Margie, Apparantly, you follow the U.S & Canada "Pricing" link in the top bar - next to "Women's Studies" web site: http://www.lexis-nexis.com/cispubs/Catalog/pricing/domestic/upa/us_am_womens.htm On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, M. Daniels wrote: > I came across this site and wanted to pass this on. I looked until I was > blind and did not see where to purchase this film. Would some of you take a > look and let me know if I missed something. > http://www.lexis-nexis.com/cispubs/guides/womens_studies/southern_women/swmn > a5.htm#other > > Thanks, > Margie > > > Comer Family Papers, 1860-1864, > Barbour County, Alabama; also Georgia and Tennessee > > Description of the Collection > This small collection consists of nineteen letters dated between 1860 and > 1864 and undated to and from various members of the Comer family. The > earliest letters are from Catharine Lucinda Comer in Cowikee, Barbour > County, Alabama, to her son, Hugh Moss Comer, who was attending school in > Warrior Stand, Alabama, describing family and neighborhood life by giving > details of the family businesses and finances and news of the farm and > slaves. In 1861, Hugh Moss Comer received a letter from schoolmaster J. A. > Arnold describing his new school's rates, living arrangements, and course of > study. Hugh Moss Comer then enrolled in Arnold's school in Polk County, > Georgia, where he continued to receive letters from his mother and his > brothers, keeping him informed on the family and neighborhood and mentioning > the advent of the Civil War. > > During the Civil War, Catharine Lucinda Comer received two undated letters > from her brother, P. A. Drewry, who listed the wounded soldiers in the > regiment from their neighborhood and kept her informed about the condition > of her son, John Wallace Comer, also a Confederate soldier. John Wallace > Comer wrote several letters to his mother and his sister, describing the > death of his corps commander, Leonidas Polk, at Pine Mountain, Georgia; his > own wound and recovery; and the heavy fighting during the New Hope Church > campaign in Georgia in 1864. A family friend also wrote to the Comer family > in 1862, describing the plight of the Army of Tennessee and criticizing > General Braxton Bragg's Kentucky campaign ("I don't think that ole Brag ever > ought to have control of anything withought it was som ole woman chickens. > This was mor mens lives lost by that retreat than if we had fought the > yankes"). > > Undated items include a poem about a faithless sweetheart and a letter from > Hugh Moss Comer to Catharine Lucinda Comer about having shoes made for him. > There is also a photograph of John Wallace Comer in a Civil War uniform with > his slave, Burrell. > > Biographical Note > John Fletcher Comer (1811-1858) was a cotton planter and owner of a lumber > yard and corn mill in Barbour County, Alabama. He married Catharine Lucinda > Drewry (d. 1898) in 1841, and they had six sons: Hugh Moss Comer > (1842-1900); John Wallace Comer (1845-1919); St. George Legare Comer > (1847-1870), who was governor of Alabama; Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1919) > who was a U.S. senator and Alabama governor; John Fletcher Comer, Jr. > (1854-1927); and Edward Trippe Comer (1856-1927). There was also at least > one daughter (probably named Corinne) in the family. Following John Fletcher > Comer's death in 1858, the family continued farming and operating the corn > mill and lumber yard. During the Civil War, John Wallace Comer served in the > reserves of the Army of Tennessee. > > N. B. Related collections among the holdings of the Southern Historical > Collection include the Braxton Bragg Comer Papers; the Laura Beecher Comer > Papers; and the John Fletcher Comer Journal. Of these, the Laura Beecher > Comer Papers follows this collection. > > Laura Beecher Comer Papers, 1862-1899, > Barbour County, Alabama; also Connecticut, Georgia, and Europe > > Description of the Collection > This small collection includes three diaries of Laura Beecher Comer; six > letters from Laura to her Comer relatives in Alabama; and a newspaper > clipping about Windsor Castle in England. The diaries document Laura's > everyday activities in Columbus, Georgia, and her thoughts and emotions on a > variety of topics, including religion and family relationships, her unhappy > marriage and distrust of humanity, and her problems with family servants, > both slaves and freedmen. Other diary entries describe Laura's travels in > Alabama, the northeast United States, and Europe and describe the settlement > of her husband's estate and sale of his cotton plantations. The letters are > chiefly concerned with news about the activities of Comer family members > in Alabama. > > The collection is arranged as follows: Series 1. Diaries and Series 2. > Correspondence and Other Items. > > Biographical Note > Laura Beecher Comer was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1817, the > daughter of Lysias Beecher and Lucy Tolles Beecher and the niece of > prominent clergyman Henry Ward Beecher. Following her first marriage to a > Mr. Hayes, she moved south to open a school for girls. In 1848, she married > James Comer (1797-1864), a cotton planter in Alabama. They purchased a house > in Columbus, Georgia, in 1853, where Laura lived until her death on 5 > January 1900. > > Series 1. Diaries, 1862-1873 > Volume 1: January 1862-April 1863 comprises Laura Beecher Comer's diary, > with almost daily entries recording her everyday life, household management, > and finances; her thoughts on a variety of topics, including religious > sentiments; her often cantankerous comments on human nature; complaints > about her unhappy marriage and her relationships with various friends and > relatives; and her troubles with family slaves. There are also a few > scattered entries on national politics and the Civil War and descriptions of > travel in Alabama. > > Volume 2: September 1866-July 1868 comprises her diary after the Civil War > and her husband's death in 1864. Many of the themes of the first volume are > continued in the diary entries, including her thoughts on religion and > family relationships and activities, her general depression and mistrust of > humanity, and her continuing problems with servants--now freedmen. The diary > also contains descriptions of Laura's travels in Virginia, Washington, D.C., > New York, and Connecticut and of her visits to her husband's cotton > plantations in Alabama, as she attempted to settle his estate and sell the > plantations. > > Volume 3: June 1872-December 1873 comprises her diary entries with topics > similar to the previous volumes. Topics include news of friends and family, > descriptions of daily life, and comments on religion. A great portion of the > volume consists of accounts of Laura's travels to visit her family in New > York and Connecticut and of her voyage by ship to Europe, including detailed > descriptions of her encounters with natives and her visits to tourist > attractions in London, Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Edinburgh. > > Series 2. Correspondence and Other Items, 1892-1899 > This series comprises six letters, 1896-1899, from Laura Beecher Comer to > her "Cousin Lilla," wife of Hugh Moss Comer, in Alabama, on social news and > family concerns and a newspaper clipping, 11 September 1892, about Windsor > Castle in Windsor, England. > > N. B. Related collections among the holdings of the Southern Historical > Collection include the Braxton Bragg Comer Papers, the Comer Family Papers, > and the John Fletcher Comer Journal. Of these, the Comer Family Papers > follows this collection. > > > > > Seen through women's eyes, nineteenth-century southern social history takes > on new dimensions. Subjects that were of only passing interest when > historians depended on documents created by men now move to center stage. > Women's letters dwell heavily on illness, pregnancy, and childbirth. From > them we can learn what it is like to live in a society in which very few > diseases are well understood, in which death is common in all age groups, > and in which infant mortality is an accepted fact of life. A woman of > forty-three, writing in 1851, observed that her father, mother, four > sisters, three brothers, and two infants were all dead, and except for her > father, none had reached the age of thirty-six.2 > > > > > ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > This is a closed list and only subscribers will be allowed to post. NO FLAMING, OBSCENE LANGUAGE OR DISRESPECT OF ANY KIND WILL BE TOLERATED. No virus postings will be allowed. Got a complaint then contact me not the list margie@majorinternet.com Good luck in your searches. >