Archive

Name/Title

Archive

Entry/Object ID

2026.49.3

Scope and Content

Nine folders of letters, calling cards, and sympathy cards sent to Helen Trudeau and the Trudeau Family following the death of Francis Berger Trudeau on July 19, 1956. Letters include handwritten annotations from Helen about gifts and flowers sent to the family. Folders contain more than 360 notes, from at least 200 different senders. Senders include former patients, local residents, and colleagues. [Note: a list of names of senders has been transcribed, contact HSL staff to learn more.]

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sympathy flowers, Correspondence, Calling cards, Greeting cards, Death

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Jul 1956 - circa Dec 1956

Archive Size/Extent

Seven folders; more than 360 items.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Trudeau, Francis B., Trudeau, Helen Garretson