil War including description of teaching in black schools, an account of Sam Risley's experiences at the Siege of Vicksburg, and poetry of Phoebe Farmer. Scrapbooks also include her poetry, writings, and clippings related to Alice's participation in National Association of Army Nurses of the Civil War. Photographs include family portraits, as well as cartes-de-visites of Union soldiers and Louisiana neighbors, specifically from Morgan City, New Iberia, and New Orleans. Also present is a mounted print of African-American laborers in rice field, ca. 1880's-1900.

174 items.3 microfilm reels.7 v.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7170545

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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