Z 1785.001 Blakemore (Lizzie McFarland) Collection, Accretion

This collection contains partial manuscripts of two autobiographical novels written by Lizzie McFarland Blakemore, probably in the 1880s. The two novels tell of a child growing up in New Orleans and Manchester (Yazoo City) during the Civil War. A handwritten chapter index prepared by the author and a typescript copy of the index prepared by the author's grandson, McFarland Walker Wood, is included. Three pages of handwritten material related to the novels are also included in the collection.