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No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John Rose Ficklen Papers, #257, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Vol. 9, "Notes for sketch of Acadians" available on microfilm.

Acquisitions Information

Prior to 1940

Additional Descriptive Resources

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Sensitive Materials Statement

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• Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910.
• Ficklen, Bessie Alexander, b. 1861.
• Ficklen, John Rose, 1858-1907.
• Historians--Louisiana--History--19th century.
• History--Study and teaching--Louisiana--History--19th century.
• Tulane University--Faculty--History--19th century.

• Edward Porter Alexander Papers (#7), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

John Rose Ficklen (1858-1907) was a professor of history at Tulane University.

The collection includes chiefly correspondence of Ficklen with his professional colleagues; personal and family letters received; and writings, lectures, and notes by him. Also included are papers, beginning in 1888, of his wife, Bessie Alexander Ficklen (b. 1861), consisting of letters from her father, Edward Porter Alexander (1835-1910); correspondence about the publication of her husband's work after his death; and items relating to her own interest in poetry and art.