Object Details
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- Collection Creator
- Byrd, Charlene Hodges, 1929-2009
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- Charlene Hodges Byrd collection
- Charlene Hodges Byrd collection / Series 2: Correspondence
- Sponsor
- This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
- Date
- 1896-1925 and undated
- Container
- Box 5
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.A2010.26, Subseries 2.3
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Charlene Hodges Byrd collection, circa 1750-2009. National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- This collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Scope and Contents
- The bulk of the correspondence are letters from Grace E. Shimm Cummings. Topics include family illnesses, the declining health and death of Carroll [Cummings?], the weather, and religion. Other letters include a fragment of a letter from her friend Cattie, and a telegram announcing Cattie's death in 1925. Also Included are letters probably written to her friend Annie Crockett discussing the death of her niece Lucille Theresa, family news, travel plans, The Woman's Home Missionary Society, and her work as an educator.
- Series Restrictions
- Some items are in fragile condition. Please seek assistance with the following items of correspondence: Byrd, Charlene Hodges: General Correspondence, 1946 May 15; 1946 July. Cummings, Grace E. Shimm: Cummings, Charles Gilmor, 1907 May 13; 1907 May 20; John W, 1890 July 28. Shimm, Sarah A: General Correspondence, 1881 May 6. Other Correspondence: William P. Ryder, 1877.
NMAAHC.A2010.26_ref16
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NMAAHC.A2010.26
NMAAHC
- Record ID
- ebl-1628789459238-1628789459264-0