DEVORE-MITCHELL, OPHELIA, 1922-2014.
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Subseries 2.1
Correspondence, 1961-2010
Boxes 84-87
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists of correspondence documenting the personal life and professional activities of Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell from 1961-2010. Correspondence includes personal invitations to events, invitations to judge pageants or speak, thank you notes, holiday cards, solicitation letters, and award letters, as well as correspondence regarding the business activities of Ophelia DeVore Associates and The Columbus Times. There are numerous sympathy cards from January 1997 following the death of DeVore-Mitchell's sister Precola DeVore. Correspondence regarding The Columbus Times is often addressed to or written by DeVore-Mitchell's daughter, Carol Gertjegerdes (sometimes abbreviated Gerdes), and pertain to advertising in the paper.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order.
Processing
Correspondence in this subseries arrived at the Rose Library either loose or filed in folders simply labeled correspondence. Correspondence can also be found in Subseries 2.3, Ophelia DeVore Associates records. Correspondence in other subseries was originally arranged in folders labeled with the name of a specific company or is addressed to other members of the staff of those companies.
Box | Folder | Content |
---|---|---|
84 | 1 | 1961-1969 |
84 | 2 | 1970-1973 |
84 | 3 | 1974 |
84 | 4 | 1975 |
84 | 5 | 1976 January-July |
84 | 6 | 1976 August-December |
84 | 7 | 1977 |
85 | 1 | 1978-1979 |
85 | 2 | 1980-1982 |
85 | 3 | 1983-1985 |
85 | 4 | 1986 |
85 | 5 | 1987 |
85 | 6 | 1988 |
86 | 1 | 1989 January-November |
86 | 2 | 1989 December |
86 | 3 | 1990-1991 |
86 | 4 | 1992-1993 |
86 | 5 | 1994-1996 |
86 | 6 | 1997 January |
86 | 7 | 1997 February-December |
86 | 8 | 1998-1999 |
87 | 1 | 2000-2003 |
87 | 2 | 2004, 2010 |
87 | 3 | Undated [1] |
87 | 4 | Undated [2] |
87 | 5 | Empty envelopes |