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Series 4. Helen Jane (Holt) Seale Papers, ca. 1930-2008

 Series

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.

Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards to and from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale and her family. Occasions include holidays, get well, celebrations, and general, among others.

Educational material consists of Bible and Sunday school material including activity sheets and religious publications; grade and secondary school material including subject handbooks, notes, and certificates of completion; and college material including a copy of the 1956-57 Greenbrier College catalog, copies of the college newsletter, Brier-Bits, and Helen Jane Holt Seale’s diploma from Greenbrier College, among other material.

Travel material includes menus, postcards, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera gathered from trips in the United States (Florida, North Carolina, etc.) and to other countries (Norway, Denmark, etc.).

Miscellaneous personal papers include photographs; miscellaneous material such as scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, etc.; material from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale’s wedding; and assorted ephemera including tickets and other Washington, D.C.-related items from the 1961 presidential inaugural parade; among other material.

Also included in this series is material relating to Helen Jane (Holt) Seale’s Death.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1930-2008

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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