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Box 3

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Contains 58 Results:

Philippa Barziza to Cordelia Slater, 1886 June 7

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 8, Item: 7
Scope and Contents A letter, dated June 7, 1886, from Philippa Barziza (“P.S.B.”) in Houston, Texas to Cordelia Slater in Williamsburg, Virginia. Barziza begins, “By this time you are married. I am glad of it.” She writes more about her happiness for Cordelia and her husband, R.B. Servant.Barziza writes that her health is better, then moves on to a story of “Poor little Pinnie,” who has reinjured his knee after being on crutches for months. She fears he will never fully recover. She also writes...
Dates: 1886 June 7
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers / Series 3: Slater Family Papers / Correspondence

W.J.L. Millar to Mr. Slater, undated

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 9, Item: 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from W.J.L. Millar to Mr. [Parkes?] Slater at the “Raleigh Hotel” in Williamsburg, Virginia. Millar introduces his brother, “R. Millar” to Slater and says he will be in Williamsburg soon. Undated.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers / Series 3: Slater Family Papers / Correspondence

Recipe, undated

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 9, Item: 3
Scope and Contents

Recipe for cucumber [catsent?]. Undated.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers / Series 3: Slater Family Papers / Correspondence

Susan B. Henly to Park Slater, undated

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 9, Item: 5
Scope and Contents

A letter from Susan B. Henly at Porto Bello, York County, Virginia to Park Slater in Williamsburg, Virginia. Bottom half of sheet is missing. Henly inquires about renting a house in Williamsburg for the summer. Undated.

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers / Series 3: Slater Family Papers / Correspondence

Envelopes, various dates

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

This folder contains ten empty envelopes with no enclosed letters. Eight envelopes addressed to Cordelia ("Cordie") Slater in Williamsburg, Virginia. One envelope addressed to D.U. Barziza in Williamsburg, Virginia. One envelope addressed to James H. Gray in Petersburg, Virginia. Most envelopes have a postmark date but without an accompanying year.

Dates: various dates
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers / Series 3: Slater Family Papers

Photographs of Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers, 1900s - 1960s

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The family papers of Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers include over 140 separate letters and other manuscript documents handed down to Rivers by her mother, Corie Lynn Slater Dorset. This collection includes papers written by several generation of Williamsburg, Virginia residents, including Lucy Ludwell Paradise; James and Louisa Bellett Lee and family; and Virginia Lee and Parkes Slater and family.Series One consists of the oldest item in this collection, a ledger or commonplace book...
Dates: 1900s - 1960s
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers / Series 5: Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Personal Papers

Photographs of Colonial Williamsburg, 1955 and undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The family papers of Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers include over 140 separate letters and other manuscript documents handed down to Rivers by her mother, Corie Lynn Slater Dorset. This collection includes papers written by several generation of Williamsburg, Virginia residents, including Lucy Ludwell Paradise; James and Louisa Bellett Lee and family; and Virginia Lee and Parkes Slater and family.Series One consists of the oldest item in this collection, a ledger or commonplace book...
Dates: 1955 and undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers / Series 5: Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Personal Papers

Photographs of Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers with William Rivers and Marilyn Rivers Otroszko, 1955 and undated

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The family papers of Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers include over 140 separate letters and other manuscript documents handed down to Rivers by her mother, Corie Lynn Slater Dorset. This collection includes papers written by several generation of Williamsburg, Virginia residents, including Lucy Ludwell Paradise; James and Louisa Bellett Lee and family; and Virginia Lee and Parkes Slater and family.Series One consists of the oldest item in this collection, a ledger or commonplace book...
Dates: 1955 and undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers / Series 5: Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Personal Papers