Bowen Ingram family papers, 1856-1978, bulk 1921-1977.

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Bowen Ingram family papers, 1856-1978, bulk 1921-1977.

Writings and personal papers of Bowen Ingram and her husband, Daniel Taylor Ingram. Includes manuscripts, correspondence, and reviews relating to Bowen Ingram's three novels; records relating to Dan Ingram's career at Castle Heights Military Academy; clippings; general correspondence; genealogical data on the Amis, Bowen, Brodnax, Gold, Gordon, Gwaltney, Ingram, Mizelle, and Prewett families; family photographs; materials relating to Dan Ingram's years as a student at Virginia Military Institute (1918-1921); and numerous short stories written by Bowen Ingram, her mother, Frances Gold Prewett, and her sister, Virginia Prewett.

14.7 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7647516

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Mizell family.

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Prewett, Frances Gold, 1878-1926.

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Brodnax family.

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Pruitt family.

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Virginia Military Institute

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On March 29, 1839 the General Aslsembly passed the final version of the act establishing a military school at the Lexington arsenal, where the students would protect the arms while pursuing educational courses. The School was named the Virginia Military Institute and is the nation's oldest state supported military college. The governor appointed nine members to the Board of Visitors to oversee the new school and they elected Claudius Crozet as president of the board and named Franci...

Ingram family.

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Castle Heights Military Academy.

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Gwartney family.

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Bowen family.

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Amis family.

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Ingram, Daniel Taylor, 1898-1969.

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Gould family.

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Prewett, Virginia

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Ingram, Bowen

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Author of three novels: If passion flies (1945), Light as the morning (1954), and Milbry (1972); author of numerous short stories. Born Mildred Rebecca Prewett, 1904; adopted pen name Bowen Ingram, 1945; wife of Daniel Taylor Ingram, commandant of Castle Heights Military Academy, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1929-1963; died 1980. From the description of Bowen Ingram family papers, 1856-1978, bulk 1921-1977. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 52075741 ...