Special Collections Finding Aids
Source Collection
Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Description
This collection contains correspondence from the Snowden family, who were a prominent family in Memphis, TN, during the late 19th century and early 20th centuries. There is also correspondence between the Snowdens and members of the Cairns, Fargason, and Ward families who were extended relations to the Snowdens. The collection also consists of photographs, documents, publications, scrapbooks, recipe books, blueprints, personal artwork, diaries, and newspaper clippings that give a glimpse into the private lives of the Snowden family. These generations of Snowden family members were descendants from: John Overton (1766-1833), a founder of the city of Memphis, lawyer, and advisor to Andrew Jackson; Robert Campbell Brinkley (1816-1878), a Memphis businessman and attorney; John Bayard Snowden (1808-1863), a Nashville, TN, businessman and dry goods merchant; and Robert Bogardus (1771-1841), a Revolutionary War General.
Date
2025 February
Recommended Citation
"MSS0065. R.B. Snowden family papers finding aid" (2021). Special Collections Finding Aids. 112.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-findingaids/112
mss.0065. R. B. Snowden family papers, correspondence_annotated inventory
