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Contains 27 Results:

Index to Haley's Letters, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 1
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

List of 21 letters including date, number of pages and location from which Haley was writing.

Dates: undated
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1968 May 21

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 2
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Follow up regarding a phone conversation and a God-meant meeting. Haley also mentions a deed he intends to copy and send.

Dates: 1968 May 21
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1968 May 23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 3
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Haley writes of research of historical events contributing to Roots.

Dates: 1968 May 23
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1968 May 29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 4
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Haley writes of various enclosures in letters and of invitations from mutual acquaintances.

Dates: 1968 May 29
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1968 July 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 5
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Haley discusses his immediate plans as well as another set of deeds received.

Dates: 1968 July 5
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1969 March 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 6
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

A short note regarding the discovery and meeting of another Waller descendent.

Dates: 1969 March 26
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1969 August 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 7
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Letter mentioning another possible connection to the Wisers and commenting on the progress of the book [Roots].

Dates: 1969 August 26
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1970 April 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 8
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

A short note commenting on the Mormon's genealogical treasure-troves of information useful in Haley's research.

Dates: 1970 April 6
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1970 April 30

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 9
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Letter of thanks for information sent as well as a mention of Haley's being awarded an honorary degree.

Dates: 1970 April 30
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1970 May 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 10
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

A short note commenting on the situation in Maryland surrounding Haley's visit to give a lecture.

Dates: 1970 May 20
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1970 June 29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 11
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Letter discussing a meeting being planned with Annapolis mayor and a story in Jet that had a picture of Haley and Waller Wiser.

Dates: 1970 June 29
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1970 September 14

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 12
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

A short note complimenting Elaine Wiser's attention to detail in a previous letter.

Dates: 1970 September 14
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1970 October 17

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 13
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

A short thank-you note for a plaque received.

Dates: 1970 October 17
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1972 January 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 14
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Haley comments on his rewriting of sections, as well as further research recently discovered.

Dates: 1972 January 22
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1972 March 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 15
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Haley writes of the discovery of two more Waller family connections. In the last paragraphs, he also mentions that he has changed the title of his book to Roots.

Dates: 1972 March 4
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1972 October 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 16
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Haley talks of the mail received from articles about him and his work as well as of a visit from the Wisers.

Dates: 1972 October 20
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1973 January 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 17
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Writing from Taiwan, Haley recounts his recent travels and his hopes to complete Roots by the spring.

Dates: 1973 January 1
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, circa 1973 December 3

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 18
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

A short note on his speaking in Annapolis, seven generations and about two centuries since the Lord Ligonier put in. Haley also mentions his plans to complete the final chapter on board a ship from Africa to the U. S.

Dates: circa 1973 December 3
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1974 August 29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 19
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

Haley writes of the developing plans for Roots appearing as a TV series and his inclusion of a brochure regarding the Reader's Digest condensation.

Dates: 1974 August 29
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

Letter, 1974 November 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 20
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

A note mentioning a letter Haley received from a church that acquired part of the Waller plantation and the hope he can attend a June Commencement.

Dates: 1974 November 6
Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville / MS-2280, Alex Haley Letters to Waller and Elaine Wiser and Other Materials / Correspondence

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