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Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object Details

sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref339
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io331fc3b2d-49b6-44db-819a-2554f85c3a9c
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
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/io331fc3b2d-49b6-44db-819a-2554f85c3a9c
NMAAHC.A2010.26
NMAAHC
Record ID
ebl-1628789459238-1628789459265-1

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