Box AR00048
Container
Contains 25 Results:
Personal Papers, 1942 - 1943
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
This folder contains personal documents gathered by Mary Bartol Smith and Commander Xavier Martin Smith during their lives. Materials included in this folder include business cards, handwritten notes, five poems written by Mary Bartol Smith, and a short story titled Copperhead.
Dates:
1942 - 1943
Financial Documents and Receipts, 1886 - 1908
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
This folder contains financial documents and receipts related to James Bartol’s life, which were gathered and/or created between 1886 and 1908. Materials in this folder include acknowledgements of payment, short releases of mortgage payments, the payment of James Bartol’s mortgages, receipts made out to various individuals, and items related to transferring farming goods to James Bartol. Named individuals included within this folder feature John A. Russel, Mrs. J. Vausauh, Geo M....
Dates:
1886 - 1908
V-Mail, January 1943 - June 1943
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
This folder contains 71 v-mails written to Lt. Com. Xavier Martin Smith from Dorothy M. Smith, Edith Martin Smith, Mary Bartol Smith, and Ada R. Martin between January 1943 and June 1943. The content of these letters focuses on Mrs. Smith’s daily correspondence to her husband, describing her life in the United States as she gradually recovers from hip surgery and detailing her physical therapy regimen. Additional letters from Commander Smith’s family provide updates from the homefront about...
Dates:
January 1943 - June 1943
V-Mail, July 1943 - December 1943
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
This folder contains 158 v-mails written from July 1943 to December 1943. These letters are addressed to Commander Xavier Martin Smith and Mary Bartol Smith from A. W. Ashbrook, Dorothy M. Smith, Edith Martin Smith, Mary Bartol Smith, and Commander Xavier Martin Smith. The content of these letters primarily focuses on Mrs. Smith’s daily correspondence with her deployed husband as she provides updates on her recovery from hip surgery and discusses her life during the war. Occasional letters...
Dates:
July 1943 - December 1943
V-Mail, January 1944 - June 1944
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
This folder contains 156 v-mails written from January 1944 to June 1944. These letters are addressed to Commander Xavier Martin Smith and Mary Bartol Smith from Dorothy M. Smith, Edith Martin Smith, Mary Bartol Smith, and Commander Xavier Martin Smith. The content of these letters is focused on the correspondence in which Mary Bartol Smith provides her distant husband, Commander Smith, with daily updates. These letters primarily consist of her recovery as she learns to walk again after...
Dates:
January 1944 - June 1944
V-mail, July 1944 - December 1944
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
This folder contains 149 v-mails written from July 1944 to December 1944. These letters are addressed to Commander Xavier Martin Smith from Dorothy M. Smith, Edith Martin Smith, Mary Bartol Smith, and Roy Rob Martin. The content of these letter reflects Mrs. Smith’s hope and longing for her deployed husband’s safe return to the United States. They provide a nearly daily report on her daily life, including car repairs, household tasks, shopping trips, and social visits with family and...
Dates:
July 1944 - December 1944
Full-Size V-Mail Letters, March 1943 - November 1944
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
This folder contains 12 full-size v-mails written from March 1943 to November 1944 by Mary Bartol Smith to Commander Xavier Martin Smith. These letters express Mrs. Smith’s deep worry and longing for her husband, who is deployed in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. They allow her to share her sadness with delayed correspondences, updates on their family, her daily life, her physical recovery, and her prayers for his safe return home soon.
Dates:
March 1943 - November 1944
Envelopes, 1908 - 1942
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
This folder contains 31 empty envelopes addressed to Commander Xavier Martin Smith and Mary Bartol Smith from either Mary Selby De Iturralde, Mary Bartol Smith, or Commander Xavier Martin Smith.
Dates:
1908 - 1942
Financial and Legal Documents, 1908 - 1928
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
This folder contains financial and legal documents related to James Bartol’s life, which were gathered and/or created from 1908 to 1928. The material includes documents pertaining to the estate and financial affairs of James Bartol, including his will, property deeds, mortgage loans, tax payments, and receipts. Correspondence details the settlement of loans, payments, and insurance policies connected to his estate and related parties. Additionally, there are official certificates and legal...
Dates:
1908 - 1928
Maps and Brochures , Undated
File — Box: AR00048, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
This folder contains maps and brochures collected by the Smith family. The maps include a color Amoco Road Map of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as a color Shell map of North Carolina and South Carolina. There is a pamphlet of the Boca Grande Hotel in Boca Grande, Florida, with a handwritten note from Commander Xavier Martin Smith to Mary Bartol Smith describing his relaxation at the hotel, and a brochure for Catalina Island containing an illustrative map of the...
Dates:
Undated