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Start Over Collection Elsie Ball Wright Bowley Papers, 1929/1972 Date range 1945

Elsie Ball Wright Bowley Papers, 1929/1972 2.5 Linear Feet

Bowley, Elsie Ball Wright, 1886-1972

Includes correspondence (4 folders) by and about Elsie Bowley's sister, Jessie Ball du Pont, and her brother-in-law, A. I. du Pont, as well as letters and correspondence from Elsie's son, Thomas Ball Wright, Ball family members of the Northern Neck of Virginia and other members of the du Pont family. Also contains papers of General Albert J. Bowley, along with Elsie Bowley's business papers regarding her benefactions. Includes ca. 175 photographs (mainly family photos), most of which are not identified.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Miscellaneous Letters, 1928/1957 47 Item Box 1, Folder 4

Letters from:

  • Henry M. Wharton, April 21, 1928
  • 'Sadie,' August 19, 1931
  • Elizabeth H. Black, December 10, 1931
  • Grace Pollard, May 6, 1930 and December 26, 1931
  • Beverley R. Tucker, August 22, 1931
  • 'Cousin Gillie' (2 letters- August 27 & December 10, 1931
  • Thos. J. Orbison, May 25, 1933
  • Eleanor Bumgardner, October 4, 1933
  • Margaret Teahaw, October 8, 1933
  • Violet 'Mac' McDougall Pollard, December 5, 1933
  • Mrs. Dern (invitation), December 6, 1933
  • Beatrice Marter (7 letters), October 10, 1933, March 2, April 19, 1934, December 24, 1936, February 4, 1937, November 22, 1937
  • John Garland Pollard, August 23, 1934
  • Edward Ball, September 20, 1934
  • Dorothy Vandegrift Lee (2 letters, 1 card), September 3, 1931, November 3, 1936
  • Clyde Garrett (telegraph about symphony concert), January 14, 1953
  • Martha E. McPherson, March 26, 1937
  • Wm. W. Butzner, July 13, 1939
  • Edna V. Nice, November 4, 1937
  • Governor John Garland Pollard (Christmas Card most likely when Elsie was in the hospital in 1929)
  • Katherine Marshall
  • Florence Mordin
  • Hattie Belle Gresham
  • Charles H. Patterson
  • 'Mary'
  • Mrs. E. St. John Greble
  • Gordon R. Young, December 4, 1947
  • Malin Craig, December 28, 1942

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. Elsie Ball Wright Bowley Papers, 1929/1972

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