Box 5

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This subseries contains mostly birthday and other holiday cards, and also telegrams and letters; all were sent from family and friends to Treva. The researcher may note that there are several Mother’s Day cards in this subseries even though Treva did not have children. Many of Treva’s family and friends thought of her as their mother and therefore sent her cards on Mother’s Day. This subseries also contains two e-mails, written in 1998, between family and friends after Treva.

Scope and Contents This series, arranged chronologically, contains documents relating to Treva’s finances and consists of her social security card; a mileage chart and gasoline expenditures for a trip; a state of Maryland driver’s license; a Budget Envelope System; a receipt for house furnishings; a receipt for furniture movers; a letter from Baltimore Federal Savings & Loan Association (BFSLA) about War Damage Insurance; a letter from BFSLA about paying off mortgages early with higher monthly payments; a...

Scope and Contents This subseries contains ephemera related to Ben Gettings, Treva’s companion of several decades. Items include a picture of Ben; two business cards for “Gettings Brothers” poultry market at Lexington Market; two business cards for “Benjamin S. Gettings”; a blank postcard; Ben’s delayed certificate of birth; Ben’s honorable discharge paper from the U.S. Army; Ben’s notice of classification; two of Ben’s death notices laminated on bookmarks; a sympathy card for Ben’s family; and Ben’s...

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This subseries contains material related to Treva’s love of her dogs. Items consist of miscellaneous papers; a newspaper clipping of a dog; American Kennel Club registration certificates; two pedigree charts; two envelopes which held many of these items; a distemper vaccine certificate; a rabies vaccine certificate; burial receipts from Oakleigh Pet Cemetery; receipts from the cemetery; a first prize ribbon from the Catonsville Kennel Club; and two dog tag licenses.

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This subseries contains one catechism book with ephemera in the back such as correspondence. Book has slight water damage in upper left corner.

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This subseries consists of miscellaneous items relating to Treva’s life. Items consist of two address labels; a blank postcard from Lexington Market; half of an envelope with half of a ten dollar bill inside; a driver’s license holder from C. Foos Pure Food Products; a card for the 1923 Westminster Sheriff’s race; an envelope with a pin stuck in it (man on pin is unidentified); and a card (receipt) from the Watch and Clock Museum.

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This subseries consists of various printed materials including two newspaper clippings; a page of handwritten birthdays; and nineteen death notices (some on laminated cards).

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This subseries contains ephemera related to one of Treva’s many loves – horse racing. Items consist of a newspaper clipping of race results; a sweepstakes receipt from Hialeah Park; and three tickets from races at the “Fairgrounds”.