Bennett Family Collection

About the Collection

Collection preserves selected wartime correspondence from the Bennett Family Collection, including letters between Private James Bennett and his mother, Lorsia Bennett and others. The Bennett Family collection also includes wartime ephemera, Bennett family financial records, and minutes from the Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Association, spanning 1890 to 1974.For more information, see the Bennett Family Collection Finding Aid.

Transcriptions are being prepared by students in HIST 3030 – Women & War, under the guidance of Drs. A. Belzer and F. Turner. Transcriptions are expected to be available in 2026.

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