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Wedding: Correspondence and Newspaper Announcement, 1923, 1923

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1

Collection Overview

From the Collection:

The collection includes correspondence, certificates, photographs, and other materials related to Miriam DeCosta Seabrook's education at Avery Institute and elsewhere, teaching career, and civic involvement; correspondence, speeches, and reports related to Dr. Herbert Seabrook, Sr.'s community and fraternal affiliations and to his medical career as a private practitioner and director of the Hospital and Training School for Nurses; and correspondence, memorabilia, and financial documents related to the marriage of Miriam and Herbert Seabrook. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to their son, Dr. Herbert Seabrook, Jr., his son, Kenneth Seabrook, Seabrook, Sr.'s mother, Amerintha Alston Seabrook, and other Seabrook family members are represented. The collection also contains scrapbooks and photographs of Miriam DeCosta Seabrook's relatives, the DeCosta family of Charleston, South Carolina.

Dates

  • Creation: 1923

Creator

Full Extent

From the Collection: 6.0 linear feet (10 archival boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 banker box )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Materials Specific Details

Holds handwritten letters, cards, and telegrams of congratulations and RSVP regrets. Of interest is a typed copy account of the wedding with family and attendees from The Charleston Messenger, dated 7 July 1923.

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

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