Manuscript Collection
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Identifier
Accession 212
Inclusive Dates
1864-1899,1910,1923,1928-1930,1932-1934, 1945-1977
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
500 pieces, .25 linear foot
Language
English
Historical Note
Lowry-Avery Family are long-time residents of York County, SC.
Scope and Content Note
The Lowry-Avery Family Papers consist of photocopies of biographical data and family history data, correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, programs from family reunions, and other papers. Includes a copy of the printed version of a diary by Samuel Cosmo Lowry (1845-1864) of the 17th Infantry SCV Co. F, providing a highly literate account of the life of a young Confederate soldier: “We lay in the woods a short distance from the enemy’s line, watching the flying shells as they passed over us, seeing, whistling, literally plowing the air, the loud shriek of the flying shells, the dull whiz of the great ancanisten, with the disappearing cry of wounded mortals, fairly rent the air.”
Provenance
The papers of the Lowry-Avery Family, long-time residents of York County, S.C., were received by the College Archives on September 4, 1978 as a gift from Mrs. S.K. Lowry.
Copyright
For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.
Finding Aid Citation
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Lowry-Avery Family Papers - Accession 212". Finding Aid 283.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/283
LC Subject Headings
Lowry family; Avery family; Lowry, Samuel Cosmo, 1845-1864--Diaries; Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 17th; South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; York County (S.C.)--Genealogy
