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AUBURN UNIVERSITY Special
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Guide to the Dunaway Family Papers, RG 465
Listed by: Peter Branum
Date: July 21, 1997
Date Span: 1886-1961
Scope / Content: Contains personal papers and business records
of Ellis and Dunaway. Ellis's personal papers include a Mason's manual
and material about Confederate veterans. Legal documents refer to land
dealings between Ellis and Samuel W. Oliver. Published materials are a
commercial history of Alabama from the Protective Life Company and a 1961
reproduction of a commemorative 1911 "Selma Mirror." Dunaway's 1934 business
ledger, listing accounts receivable from local sharecroppers and tenants,
is also in collection.
Biographical Sketch: Benjamin F. Ellis was the father-in-law
and eventual business partner of J. E. Dunaway. Ellis was a large Dallas
County (Ala.) planter who extended his business into retail trade and "advancing"
after the Civil War. His business, which became the J.E. Dunaway Mercantile
Company in 1898, was one of the oldest firms in Orrville (Ala.). Ellis
was a Baptist and actively supported Judson College. Dunaway headed the
firm in general merchandising, advancing, and farming, into the 1930s.
SERIES 1: Personal Items
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Photograph of B.F. Ellis, n.d.
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Picture of B.F. Ellis from Alabama Baptist, August 17, 1904
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Short articles on Dunaway and Ellis in Selma Mirror, 1911
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Lambert Family Record
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United Confederate Veterans, General Orders, February 27, 1917
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Program of the 16th Annual Reunion, United Confederate Veterans,
October 11-12, 1916
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Royal Arch Masonry Manual, 1916
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Agricultural and Livestock Association Fair, October 19, 1886
SERIES 2: Legal Documents
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Map of land of B.F. Ellis
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Deeds - B.F. Ellis
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Deeds - B.F. Ellis to Annie Johnson
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Quit claim deed - B.F. Ellis-land of Samuel W. Oliver
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Letter from L.E. Jeffries to Col. B.F. Ellis
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Maps of Samuel W. Oliver
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Abstract of Samuel W. Oliver
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Deeds and legal documents-Samuel W. Oliver
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Mortgage-Samuel W. Oliver
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Deed-Fannie Bienvenue to Samuel W. Oliver
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Interrogatory, Samuel W. Oliver-vs-Laura Becker
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Loan application-Samuel W. Oliver
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Papers re: Samuel W. Oliver Plantation
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Deed-Eugene Robbins to Cammie Robbins
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Deed to Selma property
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Morgan place deed to C.W. Ashcroft
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Miscellaneous deeds
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Certificate of Redemption, 1892
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Maps of Selma and Dallas County
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Miscellaneous file
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Map of Ellis land. Sep. To OVS Collection, cab. 3, Drawer 5, item #2
SERIES 3: Published Materials
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A Book Alabama and the South Commemorating the Silver Anniversary of
the Protective Life Insurance Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1933
SERIES 4: J.E. Dunaway Mercantile Company
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