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Box 21: General Correspondence, R-Z

 Box — Box: 21
Collection number: Box 21

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The general correspondence series contains communications ranging from letters with and about Eleanor Roosevelt to complaints to the local cab company about driving too fast. The folders are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and within the correspondence, chronologically. Corresponents and topics of note include, Vladimir Nabokov, Eleanor Roosevelt, Willoughby Reade, the Whitehead Camellia Trail, Drexel Park, a kitchen fire, Reade's illness, WAAC recruiting on campus, the Carnegie Foundation, Harley Langdale and the American Turpentine Farmers Association, and Reade's manuscripts. There is extensive correspondence with Cartter Lupton, an anonymous benefactor of the school during this period. The correspondence described as "various business and personal correspondence" ranges from notes to students, faculty and fellow administrators at other schools to invitations, thank you letters, and personal notes.

Dates

  • 1841 - 1989
  • Majority of material found within 1934 - 1948

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 31.00 Boxes

From the Collection: 3.0 items

Language

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)