Armstrong Papers – Hileman Material.
Collection
Identifier: MSC 0540
Scope and Contents
The Armstrong Papers – Hileman Materials Collection is a collection of Armstrong correspondence and associated materials dating from 1880 to 1949. The papers were collected by Frances Hileman and later acquired by the McClung Collection. All of the letters in the Armstrong Papers-Hileman Material relate to Susie Armstrong or her extended family. Susie Armstrong was born Susie Norman in 1868 in Knox County, Tennessee, and married Thaddeus Armstrong in 1890. They had two children, Beatrice born in 1892 and Beauford, born in 1896. They moved to Pueblo, Colorado from Tennessee where Thaddeus died from illness in 1902. Susie and her children returned to Tennessee to live with her parents. Beatrice attended the Pleasant Hill Academy, a boarding school in Pleasant Hill, Tennessee. Beatrice later married Luther Minton and moved back to Pueblo. Correspondents include: J. L. and Anna Norma; James “J. M.” Norman, Lizzie (Norman) Green and Mattie (Norman) Coward; S. Armstrong; Beatrice (Armstrong) Minton and Beauford Armstrong, Mattie Lee Johnson.; Louise L. Poe, Julia Rambo and Alice Smith, all of Colorado; C. H. and Mary J. Casteel of Knoxville. There is material related to Oxy-Magneto, a medical cure available in Pueblo; the Triple Link Life Insurance Company of Illinois, etc.
Dates
- 1880-1949
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 box
- Beatrice Armstrong Minton Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beauford Armstrong Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oxy-Magneto Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pleasant Hill Academy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pueblo Colorado Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Susie Norman Armstrong Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Thaddeus Armstrong Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Triple Link Life Insurance Company of Illinois Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- schools Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Armstrong Papers – Hileman Material.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
Contact:
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
