Annie Lois Newkirk Blakely papers, 1870-1988
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Summary
- Creator:
- Blakely, Annie Lois Newkirk, 1891-1984
- Extent:
- 7.2 Linear Feet
4,700 Items - Language:
- English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.00118
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Annie Lois Newkirk Blakely Papers, 1870-1988, contain chiefly correspondence and diaries but also include legal papers, pictures, and clippings. The collection primarily documents the life of Blakely as a Clinton, S.C. housewife and mother, and of her children, Florence Ella Blakely and Ann Newkirk Blakely McLeod. Much of the Correspondence Series consists of personal letters by family members and friends written to Annie Lois Newkirk Blakely, her husband Ralph Royd Blakely, daughters Florence Ella Blakely (a Duke University librarian), and Ann Newkirk Blakely McLeod. A large portion of this series contain correspondence (1921-1978) between Annie and Ralph Blakely before they were married. Although the Diaries Series (1927-1978) contains primarily the journals of Annie Lois Newkirk Blakely, other family members Florence Ella Blakely and Inez Robertson Blakely, are also included. The Pictures Series contains family photographs of vacations, holidays, and weddings. The Legal Papers Series primarily contains banking and investment correspondence, as well as personal legal Items, such as Annie Blakely's discharge papers from the U.S. Army and Ralph Blakely's discharge papers from the U.S. Navy after World War I. The Miscellaneous Series includes War Ration Books from the 1940s and photocopied newspaper clippings that pertain to the Blakely and Newkirk families.
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Chronology Date Event 1891, Nov. 11 Born in Wilmington, N.C.ca. 1910 Attended Women's College, University of North Carolina (Greensboro, N.C.)1918-1922 Served as Nurse, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Greenville S.C.1922, Aug. 24 Married Ralph Royd Blakely in Clinton, S.C.1923, Sept. 3 Daughter, Florence Ella Blakely, born1926, May 18 Daughter, Ann Newkirk Blakely, born1984, Oct. 16 Died in Durham, N.C. - Acquisition information:
- The Annie Lois Newkirk Blakely Papers (1870-1988) were donated to the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library in 1991.
- Processing information:
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Processed by: John Gribble; Assisted by: Brent Johanson, Rachel Pottinger, Rachel Sullivan
Completed February 15, 1994
Encoded by Stephen D. Miller
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