Series I: Personal Papers

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{"value"=>"1895-1952", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1895/1952"}
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1895
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1952
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{"value"=>"<p>Contains both professional and personal correspondence spanning the dates 1895-1952, including letters from such individuals as <span class=\"persname\">Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Wendell L. Willkie</span>.</p> <p>The majority of Una Abell Brinker's outgoing correspondence are handwritten letters to her daughter, Joan. The highlight of this section are her brief handwritten memoirs on performers with whom she collaborated, including <span class=\"persname\">Sarah Bernhardt</span> and <span class=\"persname\">Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.</span>, among others. Several manuscripts are also included: her grandfather's handwritten reminiscences and an autobiographical typescript. This series includes historic family photographs (tintypes), as well as stage portraits of the actress. Rounding out the collection are sheet music of the “Brinker-Abell March” and her baptismal cap.</p>"}
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1895
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1952
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  1. Correspondence - Chamberlain Brown
  2. Correspondence - Harold L. Ickes
  3. Correspondence - Herbert H. Lehman
  4. Correspondence - Brock Pemberton
  5. Correspondence - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
  6. Correspondence - Wendell L. Willkie
  7. Miscellaneous Incoming Correspondence
  8. Miscellaneous Incoming Correspondence
  9. Miscellaneous Outgoing Correspondence
  10. Baptismal Cap
  11. Divorce Decree of Jacob H. Kahn and Edna D. Kahn
  12. Personal Photographs
  13. Sheet Music - “Brinker-Abell March,” composed by Frank M. Miller
  14. Manuscripts - The Autobiography of O. C. Abell
  15. Memoirs of Una Abell Brinker
  16. Story of a California Miner