Nina Leftwich Papers, 1788-1969 | UNA Archives and Special Collections

By Dixie Norwood

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Collection Overview

Title: Nina Leftwich Papers, 1788-1969

Primary Creator: Nina Leftwich Papers, 1788-1969

Extent: 3.0 Boxes

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection includes articles, newspaper clippings, family history, and local history materials for Mrs. Nina Leftwich and her collection of writings, Two Hundred Years at Muscle Shoals (history of the area).

There are articles about Lawrence County, Lauderdale County (Florence), Colbert County (Leighton, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield), Franklin County, Limestone County history, Civil War history, Alabama history, Native American history, Multiple Church histories just to name a few. The collection includes materials from the early 19th century.

Biographical Note

Born November 16, 1881 in Sheffield, Alabama; Nina Leftwich was a teacher. She studied at the University of Alabama, George Peabody College and got her M.A. in 1929. She operated the Leftwich Antique and Gift Shop in Sheffield; taught at Coffee High School, Florence; was a part of the Florence State Teacher's College. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Tennessee Valley Historical Society. She died March 1, 1968.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
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Box 2

Folder 1: Mississippi (1926;1932)
Folder 2: Natchez Trace (1965)
Folder 3: Natchez Trace Newspaper Clippings (1934;1937-1938;1965-1966)
Folder 4: Hand-copied Newspaper Stories (1836-1837)
Folder 5: Newspapers of the mid-1800s (1839;1850;1859;1861-1863;1865;1922)
Folder 6: Miscellaneous Old Newspapers (1878;1890;1931-1932;1934;1963)
Folder 7: Leftwich Papers-Miscellaneous (1894-1895)
Folder 8: Notes for Leftwich Book Newspaper Clippings (1933)
Folder 9: History of Muscle Shoals/Newspaper Clippings (1922;1933;1965)
Folder 10: Old Books (No Date)
Folder 11: Old China (1928-1929;1936-1937)
Folder 12: Old Georgia Homes (No Date)
Folder 13: Old Homes of Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1934-1937;1955;1964-1967)
Folder 14: Old Homes of the Shoals Area (1955;1965)
Folder 15: Old Homes of the Shoals Area Newspaper Clippings (1941;1964;1966-1968)
Folder 16: History of Tuscumbia (1847;1865;1874;1901;1927;1932;1938)
Folder 17: History of Tuscumbia Newspaper Clippings (1922;1964-1965;1967;1969)
Folder 18: State of Virginia (1917)
Folder 19: History of Sheffield (1826;1854;1886-1887)
Folder 20: History of Sheffield Newspaper Clippings (1922;1965-1968)
Folder 21: History of Moragn County Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966)
Folder 22: History of the Railroad in Alabama (1828;1834;1852;1862-1864;1889;1930;1932-1933;1960)
Folder 23: History of the Railroad in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1929;1965)
Folder 24: To be copied-Franklin Enquirer (1824-1825)
Folder 25: Old Glass (1889;1933;1936;1938)
Folder 26: Old Glass Newspaper Clippings (1937-1939)
Folder 27: Alabama Political Newspaper Clippings (1964-1966;1968)
Folder 28: The Presbyterian Church in Alabama (1935)
Folder 29: The Presbyterian Church in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1968)
Folder 30: History of Red Rock (1925)
Folder 31: History of South Port (1922)
Folder 32: Creation on the Tennessee Valley Authority (1933-1963)
Folder 33: Creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority Newspaper Clippings (1930;1933;1936;1957;1965;1967)
Folder 34: Tennessee Valley in Alabama (No Date)
Folder 35: Tennessee Valley in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964)
Folder 36: Hand-copied Will of Mary Washington {George Washington's mother} (May 20,1788)
Folder 37: War of 1812 (May 2, 1821)
Folder 38: White Horse Company Capture (1865;1929)
Folder 39: General Joseph Wheeler (September 10,1933)
Folder 40: Women in Alabama (No Date)
Folder 41: Women in Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1937;1966)
Folder 42: World War II Newspaper Clipping (May 20, 1940)
Folder 43: U.S.S. Alabama Newspaper Clippings (1964)

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