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College of William and Mary

Barnett Family Papers, 1946/1966

0.3 Linear Feet Three legal sized folders.

Nineteen letters with envelopes, and seven Christmas cards. This group of letters are primarily addressed to Reginald E. Barnett. Other addressees are Gwendolyn Barnett and Mrs. John W. Barnett. With two exceptions, letters to Reginald are from women with whom he had relationships.

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Barnett Family Papers, 1946/1966 0.3 Linear Feet Three legal sized folders.

Nineteen letters with envelopes, and seven Christmas cards. This group of letters are primarily addressed to Reginald E. Barnett. Other addressees are Gwendolyn Barnett and Mrs. John W. Barnett. With two exceptions, letters to Reginald are from women with whom he had relationships.

College of William and Mary

Cormay Graham and Myrtle Wynter correspondence, 1949/1953

0.02 Linear Feet Two legal size folders

Correspondence contains fourteen letters sent to and from Cormay Graham and Myrtle Wynter, two African American women attending college including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) during the mid-twentieth century. Cormay Graham attended Bennett College while Myrtle Winder attended King William Training School. The letters contain information about their families, daily lives, and experiences in college. Letters also contain information about their families and friends in Richmond, Virginia. The collection also contains courtship letters from "Henry" to Cormay.

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Cormay Graham and Myrtle Wynter correspondence, 1949/1953 0.02 Linear Feet Two legal size folders

Correspondence contains fourteen letters sent to and from Cormay Graham and Myrtle Wynter, two African American women attending college including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) during the mid-twentieth century. Cormay Graham attended Bennett College while Myrtle Winder attended King William Training School. The letters contain information about their families, daily lives, and experiences in college. Letters also contain information about their families and friends in Richmond, Virginia. The collection also contains courtship letters from "Henry" to Cormay.

College of William and Mary

Dowdy Family Letters, 1944/1969, bulk 1944/1945

0.25 Linear Feet

Collection of letters to and from the Dowdy family from 1944-69. Daniel and Gladys Dowdy were residents of Eggleston, VA. Their letters to each other, written in 1944-45, discuss their life together, their plans for after the war, and their romance in explicit detail. Also includes letters from 1961-62 from the Dowdy children's German penpal, and letters from 1969 as son Harold began basic training in the US Army.

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Dowdy Family Letters, 1944/1969, bulk 1944/1945 0.25 Linear Feet

Gary Alonzo Barranger

Collection of letters to and from the Dowdy family from 1944-69. Daniel and Gladys Dowdy were residents of Eggleston, VA. Their letters to each other, written in 1944-45, discuss their life together, their plans for after the war, and their romance in explicit detail. Also includes letters from 1961-62 from the Dowdy children's German penpal, and letters from 1969 as son Harold began basic training in the US Army.

College of William and Mary

Gertha Sykes Collins Papers, 1942/1951

0.40 Linear Feet 1 Full Hollinger box.

Primarily this is a collection of love letters written between 1942-1944 to Gertha Barbara Jean Sykes residing in St. Louis, Missouri and James NMI Dansby, an African-American soldier in the United States Army. There are also letters from two other Army soldiers, Jack Smith, stationed in the Pacific and Benjamin D. Collins, an aircompany soldier, whom Sykes married in 1949.

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Gertha Sykes Collins Papers, 1942/1951 0.40 Linear Feet 1 Full Hollinger box.

Dansby, James

Primarily this is a collection of love letters written between 1942-1944 to Gertha Barbara Jean Sykes residing in St. Louis, Missouri and James NMI Dansby, an African-American soldier in the United States Army. There are also letters from two other Army soldiers, Jack Smith, stationed in the Pacific and Benjamin D. Collins, an aircompany soldier, whom Sykes married in 1949.

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