Mary Eliza Smith Calverley, Correspondence and Photographs

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mary Eliza Smith Calverley, Correspondence and Photographs, A&M 3888, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)
Creator:
Calverley, Mary Eliza Smith
Abstract:
Copies of correspondence and photographs of Mary Eliza Smith Calverley, compiled by her daughter Diana Calverley Haskell into a book titled Travels with Eliza. Eliza was born and raised in Clarksburg, West Virginia. She left in 1925 to become personal secretary to Ellen Ayer Wood, wife of textile mill owner William Madison Wood, whom she accompanied through 1940. In 1940, Eliza married Harry Calverley. The majority of the correspondence is from Eliza to her family in Clarksburg, written while she was traveling and living abroad in the 1930s. Travel destinations included Italy and Switzerland. Also includes biographical information about Eliza, her family, and the family of her employer Mrs. Wood, as well as letters and photos of Mrs. Haskell.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mary Eliza Smith Calverley, Correspondence and Photographs, A&M 3888, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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