Wirt Howe Autobiography
This collection consists of four typed volumes of Wirt Howe's autobiography. Howe worked on his autobiography until he died in 1940, and his sister B. H. Heward compiled the manuscript after his death. The work details Howe's childhood years beginning with his earliest memory and spans until a trip he made to Canada in 1939. Volume I is 203 pages, Volume II is 190 pages, Volume IIIa is 275 pages, and Volume IIIb is 449 pages. In addition to chronicling Howe's life, this work also sheds light on life in New York at the turn of the 20th century and on Tennessee in the 1930s.
Dates
- circa 1940
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Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 half box)
Abstract
This collection consists of four typed volumes of Wirt Howe's autobiography.
Biographical / Historical
Wirt Howe was born in New Orleans in 1875, though he grew up in New York state. He earned his BA from Tulane University and his law degree from Harvard and went on to practice for the Tennessee Valley Authority when it was conceived in 1933. Howe died on December 7th, 1940 of an unknown illness at the age of 65.
Arrangement
This collection is in one box.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository