Object Details
sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref339
- 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
- 1907-1971
- Container
- Box 5-11
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.A2010.26, Subseries 2.5
- 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
- Primarily letters received from Charlene Hodges Byrd and Charles E. Hodges. Letters from Byrd discuss student life at the Northfield School for Girls, 1944-1946; student life at Connecticut College, 1947-1950; her travels in Europe, 1950; graduate student life at the University of Chicago, 1950; student teaching in Institute, West Virgina; her marriage to Charles R. Byrd, 1952; her experiences as a teacher; married life; social news; the weather; and financial issues. Letters from her husband Charles E. Hodges include those written while they were dating, 1922-1925; and while he was in graduate school, 1935-1939. Other correspondence includes letters from Grace Crockett with news from Hawaii; Robert P. Johnson and George C. Gertman regarding the conveyance of the deed of her property to the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church, 1958; Erminie F. Shimm discussing family news and concern for Hodges's health; Hattie B. Sprague regarding Erminie F. Shimm's death, and her relationship with Hodges's family and the Douglass family, 1936; letters regarding employment as a schoolteacher, 1924; family news; thank you letters; various postcards; and numerous greeting cards.
- Restrictions
- Please seek assistance with the following letters: Charlene Hodges Byrd, 1949 November 10, 1950 July 9, 1951 December 3.
NMAAHC.A2010.26_ref339
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NMAAHC.A2010.26
NMAAHC
- Record ID
- ebl-1628789459238-1628789459265-1