Series I. Personal papers, 1915-1990, inclusive
Birth certificate (1919) certified copies and affidavit of birth record, 1919, 1942, 1961, inclusive
Obituaries, 1931-1972, inclusive
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Contains undated newspaper obituaries for relatives Emma Caroline (Draughon) Lillard (1860-1931), Lester B. (or D.) Lillard (1901-1937), Reuben Malcolm Albin (1901-1966), and Valena (Lillard) Moffitt (1883-1972).
High school report card, 1936-1937, inclusive
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Lillard's grade 12a report card for the spring semester of the 1936-1937 school year, McComb City Schools, McComb, Mississippi.
Ephemera & clippings, 1939, undated, inclusive
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Contains undated clippings of poems (2), a list of six things to do each day, and a program autographed by singer and actress Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) from her appearance at the Muncipal Auditorium, Jackson, Mississippi, 29 March 1939.
Correspondence, 1942, 1961, inclusive
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Contains a letter on Mississippi State College for Women stationery, dated 5 August 1942, from President B.L. Parkinson, requesting Grace A. Lillard to occupy rooms in a campus dormitory, where she would provide an "adult point of view" to the students. With a draft of Lillard's refusal to abandon her quieter quarters elsewhere.
Also includes a postcard view of "Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Stratford-Upon-Avon," mailed 30 June 1961 by Grace Lillard and her sister, Louise (Lillard) Saffell, to their sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Parker, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
How Lasting Is Beauty? Poems by Grace Avery Lillard, circa 1964, inclusive
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Chapbook of poetry printed privately for friends. The poems range in composition date from 1943 to 1964. Most were published previously in Federal Poets Magazine.
U.S. Passports, 1969-1974, 1978-1983, inclusive
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With visa stamps for Croatia, Greece, and other European and Middle Eastern locations.
Last will and testament, with codicil, 1976/78, 1990, inclusive
Photographs | World War I, 1915-1918, undated, inclusive
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Fourteen photographs of World War I soldiers and their camp, only three of which are dated (1915, 1916, and 1918) and identified. It is unclear how these men relate to Grace Lillard or her family.
Photographs | People, 1934, undated, inclusive
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Assorted photographs, presumably of family members, friends, and Grace A. Lillard herself. Just one is dated (24 March 1934). A number are identified as "Lena" or "Louise" for Lillard's sisters Valena (Lillard) Parker and Louise (Lillard) Saffell.
Photographs | Bush Hill School, Alexandria, Virginia, [1960?] June, inclusive
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Photographs of an elementary school class outside the Bush Hill School, 5927 Westchester Street, Alexandria, Virginia. In one shot the class is posed with a female teacher or school official, who might possibly be Louise (Lillard) Saffel, sister of Grace Avery Lillard, who was an educator who lived with her husband in Alexandria.
Photographs | Cruise on SS Evangeline, 1960 August, inclusive
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The SS Evangeline was rechristened the Yarmouth Castle in 1964. She caught fire and sank in 1965 en route from Miami to the Bahamas.
Photographs | Unidentified places, undated, inclusive
[Research on Lillard], undated, inclusive
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Notes on Grace A. Lillard apparently compiled by David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC, who sold the collection to the New-York Historical Society in 2017. Includes several newspaper accounts of Lillard's life, painting, and military career, and her obituary from the Hattiesburg American, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 21 June 1990.