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Notes from a Household Purge: Things not to be purged
Wed, Feb. 28th, 2007 08:25 amAs some of you may know, I go through periods of genealogy-mania. As a result, I've become something of a family archivist, especially for my father's family. I try to keep all the material in one place, but every now and then I find items that have strayed from my completely unscientific storage and filing system (which must be improved, really). Among the things I have found is ( the elaborate, engraved certificate that certifies my grandfather as a Shriner )
I've also found a 1927 letter from Eddie Cantor to my grandfather, confirming family stories that they were friends. The letter is a note declining a dinner invitation because he must attend to rehearsals for a play called "Kid Boots" which, according to IMDB, was later filmed and in which he starred.
There's a whole stack of my grandmother's drawings; she was a very good portraitist.
And then there's my grandmother's report card or, as it says here, "Estimate of Graduating Pupil's Attainments" from 1911. She was a solid B+ student. ( Here are some (in fact, less than half) of thing things upon which she was graded, word for word )
See what happens when you clean house? :-)
I've also found a 1927 letter from Eddie Cantor to my grandfather, confirming family stories that they were friends. The letter is a note declining a dinner invitation because he must attend to rehearsals for a play called "Kid Boots" which, according to IMDB, was later filmed and in which he starred.
There's a whole stack of my grandmother's drawings; she was a very good portraitist.
And then there's my grandmother's report card or, as it says here, "Estimate of Graduating Pupil's Attainments" from 1911. She was a solid B+ student. ( Here are some (in fact, less than half) of thing things upon which she was graded, word for word )
See what happens when you clean house? :-)