Box 4257.021

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Postcard from Mrs. W. R. Logan of Buhl, Alabama, to the National Bellas Hess and Company of New York, asking for a Fall and Spring (1936 and 1937) catalogue. The postcard depicts a colored drawing of Sorority Row, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Scope and Contents Letters to members of the Michel family from family and friends. The first letter is from Henry Middleton Michel of Augusta, Georgia, to Fraser Michel Hammond of Montgomery, Alabama, requesting a portrait of Hammond's grandfather. The other letters are to Fred G. Hammond of Montgomery, Alabama. The first is from Mrs. George Barrett of Augusta, Georgia, commenting on the death of Marion S. Michel, and the second is from Tobe of New Orleans, Louisiana, asking about a room for rent. There is...

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Letters from Jenny V. of Soldier and Newport, Kentucky, to her friend Marjorie Bledsoe also from Soldier, New Castle, Indiana, and Olive Hill, Kentucky, with news of neighbors, family members, and church business.

Scope and Contents Letters of condolence from United States Senator for Alabama, John Hollis Bankhead (1872-1946) and United States Speaker of the House of Representatives for Alabama, William B. Bankhead, on the death of their niece Louise Holloway on December 27, 1938. John's letter is addressed to Dave, Louise's husband and is written on the stationery of the US Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, of which Bankhead was chairman. He reminisces about Louise always remembering to send him candy for...

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Letter from Margaret M. Ratliff in the Department of Psychology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, to Estill Wilson also of Lexington about his missing an appointment and asking to reschedule it.

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Letter from Troy D. Savage of Lexington, Kentucky, to Charles Shanks in Honolulu, Hawaii, about Mrs. Shanks' suit for divorce.

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Christmas newsletter of the Holf Spirit Catholic Church of Louisville, Kentucky, which included two poems, a short meditation on the spirit of Christmas, and two short notes from the church pastors, Father John W. Vance and Father Horrigan.

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Letter from Bill Evans of Lexington, Kentucky, to Miss Moore, also of Lexington, Kentucky, about money he owes her. He tells her that he was shorted his last pay day so he didn't have enough to pay her, but he promises that he will as soon as he gets the money due him. He also askes her not to complain to his boss as it could cost him his job and then he couldn't pay her at all.

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Postcard from W. H. Peck of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to George H. Hodgkins of Portland, Maine, concerning some books Hodgkins has purchased. Peck assures him that they have not lost any packages sent to them in the last four years.

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Letter from Melva Wilson of Portsmouth, Virginia, to her friend Ruth Bradshaw in Jefferson, Virginia, telling Ruth about letters from Matthew (likely her son), her health, her husband's work schedule, and new stores opening in Portsmouth.

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Envelope addressed to Margaret Ann Rust in Nashville, Tennessee. The outside of the envelope is embossed in red and includes pictures of President Harry Truman and James Nance McCord, the governor of Tennessee, incorporated in the advertisement for the 1947 Mule Day in Columbia, Tennessee, the "Mule Center of the World."