Ira S. and Caroline Bell Caldwell papers, 1920-1949.

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Ira S. and Caroline Bell Caldwell papers, 1920-1949.

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The collection consists of correspondence to Ira S. and Caroline Bell Caldwell from 1920-1949. Mainly contains correspondence from their son, Erskine Caldwell; with some from his wives, Helen Lannigan Caldwell, Margaret Bourke-White, and June Johnson Caldwell; and his children Janet, Pixy, and Dabney Caldwell. Erskine's letters chronicle his personal life and professional career: beginning as a college student; then while living in Mt. Vernon, Maine; traveling in Europe (1938); living in Darien, Connecticut; working in Russia (1941); and working in Hollywood, California. The collection also contains some correspondence relating to Ira S. Caldwell's work with the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church.

1 linear ft.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971

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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was an American photographer, war correspondent, author and photojournalist. Among her many achievements, she was the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures in the USSR of Soviet industry, the first female war correspondent, and the first female photographer for Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover. She was the author of more than ten books, including her autobiography Portrait of Myself (1963). She received numerous award...

Caldwell, Erskine, 1903-1987

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Erskine Preston Caldwell was born in White Oak, Coweta County, Georgia, the son of Ira Sylvester Caldwell, a minister, and Caroline Bell, a teacher. Caldwell much later believed that being brought up as a minister's son in the Deep South was "my good fortune in life," for his family's frequent moves to different congregations in the region gave him an intimate knowledge of the people, localities, and ways of life that would inform his fiction and documentary writing. As a youth he observed, with...

Caldwell, Helen Lannigan.

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Caldwell, Ira S.

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Ira S. Caldwell, Presbyterian minister, married Caroline Bell, parents of Erskine Caldwell, resided in Wrens, Georgia. From the description of Ira S. and Caroline Bell Caldwell papers, 1920-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476389 ...

Caldwell, June Johnson.

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Caldwell, Caroline

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