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Miscellaneous items, 1933 - 1935

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 17

Scope and Contents

This folder contains:- Letter to Mary Ackerly from The Denham Genealogical Society in Cleveland, Ohio asking her if she knows the source of her middle name and whether she is related to the Denham family - Letter to Mary Ackerly (“Dear Mrs. Fields”) from Rockbridge County Commissioner of Revenue G. A. Jones May 17, 1933 asking if she would come and “help…out with my office work;” [he having suffered from a broken artery] “whoever would have thought that you would have developed so suddenly into a farmer’s wife” - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field [sic] from Virginia Comptroller’s Office re: filing of final report as Treasurer [of UDC? of United Daughters of the Confederacy]] June 7, 1933 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from Mary Penn of Clearwater, FL asking for name of Abram. Penn’s mother [1743-1801) and other information that the DAR Daughters of the American Revolution would accept - Two postcards to Lucy Ackerly at UVA June 30 July 2, 1933 from “Peggy & John” in Canada - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from her mother July 19, 1933 local Lexington news mostly illnesses & deaths - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from her mother July 26, 1933 from her mother local Lexington and family news - Letter to Mary Ackerly Fields from Roberta Flake Clayton of Snow Flake Arizona wanting to exchange a book called Our Family Tree about families in NC for Our Kin Oct. 16, 1933 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Annie Moore Warnow (Mrs. Charles B.) of Dare, VA Nov. 26, 1933 vivid description of severe storm & high tides of Aug. 23, 1933 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Benjamin Sledd at Wake Forest NC Jan. 1, 1934 wife ill and daughter at school - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Goodspeed’s Book Shop Jan. 5, 1934 planning genealogical bibliography of 5000 titles… will include Our Kin (if 40% discount is allowed…) - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Barton Warren Johnson – Hotel Melbourne, Chicago, IL compiling history of Johnson-Stone families Jan. 12, 1934 - Letter to Mary Ackerly from Mrs. George A. Brewer of Dallas, TX asking for information about Brewer family Feb. 11, 1934 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother very cold weather in Lexington Feb. 16, 1934 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother Apr. 19, 1834 references Mary receiving a cut on her face in a car accident - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from James French of Winchester, KY discussing Callaway family and unveiling of Col. Richard Callaway’s statue - Birthday “card” to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother and Lucy May 29, 1934 actually just a hand-written note to pencil - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from G. E. Bushnell of Santa Monica, CA June 19, 1934 including California poppy seeds; says he is working on the “Yankee side of the line” and that the results will be twice the size of Our Kin - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother in Lexington June 30, 1934 “burnt up with the heat;” severe storm on June 29, 1934 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Ackerly Field about arrangements for visit to Fieldmont June 30, 1934 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from Mary Ackerly Field about arrangements for visit to Fieldmont June 30, 1934 - Western Union Telegram July 24[28?], 1934 from John P Ackerly Jr to Mary Ackerly Field announcing “the arrival” (birth) of John P Ackerly III - Letter Oct. 21, 1934 to Mary Ackerly from George Robinson Jr of Columbus, Ohio Oct. 21, 1934 giving detailed report on Robinson and Beverly families; Mary Ackerly notes are attached - Letter to Mary Ackerly Field from her mother in Lexington Oct. 31, 1934 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Dec. 24, 1934 from Herbert J. Smith of St. Louis, Mo, asking for any information about Margaret Gwatkin who married Valentine Peyton of Prince William County, VA - Letter written in pencil to “Mrs. G. Harris Field” from her mother Jan. 14, 1935 - Letter to Mary Ackerly Jan. 27, 1935 from Mrs. Blanche Shafer of Cincinnati, OH trying to trace ancestry of “Capt. John Murray of the Boutetout County Regiment who was called at the Battle of Point Pleasant 1774” - Letter to Lucy Ackerly Feb. 17, 1935 from Mrs. E.H. White (“Aunt Irma”) everyone sick with flu - Letter to “Mrs. G. H. Field” from her mother Mar. 6, 1935 written in pencil family news - Letter to Mrs. Harris Fields from W. Wayne Smith of University of Idaho Apr. 15, 1935 asking about Winn Family and Winn Homestead; note at bottom in Mary Ackerly’s writing “Built in 1807 by Minor Winn; Mr. Field bought property in 1855 from …Hutcheson” - Four letters to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother Apr. 23, June 24, July 1, July 30, 1935 family news including UVA summer school transportation problems re: Lucy… - Letter to Lucy Ackerly (and Beatrice Miley) from Ginn and Company not planning any representatives for UVA Summer School Aug. 8, 1935 - Letter to “Mrs. G. Harris Field” from her mother – family chat – she kills a black snake Oct. 1, 1935 - Letter to Lucy Ackerly from C.A. Yancy of Lynchburg inquiring about stoves that Lucy has for sale Oct. 3, 1935 - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother Nov. 22, 1935 family matters - Letter to Mrs. G. Harris Field from her mother Nov. 30, 1935 family matters.

Dates

  • Creation: 1933 - 1935

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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