Georgia Dunn Coggin Letters

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Georgia Dunn Coggin Letters, Ms2005-022, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Coggin, Georgia Dunn
Abstract:
Georgia Dunn Coggin (1888-1960) was a resident of Wichita, Kansas, and Virginia. The collection contains letters to and from Coggin from 1910 to 1960, primarily with her husband William and her friend Lillie Goddard. The content of all of the letters mainly concerns daily life, family matters, children, husbands, illnesses, and deaths.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Georgia Dunn Coggin Letters, Ms2005-022, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of letters to and from Georgia Dunn Coggin, spanning from 1910 through 1960. The letters are primarily between Georgia and her husband William, and Georgia and her friend Lillie Goddard of New York City. The letters from William range between 1910 and 1921 and were written to Georgia by William while he was away on business for his position as Divisional Superintendent of Public Schools. Many of the letters between Lillie and Georgia concern Lillie's daughter, Eliza Goddard, who stayed intermittently with William and Georgia throughout her childhood, between 1925 and 1943. The content of all of the letters mainly concerns daily life, family matters, children, husbands, illnesses and deaths.

Biographical / historical:

Georgia Dunn was born in 1888 in Wichita, Kansas. She moved to Virginia in 1916. She married William Coggin, to whom she remained married until William's death in 1960.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 2005.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Georgia Dunn Coggin Letters was completed in October 2012.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard