Object Details
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- Collection Creator
- Byrd, Charlene Hodges, 1929-2009
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- Charlene Hodges Byrd collection
- 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.
- Extent
- 5 Linear feet
- Date
- 1869-2009
- Container
- Box 3-13
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.A2010.26, Series 2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Charlene Hodges Byrd collection, circa 1750-2009. National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- 9 subseries arranged alphabetically by last name. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically by year.
- Collection Rights
- This collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Scope and Contents
- Chiefly letters from family and friends regarding family news, financial matters, school, work, neighborhood affairs, church events, travel and the weather. The majority of the letters are addressed to Charlene Hodges Byrd, Grace E. Shimm Cummings, Ida R. Cummings, Elizabeth Dews Hodges, Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges, Erminie F. Shimm, Sarah A. Shimm, and Elizabeth N. Thomas. Other correspondence includes letters from Booker T. Washington, Bessye Beardon, Charlotte Davage, Amelia Douglass, and Harrell S. Spruill. There are also a number of greeting cards, postcards, and empty envelopes.
- 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_ref2
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NMAAHC.A2010.26
NMAAHC
- Record ID
- ebl-1628789459238-1628789459260-1