This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from J. P. Bell acknowledging receipt of check settling account on Our Kin Jan. 6, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker winding up loose ends on financing of Our Kin Jan. 7, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Jan. 8, 1931 “A severe attack of pink eye in both eyes, starting on November 15th, and still continuing, has prevented an earlier acknowledgment of your nice letter of November 20th…. My eyes are getting better, but the oculist warns I must use them very little—and very carefully—for several weeks to come… I appreciated your card at Christmas, and hope that you had a jolly Holiday season. My sister had all the family to Christmas dinner—an annual custom now—and it was nice to be together…” - Letter to Mary Ackerly from C.S. Hook, Atlantic City, NJ Jan. 24, 1931 appears to be offers for old books she has to sell; references letter from her of Oct. 4, 1930 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from William MacFarlane Jones enclosing application forms to join The Sons of the American Revolution—Virginia Chapter. Lists among members “the late Attorney General Wm. A. Anderson and the present Congressman Harry St. George Tucker” Jan. 27, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker mentioning that Mary is sick in bed with the flu and stating that Lula is planning a survey of “manor houses” in Bedford Feb. 5, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from J.P. Bell Feb. 11, 1931 attaching a letter from General Magazine Corporation of Boston, MA requesting an “editorial copy” of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker Mar. 16, 1931 reporting on her activities - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Mar. 27, 1931 referencing a Colonel Robert Bolling, but also “We are having glorious Spring days here, and I am enjoying long walks. Hope you are well and that all goes happily with you.” - Letter to Mary Ackerly from John Randolph Bolling (secretary to Edith Bolling [Mrs. Woodrow] Wilson) Apr. 9, 1931 thanking her for helping to research Colonel Robert Bolling, but also “My sister and I spent a most happy Easter with some friends in New Jersey who have a lovely home only half an hour from New York. Last Friday (Good Friday) we heard a wonderful presentation of ‘Parsifal’ at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and last Saturday saw Walter Hampden in an interesting play, the Admirable Crichton. The only drawback was that, coming down on the train last Monday, I took a heavy cold, and am now in that ‘snuffling’ stage which is most disagreeable…. You certainly had a hard time of it, with your illness, and will have to take things easy until you are quite well again. Getting out and digging in the ground will be the best thing in the world for you; it is 72 here today, and I am just back from a fine walk.” - Letter from Cornelia Burks Dillard to Mary Ackerly June 3, 1931 requesting return of photo of Martin Burks (“not the Judge”) - Letter of recommendation regarding Mary Ackerly’s teaching credentials from Harrington Waddell, Principal of Lexington High School June 10, 1931 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W. Harris, Jr. Kansas City, Missouri June 27, 1931 five pages long-hand asking about Thorp, Casson, and Bruce lines. States he has massive amounts of material on Calloway. Very complimentary of Our Kin - Letter from “Mrs. John Ackerly to Lucy—in pencil—Aug. 20, 1931 mentions canning (64 quarts of peaches; 30 quarts of tomatoes). “Heard there is typhoid about ‘on Buffalo.” - Letter to Mary Ackerly from W. Harris, Jr. Kansas City, Missouri Sept. 9, 1931 acknowledging letter of Sept. 8, 1931 discussing Calloways and asking about Thorp descendants in Bedford and Campbell County - Letter to Mary Ackerly from “Cousin Ralph” Oct. 13, 1931 reporting on Smokey Mt, NC convalescence from operation - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker Dec. 4, 1931 “Now tell me about ‘Uncle Harris [Fields]… Has he said ‘come with me’ yet? Lula warns not to go live in a big house on a big farm unless he gives you a big allowance… Also enclosed some calculations on the back of paper from First National Bank of Lexington - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Homer B. Ledford of Manchester, KY Jan. 2, 1932 asking about early lines of White family & Bollings before 1807 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from C.K. Hill of Harriman Tennessee Mar. 16, 1932 inquiring about 18th century Holladay family - Christmas Postcard to Mary Ackerly Dec. 12, 1931 from Mrs. A.E. Hart of Los Angeles, CA great praise for Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker June 23, 1932 three pages of genealogical talk plus separate sheet of notes from Goochland County records - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Lula Parker July 9, 1932 genealogical loose ends then activity in Bedford and family matters - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. Ernest C. Arnold of Oklahoma City Sept. 24, 1932 re: genealogy of Hatchers - Letter to Mary Ackerly from R. R. White of Manchester, KY Sept. 30, 1932 reporting on his research about White family - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Institute of American Genealogy in Chicago thanking her for copy of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. H. B. Earthman of Decatur, GA Nov. 10, 1932 asking for information about two Bolling lines - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Louis N. Savage of Rockport, IND Nov. 11, 1932 asking for information on early history of Savage/Bolling family since his niece wishes to join the DAR - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Jane Gladney of Stamps, AK Nov. 14, 1932 regarding Lynchfield Burks genealogy - Letter to Mary Ackerly (“My Dear Cousin Mary”) from Benjamin Sledd Dec. 26, 1932 congratulating her on her marriage to George Harris Field.