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Miscellaneous items, 1930

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 14

Scope and Contents

This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly May 3, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company Our Kin almost ready for binding - Letter to Mary Ackerly May 14, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company forwarding letter from Miss Florence Fell of Marion Virginia [neither attached nor enclosed] - Letter to Mary Ackerly May 16, 1930 from Wilder’s Bookshop requesting discounted order for Our Kin (Mary Ackerly’s handwritten notes on discounting are scribbled on the back of the letter) - Letter to Mary Ackerly May 20, 1930 from “Lula” (Mrs. George P. Parker, Bedford, VA) upset about delay in publication of Our Kin “We may have to appeal to your lawyer brother if they don’t soon come across” - Letter to Mary Ackerly Apr. 1, 1930 from J. P. Bell Company problem with “plate of Miss Snead’s” - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 4, 1930 from “Lula” (Mrs. George P. Parker, Bedford, VA) about death of Henry Wilson - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 16, 1930 from J.P. Bell Company Our Kin ready June 23 - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 23, 1930 from Jamie Starling of Hopkinsville, KY ordering a copy of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 23, 1930 from Goodspeed’s Book Shop of Boston, MA requesting circular on Our Kin - Bills from J. P. Bell Company regarding publication of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 25, 1930 from “Cousin Geo” enthusing over Our Kin and apparently enclosing a proposed review to be published in the Lynchburg News Sunday edition with Mary’s approval - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 26, 1930 from Miss Mabel Hatcher, Natural Bridge Station, VA - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 26, 1930 from Cornelia Dillard excited about Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 26, 1930 from Ruth Callaway Pannill of Harrisonburg, VA mentions her mother who is in Europe with Gold Star Mothers who has placed wreathes on “Tomb of Unknown Soldier” in Paris - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 22, 1930 from J.B. Fishburn, VP of Times-World Corporation, Roanoke expressing interest in Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 26, 1930 from Katherine Noell, Greensboro, NC enclosing balance to purchase Our Kin - Letter to Mark Ackerly June 27, 1930 from “Gene” The Chicago House Furnishing Company , Bluefield, VA raving about Our Kin - Card to “Cousin Mary” Ackerly praising Our Kin from Benjamin Sladd, Univ VA postmarked June 28, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 29, 1930 from Cousin C.W. Reynolds congratulations on “wonderful work” Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 29, 1930 from Berta Johnson, Roanoke, VA Our Kin “wonderful achievement” - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 29, 1930 from Lula J Parker 5 typed pages business details Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 29, 1930 from Aunt Laura (Mrs. E.H. White, Goode, VA) family chat -Letter to Mary Ackerly June 30, 1930 from “Cousin Georgia” re: reviews of Our Kin in Lynchburg papers - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 30, 1930 from “Cousin Ralph” (Gibbstown, N.J.) family chat - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 30, 1930 from Jas W. Chambers re: Our Kin “never had pleasure of knowing my Virginia kindred” - Letter to Mary Ackerly June 30, 1930 from Cousin Georgia about reviews of Our Kin and problems with Lynchburg News.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930

Extent

From the Collection: 10 Box

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository

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