Correspondence
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Byrd, Charlene Hodges, 1929-2009
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content: Charlene Hodges Byrd collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1869-2009
container: label: Container
content: Box 3-13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAAHC.A2010.26, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 9 subseries arranged alphabetically by last name. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically by year.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Chiefly letters from family and friends regarding family news, financial matters, school, work, neighborhood affairs, church events, travel and the weather. The majority of the letters are addressed to Charlene Hodges Byrd, Grace E. Shimm Cummings, Ida R. Cummings, Elizabeth Dews Hodges, Joyce Ethel Cummings Hodges, Erminie F. Shimm, Sarah A. Shimm, and Elizabeth N. Thomas. Other correspondence includes letters from Booker T. Washington, Bessye Beardon, Charlotte Davage, Amelia Douglass, and Harrell S. Spruill. There are also a number of greeting cards, postcards, and empty envelopes.