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HEIDELBERG (ROGER) COLLECTION


Biography/History:

Roger Heidelberg was born in Laurel, Mississippi, in 1915. He was the son of John Oscar and Virginia Gray Heidelberg. Roger Heidelberg was a resident of Memphis, Tennessee, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Scope and Content:

This collection consists of nine letters of Virginia Gray (Mrs. John O.) Heidelberg of Laurel, Mississippi; her sister, Luella Gray (Mrs. William Mead) Campbell of Jackson, Mississippi, and Sparta, Illinois; and their aunt, Ellen Crawford, of Sallis, Mississippi. The letters provide glimpses into small-town life in early twentieth-century Mississippi. Included are the donors descriptions of the content of each letter.

Series Identification:

  1. Correspondence. 1911; 1916-1918. 2 folders. 9 items.