Etta Bailey Burgiss papers

Type
Collection
Title
Etta Bailey Burgiss papers
Description
This is a collection of letters gathered by Etta Bailey Burgiss. It includes:
– letters from her mother, Victoria Cunningham Bailey, to Victoria's sister
– letters between Victoria Bailey, W.C. Bailey, and Etta Bailey
– letters from W.W. Burgiss to Etta Bailey
– letters from friends to Etta Bailey
Subject
Personal communication among family and friends.
Table Of Contents
Unit 1: Victoria Cunningham Bailey correspondence
Unit 2: Victoria Bailey to Etta Bailey correspondence
Unit 3: W.C. Bailey letters
Unit 4: W.W. Burgiss letters
Unit 5: Etta's letters from friends
Unit 6: photographs
Unit 7: steel box
Unit 8: envelopes
Creator
David Lovegrove
Provenance
Collected by Etta Bailey Burgiss, passed down the family to her grandson, Shuman Gerald, who donated the collection to GHM.
Storage Location
Curator's office
Accession Number
2022.1.n.n
Accession Date
April 8, 2022
Accession Creator
David Lovegrove
Relation
Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham Bailey
William Clark Bailey
William Wesley Burgiss (Burgess)
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham (possibly Sullivan) — August, c. 1860-61
Envelope of letter from Victoria Cunningham to Margaret Sullivan
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — June 25, 1861
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — October 9, possibly 1861
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — December 16, 1861
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — January 28, 1862
Envelope of letter from Victoria Cunningham to Margaret Sullivan
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — March 31, 1862
Envelope of letter from Victoria Cunningham to Margaret Sullivan — May 9, 1862
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — May 9, 1862
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — June 19th, 1862
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan and Mary — February 22, 1863
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — April 25, 1864
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — June 5, 1864
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — August 22, probably 1863 or 1864
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — January 30, 1865
Envelope of letter from Victoria Cunningham to Margaret Sullivan — February 27, 1865
Letter from Victoria Elizabeth Cunningham to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — June 2, 1865
Envelope of letter from Victoria Cunningham to Margaret Sullivan — August 14, probably 1865
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — September 30, 1865
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — August 21, 1866
Envelope of letter from Victoria Bailey to Margaret Sullivan — August 24, 1866
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — December 30, 1866
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — likely May 1867
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — July 3, 1867
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — undated, around the summer of 1867.
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — December 27, 1867
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — undated, probably early 1868.
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — July 4, probably 1868
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — December 6, likely 1868
Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — March 21, 1869
Undated envelope, blue, not postal service
Undated envelope, cream, not postal service
Envelope, cream, July 7
Note: “This is every single one of them.”

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