Berry family collection, 1863-1918.

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Berry family collection, 1863-1918.

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The Berry Family Collection consists of correspondence and a typescript written by members of this family. The correspondence begins with an 1863 letter from James Tate, an enslaved man living in West Point, Georgia, to his wife, Olivia, in Mobile, Alabama, where she and their children lived with their owner. Tate's letter, written for him by his master's wife or daughter, expresses the anguish and difficulties African Americans faced in trying to establish and maintain a family while enslaved. The other letters are from both James and Olivia Tate to Henry S. Berry, their nephew; James's son John to Henry S., his uncle and to Henry Jr., his cousin; and two letters from Henry Jr. to his sister Fannie. An 1868 letter mentions the role of an African-American church serving also as a "post office;" the writer says that mail for him and others can be sent in care of the church pastor. Of considerable interest are letters written by Henry S. Berry in 1918 describing his experience in the Army's Medical Unit, 331st Labor Bureau. He also authored a twenty five-page typescript entitled, "My Bit in the World War, or the Story of 2921486." As a member of the American Expeditionary Forces, he discusses his military experiences, from receipt of the telegram calling him to duty, to being one of fifty men chosen for the Army Medical Department in France. The typescript appears not to have been finished.

1 folder (7 items)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 6751789

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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