Creator	Bearman, Alta Helen McIntosh
Title	Alta McIntosh Bearman Collection
Description	Alta McIntosh Bearman's father was the grandson of Daniel Newman McIntosh, son of "Chief" William McIntosh. Bearman's mother was the granddaughter of Guy Waterman and Alzora Stratton of Tennessee. Born in Oklahoma in 1916, Alta entered the Navy in World War II. After the war she worked in Europe where she married Leonard Charles Bearman; they have one daughter, Linda. Bearman has served as Secretary and Program Chairman of the "Clans of Scotland, USA" and as President of Clan McIntosh of North America. Proud of her Scottish and Indian background, Bearman has traveled extensively pursuing information pertaining to her heritage. Consists of an array of materials regarding the maternal and paternal ancestry of Alta Helen McIntosh Bearman, including several articles and letters concerning her Uncle Waldo MacIntosh, Chief Dode of the Creek Indians. It also contains information on various clans, such as the McIntosh, Wallace, Chalton, and Gilmour Clans.
Date	1826-2000
Time Period	1826-2000
LC Subject Headings	McIntosh family Creek Indians--Alabama Trail of Tears, 1838-1839 Clans--Scotland United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
EOA Categories	History -- 1783-1819: American Expansion History -- 1819-1838: Early Statehood and Indian Removal History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era History -- 1929-1945: The Great Depression and World War II History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights History -- 1987-present: Recent Alabama Peoples -- Native Peoples
Type	Text
Format	PDF
Record Group	RG 1007
File Name	1007-07-0007mc.pdf
Link to catalog	http://aubiecat.auburn.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2537009
Repository	Auburn University. Special Collections and Archives
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
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Submitted by	Coates, Midge