Watkins family papers, 1877-1931 (inclusive).

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Watkins family papers, 1877-1931 (inclusive).

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The Watkins Family Papers contains correspondence, account books and other business records, land deeds, contracts, Bible correspondence course materials, and memorabilia documenting the lives of Richard Ellis Watkins and his parents Thomas J. Watkins and Elizabeth Ellis, and other family members. The bulk of the collection consists of personal letters to Elizabeth Ellis (Mrs. T.J. Watkins) and her husband from various members of their family and friends, including letters from missionaries in Korea. Correspondents include Dr. Wightman Fletcher Melton, President of the Florida Methodist College in Leesburg (FL), Fanny V. Holland, mother of Florida Governor Spessard Holland, and Virginia Holland Gallemore, Fanny's daughter.

2.4 linear ft.

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Melton, Wightman Fletcher, 1867-1944

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Wightman Fletcher Melton (September 26, 1867-November 10, 1944) was the son of Rev. Isaac Quimby and Fanny Louise (Ellis) Melton. He was born at Ripley, Tennessee, graduated from Peabody College, Nashville in 1889; A.B., Blount College, Blountsville, Alabama, 1890; Ph. D., Johns Hopkins, 1906. He married Oliver Keller on September 19, 1889. He taught at various colleges and was professor of English language and literature at Emory University, 1908-1924. Besides The Rhetoric of John Donne's Verse...

Watkins, Richard Ellis.

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Watkins family.

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The Richard Ellis Watkins family lived in Arcadia, FL (Desoto County) during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Watkins attended the Florida Normal School and Business College at White Springs (FL), and was in one of its first graduating classes, in 1891. During the 1890s, he taught public school in Alachua County (FL) and DeSoto County (FL). The collection has particular historical significance because it includes military letters written by Sergeant Major Watkins from Guantanamo, Cuba and...