HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG1019.AM: Julia (Fuller) Jackson, 1873-1946
Papers: 1874, 1888, 1913
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
Size: One folder
BACKGROUND NOTE
Born in Beatrice, Nebraska, on September 23, 1873, Julia Fuller spent her entire life in Beatrice. She married Herbert Jackson on March 30, 1922. Julia (Fuller) Jackson died on September 7, 1946. She is buried in Beatrice Cemetery at Beatrice, Nebraska.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The collection contains newspaper clippings from the Beatrice Express (Beatrice, Nebraska), dating from 1874, along with two handwritten drafts of articles that were published in the newspaper. These items describe the beginnings of the temperance movement in Beatrice and the activities of the Ladies of Temperance Association of Beatrice. Also included in the collection is a letter from Julia Fuller of Beatrice, Nebraska, dated January 12, 1913, in which she reminisces about the blizzard of 1888.
RELATED MATERIALS The archival collections, library collections and the Nebraska History index contain various resources relating to the temperance movement in Nebraska, as well as the blizzard of 1888.
Subject headings:
Beatrice (Neb.) — History
Blizzards — Nebraska — 1888
Jackson, Julia (Fuller), 1873-1946
Gage County (Neb.) — History
Ladies Temperance Association of Beatrice (Beatrice, Neb.)
Temperance — Nebraska — Beatrice
Revised TMM 06-12-2009
