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
- 1944-2008
- Container
- Box 3-4a
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Identifier
- NMAAHC.A2010.26, Subseries 2.1
- 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
- Chiefly letters from Byrd's husband, Charles R. Byrd, written while they were apart because of school. The letters discuss his school, work, and social life. Other correspondence includes letters from friends and relatives; Byrd's father, Charles E. Hodges, written to her while she was traveling in Europe, 1950; a letter from Marian Anderson's secretary thanking Byrd for her letter and poem, 1940; scattered letters regarding Northfield School for Girls, Connecticut College, and other schools; Kanawha County Schools; a letter from Romare Bearden regarding Byrd's mother's death, 1971; and numerous greeting cards.
- 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_ref382
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NMAAHC.A2010.26
NMAAHC
- Record ID
- ebl-1628789459238-1628789459260-2