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Scrapbook: Byrd, Charlene Hodges — Series 7: Volumes

circa 1990s; 1840-1951

African American history · place not specified

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Scrapbook of Charlene Hodges Byrd titled Also, A Love No Less: Pre-Charlene and of Charlene. The scrapbook contains photographs, letters, and the marriage certificate for Elias E. Thomas and Catherine Nelson, 1840. Each item is annotated with with notes by Byrd. Photographs include images of Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges, circa 1920s; Charles E. Hodges, circa 1940s - circa 1950s; Grace E. Shimm Cummings, circa 1880s - circa 1890s; Elizabeth Thomas, Erminie F. Shimm, Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges, and Charlene Hodges Byrd, circa 1930; Charles Gilmor Cummings, circa 1880s - circa 1890s. Letters: Charles E. Hodges to Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges, 1922-1923, 1927; letters, Bill to Charlene Hodges Byrd, 1952; Charlene Hodges Byrd to Charles R. Byrd, 1952; Sarah Shimm Thomas to Elizabeth Thomas, 1869; Erminie F. Shimm to Elizabeth Thomas, 1883; Charles Gilmor Cummings to Eliza Jane Cummings, 1896; Ida R. Cummings to Grace E. Shimm Cummings, 1896; Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges to Erminie F. Shimm, 1912; Charlene Hodges Byrd to Alle [?], 1951; Jacob Counsins to Charlene Hodges Byrd, 1950; Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges and Charlene Hodges Byrd, 1944; 1950; Charles R. Byrd to Charlene Hodges Byrd, 1950.

Collection
Charlene Hodges Byrd collection
Archival grouping
Charlene Hodges Byrd collection / Series 7: Volumes
Catalog date
circa 1990s; 1840-1951
Cataloged creator or photographer
Byrd, Charlene Hodges, 1929-2009
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Catalog reference: sova.nmaahc.a2010.26_ref813

Collection: Charlene Hodges Byrd collection

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