{"value"=>"<p>The Personal Files series contains material related to Oliver's personal life, family history, hometown, and correspondence. Files held here include biographies, resumes, birth certificates, planners, and calendars. In addition there are legal and financial papers, education files, and awards and honors. There is also a file of signatures obtained by Oliver including Langston Hughes and Lionel Hampton.</p> <p>Family History and Hometown files detail Oliver's family history, focusing on prominent family members and research she conducted. This includes files on her daughter Marsha, her brother John J. Oliver Sr., uncle Carl Murphy, grandfather John H. Murphy Sr., and others. Also held here are files on her hometown, Brazil, Indiana. In the late 1980s Oliver compiled notes and drafts for an unrealized work on her family history. These files include drafts, notebooks, and notepads.</p> <p>Filed at the end is personal correspondence, both sent and received by Oliver. Files are arranged alphabetically, with files containing a mix of correspondence, notes, and memoranda arranged by date at the end. Correspondants of note include Joan Crawford, Alex Haley, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Florynce Kennedy, Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and William Donald Schaefer.</p>"}