Man-woman relationships

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Two 1902 letters from Charles Burr Todd to Elizabeth Roberts, professing his love in the first letter and expressing continued friendship in his second letter.

Scope and Contents One circa 1941-1945 scrapbook of personal mementos relating to Betty Ward and her husband, Fred Ward. The scrapbook includes photographs, telegrams, playbills, birthday cards, poems, and other materials relating to the couple's relationship during Fred's service in the United States Navy in World War II. Prominent geographic locations in the scrapbook include New York; Jersey City, New Jersey; and San Diego, California. The scrapbook also includes several late 1990s to early 2000s...

Scope and Contents Personal correspondence of the Parker, Brooke, and Waldrop families. Much of the correspondence is between Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parker from 1937-1976. Other prominent correspondents include Ellen Douglass Waldrop, Ellen Brooke, Ellen Parker, and Warren L. Brooke. Also included are financial and travel records, wills and deeds, certificates, photographs, and miscellaneous records and artifacts such as academic papers and military uniform insignia. The collection also includes a circa...

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One book listing 327 individuals' names and gifts received from each for an engagement party or wedding shower of Jean Curry Cooke and Charles James Andrews of Norfolk, Virginia. Includes photographs, possibly from a honeymoon, used checks, newspaper clippings, and correspondence. Also included is a Christmas greeting card from Virginia McKnew in 1970.

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Correspondence from publishers, friends, family, and fans sent to Josephine Johnson in Norfolk, Virginia. The correspondence sent from publishers include both acceptance and rejection letters for Johnson's poetry submissions. The letters from Arthur Stanley Roberts, which comprise a notable quantity of correspondence, have an amorous flair, and Roberts's salutations to Johnson typically begin "Dear Philomela." The collection contains poetry verses dispersed throughout the collection.

Scope and Contents Twenty-two love letters from United States Navy Lieutenant James Madison Lockert to Margaret E. Pollard of Norfolk, Virginia, primarily during their courtship from 1839-1841 when he was aboard the USS Brandywine. Also included is Lockert's letter to Benjamin Pollard asking for Margaret's hand in marriage, a letter from Aunt Ellen, and two pages of verse mourning the death of Lockert in 1845. The collection also includes a cloth bookcover with printed...

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One October 1895 - June 1905 scrapbook listing weddings and engagements of couples in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Sixty-three photocopied typed letters from the Page, Neilson, and Jones families written between 1824 and 1845. Also includes photocopied typed obituaries for Edmonia Lee Page Neilson, Ann Elisa Neilson, and Cary Selden Page.

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One 1841 letter from Thomas B. West to his future wife, Louisa M. Phillips.

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The William Benjamin Beauchamp Family Papers primarily include circa 1918-1931 correspondence from William Benjamin Beauchamp's daughter, Dorothy Murden, to her husband, Virginius B. Murden, Jr. The collection also includes newspaper clippings, various ephemera relating to finances, travel, and education, and family photographs.