Given By: F. A. Polk and L. P. Zehnder
Form of Material:A collection of correspondence, estate documents, certificates, newsletters,
genealogical materials and other items pertaining to the families of
Abner Polk and his wife, Ida Chambers Polk. Abner Polk was born in Lawrence
County, Mississippi in 1860, and Ida Chambers was born in Washington
County, Alabama in 1867. Abner and Ida were married on February 13, 1890,
and lived in Marion County, Mississippi until approximately 1898, when
they moved to Hattiesburg. A list of materials in the collection is attached.
Box and Folder List
| Box
1 |
|
| Folder 1 |
Marriage Record
of William A. Polk & Martha Brown (Nov. 11, 1841) |
| Folder 2 |
Marriage Record
of Abner Polk & Ida Chambers and a list of their children (ca.
1890-1902) |
| Folder 3 |
Birth Certificate
of Esther May Polk (Aug. 4, 1900) |
| Folder 4 |
Abner & Ida
Chambers Polk: Expressions of Sympathy and Praise (undated) |
| Folder 5 |
Will of Abner
Polk, with Accompanying Letter (1944) |
| Folder 6 |
Financial Statements
Re: Estate of Abner & Ida Polk (1945-1965) |
| Folder 7 |
Ida Chambers
Polk: Inventory & Value of Personal Property (ca. 1948) |
| Folder 8 |
Abner Polk Hall
at William Carey College (1962) |
| Folder 9 |
Plat of Property
of A. Polk & Son, Hattiesburg, Mississippi (undated) |
| Folder 10 |
Real Estate
Partitioning Deed (Apr. 30, 1956) |
| Folder 11 |
Correspondence:
Abner Polk & Ida Chambers (1890-1891) |
| Folder 12 |
Correspondence:
Abner Polk & Penn Elizabeth Burke (1939) |
| Folder 13 |
Correspondence:
Polk Siblings Re: Abner's Estate (1941-1957) |
| Folder 14 |
Correspondence:
Polk/Zehnder (ca. 1900-1944) |
| Folder 15 |
Correspondence:
Esther May Polk Zehnder (1952-1977) |
| Folder 16 |
Correspondence:
L. Polk Denmark to Mrs. Zehnder (1940-1944) |
| Folder 17 |
Correspondence:
Mary & Kathleen Polk (ca. 1926-1927) |
| Folder 18 |
"Christmas
at Home" by Mary Polk Montague (Dec. 1950) |
| Folder 19 |
History of Polk
Family, by Esther May Polk Zehnder (undated) |
| Folder 20 |
Poetry of Ida
Chambers Polk (1926; undated) |
| Folder 21 |
"Ancestor
Hunt" (undated) |
| Folder 22 |
Garden Club
Presentation: "Pruning and Revitalizing Flowers" (undated) |
| Folder 23 |
Gardening Presentation: "The
Secret of Hot Weather Beauty" (undated) |
| |
|
| Box 2 |
|
| Folder 1 |
Polk Family
Genealogical Materials (undated) |
| Folder 2 |
Bass Family
(1957; undated) |
| Folder 3 |
Brown Family
(undated) |
| Folder 4 |
Chambers Family
(1911; undated) |
| Folder 5 |
Granberry Family
(undated) |
| Folder 6 |
Hunt Family
(1948) |
| Folder 7 |
Powell Family
(undated) |
| Folder 8 |
Robertson Family
(1911; undated) |
| Folder 9 |
Robertson, Norvell,
Sr.: Autobiography (1913) |
| Folder 10 |
Welch Family
(ca. 1900, 1911; undated) |
| Folder 11 |
Hoyt Fenn Bass
Memorial Pin & Scholarship Fund (1961-1978) |
| Folder 12 |
Company of Newt
Knight, Free State of Jones (1863-1865) |
| Folder 13 |
Daughters of
the American Revolution (ca. 1936-1983) |
| Folder 14 |
National Society
Daughters of Founders & Patriots (1962-1963) |
| Folder 15 |
First Baptist Church, Hattiesburg, MS (ca. 1915-1939) |
| Folder 16 |
"Heraldry the Shorthand of History" (undated) |
| Folder 17 |
History of Early
Mississippi Territory, East of the Pearl River (undated) |
| Folder 18 |
Pamphlet: "How
You May Know the Value of Old Books", by M. R. Cooper (1952) |
| Folder 19 |
McPherson, Alfred
A., 1836-1926): Biographical Information (undated) |
| Folder 20 |
National Society
of Colonial Dames (1970) |
| Folder 21 |
Newsletter:
Beechwood Press (1936-1938) |
| Folder 22 |
Newspaper Clippings
(ca. 1965-1984) |
| Folder 23 |
Notes - Handwritten
(undated) |
| Folder 24 |
The Order of
First Families of Mississippi (ca. 1969-1984) |
| Folder 25 |
Providence Baptist
Church (ca. 1951-1968) |
| Folder 26 |
Sons of the
American Revolution (1998) |
| |
|
| Oversize
Materials |
| Item 1 |
"Genealogical
Tree of the Polk Family" |
| Item 2 |
Polk Family
Genealogical Chart |