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Size | 33.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 26,800 items) |
Abstract | Liddell, Pickens, and related Hall, Forgey, and Battle family members lived chiefly in North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The collection includes correspondence of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle and her daughter, Vinton Liddell Pickens, and other papers of members of the related Liddell, Pickens, Battle, and Hall families. Letters are from Vinton Liddell (Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's first husband) to his mother, Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell, from Europe and Palestine; letters to daughter Vinton Liddell (later Pickens) from schoolmates in Europe during World War I; letters from Madelon Battle Hancock at the front during World War I; and letters from Anna Forbes Liddell about women's suffrage in North Carolina and from Germany in the 1930s. Pickens family correspondence includes letters from journalist Robert Sylvester Pickens (husband of Vinton Liddell Pickens) in China in 1927, letters from Vinton Liddell Pickens in China in the early 1930s, Dorothy Pike's letters about conditions in England and Ireland in the 1940s, and Cornelia Pickens Suhler's letters about diplomatic service in Germany in the 1950s. Also included are Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's recollections of the years 1864-1949. The addition of 2002 includes many letters relating to World War II both of soldiers in the field and on the homefront; it also includes typed transcriptions of many of the items in the collection as well as year-by-year detailed narratives describing family activities through 1952. The addition of 2005 contains Pickens family correspondence from 1911 to 1992, correspondence transcriptions, and family diaries, writings, and clippings. |
Creator | Liddell family.
Pickens family. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Manuscripts Department Staff, 1970s-1980s
Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, January 2005
Series 1 and 2 (formerly Series A and B) have been maintained in the order created by the donor, Vinton Liddell Pickens.
Finding aid updated in October 2005 by Valerie Gillispie because of addition.
Additions received after 1976 have not been integrated into the original deposits. Researchers should always check additions to be sure they have identified all files of interest to them.
Back to TopThe following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
Jane Hyde Hall Liddle Battle (1866-1952) was the daughter of John Geary Hall and Eliza Hyde Hall of Ridgway, Penn. Her sister was Susan Esther Hall. Her first husband was Vinton Liddell (1859-1915) of Charlotte, N.C., son of Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell and Walter James Forbes Liddell (Eva Liddell was their daughter). Jane Hyde Hall Liddle Battle and Vinton Liddell's daughter was also named Vinton Liddell (b. 1900) until her marriage to Robert Sylvester Pickens in 1924. Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's second husband was Samuel Westray Battle (1854-1927), physician of Asheville, N.C., whom she married on 7 February 1918. Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle died in Ashville on 20 January 1952.
Robert Sylvester Pickens was the son of Emma Watts Pickens and Cornelius Miller Pickens, a Methodist minister of Charlotte and elsewhere in North Carolina. Robert Sylvester Pickens was a journalist who worked in China and other countries as well as in Washington, D.C. Jane Liddle Pickens Church (b. 23 February 1925 in Hickory, N.C.), who married Herbert Matthew Church on 27 April 1946, and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler (b. 19 February 1926 in Statesville, N.C.), who married Sidney Vernon Suhler on 29 July 1950, were daughters of Roberts Sylvester Pickens and Vinton Liddell Pickens.
Other family members and friends included Madelon Battle Hancock, who was known as "Glory". Mrs. Mortimer J. Hancock was his daughter; her son was Westray Battle Hancock. Maud Battle (Mrs. Octave Battle) was the sister-in-law of Samuel Westray Battle; Helen and Betty were her daughters. Westray Battle Boyce was later Mrs. William Leslie, then, after Leslie's death, Mrs. Wiley Long. Harriet Teal was a contemporary and friend of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle and Susan Esther Hall.
James Forbes's daughter was Isabella Forbes Liddell. Forbes Liddell was the son of Walter James Forbes Liddell and Amelia Brubaker Liddell. His wife was Myra Ravenscroft Liddell. M. J. Liddell was probably Mark John Liddell (listed as John Liddell in some genealogies). He was the half-brother of Walter James Forbes Liddell. Harry Alvan Hall was the youngest son of Benjamin McDowell Hall, only four years older than his niece, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle.
Talitha White Pickens was the third wife of Robert Wesley Pickens. Susan Miller Forgey Pickens was the second wife of Robert Wesley Pickens. Cornelius Miller Pickens, son of Robert Wesley Pickens and his second wife Susan Forgey, was known as Neal. His wife was Emma Watts Pickens. Wiley Miller Pickens was Cornelius Miller Pickens's brother. Caroline Bickley Pickens was Robert Wesley Pickens's first wife.
Note that genealogical information, including family trees, may be found in folders 1 and 2.
Back to TopThe collection includes correspondence of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle and her daughter, Vinton Liddell Pickens, and other papers of members of the related Liddell, Pickens, Battle, Forgey, and Hall families. Letters are from Vinton Liddell (Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's first husband) to his mother, Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell, from Europe and Palestine; letters to daughter Vinton Liddell (later Pickens) from schoolmates in Europe during World War I; letters from Madelon Battle Hancock at the front during World War I; and letters from Anna Forbes Liddell about women's suffrage in North Carolina and from Germany in the 1930s. Pickens family correspondence includes letters from journalist Robert Sylvester Pickens (husband of Vinton Liddell Pickens) in China in 1927, letters from Vinton Liddell Pickens in China in the early 1930s, Dorothy Pike's letters about conditions in England and Ireland in the 1940s, and Cornelia Pickens Suhler's letters about diplomatic service in Germany in the 1950s. Also included are Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's recollections of the years 1864-1949.
Note that there is much overlap among the series. The addition of 2002 includes many letters relating to World War II both of soldiers in the field and on the homefront; it also includes typed transcriptions of many of the items in the collection as well as year-by-year detailed narratives describing family activities through 1952. The addition of 2005 contains Pickens family correspondence from 1911 to 1992, correspondence transcriptions, and family diaries, writings, and clippings.
Back to TopArrangement: original order created by the donor maintained.
Family papers of the Hall and Liddell families of Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Included are correspondence of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle; her first husband, Vinton Liddell; their daugter Vinton, who married journalist Robert Sylvester Pickens in 1924; Jane's second husband, Samuel Westray Battle, physician of Ashville, N.C. There are also letters of Anna Forbes Liddell and family and of Walter Liddell Hill and family; diaries of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle and Vinton Liddell Pickens; and memoirs of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, including an inventory of her home in Asheville.
Included are Vinton Liddell's letters to his mother, Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell, from Europe and Palestine; letters to Vinton Liddell Pickens from schoolmates during World War I; Vinton Liddell's corersopndence about obtaining a patent; and letters from Anna Forbes Liddell about women's suffrage in North Carolina and from Germany during the 1930s.
Principal correspondents are Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, Vinton Liddell, Samuel Westray Battle, Anna Brubaker Liddell, Walter Scott Liddell, Helen Ogden Liddell, Susan Esther Hall, Harriet Teal, Rebecca Hill Peck, Anna Forbes Liddell, Madelon Battle Hancock, and Vinton Liddell Pickens.
Note that original file folder order and titles have, for the most part, been retained. Note, however, that some women are consistently identified by their final married names in an attempt to more clearly identify these individuals over time.
Arrangement: original order created by the donor maintained.
Includes 19th century papers of the Pickens and Forgey families; correspondence of journalist Robert Sylvester Pickens and Vinton Liddell Pickens of Ashburn, Va., and elsewhere; and correspondence of their daughters Jane Liddell Pickens Church and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler. Included are Robert Sylvester Pickens's correspondence about The Reviewer; his 1927 letters from China; Cornelius M. Pickens's corerspondnece about the trial of Methodist minister Dr. Chappell; Vinton Liddell Pickens's letters from the Far East in the early 1930s; Dorothy Pike's letters about conditions in England and Ireland in the 1940s; and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler's letters about life in the diplomatic service in Germany in the early 1950s.
Principal correspondents are Vinton Liddell Pickens, Robert Sylvester Pickens, Cornelius M. Pickens, Stanton Watts Pickens, Wiley Millerj Pickens, Marshall Ivey Pickens, Philip Smith, Jane Liddell Pickens Church, Herbert Church, Jr., and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler.
Note that original file folder titles and order have, for the most part, been retained.
Folder 170 |
Annual notes and genealogy |
Folder 171-177
Folder 171Folder 172Folder 173Folder 174Folder 175Folder 176Folder 177 |
Miscellaneous Pickens family, 1856-1922 and undated |
Folder 178 |
Pickens, Wiley Miller, 1918-1919 |
Folder 179 |
Pickens, Robert Wesley, 1872-1887 |
Folder 180 |
Deed, 1863 |
Folder 181 |
Pickens, Cornelius Miller, 1921-1942 and undated |
Folder 182-184
Folder 182Folder 183Folder 184 |
Pickens, Emma Watts and Cornelius Miller Pickens, 1925-1951 |
Folder 185 |
Miscellaneous A |
Folder 186 |
Miscellaneous B |
Folder 187 |
Miscellaneous C |
Folder 188 |
Miscellaneous D-E |
Folder 189 |
Miscellaneous F |
Folder 190-191
Folder 190Folder 191 |
Miscellaneous G |
Folder 192 |
Miscellaneous H |
Folder 193 |
Miscellaneous J-K |
Folder 194 |
Miscellaneous L |
Folder 195 |
Miscellaneous M |
Folder 196 |
Miscellaneous N-O |
Folder 197 |
Miscellaneous P-Q |
Folder 198-199
Folder 198Folder 199 |
Miscellaneous R |
Folder 200 |
Miscellaneous S |
Folder 201 |
Miscellaneous T-V |
Folder 202 |
Miscellaneous W |
Folder 203 |
Miscellaneous |
Folder 204-208
Folder 204Folder 205Folder 206Folder 207Folder 208 |
Pickens, Robert Sylvester (with some Vinton Liddell Pickens), 1919-1951 and undated |
Folder 209-213
Folder 209Folder 210Folder 211Folder 212Folder 213 |
Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1921-1951 |
Folder 214-216
Folder 214Folder 215Folder 216 |
Suhler, Cornelia Pickens and Jane Pickens Church, 1930-1950 |
Folder 217-218
Folder 217Folder 218 |
Suhler, Cornelia Pickens, 1927-1952 |
Folder 219-228
Folder 219Folder 220Folder 221Folder 222Folder 223Folder 224Folder 225Folder 226Folder 227Folder 228 |
Church, Jane Pickens, 1927-1951 |
Folder 229 |
Church, Herbert |
Folder 230-232
Folder 230Folder 231Folder 232 |
Church, Jane Pickens, 1935-1951 |
Folder 233-235
Folder 233Folder 234Folder 235 |
Pickens, Marshall Ivy, 1924-1953 |
Folder 236-239
Folder 236Folder 237Folder 238Folder 239 |
Miscellaneous Pickens |
Folder 240 |
Claim settlement, October 1911 |
Folder 241 |
V-3828/22: Vinton Liddell Pickens"This book contains names of guests (mostly Charlotte people) invited to my wedding." |
Arrangement: by series, then chronological.
Materials relating to Series 1 and 2 (formerly A and B).
Folder 242 |
Series 1: Hall, Walter Liddell, 1883-1935 |
Folder 243-247
Folder 243Folder 244Folder 245Folder 246Folder 247 |
Series 1: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1903-1951 |
Folder 248-250
Folder 248Folder 249Folder 250 |
Series 1: Hill, David |
Folder 251 |
Series 2: Church, Jane Pickens, 1941-1943 |
Folder 251-254
Folder 251Folder 252Folder 253Folder 254 |
Series 2: Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1911-1952 |
Folder 255 |
Series 2: Pickens, Robert Sylvester, 1926 |
Folder 256-257
Folder 256Folder 257 |
Series 2: Church, Jane Pickens, 1940-1951 |
Folder 258 |
Series 2: Suhler, Cornelia Pickens, 1937-1948 |
Folder 259 |
Miscellaneous |
Arrangement: chiefly chronological.
Materials arranged by Jane Pickens Church. They are chiefly letters among Battle, Church, Liddell, and Pickens family members. Indexes identifying and locating senders and recipients were created by Church; they are filed before the letters for each year.
Folder 260-264
Folder 260Folder 261Folder 262Folder 263Folder 264 |
1952 |
Folder 265-266
Folder 265Folder 266 |
1953 |
Folder 267-268
Folder 267Folder 268 |
1954 |
Folder 269-270
Folder 269Folder 270 |
1955 |
Folder 271-272
Folder 271Folder 272 |
1956 |
Folder 273-275
Folder 273Folder 274Folder 275 |
1957 |
Folder 276-279
Folder 276Folder 277Folder 278Folder 279 |
1958 |
Folder 280-283
Folder 280Folder 281Folder 282Folder 283 |
1959 |
Folder 284-287
Folder 284Folder 285Folder 286Folder 287 |
1960 |
Folder 288-290
Folder 288Folder 289Folder 290 |
1961 |
Folder 291-292
Folder 291Folder 292 |
1962 |
Folder 293-296
Folder 293Folder 294Folder 295Folder 296 |
1963 |
Folder 297-300
Folder 297Folder 298Folder 299Folder 300 |
1964 |
Folder 301-306
Folder 301Folder 302Folder 303Folder 304Folder 305Folder 306 |
1965 |
Folder 307-310
Folder 307Folder 308Folder 309Folder 310 |
1966 |
Folder 311-314
Folder 311Folder 312Folder 313Folder 314 |
1967 |
Folder 315-318
Folder 315Folder 316Folder 317Folder 318 |
1968 |
Folder 319-322
Folder 319Folder 320Folder 321Folder 322 |
1969 |
Folder 323 |
Battle, Belknap, 1928-1943 |
Folder 324 |
Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1952Letters of condolence on her death |
Folder 325 |
Battle, Samuel Westray, 1927Letters of condolence on his death |
Folder 326 |
Church, Jane Liddell and Herbert Church |
Folder 327 |
Pickens, Celia and Susan Pickens, 1935-1936 |
Folder 328 |
Pickens, Robert Sylvester |
Folder 329 |
Pickens, Vinton Liddell |
Folder 330 |
Shepherd, Emil |
Folder 331 |
Suhler, Cornelia Pickens |
Folder 332 |
Undated and fragments |
Folder 333-337
Folder 333Folder 334Folder 335Folder 336Folder 337 |
Miscellaneous, 1900s-1980s |
Folder 338 |
Appointment books: Pickens, Robert Sylvester, 1964 |
Folder 339-340
Folder 339Folder 340 |
Diary: Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1910-1913; 1920-1923 |
Folder 341 |
Financial and legal: Hall-Liddell-Battle Trusts, 1961 |
Arrangement: chiefly chronological.
Original materials are chiefly family correspondence and related items, many relating to World War II both to soldiers in the field and those on the homefront. Also included are typed transcriptions of many of the items in the collection. These transcriptions have been maintained in the original order created by the donor, which is primarily a unified chronological run of correspondence with transcribed diaries and other materials filed outside the chronology. At the beginning of the files for most years, there is a folder with a detailed narrative describing family activities during particular year through 1952. Before the 1924 folders, there are several folders relating to Pickens family history, 1697-1923. The arrangement of the transcriptions should make it relatively easy to determine whether or not there is a typed transcription of a particular original item.
Folder 342a |
Original materials: 1896-1923 |
Folder 342b |
Original materials: 1924-1925 |
Folder 343 |
Original materials: 1926-1927 |
Folder 344 |
Original materials: 1928-1929 |
Folder 345 |
Original materials: 1930-1932 |
Folder 346 |
Original materials: 1933 |
Folder 347 |
Original materials: 1934 |
Folder 348 |
Original materials: 1935 |
Folder 349 |
Original materials: 1936-1937 |
Folder 350-352
Folder 350Folder 351Folder 352 |
Original materials: 1938-1939 |
Folder 353-361
Folder 353Folder 354Folder 355Folder 356Folder 357Folder 358Folder 359Folder 360Folder 361 |
Original materials: 1940 |
Folder 362-374
Folder 362Folder 363Folder 364Folder 365Folder 366Folder 367Folder 368Folder 369Folder 370Folder 371Folder 372Folder 373Folder 374 |
Original materials: 1941 |
Folder 375-388
Folder 375Folder 376Folder 377Folder 378Folder 379Folder 380Folder 381Folder 382Folder 383Folder 384Folder 385Folder 386Folder 387Folder 388 |
Original materials: 1942 |
Folder 389-398
Folder 389Folder 390Folder 391Folder 392Folder 393Folder 394Folder 395Folder 396Folder 397Folder 398 |
Original materials: 1943 |
Folder 399-413
Folder 399Folder 400Folder 401Folder 402Folder 403Folder 404Folder 405Folder 406Folder 407Folder 408Folder 409Folder 410Folder 411Folder 412Folder 413 |
Original materials: 1944 |
Folder 414-433
Folder 414Folder 415Folder 416Folder 417Folder 418Folder 419Folder 420Folder 421Folder 422Folder 423Folder 424Folder 425Folder 426Folder 427Folder 428Folder 429Folder 430Folder 431Folder 432Folder 433 |
Original materials: 1945 |
Folder 434 |
Original materials: Undated post-1945 |
Folder 435-440
Folder 435Folder 436Folder 437Folder 438Folder 439Folder 440 |
Original materials: 1946 |
Folder 441 |
Original materials: 1947 |
Folder 442 |
Original materials: 1948-1949 |
Folder 443-444
Folder 443Folder 444 |
Original materials: 1950 |
Folder 445 |
Original materials: 1951 |
Folder 446 |
Original materials: 1996 |
Folder 447 |
Original materials: Christmas cards |
Folder 448 |
Original materials: Diary: Church, Herbert, 1930-1934 |
Folder 449 |
Original materials: Miscellaneous itemsBills, receipts, clippings, and other items |
Folder 450-451
Folder 450Folder 451 |
Transcriptions: Memoirs: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell |
Folder 452 |
Transcriptions: Diary: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1913 |
Folder 453-459
Folder 453Folder 454Folder 455Folder 456Folder 457Folder 458Folder 459 |
Transcriptions: Diaries: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell and Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1914-1920 |
Folder 460-461
Folder 460Folder 461 |
Transcriptions: Diary: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1921, 1933-1934 |
Folder 462-463
Folder 462Folder 463 |
Transcriptions: Diaries: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, Jane Liddell Pickens, Cornelia Pickens Suhler, 1935, 1936 |
Folder 464 |
Transcriptions: Diary: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1937 |
Folder 465 |
Transcriptions: Diaries: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell and Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1938 |
Folder 466-467
Folder 466Folder 467 |
Transcriptions: Diaries: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell and Jane Liddell Pickens, 1938-1939, 1940 |
Folder 468-476
Folder 468Folder 469Folder 470Folder 471Folder 472Folder 473Folder 474Folder 475Folder 476 |
Transcriptions: Diary: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1941-1949 |
Folder 477 |
Transcriptions: 1884 |
Folder 478-480
Folder 478Folder 479Folder 480 |
Transcriptions: 1912 |
Folder 481-483
Folder 481Folder 482Folder 483 |
Transcriptions: 1913 |
Folder 484-488
Folder 484Folder 485Folder 486Folder 487Folder 488 |
Transcriptions: 1914 |
Folder 489-493
Folder 489Folder 490Folder 491Folder 492Folder 493 |
Transcriptions: 1915 |
Folder 494-499
Folder 494Folder 495Folder 496Folder 497Folder 498Folder 499 |
Transcriptions: 1916 |
Folder 500-504
Folder 500Folder 501Folder 502Folder 503Folder 504 |
Transcriptions: 1917 |
Folder 505-510
Folder 505Folder 506Folder 507Folder 508Folder 509Folder 510 |
Transcriptions: 1918 |
Folder 511-514
Folder 511Folder 512Folder 513Folder 514 |
Transcriptions: 1919 |
Folder 515-517
Folder 515Folder 516Folder 517 |
Transcriptions: 1920 |
Folder 518-521
Folder 518Folder 519Folder 520Folder 521 |
Transcriptions: 1921 |
Folder 522a-522e |
Transcriptions: 1922 |
Folder 523-526
Folder 523Folder 524Folder 525Folder 526 |
Transcriptions: 1923 |
Folder 527-537
Folder 527Folder 528Folder 529Folder 530Folder 531Folder 532Folder 533Folder 534Folder 535Folder 536Folder 537 |
Transcriptions: 1924: Pickens family background, 1697-1923 |
Folder 538-544
Folder 538Folder 539Folder 540Folder 541Folder 542Folder 543Folder 544 |
Transcriptions: 1924 |
Folder 545-548
Folder 545Folder 546Folder 547Folder 548 |
Transcriptions: 1925 |
Folder 549-555
Folder 549Folder 550Folder 551Folder 552Folder 553Folder 554Folder 555 |
Transcriptions: 1926 |
Folder 556-564
Folder 556Folder 557Folder 558Folder 559Folder 560Folder 561Folder 562Folder 563Folder 564 |
Transcriptions: 1927 |
Folder 565-571
Folder 565Folder 566Folder 567Folder 568Folder 569Folder 570Folder 571 |
Transcriptions: 1928 |
Folder 572-578
Folder 572Folder 573Folder 574Folder 575Folder 576Folder 577Folder 578 |
Transcriptions: 1929 |
Folder 579-588
Folder 579Folder 580Folder 581Folder 582Folder 583Folder 584Folder 585Folder 586Folder 587Folder 588 |
Transcriptions: 1930 |
Folder 589-598
Folder 589Folder 590Folder 591Folder 592Folder 593Folder 594Folder 595Folder 596Folder 597Folder 598 |
Transcriptions: 1931 |
Folder 599-611
Folder 599Folder 600Folder 601Folder 602Folder 603Folder 604Folder 605Folder 606Folder 607Folder 608Folder 609Folder 610Folder 611 |
Transcriptions: 1932 |
Folder 612-623
Folder 612Folder 613Folder 614Folder 615Folder 616Folder 617Folder 618Folder 619Folder 620Folder 621Folder 622Folder 623 |
Transcriptions: 1933 |
Folder 624-635
Folder 624Folder 625Folder 626Folder 627Folder 628Folder 629Folder 630Folder 631Folder 632Folder 633Folder 634Folder 635 |
Transcriptions: 1934 |
Folder 636-647
Folder 636Folder 637Folder 638Folder 639Folder 640Folder 641Folder 642Folder 643Folder 644Folder 645Folder 646Folder 647 |
Transcriptions: 1935 |
Folder 648-659
Folder 648Folder 649Folder 650Folder 651Folder 652Folder 653Folder 654Folder 655Folder 656Folder 657Folder 658Folder 659 |
Transcriptions: 1936 |
Folder 660-672
Folder 660Folder 661Folder 662Folder 663Folder 664Folder 665Folder 666Folder 667Folder 668Folder 669Folder 670Folder 671Folder 672 |
Transcriptions: 1937 |
Folder 673-682
Folder 673Folder 674Folder 675Folder 676Folder 677Folder 678Folder 679Folder 680Folder 681Folder 682 |
Transcriptions: 1938 |
Folder 683-692
Folder 683Folder 684Folder 685Folder 686Folder 687Folder 688Folder 689Folder 690Folder 691Folder 692 |
Transcriptions: 1939 |
Folder 693-704
Folder 693Folder 694Folder 695Folder 696Folder 697Folder 698Folder 699Folder 700Folder 701Folder 702Folder 703Folder 704 |
Transcriptions: 1940 |
Folder 705-714
Folder 705Folder 706Folder 707Folder 708Folder 709Folder 710Folder 711Folder 712Folder 713Folder 714 |
Transcriptions: 1941 |
Folder 715-727
Folder 715Folder 716Folder 717Folder 718Folder 719Folder 720Folder 721Folder 722Folder 723Folder 724Folder 725Folder 726Folder 727 |
Transcriptions: 1942 |
Folder 728-739
Folder 728Folder 729Folder 730Folder 731Folder 732Folder 733Folder 734Folder 735Folder 736Folder 737Folder 738Folder 739 |
Transcriptions: 1943 |
Folder 740-750
Folder 740Folder 741Folder 742Folder 743Folder 744Folder 745Folder 746Folder 747Folder 748Folder 749Folder 750 |
Transcriptions: 1944 |
Folder 751-757
Folder 751Folder 752Folder 753Folder 754Folder 755Folder 756Folder 757 |
Transcriptions: 1945 |
Folder 758-765
Folder 758Folder 759Folder 760Folder 761Folder 762Folder 763Folder 764Folder 765 |
Transcriptions: 1946 |
Folder 766-771
Folder 766Folder 767Folder 768Folder 769Folder 770Folder 771 |
Transcriptions: 1947 |
Folder 772-776
Folder 772Folder 773Folder 774Folder 775Folder 776 |
Transcriptions: 1948 |
Folder 777-781
Folder 777Folder 778Folder 779Folder 780Folder 781 |
Transcriptions: 1949 |
Folder 782-787
Folder 782Folder 783Folder 784Folder 785Folder 786Folder 787 |
Transcriptions: 1950 |
Folder 788-797
Folder 788Folder 789Folder 790Folder 791Folder 792Folder 793Folder 794Folder 795Folder 796Folder 797 |
Transcriptions: 1951 |
Folder 798-800
Folder 798Folder 799Folder 800 |
Transcriptions: 1952 |
Chiefly the family correspondence of Vinton Liddell Pickens, Jane Pickens Church, Robert S. Pickens, and Cornelia Pickens Suhler. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Much of the correspondence regards the news of family and friends. Correspondence from the 1920s is mainly between Vinton and Robert ("Bobby"), and discusses their courtship, marriage, the births of their children, financial difficulties, and Robert's travels to China as a journalist. The 1930s correspondence also contains discussion of Robert's international travels, including those with the president of the United States. There is also correspondence between Vinton and her mother, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell. In the 1940s, Robert continued to travel abroad, including to North Africa and England, to report on World War II. Stanton W. Pickens, a relative, also wrote to Vinton describing the war in Italy. Following her graduation from college in 1947, Cornelia took a year long trip through Europe and sent lively letters home to her mother. 1950s correspondence includes letters between Vinton and her mother Jane, then letters discussing Jane's death. There are also letters from daughters Cornelia and Jane to Vinton. In the 1960s, Vinton and Robert celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and received many cards and letters from well-wishers. There is also correspondence about Vinton's book, Serendipity. There is no correspondence from 1968 and 1969. Most of the 1970s correspondence is between Jane Pickens Church and Herbert Church. The couple divorced in the early 1970s. The 1980s and 1990s correspondence belongs equally to Jane and Vinton. Topics include Vinton and Jane's social activism, monetary donations, and travels. Also discussed is Jane's interest in bird watching and bird banding. There is no correspondence from late 1981 or 1982.
Also included in this addition are transcriptions of correspondence from 1873 to 1911 and 1934. Other materials in this addition are family materials such as diaries, writings, and clippings, mostly belonging to individual family members. These are arranged in alphabetical order.