{"id":720,"date":"2019-09-20T21:34:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T21:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/sanguinetti\/?page_id=720"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:47:28","slug":"family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/sanguinetti\/correspondence\/family\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Correspondence (1940s-1960s)"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are not many outgoing letters in the collection, and most are of a personal nature, generally to her parents. Also included here are messages written to her at important crossroads in her life: her marriage in 1950 and her father’s death and her return to Anniston in 1964.<\/p>\n

Sections<\/h3>\n

At Ashley Hall (1940)<\/a>
\nMarriage (1950)<\/a>
\nNear St. Louis, Mo. (1955)<\/a>
\nIn Pittsburgh, Pa. (1961-1962)<\/a>
\nFather’s death (1964)<\/a><\/p>\n

Clicking any of the images below will allow you to read the correspondence at full size.<\/p>\n

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At Ashley Hall (1940)<\/h3>\n

In this section are letters from teenage Elise Ayers to her family from her boarding school in Charleston, South Carolina. Though she focused on her immediate situation — classes and classmates — she was also interested in keeping up with events at home and abroad. As the letters were sent in 1940, a particular concern of the whole family was Hitler’s invasion of Norway, where some of her mother’s family still lived.<\/p>\n

Handwritten letter, Elise Ayers, Ashley Hall School, Charleston, S.C., to Mother and Daddy (Harry Mell and Edel Ytterboe Ayers), Anniston, Ala., March 4, 1940<\/h6>\n