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Sanders, Mary Elizabeth (1923-2006). Collection, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0269

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of toys that belonged to the daughters of Jared Young and Elizabeth Alzira Wofford Sanders. Also included is a photograph of Jared Young Sanders III, Governor of Louisiana from 1908-1912.

Mary Elizabeth Sanders, great-granddaughter of Jared Young and Elizabeth Alzira Wofford Sanders, donated the collection in 1974.

Dates

  • n.d.

Biographical / Historical

Jared Y. Sanders II (1839-1881) received a Bachelor of Arts degree from South Carolina College in 1860 and served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He married Elizabeth Wofford (1845-1929) in 1868. They had nine children: Jared Young III, Mary Diana, Sallie Pugh, Bessie Wofford, James Wofford, Henry Lyon, Thomas Talbot, Francis Mitchell and Leila Mitchell. The family lived at Inglewood Plantation in St. Mary Parish near Morgan City, and most members are buried in the Sanders plot in Franklin Cemetery.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 feet of materials contained in 2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Mary Elizabeth Sanders Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
12/13/2021
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031