Correspondence and Documents About Writing Desk, etc.

Name/Title

Correspondence and Documents About Writing Desk, etc.

Entry/Object ID

2009.016.2a

Scope and Content

Group of typewritten documents including correspondence from Carl Bruce Kusrow of Herndon, VA, to Burnet R. Maybank, in 1978, concerning Kusrow's acquisition of ABR's writing desk, his research on ABR, and his desire to obtain an image of ABR to go with the desk. A typewritten description of the desk and the papers found inside is part of this group. This group of documents helps provide provenance for the Rhett papers.

Collection

Aiken-Rhett House

Acquisition

Accession

2009.016.

Source or Donor

Maybank, Thomas

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas Maybank

Lexicon

Search Terms

Correspondence, Personal Papers, Aiken-Rhett family, Aiken-Rhett family--Correspondence, Aiken-Rhett family--Sources

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Documents

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1863

Archive Notes

Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Rhett, Andrew Burnet

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 4, 2009

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023