Estelle Powell Washburn-Chlora Powell Correspondence, 1924-1933 and n.d.

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Estelle Powell Washburn-Chlora Powell Correspondence, 1924-1933 and n.d.

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This collection consists of correspondence to and from Estella and Chlora Powell from 1924 to 1933. Most of these chatty, intimate letters were written by the two young women to their family in Bloomington, Illinois, while they were working and/or going to school in Washington, D.C., during 1924 and 1925. The rest of the collection comprises letters to Chlora and Estella from various male admirers, including Estella's future husband, Andy Washburn. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. (00-284).

600 items.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7569212

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

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Powell family.

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Washburn, Estelle Powell.

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Estella Powell (age 19) and her sister Chlora Powell (age 25) moved to Washington, D.C., from Bloomington, Ill., in 1924. They were there less than a year, returning home as a result of the illness and subsequent death of their sister, Thelma. Estella married Andy Washburn on July 19, 1932. The family contends that Andy said to Estella the day they met, July 19, 1927, that they would marry five years from that date. The couple's correspondence seems to give credence to the story. Fro...

Powell, Estella.

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Powell, Chlora.

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Washburn, Andy.

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