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Williamson, Isabelle Perkinson. Papers, 1885-1930; (bulk 1909-1930).

Title: Papers, 1885-1930; (bulk 1909-1930).

Papers of Isabelle (Perkinson) Williamson and of her mother, Isabelle (Holmes) Perkinson. Includes many letters to Isabelle (Holmes) Perkinson from former students at the University of Virginia who patronized her boardinghouse in Charlottesville, Va.; letters from Isabelle (Holmes) Perkinson to her daughter describing life in Charlottesville, and commenting on Edwin A. Alderman; and many notes and bills reflecting frequent financial difficulties. Letters from Isabelle (Perkinson) Williamson to her mother include those written while attending the Georgetown Visitation Convent, Washington, D.C.; while on a tour of Europe during 1909 and 1910; while visiting in Virginia and in the Panama Canal Zone; while working in the Navy Department in Washington, 1913-1917; and, after her marriage in 1917, while in Rancagua, Chile, and Puerto Rico with her husband. Also included are letters between Isabelle (Perkinson) Williamson and Lee Hoomes Williamson; and letters from Mary Peyton, who was with a field hospital unit in France during World War I. The collection also contains information on the early moving pictures; life during the Roaring Twenties; and the beginning of the Great Depression.

ArchivalResource: 2,520 items.

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