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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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    Publications

    Manuscripts

    Primarily printed addresses given by Woodrow Wilson, including "The President's War Message" and "The War Message and Facts Behind It" (1917), "The President's Flag Day Address" (1917), and "President Wilson to the American People" (1919). Also includes a Woodrow Wilson Foundation tribute booklet (approximately 1921), and a copy of the journal World's Work (March 1926). 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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    Woodrow Wilson Foundation material

    Manuscripts

    Typescript titled "A Splendid Vision" from the editor of the Living Church, probably Frederic Cook Morehouse who was editor of the publication in the 1920s, accepting a committee appointment from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Also includes newspaper clipping about the foundation's founding.

    HM 48330

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    Edith Bolling Galt Wilson letters to Jane Porter Candler

    Manuscripts

    Six autograph letters signed, three with addressed envelopes; one typescript letter signed (written and signed by a secretary). Letters mention Wilson family activities with one discussing Woodrow Wilson's health. Also one loose addressed envelope.

    HM 48333 (1-7)