Box 2

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A widely varied set of documents that includes shopping lists on scrap paper and notes on materials needed about the house in addition to undated receipts from various stores. The majority of these documents concern food and small household items.

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For the Cathedral School of St. Mary (in New York state). These documents pertain to Miss Elizabeth Hanger's time at the school. The costs of private education and school supplies for the time are of principal interest. Also included are the grade reports for Miss Elizabeth Hanger.

Scope and Contents Letters written to Mrs. Hanger and Miss Elizabeth Hanger concerning transactions, ordered goods, and payment of those goods or store credit. A large amount of these letters request the settlement of store credit. These letters offer a look at the way business, and especially debt collection, was handled during this time. The letters are civil, never threatening, and refreshing in their straight-forward politeness. It may be noted that most letters asking for payment are followed by a letter...

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This folder and the following dated folders contain itemized receipts and bills without correspondence. These documents include the costs of food, clothing, jewelry, furniture, and household items. The receipts and bills are from many different retailers and stores in Richmond and outside of it as well. The papers are of varying sizes and not necessarily in chronological order.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hanger Family papers came to Eastern Kentucky University from the Hanger family ancestral home, Arlington, when the University acquired the property in the late 1960s. The collection documents the Hanger family of Richmond, KY and their activities. The activities of Elizabeth Arnold Hanger Elliot are especially well documented through her scrapbooks. The correspondence in the collection touches on social customs and financial interests of an elite Central Kentucky Family. The family...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hanger Family papers came to Eastern Kentucky University from the Hanger family ancestral home, Arlington, when the University acquired the property in the late 1960s. The collection documents the Hanger family of Richmond, KY and their activities. The activities of Elizabeth Arnold Hanger Elliot are especially well documented through her scrapbooks. The correspondence in the collection touches on social customs and financial interests of an elite Central Kentucky Family. The family...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Hanger Family papers came to Eastern Kentucky University from the Hanger family ancestral home, Arlington, when the University acquired the property in the late 1960s. The collection documents the Hanger family of Richmond, KY and their activities. The activities of Elizabeth Arnold Hanger Elliot are especially well documented through her scrapbooks. The correspondence in the collection touches on social customs and financial interests of an elite Central Kentucky Family. The family...

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Elizabeth Arnold Hanger. Checks from Southern National Bank (Richmond KY), Richmond KY State Bank and Trust Co., and several different checks issued by companies, private persons, or out-of-town banks. The checks have been retained to show the changes undergone in styles as well as for unique items, such as accessories and taxes for an electric car, and to show the price of other services (such as coal and private education) for an upper-class household. Checks are in chronological order.

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Brochures and letters relating to the renting of a summer apartment for (tentatively) summer of 1919, in either Charleston, South Carolina or Miami, Florida. Also included are diagrams of the Ostend apartments, Miami.