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Box Small Coll. 10

 Container

Contains 47 Results:

Yearbooks, 1933-1935

 File — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes two yearbooks belonging to Sammie Short while she was a student at Eastern. The volumes include extensive inscriptions including detailed descriptions of events that happened during her student days and because of this are processed as their own collection.

Dates: 1933-1935

Milestone, 1933

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 1, item: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection includes two yearbooks belonging to Sammie Short while she was a student at Eastern. The volumes include extensive inscriptions including detailed descriptions of events that happened during her student days and because of this are processed as their own collection.

Dates: 1933

Milestone, 1935

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 1, item: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

Extensive inscriptions about trips, dances, restaurants and more that happened during the school year.

Dates: 1935

Civil War Documents, 1864-1865

 File — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents

Contains 2 savings bond certificates from the Confederate States of America as well as a certificate of release of a prisoner of war from the U.S. government for Daniel McAlexander.

Dates: 1864-1865

Correspondence, 1868-1906

 File — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents

Contains letters from various family members, physicians, and friends addressed to Mrs. Lester.

Dates: 1868-1906

Correspondence from S.W. McAlexander to M.A. Lester, 1911-1912

 File — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents

Contains numerous letters to Mrs. Lester from her son-in-law in which he relates news of the death of his family, weather impacts on farming, the hiring of help on the farm, etc. Also enclosed are locks of hair from the deceased family.

Dates: 1911-1912

Edward Biedenger (son), Marie Biedenger, Ed Biedenger, 1975 November

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 1, item: 4
Identifier: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

A collection of eight photographs of the Clark and Biedinger families from 1914 through 1975, as well as teaching certificates for Della Mae Clark.

Dates: 1975 November

Marguerite Clark and Wallace (Clark?), 1951

 Item — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 1, item: 5
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

A collection of eight photographs of the Clark and Biedinger families from 1914 through 1975, as well as teaching certificates for Della Mae Clark.

Dates: 1951

Correspondence to M.A. Lester, 1906-1934

 File — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 4
Identifier: 4
Scope and Contents

Contains letters from various family members, physicians, and friends addressed to Mrs. Lester.

Dates: 1906-1934

Ephemeral Items, 1869-1917

 File — Box: Small Coll. 10, Folder: 5
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents

Contains a manuscript hymn, certificate of membership for the Fine Arts Institute of Omaha, business solicitations/advertisements, recipes, holiday cards to Mrs. Lester, and other personal keepsakes/memorabilia such as a lock of hair, and scraps of fabric with an obituary notice. One item appears to be a charted knitting pattern called Spot and Diamond, by Jennie Peterman.

Dates: 1869-1917