Z 1247.000 SM
IRION-NEILSON FAMILY PAPERS


The papers of individuals in the Irion and Neilson families consist of diaries, journals, personal correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous publications. The personal journals of Eliza Lucy Irion who married John Abert Neilson cover the period from 18431911. The personal correspondence of James W. Irion to his family, 18591862; Mr. and Mrs. McKinney F. Irion, Jr. to Elizabeth Charlotte Irion and Lucy Irion, 18441862, are also included. The Civil War diary of Captain John Albert Neilson of Columbus, a member of Company K, 14th Regiment of Mississippi Infantry, CSA, covering the years 18611862, and another of his diaries for the year 1866 are contained in the collection as well.

The collection has been arranged in the following order:

  • Box 1. Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson. Originals.

    Book 1, 18431858
    Book 3, January 1May 10, 1859
    Book 4, May 11December, 1859

  • Box 2. Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson. Originals.

    Book 2, 18581864
    Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, Book 5, 18651868

  • Box 3. Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson. Originals.

    Book 6, 18691873

  • Box 4. Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson. Originals.

    Book 6, 18741883, 1911

  • Box 5. Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, Books 1-3. Typescripts.
  • Box 6 Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, Books 4-5. Typescripts.
  • Box 7. Journal of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, Book 6. Typescripts.
  • Box 8. Personal Correspondence:

    fol. 1. Charles Abert to W. W. Neilson, 1837
    fol. 2. Snow Baker, 1813
    fol. 3. Elizabeth C. Irion Journal, 18521854
    fol. 5. James W. Irion to family, 18611862
    fol. 6a. Captain John Abert Neilson Diary, 18611862 (typescript)
    fol. 6b. Captain John Abert Neilson Diary, 18611862 (original)
    fols. 7a and 7b. John Abert Neilson Diary and accompanying papers, 1866, n.d.

  • Box 9. Personal Correspondence and Miscellaneous Publications:

    fol. 810. Love Letters of John Abert Neilson and Lucy Irion, 18701871
    fol. 12. McKinney F. Irion, Jr. to Lucy Irion, 18591862
    fol. 13. Miscellaneous, Lucy Irion, 18611901
    fol. 14. Miscellaneous Prose and Poetry
    fol. 16. Newspapers clippings: obituaries
    Miscellaneous publications, 3 folders.

  • Box 10: fol. 4. James W. Irion to family, 1859-1861, n.d.

    fol. 11. Mrs. McKinney F. Irion, Jr. to Elizabeth Charlotte Irion, 18441846
    fols. 15a-c. Photographs
    fols. 17-19. Newspaper Clippings

  • Box 11: Bible of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1870

    Scrapbook of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1866

  • Box 12: Scrapbook of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1897
  • Box 13: Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush by Ian McLaren

    Scrapbook of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1883
    Souvenir Album of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, 1857

  • Box 14: Sheet music for piano by composers such as Stephen Foster, Charlie Hine, and J. Martin

    The Social Ladder

    , a book of cartoons drawn by C. D. Gibson and published by the J. W. Pratt Co., New York, 1901

Microfilm edition contents:

  • Roll 1 (MF Roll # 36155): Journals of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, books 1-6, 1870 (partial)
  • Roll 2 (MF Roll # 36156): Journals of Eliza Lucy Irion Neilson, book 6, 1870 (continued)-1883, 1911