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Bokal-Cotter Collection

2 boxes (1 linear feet)

(1894 – 1991)

bulk 1942-1968

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier SC2017.056
Creator(s) Bokal, Elizabeth Cotter; Bokal, Mary Avis; Cotter, Mary G.; Cotter, Paul J.
Acquisition

Acquired by Dr. Beatriz Hardy (Dean of Libraries and Instructional Resources) in 2017.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Ian Post
Related Materials None
Separated Materials See Nabb Center Staff
Abstract

The Bokal-Cotter collection consists of primarily correspondence from individuals including Mary Avis Bokal, Elizabeth Cotter Bokal (Mary Avis's mother), Paul J. Cotter (Elizabeth's brother), Mary G. Cotter (Paul and Elizabeth's mother), among others, dating from 1894 to 1991 with the bulk of the letters dating from 1942 to 1968. While many of the letters seem to regard family and social events from the Broome County, New York family, Mary Avis Bokal and Paul J. Cotter both lived in Washington, D.C. where Bokal went to American University and Cotter worked in the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, unidentified photographs and negatives, postcards, and ephemera that mostly belonged to Mary Avis Bokal.

Arrangement Statement See Nabb Center Staff

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Culture
    • Family Life
    • Government
    • Personal Correspondence
  • Location Terms
    • New York
    • Washington (D.C.)

Inventory List

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Box 1

  1. From Mary Avis Bokal, 1961-1979
  2. To Mary Avis Bokal, 1963-1968
  3. To Elizabeth Cotter Bokal, 1942-1982
  4. From Elizabeth Cotter Bokal, undated
  5. Mary Cotter, 1942-1955
  6. From Paul J. Cotter, 1950-1962
  7. From Aunt Beth, undated
  8. To Mary, 1940-1963
  9. From James, undated
  10. Miscellaneous Letters, undated

Box 2

  1. Postcards, 1918-1991
  2. Photographs
  3. Negatives
  4. Newspaper Clippings
  5. Mary Avis Bokal Ephemora
  6. General Ephemora

Artifacts

See Nabb Center Staff

Attachments

None