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Items with subject 'Personal Correspondence'
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Papers of the House of Corrections of the City of Chicago
by House of Corrections of the City of Chicago (1923)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
Papers of the House of Corrections of the City of Chicago document the lives and thoughts of inmates at the Chicago/Cook County, Illinois House of Corrections in 1923. These 17 to 21 year old boys wrote confessions, letters about their daily life, memories of their home lives, and completed various assignments that their teacher, Mrs. Hoerr, tasked to them. Many of the assignments, letters, and other writings are revealing of the daily thoughts and activities of the incarcerated peoples, as well as their jobs or lives prior to the House of Corrections as "hobos," "tramps," or "bums."
Patricia Kingsley Letters
by Judy Petsch; Patricia Kingsley (1970 – 1974)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection includes letters from several pre-teen girls to their friend, Patricia Kingsley, from 1970-1974. The girls lived in New Hyde Park and Smithtown, New York. The majority of the letters come from Patricia’s cousin, Judy Pretsch, and talk about dating and daily life. There is a photo of two young girls, unidentified.
Patty Phillips Cotillion Invitation
by Braton, Joseph (1842)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains one invitation addressed to a Patty Phillips to join a cotillion party at the house of Joseph Brattan in 1842.
Paul E. Martin Letters
by B. Edwin Martin; Julia M. Reed; Nettie McComas Martin; Paul E. Martin; Ruth Hare; Shirley Hare (1944 – 1946)
2 boxes (1 linear feet)
This collection consists of letters sent to Paul E. Martin during his service in the United States Navy during the Second World War. The letters run from 1944 to 1946, with letters from his future wife Julia M. Reed, parents Edwin and Nettie Martin, sister Ruth Hare, and nieces Shirley and Gloria Hare. There is also correspondence and media related to Martin’s membership in the Freemason fraternal organization. Types of media in the collection include letters, greeting cards, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings.
Pavlick Tschepotkin and Elvira Christophornia Letters
by Christophornia, Elvira; Tschepotkin, Pavlick (1920 – 1923)
2 folders (0.2 linear feet)
These letters were written between 1920 and 1923 by Pavlick Tschepotkin and Elvira Christophornia, White Russian refugees originally from Archangel (Arkhangelsk), and later translated into English and transcribed. The transcribed letters are attached.
Post-Second World War Unidentified Man's Correspondence
by Unknown (1945)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These 24 letters are from "Butch" to "Retta" between September 18 and December 3, 1945. Butch was serving overseas in the Pacific at the end of the Second World War and the last few letters are from occupied Japan.
Records of Perdue Farms, Inc.
by Perdue Farms, Inc.; Perdue, Franklin P. (1790 – 2018)
208 boxes, 4 oversize boxes (99.08 linear feet)
The Records of Perdue Farms, Inc. consist of correspondence, agendas, memoranda, handwritten notes, reports, speeches, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, slides, audio and video documenting the Salisbury, Maryland company Perdue Farms, Inc, which includes both Perdue Foods and Perdue AgriBusiness. The collection also houses records pertaining to the Perdue Family, as well as some of Frank P. Perdue's personal papers, dating from 1790 to 2018 (though primarily from 1970 to 2000).
Records of the Board of Trustees of State Universities and Colleges of Maryland
by Board of Trustees of State Universities and Colleges of Maryland; Salisbury State College (1960 – 1987)
9 cartons (9 linear feet)
The records consist of the Board of Trustees of the State Universities and Colleges of Maryland’s minutes from 1960 to 1987. This collection also contains correspondence and documents shared between Salisbury State College and the Board, as well as meeting materials from various schools and businesses in Washington D.C and Maryland that date from 1969-1979.
Records of the Perdue Business School
by Salisbury State College; Salisbury University (1979 – 2011)
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The Records of Perdue School of Business contains proposals, curricula, textbooks, and various material about the opening of the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business from 1979 to 2011.
Richard Frizzell Letters
by Frizzell, Richard (1928 – 1937)
2 boxes (1 linear feet)
These letters were written by Richard Hanna Frizzell to his parents in Cleveland, Ohio. Frizzell was a student at Yale College from 1928 to 1932, lived in New York City after graduation, briefly moved to central Pennsylvania to apply for a job with the Interstate Commerce Commission, and eventually moved to Buffalo, New York where he worked for Wickwire Spencer Steel Company. He wrote about his approach to life, college activities and social happenings, assessments of his own talents, and school work. While the letters are primarily to his parents, there are also letters written to his aunts and letters sent to his parents from their cousins.
Richard Malone papers
by Malone, Richard (1937 – 1957)
3 folders (0.03 linear feet)
Richard Malone papers, document his military career in World War II and his education in Salisbury, Md. His papers include his athletic certificates from Wicomico High School, as well as papers documenting his time in the United States Navy as a Pharmacist's Mate/Medical Assistant. Malone was a naval corpsman. Military papers include correspondence and a newspaper clipping regarding his injuries at Guam, his discharge papers, and correspondence from the Veterans Administration regarding his life insurance policy.
Robert L. Burton Collection
by Shepherd, James S.; Stockly, John (1849 – 1919)
2 folders (0.02 linear feet)
The collection contains a letter dated November 16, 1849 and is between two brothers John and Aynes Stockly. The second folder contains a report on the land office of Maryland dated 1919, and a book celebrating 150 years of banking on the Eastern Shore dated 1955.