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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word, created by Cathy Carlson Reynolds, 30 January 2012 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Garnett Perkins Papers, 1908-1911, 1918 A Collection in Special Collections, Kegley Library 1001.25 Cathy Carlson Reynolds

Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College 2011 Cathy Carlson Reynolds Special Collections, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College Descriptive Summary Special Collections, Kegley Library Garnett Perkins Papers 1908-1911, 1918 2001.25 5 items.. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Garnett Perkins Papers, Mss. Collection 2001.25, Kegley Library, Wytheville Community College, Wytheville, VA

Acquisition Information

Donated by Ruth Ann Chitwood in 2001 as part of the W. R. Chitwood Collection.

Biographical Information

John Ellis Perkins, born 5 November 1843, married Sarah Rebecca Greever in the 1870s. Perkins worked as a railroad agent for Norfolk & Western Railroad and retired in 1908. He and his wife had seven children including Rachel Perkins Leeder (1875-1946), Holmes Gleaves Perkins (1876-1955), Frederick Carlisle Perkins (1878-1906), Annie Eliza Perkins (18880-1958), Landon Ellis Perkins (1885-1947), Dorothy M. Perkins (B. 1888) and Garnett R. Perkins (1890-1946). The Perkins boys all ventured into the hotel business. When their father died in 1916, Landon Perkins and Garnett Perkins managed the St. Charles Hotel in Norton, Virginia. They both also served in World War I.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of five letters written to Garnett Perkins from 1908 to 1918.

Contents List Letter. Sarah Greever Perkins, Wytheville, Virginia to Garnett Perkins, Hotel St. Lawrence, Bristol, Virginia. 31 March 1908. 4 p.; envelope.

Re: murder of James W. Spoon by [unknown] Pendleton; Holmes Gleaves Perkins; Landon Ellis Perkins, Annie Eliza Perkins; price of sugar.

Letter. Harry E. Ewald, Wytheville, Virginia to Garnett Perkins, Marion, North Carolina. 26 November 1908. 2 p.

Re: Howard Bourne; new hotel in Wytheville, Hotel Lindsey; good looking daughter of old man Lindsey.

 Letter. John Ellis Perkins, Wytheville to Garnett R. Perkins, Marion, North Carolina. 3 January 1909. 2 p.

Re: advice to sell business.

Letter. [unknown] Perkins to [unknown]. 26 January 1911. 5 p.

Fourth Avenue Hotel, Wytheville stationery. Re: his desire to find new hotel job.

Letter. Cpl. Harry W. Meador, U. S. Army Engineers, APO to Lt. Garnett R. Perkins, Camp Johnston, Florida. 1 November 1918. 4 p.

Re: memories of fellow trainees, Hornet Vicars, and life in the trenches. I have been at the front for three months. Its sure a great life if you don't mind the shells & you either have to like them or do K. P. behind the lines somewhere.