Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly

“Burwell family slave, bought freedom, 1855. Dressmaker & friend to Mary Todd Lincoln. Published her memoir, 1868. Lived here, 1830s.”

State historical marker: G-115: Elizabeth Keckly 1818-1907

6 works in the index name this person, and 1 more are by them.

Context

What it was and why it mattered

NCpedia: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly NCpedia Dictionary of North Carolina Biography entry

Burwell School Historic Site: our history Site steward The site's own account of the school, the household, and Elizabeth Keckly

Historical marker G-115: Elizabeth Keckly 1818-1907 NC Highway Historical Marker Burwell family slave, bought freedom, 1855. Dressmaker & friend to Mary Todd Lincoln. Published her memoir, 1868. Lived here, 1830s.

National Register: Burwell School National Register nomination Nomination (9/15/1970), Hillsborough: history, description, and sources for the property

Ask locally

Organizations that keep the county’s own knowledge

Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection, Orange County Public Library Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection (OCPL) The county library’s local-history room in Hillsborough: books, maps, microfilm, family files, and staff who know the county

In the index

Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this person. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.

The Elizabeth Keckley Reader

McKoy, Sheila Smith · 2016

Duke NC State NC Cardinal OCPL Durham Chapel Hill PL NCCU

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker

Chiaverini, Jennifer · 2013

NC Cardinal OCPL Durham

An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley

Rinaldi, Ann · 2007

NC Cardinal NCCU Durham

Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave

Fleischner, Jennifer · 2003

NC Cardinal OCPL

Mary Lincoln's Dressmaker: Elizabeth Keckley's Remarkable Rise from Slave to White House Confidante

Rutberg, Becky · 1995

NC Cardinal Durham

Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House

Keckley, Elizabeth · 1868

NCCU