Papers, 1887-1968.

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Papers, 1887-1968.

Letters written by Mary and Jan Berlage, clippings, invitations, school records, photographs, programs, poems written by Mrs. Berlage, and one inventory of silver she received as a wedding gift. School records are for St. Genevieve-In-The-Pines Grammar School in Asheville, N.C., Fassifern School in Herndersonville, N.C., and St. Mary's College in Raleigh, N.C. Subjects of letters include: Mr. Berlage's travels to Sidney, Australia, and Paris on the Queen Elizabeth; and diplomatic receptions and a high mass in Madrid, Spain during Mrs. Berlage's girlhood. There are also World War I letters from Tench Francis Coxe, probably Mrs. Berlage's father, who was with the 149th Artillery of the A.E.F. in France in 1918.

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Coxe, Tench, 1755-1824

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Tench Coxe (May 22, 1755 – July 17, 1824) was an American political economist and a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1788–1789. He wrote under the pseudonym "A Pennsylvanian," and was known to his political enemies as "Mr. Facing Bothways." Born in Philadelphia, Tench received his education in the Philadelphia schools and intended to study law, but his father determined to make him a merchant, and he was placed in the counting-house of Coxe & Furman, becoming a partner...

St. Mary's College (Raleigh, N.C.)

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The St. Mary's College Thomas Wolfe Collection was founded at St. Mary's College in Raleigh, N.C., in 1975 by Catherine and John O. Fulenwider. The collection contains materials from many different sources. Items such as programs, publications, and clippings related to Thomas Wolfe were actively sought by St. Mary's College archivists and librarians and added to the collection. The largest individual collections are the papers of George McCoy, editor of the "Asheville Citizen Times" and one of t...

Berlage, Bernadus Johan Carel.

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Berlage, Mary Connally.

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Resident of Asheville, N.C., and Bronxville, N.Y. Married Bernadus Johan (Jan) Carel Berlage, Dutch businessman, in December 1939. From the description of Papers, 1887-1968. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32342326 ...

J. Berlage Company

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Coxe family.

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United States. Army. 149th field artillery.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...