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Scrapbook #3: Of letters and ephemera from the Simm family, 1942-1950

 File — Box: 10 (AC-2003-081)
Identifier: AC-2003-081

Scope and Contents

An ivory-colored scrapbook containing letters from the Simm family to Merze Tate written between September 1942 to May 1950. Most letters were written by Ida Vandaliah (Larkin) Simms, an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority member with Merze Tate, concerning Ida's daughter Jacquelyn (born September 9, 1942). Some leaves include birth announcements and invitations to Jacquelyn's christening, black-and-white photgraphs of Tate with baby Jacquelyn, her mother or her father. Some letters are written on Silver Meteor Seaboard Railway stationary. Later leaves feature letters from Jacquelyn to Merze Tate. Merze Tate was Jacquelyn Simms' godmother.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942-1950

Creator

Extent

From the Series: 11 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository

Contact:
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
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