Series 3. Add. of 2015 September 01, Correspondence, Artworks, and Other Material (Series 3 Boxes 1A-3)

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Contains artwork, correspondence, newspapers, photographs, genealogy, and other material related to David Hunter Strother and the Strother family.

Oversize boxes 1A and 1B contain a letter from John Strother to David Hunter Strother (1846); a packet of papers titled "Army Papers, Life of Scott, Va., 1812, D. H. Strother" (undated); newspaper articles regarding David Hunter Strother, including reproductions of Harpers Weekly (1861, 1959); papers of Louise Strother, mainly correspondence from her future husband Ernest Shepard (1919-1925); and other material.

Oversize box 2 contains a framed illustration titled "Famiglia di Paludano" which depicts a Mexican family (undated); two pieces of artwork, which may have been drawn by David Hunter Strother (1859, 1874); black and white photographs, mostly unidentified but including a portrait of David Hunter Strother's son John (ca. 1870-1890); two issues of "Iron Worker" magazine with cover art by Strother (1958-1960); and material regarding the genealogy and history of the Strother family (1951-1990).

Oversize box 3 contains four illustrations of scenes of Mexican life. These illustrations, along with the framed illustration in box 2, may have been acquired by David Hunter Strother during his time in Mexico. The illustrations are titled "Mexican Dresses," "Dresses of Mexican," "A Stage Coach Attacked," and "Road from Tacubaya to Chapultepec, Dresses of Mexican Indians."

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