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Formal photograph of Ethel Archer Lewis Lacy standing beside a rattan sofa.  She was the daughter of Mary Baldwin Goodwin and Thomas Hugo Lacy and granddaughter of Frederick Deane Goodwin.

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Letters written to Mary F. Goodwin by her family and friends when she was in France during World War I working with the YMCA as part of the American Expeditionary Forces.  Her Father's letters (Rev. Edward Lewis Goodwin) concern his ministry, his church and the "Southern Churchman" plus news of family, friends and church members.  Other correspondents mainly focus on news of friends and family.

Scope and Contents Letter from the Treasurer of the Diocese of Virginia sending her Father's salary check for February, 1924 after her Father's death.  Request from G. MacLaren Brydon for information on her Father's "List of the Colonial Clergy."  March 13, 1924 letter from Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin telling her that, per Dr. Chandler, there are no available jobs in the library.    1951 correspondence with Harnett T. Kane about Miss Goodwin's Grandmother's sketch of her girlhood at Fortress Monroe Sound."  1959...

Scope and Contents Account of, and copies of, letters concerning the history and rediscovery of the Bodleian Plate. January 1, 1930 telegram from Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin to Mary Goodwin: "Woods and Perry here join in congratulations considered greatest find in American Research Pictures Received Today Invaluable." Typed transcripts of January and February 1930 letters between Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin's Office and Mary F. Goodwin about the discovery of the Bodleian Plate. Typed draft of an account by Mary F. Goodwin...

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Booklet entitled, "Steps to be taken by A.E.F.-Y.M.C.A Secretaries returning to America."  Handwritten are Mary Goodwin's date and place of birth, date of arrival in France, issue date of June 16, 1919 and department, Canteen.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Scope and Contents Papers of Mary Frances Goodwin, daughter of Rev. Edward Lewis Goodwin and researcher for Colonial Williamsburg. Includes letters to and from her family and friends while working as part of the American Expeditionary Forces for the YMCA in France at the end of World War I.  She worked in canteens in internment camps and later as a bookkeeper for the 82nd Division.  A few later letters deal mostly with family matters. Transcripts of correspondence between Dr. W. A. R....

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Copy of a typed manuscript "From our Younger Years" by Margaret [Lewis] Goodwin Ballard.  Written in 2 parts.  37 pp.  Margaret Lewis Goodwin Ballard is the daughter of Maria Love Smith and Edward Lewis Goodwin.

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Copy of typed transcript entitled "Some Notes on the Ballard Family" by Margaret Lewis (Goodwin) Ballard. 6 pp.

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Copy of typed transcriptions of letters from James William Ballard (1875-1920) while in the U.S. Army in the Philippines, mostly to his mother, Mary Reid Thrift Ballard (circa 1852-1927). Selection of letters is by Margaret Lewis Goodwin Ballard (1881-1981) his daughter. 12 pp.

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Copies of typed transcriptions of 2 letters from Agnes H. Marshall to John Marshall, 1825 and 1832 and 1 letter from Joseph Story to The Honorable John Marshall, 1833.

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Clipping of a photograph of "Incline Plane at Johnstown" and a "Historical Map of the Old Northwest Territory" owned by J. F. Goodwin. 2 items.

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2 letter fragments, one to "Dear Brother" dated March 18 and one from "Your Grandfather" with advice for farming. 2 items.

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Empty folders that contained the letters in this collection, some with notations of importance, recipient, writer, dates and if copied for others. Empty envelopes.