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Miscellaneous items, 1937

 Item — Box: 9, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

This folder contains: - Letter to the War Department (receipted Feb. 27, 1939) requesting records of William Preston Parks of NC (non-commissioned officer of Company 8 of 9th Regiment NC) and of Dr. DeWitt C. Parker NC - “New Year’s Greetings” form letter Jan. 1, 1938 from Mary Joyner Cox, President Virginia Division UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy - Letter to Mrs. H.M. Quisenberry regarding the availability of rooms for convention at Hotel Danville Sept. 29, 1937 - Note from Mrs. Roy Biechaum (Natural Bridge Station) to Mrs. B.B. Glover of Lexington regarding war records Nov. 28, 1937 - Hotel reservation request The Jefferson, Richmond, VA for UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Convention - Letter to Mrs. B. Bernard Glover regarding hotel reservations from the Consolvo Hotels Oct 15, 1937 “very heavily booked for UDC Convention” United Daughters of the Confederacy in Richmond - “Convention Call” UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy Richmond Nov 10, 1937 - 2 Advertisements for “Special Memorial Day Long-Service Flags” discussing Confederate Battle flag LOCATION: AC 112 RHA Ackerly Papers (Box 9) Folder 6 - Two poems of uncertain origin “Rosary [sic] Song” and “My grand-fathers clock” [references “Rot’ry Club”] - Solicitation for donations for “Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park: The South’s Only Beautiful Memorial to All Confederate Soldiers [sic]” - Business solicitation from The Gorham Company for plaques and memorials to Mrs. D.D. Glover, President, Mary Custis Lee Chapter UDC United Daughters of the Confederacy – references organ in Lee Chapel at Washington & Lee Dec. 4, 1937.

Dates

  • Creation: 1937

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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