Elizabeth N. Thomas
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Byrd, Charlene Hodges, 1929-2009
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content: Charlene Hodges Byrd collection
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content: Charlene Hodges Byrd collection / Series 2: Correspondence
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1869-1929 and undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 12-13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAAHC.A2010.26, Subseries 2.8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Letters chiefly discussing family news, financial matters, neighborhood affairs, church events, and the weather. The letters include two from the Freedmen's Bureau concerning a teaching position and in Williamsport, Maryland, 1869-1870; guests declining to attend the wedding of Grace E. Shimm and Charles Gilmor Cummings in 1902; a Christmas card from Amelia Douglass, 1921; and a letter regarding Erminie F. Shimm's power of attorney for Thomas for financial matters, 1913.