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Silver Thimble Fund. Silver Thimble Fund records, 1924-1950.

Title: Silver Thimble Fund records, 1924-1950.

This collection consists of correspondence, printed material, British and American newspaper clippings, photographs and financial records, relating to the first Silver Thimble Fund, which originated in Wimbledon, England, during World War I, and the Silver Thimble Fund of America, organized in New Orleans, La., during World War II. The scrapbook of clippings and photographs is annotated by Martha Gilmore Robinson. Much of the correspondence in the collection is between these two individuals.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (3 boxes, 1 v., and 1 oversized folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/689172080 View

Charter Committee for the City of New Orleans. Charter Committee for the City of New Orleans records, 1950-1952.

Title: Charter Committee for the City of New Orleans records, 1950-1952.

This collection consists of records of the citizens' committee to write a charter document for the City of New Orleans. Included are mimeographed committee meeting minutes, reports, correspondence, printed material, and the preliminary drafts and final version of the charter.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear feet (6 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/695596056 View

Scott, Natalie, 1890-1957. Natalie Scott papers, 1855-1967.

Title: Natalie Scott papers, 1855-1967.

This collection consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, and other papers pertaining to Natalie Vivian Scott, New Orleans journalist, author, and activist. Included are letters written during her service in a field hospital in World War I; papers documenting the New Orleans literary community of the 1920s; letters written during Scott's service with the Red Cross in World War II, and documents pertaining to Taxco, Mexico. Included are letters to Martha G. Robinson, and a letter from Ruth McEnery Stuart. The collection includes a condolence letter from Lyle Saxon to Scott on the death of her brother Nauman in 1926, and William Spratling's portrait of John Dos Passos, signed by artist and subject.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear feet (15 boxes and 2 oversized items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/402770848 View