Alexander Lawrence White Family Photographs
ca. 1850s - 1860s
Manuscript Collection #1430- Creator(s)
- White Family of South Carolina
- Physical description
- 0.25 Cubic Feet, 1 shoebox, consisting of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
- Preferred Citation
- Alexander Lawrence White Family Photographs (#1430), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions.
This collection contains nine cased daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (and one ambrotype missing the case) of images that come from the White family of White's Mill and then later nearby Spartanburg, South Carolina. Images are probably from the 1850s and 1860s and include individual images of young boys, young girls, a woman, two images of the same woman, and an enslaved or formerly enslaved African American woman holding a white baby. The images were found among the effects of John Hamlin "Hamp" White (deceased November 23, 1949), son of Alexander Lawrence White (1860-1942). Hamp White was married to Mary Erwin, the aunt of the donor.
Administrative information
Custodial History
April 17, 2023, (unprocessed), 0.25 cubic feet; This collection contains nine cased daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (and one ambrotype missing the case) of images that come from the White family of White's Mill and then later nearby Spartanburg, South Carolina. Images are probably from the 1850s and 1860s and include individual images of young boys, young girls, a woman, two images of the same woman, and an enslaved or formerly enslaved African American woman holding a white baby. The images were found among the effects of John Hamlin "Hamp" White (deceased November 23, 1949), son of Alexander Lawrence White (1860-1942). Hamp White was married to Mary Erwin, the aunt of the donor. Gift of W. Erwin Hester.
Source of acquisition
Gift of W. Erwin Hester.
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