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Creator
Bush, Muriel F
Call number
Sc MG 293
Physical description
1/2 archival box
Preferred Citation
Bush family letters, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Repository
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Muriel Fortune Bush was an educator and a photographer in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1935, she married Paul Bush who was from Louisiana. The Bush Family Letters, consists of a small body of correspondence among members of the Bush extended family and friends. Included are letters from adopted daughter June Cross, letters from other relatives dealing with a variety of family issues, a friendly letter from Private Leonard Burwell to Paul, June 24, 1944, vacation postcards, and condolence letters to Muriel Bush following the death of her husband.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, June Cross and Sule Greg Wilson, November 1989

Using the collection

Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor

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