Alice M. Reilly papers, 1925-1968 1.35 cubic feet and 3 boxes
- Creator
- Alice M. Reilly
- Abstract Or Scope
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Papers, 1925-1968, of Alice M. Reilly of Albemarle County and Ashland, Virginia, consisting of correspondence, 1944, from Alice Reilly (1911-2002), White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, to John Vincent Reilly (1878-1960) and Bertha M. Heuschkel Reilly (1885-1977), Albemarle County, Virginia, detailing her life and work as a nurse's aide at Ashford General Hospital, a military hospital located in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Includes a letter, 25-27 June 1968, from Mary Jane McLean to Alice and Bertha Reilly describing her life in Malaga, Spain; as well as Christmas cards. Collection also contains photographs of the Reillys, family friends, horses, dogs, vacation sites, and homes, including Albemarle County, Ashland, and Richmond, Virginia; vacation trips to New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Nova Scotia, and Puerto Rico. Collection includes negatives of photographs and an empty matchbook from the Island Inn at Hobe Sound, Florida.