Manuscripts
Publications
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Clippings
Manuscripts
Primarily newspaper and magazine clippings about Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Axson Wilson. Items did not receive call numbers.
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Ephemera
Manuscripts
Items include an Ellen Wilson memorial calendar for 1916 published by the Ellen Wilson Memorial Association; marriage announcements for Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt, and for Jessie Woodrow Wilson and Francis Bowes Sayre; three donation receipts to the Woodrow Wilson Foundation; five postcards of Rome, Georgia; loose envelopes; and an empty leather binder. Some items are annotated by Candler. Items did not receive call numbers.
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Photographs
Manuscripts
Three photograph portraits of Ellen Axson Wilson, one with daughter Eleanor, approximately 1890-1913; one studio portrait of Woodrow Wilson with the added date 1889 taken by Pach Bros., New York, and one studio portrait of Margaret Wilson and Jessie Wilson Sayre as children, 1890s; a studio portrait of two unidentified young men in uniform is also present, taken in Asheville, North Carolina. In addition, there is a photograph of the family's house in Princeton, New Jersey when Wilson was a professor there signed "'Our House' with love from E.A.W." on the reverse, 1890s; and 10 snapshots of Ellen Axson Wilson's funeral in Rome, Georgia on August 11, 1914, along with a snapshot of her tombstone and a handwritten copy of its inscription, 1914 and undated. Portraits are cabinet cards or mounted photographs. Items did not receive call numbers.
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Jane Porter Candler papers concerning the Wilson family
Manuscripts
This collection primarily contains correspondence from Woodrow Wilson and various Wilson family members, including Ellen Axson Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, to Jane Porter Candler. Also present are photographs, ephemera, clippings, and publications sent to or collected by Candler. Material dates from approximately 1890 to 1928. Letters mostly discuss family activities, health, and the aftermath of the death of Ellen Axson Wilson in August 1914. Woodrow Wilson's four letters to Candler are brief responses to letters from her. Some items in this collection are annotated, presumably by Jane Porter Candler.
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Helen Woodrow Bones letters to Jane Porter Candler
Manuscripts
Six autograph letters signed, two with addressed envelopes, on White House or President's Cottage letterhead. Bones discusses Wilson family activities and Ellen Wilson's health. A later letter mentions Edith Wilson.
HM 48328 (1-5)
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Ellen Axson Wilson letters to Jane Porter Candler
Manuscripts
Seven autograph letters signed, four with addressed envelopes, primarily detailing the activities of herself, her daughters, and mutual friends, with a few mentions of Woodrow Wilson. The first five letters were sent mostly from New Jersey; the last two were written during the Wilson presidency and are on White House stationery.
HM 48334 (1-7)