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

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

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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.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6999091

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Georgetown Visitation Convent

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Peyton, Mary Fouse

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Williamson, Lee Hoomes.

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Vice-president of Allen J. Saville, Inc., an engineering and construction company of Richmond, Va. From the description of Papers, 1814-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504700 ...

Williamson, Isabelle

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Married to Lee Hoomes Williamson, engineer; resident of Charlottesville (Albemarle Co.), Va. From the description of Papers, 1885-1930; (bulk 1909-1930). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20504665 ...

University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Perkinson, Isabelle Holmes.

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Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931

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Educator and orator. From the description of Letter to a former student [manuscript], 1920 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976354 From the description of Edwin Anderson Alderman papers [manuscript], 1881-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925708 University of Virginia president. From the description of Sketch of Edwin Anderson Alderman [manuscript], ca. 1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64781...