Letter concerning the name "Cracker Box" [manuscript], 1936 February 20.

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Letter concerning the name "Cracker Box" [manuscript], 1936 February 20.

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Letter from Thomas Staley to "Friend John" [Cook Wyllie] recounting the history of the "Cracker Box." According to Staley, the Cracker Box had been a ruin until about 1922 when a law student named John Herbert "Pete" Johnson undertook its renovation and subsequently lived there. As Johnson was from Georgia the building was nicknamed "Cracker Box" because a Georgia "Cracker" lived in it. Staley authenticates his version of the story as his sister married Johnson and lived with him in the "Cracker Box."

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Cracker Box (Charlottesville, Va. : Dwelling)

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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...

Johnson, Cornelia

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Johnson, Herbert, 1901-1976.

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Staley, Thomas F.

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