Duncan Brown Cooper Papers, 1838-Ca. 1965
State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 COOPER, DUNCAN BROWN (1844-1922) PAPERS 1838-ca. 1965 Processed by: Mary Washington Frazer Date Completed: September 8, 1972 Accession Number: 1972.153 Location: VIII-L-1-2 Microfilm Accession Number: 830 MICROFILMED INTRODUCTION Duncan Brown Cooper (1844-1922), Nashville newspaperman and politician was most widely known for his role in the shooting death of Edward Ward Carmack, editor of the Nashville Tennessean. The papers are composed of accounts (bills, notes, receipts); correspondence and autographs; certificates; clippings, genealogical data and invitations; legal papers (agreements, bonds, deeds, estate records, indentures, minutes, wills); photographs; and sketches, speeches and writings. About one-third of the correspondence are letters of sympathy and support for Cooper and his son Robin, after Edward Ward Carmack was shot by Robin the evening of November 9, 1908, on a street in downtown Nashville. There are also letters of a political nature written to Col. Cooper from all over the state; many dealing with the automobile business in Texas, 1909-10; and others dealing with family matters. There are a few genealogical notes on the families of Hugh Brown, John Donelson, John Burch and Allen Jones. The materials in this finding aid measure 6.30 linear feet. There are no restrictions on the materials. Single photocopies of unpublished writings in the Duncan Brown Cooper Papers may be made for purposes of scholarly research. SCOPE AND CONTENT The Duncan Brown Cooper Papers spanning the years 1838 to about 1965 and containing about 4,000 items are composed of accounts (bills, notes, receipts), correspondence, a few autographs, certificates, clippings, some genealogical data, invitations, legal papers (agreements, bonds, deeds, estate records, indentures, minutes, wills), photographs, two poems, sketches, speeches, and writings.
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