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Preferred Citation:

Myrta Locket Avary Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Deposit

Biographical Information:

Myrta Lockett Avary was the author of A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865 and Dixie After the War and jointly edited the 1905 edition of Mary Boykin Chestnut's A Diary from Dixie. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typescripts of articles concerning Reconstruction. Includes reminiscences of her father Harrison Alexander Lockett concerning southside Virginia and photographs.

Related Material

Related collections can be found at the Virginia Historical Society and the Atlanta History Center.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
• Typescripts