Manuscript Collection

Perry Belle Bennett Hough Collection   [RG02]

 

This Collection includes the personal research of Perry Belle Bennett Hough (1898 - 1970), her notes, diaries, and papers pertaining to Lancaster County.

 

Extent

30 linear feet: 91 LS boxes, 9 OS boxes, 1 card file box; see also Prints & Photographs Collection.

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Notes

This finding aid is an online update to A Guide to The Perry Belle Bennett Hough Collection in the Lancaster County Library, compiled by Ron Chepesiuk and published by the Lancaster County Historical Commission in 1981.

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Description

The Collection was divided into 8 Series for the 1981 publication:

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Series     Description

I                   Biographical File

II                  General File

III                 Family History and Genealogy Files
                           A - F,  G - L,  M - R,  S - Z

IV                 Andrew Jackson File

V                 J. Marion Sims File

VI                Lancaster County History Files
                          A - F,  G - L,  M - R,  S - Z

VII               South Carolina History File

VIII              American History File

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Local History