Liddell and Pickens Family Papers, 1820-1997

Collection Number: 03828

Collection Title: Liddell and Pickens Family Papers, 1820-1997

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Size	33.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 26,800 items)
Abstract	Liddell, Pickens, and related Hall, Forgey, and Battle family members lived chiefly in North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The collection includes correspondence of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle and her daughter, Vinton Liddell Pickens, and other papers of members of the related Liddell, Pickens, Battle, and Hall families. Letters are from Vinton Liddell (Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's first husband) to his mother, Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell, from Europe and Palestine; letters to daughter Vinton Liddell (later Pickens) from schoolmates in Europe during World War I; letters from Madelon Battle Hancock at the front during World War I; and letters from Anna Forbes Liddell about women's suffrage in North Carolina and from Germany in the 1930s. Pickens family correspondence includes letters from journalist Robert Sylvester Pickens (husband of Vinton Liddell Pickens) in China in 1927, letters from Vinton Liddell Pickens in China in the early 1930s, Dorothy Pike's letters about conditions in England and Ireland in the 1940s, and Cornelia Pickens Suhler's letters about diplomatic service in Germany in the 1950s. Also included are Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's recollections of the years 1864-1949. The addition of 2002 includes many letters relating to World War II both of soldiers in the field and on the homefront; it also includes typed transcriptions of many of the items in the collection as well as year-by-year detailed narratives describing family activities through 1952. The addition of 2005 contains Pickens family correspondence from 1911 to 1992, correspondence transcriptions, and family diaries, writings, and clippings.
Creator	Liddell family. Pickens family.
Curatorial Unit	Southern Historical Collection
Language	English

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Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Liddell and Pickens Family Papers #3828, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sylvester Pickens, Janelia Farm, Ashburn, Va., in 1971, 1973, and 1976, and from Jane Pickens Church, 1988-2005.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Processed by: Manuscripts Department Staff, 1970s-1980s

Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, January 2005

Series 1 and 2 (formerly Series A and B) have been maintained in the order created by the donor, Vinton Liddell Pickens.

Finding aid updated in October 2005 by Valerie Gillispie because of addition.

Additions received after 1976 have not been integrated into the original deposits. Researchers should always check additions to be sure they have identified all files of interest to them.

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Walter James Forbes Liddell Papers (#904)

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Jane Hyde Hall Liddle Battle (1866-1952) was the daughter of John Geary Hall and Eliza Hyde Hall of Ridgway, Penn. Her sister was Susan Esther Hall. Her first husband was Vinton Liddell (1859-1915) of Charlotte, N.C., son of Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell and Walter James Forbes Liddell (Eva Liddell was their daughter). Jane Hyde Hall Liddle Battle and Vinton Liddell's daughter was also named Vinton Liddell (b. 1900) until her marriage to Robert Sylvester Pickens in 1924. Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's second husband was Samuel Westray Battle (1854-1927), physician of Asheville, N.C., whom she married on 7 February 1918. Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle died in Ashville on 20 January 1952.

Robert Sylvester Pickens was the son of Emma Watts Pickens and Cornelius Miller Pickens, a Methodist minister of Charlotte and elsewhere in North Carolina. Robert Sylvester Pickens was a journalist who worked in China and other countries as well as in Washington, D.C. Jane Liddle Pickens Church (b. 23 February 1925 in Hickory, N.C.), who married Herbert Matthew Church on 27 April 1946, and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler (b. 19 February 1926 in Statesville, N.C.), who married Sidney Vernon Suhler on 29 July 1950, were daughters of Roberts Sylvester Pickens and Vinton Liddell Pickens.

Other family members and friends included Madelon Battle Hancock, who was known as "Glory". Mrs. Mortimer J. Hancock was his daughter; her son was Westray Battle Hancock. Maud Battle (Mrs. Octave Battle) was the sister-in-law of Samuel Westray Battle; Helen and Betty were her daughters. Westray Battle Boyce was later Mrs. William Leslie, then, after Leslie's death, Mrs. Wiley Long. Harriet Teal was a contemporary and friend of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle and Susan Esther Hall.

James Forbes's daughter was Isabella Forbes Liddell. Forbes Liddell was the son of Walter James Forbes Liddell and Amelia Brubaker Liddell. His wife was Myra Ravenscroft Liddell. M. J. Liddell was probably Mark John Liddell (listed as John Liddell in some genealogies). He was the half-brother of Walter James Forbes Liddell. Harry Alvan Hall was the youngest son of Benjamin McDowell Hall, only four years older than his niece, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle.

Talitha White Pickens was the third wife of Robert Wesley Pickens. Susan Miller Forgey Pickens was the second wife of Robert Wesley Pickens. Cornelius Miller Pickens, son of Robert Wesley Pickens and his second wife Susan Forgey, was known as Neal. His wife was Emma Watts Pickens. Wiley Miller Pickens was Cornelius Miller Pickens's brother. Caroline Bickley Pickens was Robert Wesley Pickens's first wife.

Note that genealogical information, including family trees, may be found in folders 1 and 2.

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The collection includes correspondence of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle and her daughter, Vinton Liddell Pickens, and other papers of members of the related Liddell, Pickens, Battle, Forgey, and Hall families. Letters are from Vinton Liddell (Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's first husband) to his mother, Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell, from Europe and Palestine; letters to daughter Vinton Liddell (later Pickens) from schoolmates in Europe during World War I; letters from Madelon Battle Hancock at the front during World War I; and letters from Anna Forbes Liddell about women's suffrage in North Carolina and from Germany in the 1930s. Pickens family correspondence includes letters from journalist Robert Sylvester Pickens (husband of Vinton Liddell Pickens) in China in 1927, letters from Vinton Liddell Pickens in China in the early 1930s, Dorothy Pike's letters about conditions in England and Ireland in the 1940s, and Cornelia Pickens Suhler's letters about diplomatic service in Germany in the 1950s. Also included are Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle's recollections of the years 1864-1949.

Note that there is much overlap among the series. The addition of 2002 includes many letters relating to World War II both of soldiers in the field and on the homefront; it also includes typed transcriptions of many of the items in the collection as well as year-by-year detailed narratives describing family activities through 1952. The addition of 2005 contains Pickens family correspondence from 1911 to 1992, correspondence transcriptions, and family diaries, writings, and clippings.

Contents list

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1. Hall-Liddell-Battle Papers, 1820-1976 and undated.
2. Pickens-Forgey Papers, 1858-1951 and undated.
Additions
Addition of May 1979 (Acc. 79108), 1881-1952 and undated.
Additions 1988-1997 (Acc. 88072, 88083, 89015, 89076, 89101, 90068, 81143, 92031, 92050, 97078), 1900s-1980s and undated.
Addition of August 2002 (Acc. 99352), 1896-1952, 1996 and undated.
Addition of August 2005 (Acc. 100160), 1853-1992 and undated.

Expand/collapse Series 1. Hall-Liddell-Battle Papers, 1820-1976 and undated.

About 6,000 items.

Arrangement: original order created by the donor maintained.

Family papers of the Hall and Liddell families of Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Included are correspondence of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle; her first husband, Vinton Liddell; their daugter Vinton, who married journalist Robert Sylvester Pickens in 1924; Jane's second husband, Samuel Westray Battle, physician of Ashville, N.C. There are also letters of Anna Forbes Liddell and family and of Walter Liddell Hill and family; diaries of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle and Vinton Liddell Pickens; and memoirs of Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, including an inventory of her home in Asheville.

Included are Vinton Liddell's letters to his mother, Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell, from Europe and Palestine; letters to Vinton Liddell Pickens from schoolmates during World War I; Vinton Liddell's corersopndence about obtaining a patent; and letters from Anna Forbes Liddell about women's suffrage in North Carolina and from Germany during the 1930s.

Principal correspondents are Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, Vinton Liddell, Samuel Westray Battle, Anna Brubaker Liddell, Walter Scott Liddell, Helen Ogden Liddell, Susan Esther Hall, Harriet Teal, Rebecca Hill Peck, Anna Forbes Liddell, Madelon Battle Hancock, and Vinton Liddell Pickens.

Note that original file folder order and titles have, for the most part, been retained. Note, however, that some women are consistently identified by their final married names in an attempt to more clearly identify these individuals over time.

Folder 1	Genealogies
Folder 2	Genealogical notes compiled by Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1976
Folder 3	Various Liddells, 1859-1896
Folder 4	Forbes, James, 1820-1824
Folder 5	Liddell, Forbes, 1869-1890
Folder 6	Liddell, Vinton, 1868-1893
Folder 7	Liddell, Vinton: College essays
Folder 8	Liddell, Walter James Forbes, 1871-1907
Folder 9	Liddell, Anna Amelia Brubaker, 1876-1912
Folder 10	Liddell, James, undated
Folder 11	Liddell, M. J., 1864
Folder 12	Hyde, Eliza-Adeline, 1856-1899
Folder 13	Hyde, Joseph Smith, 1864-1888
Folder 14	Gillis family, 1848-1902
Folder 15	Hall, Jennie, 1871-1889
Folder 16	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1883-1886
Folder 17	Hulings, Evelyn to Eliza Hall, 1864-1871
Folder 18	Hargous, Susan to Eliza Hall, 1860-1867
Folder 19	Hall, John G.: Law partnership agreement, 1862
Folder 20	Hall, John Geary: School papers
Folder 21	Hall, John Geary: Speeches
Folder 22	Hall, John Geary, 1887
Folder 23	Hall, John Geary: Miscellaneous
Folder 24	Hall, James Knox Polk, 1889
Folder 25	Hall, Frank B., 1880-1889
Folder 26	Hall, Harry Alvan, 1869-1917
Folder 27	Hall, Benjamin McDowell, 1859
Folder 28-37 Folder 28 Folder 29 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37	Liddell, Vinton to Anna Amelia Brubaker Liddell, 1895-1914
Folder 38	Liddell, Vinton to Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1904-1915
Folder 39-41 Folder 39 Folder 40 Folder 41	Liddell, Vinton: Memorials, letters of condolence, etc., 1915
Folder 42	Liddell, Vinton and Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle: Miscellaneous letters, 1890-1920
Folder 43-46 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell to Susan Esther Hall: 1888-1892
Folder 47-50 Folder 47 Folder 48 Folder 49 Folder 50	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell to Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1903-1909-1911
Folder 51	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell to Susan Esther Hall, 1913
Folder 52	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell to Susan E. Halland and Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1914
Folder 53-58 Folder 53 Folder 54 Folder 55 Folder 56 Folder 57 Folder 58	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell to Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1915-1926
Folder 59	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell to Susan Esther Hall, 1925-1926
Folder 60-72 Folder 60 Folder 61 Folder 62 Folder 63 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66 Folder 67 Folder 68 Folder 69 Folder 70 Folder 71 Folder 72	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1927-1952
Folder 73-77 Folder 73 Folder 74 Folder 75 Folder 76 Folder 77	Battle family, 1916-1951 and undated
Folder 78-80 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80	Teal, Harriet, 1907-1956
Folder 81-87 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1913-1951 and undated
Folder 88	Hall, Susan Esther, 1920-1927
Folder 89	Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1929
Folder 90-102 Folder 90 Folder 91 Folder 92 Folder 93 Folder 94 Folder 95 Folder 96 Folder 97 Folder 98 Folder 99 Folder 100 Folder 101 Folder 102	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1911-1951 and undated
Folder 103	National Cathedral Association, 1936-1945
Folder 104	Weaver, Ralph C., 1029-1931
Folder 105	Miscellaneous, 1933-1947
Folder 106	Battle family, 1933-1942
Folder 107	Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1942-1943
Folder 108	Various organizations, 1931-1951
Folder 109	Miscellaneous, 1928-1951
Folder 110-125 Folder 110 Folder 111 Folder 112 Folder 113 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117 Folder 118 Folder 119 Folder 120 Folder 121 Folder 122 Folder 123 Folder 124 Folder 125	Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1909-1951 and undated
Folder 126-130 Folder 126 Folder 127 Folder 128 Folder 129 Folder 130	Hall, Susan Esther, 1906-1928 and undated
Folder 131-141 Folder 131 Folder 132 Folder 133 Folder 134 Folder 135 Folder 136 Folder 137 Folder 138 Folder 139 Folder 140 Folder 141	Liddell, Anna Amelia Brubaker, 1907-1923
Folder 142	Liddell, Vinton, 1913-1919
Folder 143-149 Folder 143 Folder 144 Folder 145 Folder 146 Folder 147 Folder 148 Folder 149	Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1903-1933 and undated
Folder 150	Hall, Susan Esther, 1904-1928 and undated
Folder 151-154 Folder 151 Folder 152 Folder 153 Folder 154	Liddell family, 1911-1951
Folder 155	Liddell, Walter Scott, 1885-1922
Folder 156-158 Folder 156 Folder 157 Folder 158	Liddell, Helen Sherman Ogden, 1939-1960
Folder 159-166 Folder 159 Folder 160 Folder 161 Folder 162 Folder 163 Folder 164 Folder 165 Folder 166	Liddell, Anna Forbes, 1900-1974 and undated
Folder 167-168 Folder 167 Folder 168	Hill, Walter Liddell and family, 1893-1973 and undated
Folder 169	Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1911-1946
Volume V-3828/1	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1895
Volume V-3828/2	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1909
Volume V-3828/3	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1910
Volume V-3828/4	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1912
Volume V-3828/5	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1913
Volume V-3828/6	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1914
Volume V-3828/7	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1915
Volume V-3828/8	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1916
Volume V-3828/9	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1917
Volume V-3828/10	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1918-1919
Volume V-3828/11	Diary: Vinton Liddell Pickens(?), undated
Volume V-3828/12	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1908
Volume V-3828/13	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1910-1914
Volume V-3828/14	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1915-1919
Volume V-3828/15	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1920-1924
Volume V-3828/16	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1925-1929
Volume V-3828/17	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1930-1934
Volume V-3828/18	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1935-1939
Volume V-3828/19	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1940-1944
Volume V-3828/20	Diary: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1945-1949
Volume V-3828/21	"Memories": Jane Hyde Hall Liddell Battle, 1941 Includes house inventory

Expand/collapse Series 2. Pickens-Forgey Papers, 1858-1951 and undated.

About 3,000 items.

Arrangement: original order created by the donor maintained.

Includes 19th century papers of the Pickens and Forgey families; correspondence of journalist Robert Sylvester Pickens and Vinton Liddell Pickens of Ashburn, Va., and elsewhere; and correspondence of their daughters Jane Liddell Pickens Church and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler. Included are Robert Sylvester Pickens's correspondence about The Reviewer; his 1927 letters from China; Cornelius M. Pickens's corerspondnece about the trial of Methodist minister Dr. Chappell; Vinton Liddell Pickens's letters from the Far East in the early 1930s; Dorothy Pike's letters about conditions in England and Ireland in the 1940s; and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler's letters about life in the diplomatic service in Germany in the early 1950s.

Principal correspondents are Vinton Liddell Pickens, Robert Sylvester Pickens, Cornelius M. Pickens, Stanton Watts Pickens, Wiley Millerj Pickens, Marshall Ivey Pickens, Philip Smith, Jane Liddell Pickens Church, Herbert Church, Jr., and Cornelia Stanton Pickens Suhler.

Note that original file folder titles and order have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 170	Annual notes and genealogy
Folder 171-177 Folder 171 Folder 172 Folder 173 Folder 174 Folder 175 Folder 176 Folder 177	Miscellaneous Pickens family, 1856-1922 and undated
Folder 178	Pickens, Wiley Miller, 1918-1919
Folder 179	Pickens, Robert Wesley, 1872-1887
Folder 180	Deed, 1863
Folder 181	Pickens, Cornelius Miller, 1921-1942 and undated
Folder 182-184 Folder 182 Folder 183 Folder 184	Pickens, Emma Watts and Cornelius Miller Pickens, 1925-1951
Folder 185	Miscellaneous A
Folder 186	Miscellaneous B
Folder 187	Miscellaneous C
Folder 188	Miscellaneous D-E
Folder 189	Miscellaneous F
Folder 190-191 Folder 190 Folder 191	Miscellaneous G
Folder 192	Miscellaneous H
Folder 193	Miscellaneous J-K
Folder 194	Miscellaneous L
Folder 195	Miscellaneous M
Folder 196	Miscellaneous N-O
Folder 197	Miscellaneous P-Q
Folder 198-199 Folder 198 Folder 199	Miscellaneous R
Folder 200	Miscellaneous S
Folder 201	Miscellaneous T-V
Folder 202	Miscellaneous W
Folder 203	Miscellaneous
Folder 204-208 Folder 204 Folder 205 Folder 206 Folder 207 Folder 208	Pickens, Robert Sylvester (with some Vinton Liddell Pickens), 1919-1951 and undated
Folder 209-213 Folder 209 Folder 210 Folder 211 Folder 212 Folder 213	Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1921-1951
Folder 214-216 Folder 214 Folder 215 Folder 216	Suhler, Cornelia Pickens and Jane Pickens Church, 1930-1950
Folder 217-218 Folder 217 Folder 218	Suhler, Cornelia Pickens, 1927-1952
Folder 219-228 Folder 219 Folder 220 Folder 221 Folder 222 Folder 223 Folder 224 Folder 225 Folder 226 Folder 227 Folder 228	Church, Jane Pickens, 1927-1951
Folder 229	Church, Herbert
Folder 230-232 Folder 230 Folder 231 Folder 232	Church, Jane Pickens, 1935-1951
Folder 233-235 Folder 233 Folder 234 Folder 235	Pickens, Marshall Ivy, 1924-1953
Folder 236-239 Folder 236 Folder 237 Folder 238 Folder 239	Miscellaneous Pickens
Folder 240	Claim settlement, October 1911
Folder 241	V-3828/22: Vinton Liddell Pickens "This book contains names of guests (mostly Charlotte people) invited to my wedding."

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Expand/collapse Addition of May 1979 (Acc. 79108), 1881-1952 and undated.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: by series, then chronological.

Materials relating to Series 1 and 2 (formerly A and B).

Folder 242	Series 1: Hall, Walter Liddell, 1883-1935
Folder 243-247 Folder 243 Folder 244 Folder 245 Folder 246 Folder 247	Series 1: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1903-1951
Folder 248-250 Folder 248 Folder 249 Folder 250	Series 1: Hill, David
Folder 251	Series 2: Church, Jane Pickens, 1941-1943
Folder 251-254 Folder 251 Folder 252 Folder 253 Folder 254	Series 2: Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1911-1952
Folder 255	Series 2: Pickens, Robert Sylvester, 1926
Folder 256-257 Folder 256 Folder 257	Series 2: Church, Jane Pickens, 1940-1951
Folder 258	Series 2: Suhler, Cornelia Pickens, 1937-1948
Folder 259	Miscellaneous

Expand/collapse Additions 1988-1997 (Acc. 88072, 88083, 89015, 89076, 89101, 90068, 81143, 92031, 92050, 97078), 1900s-1980s and undated.

About 3000 items.

Arrangement: chiefly chronological.

Materials arranged by Jane Pickens Church. They are chiefly letters among Battle, Church, Liddell, and Pickens family members. Indexes identifying and locating senders and recipients were created by Church; they are filed before the letters for each year.

Folder 260-264 Folder 260 Folder 261 Folder 262 Folder 263 Folder 264	1952
Folder 265-266 Folder 265 Folder 266	1953
Folder 267-268 Folder 267 Folder 268	1954
Folder 269-270 Folder 269 Folder 270	1955
Folder 271-272 Folder 271 Folder 272	1956
Folder 273-275 Folder 273 Folder 274 Folder 275	1957
Folder 276-279 Folder 276 Folder 277 Folder 278 Folder 279	1958
Folder 280-283 Folder 280 Folder 281 Folder 282 Folder 283	1959
Folder 284-287 Folder 284 Folder 285 Folder 286 Folder 287	1960
Folder 288-290 Folder 288 Folder 289 Folder 290	1961
Folder 291-292 Folder 291 Folder 292	1962
Folder 293-296 Folder 293 Folder 294 Folder 295 Folder 296	1963
Folder 297-300 Folder 297 Folder 298 Folder 299 Folder 300	1964
Folder 301-306 Folder 301 Folder 302 Folder 303 Folder 304 Folder 305 Folder 306	1965
Folder 307-310 Folder 307 Folder 308 Folder 309 Folder 310	1966
Folder 311-314 Folder 311 Folder 312 Folder 313 Folder 314	1967
Folder 315-318 Folder 315 Folder 316 Folder 317 Folder 318	1968
Folder 319-322 Folder 319 Folder 320 Folder 321 Folder 322	1969
Folder 323	Battle, Belknap, 1928-1943
Folder 324	Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1952 Letters of condolence on her death
Folder 325	Battle, Samuel Westray, 1927 Letters of condolence on his death
Folder 326	Church, Jane Liddell and Herbert Church
Folder 327	Pickens, Celia and Susan Pickens, 1935-1936
Folder 328	Pickens, Robert Sylvester
Folder 329	Pickens, Vinton Liddell
Folder 330	Shepherd, Emil
Folder 331	Suhler, Cornelia Pickens
Folder 332	Undated and fragments
Folder 333-337 Folder 333 Folder 334 Folder 335 Folder 336 Folder 337	Miscellaneous, 1900s-1980s
Folder 338	Appointment books: Pickens, Robert Sylvester, 1964
Folder 339-340 Folder 339 Folder 340	Diary: Pickens, Vinton Liddell, 1910-1913; 1920-1923
Folder 341	Financial and legal: Hall-Liddell-Battle Trusts, 1961

Expand/collapse Addition of August 2002 (Acc. 99352), 1896-1952, 1996 and undated.

About 10,000 items.

Arrangement: chiefly chronological.

Original materials are chiefly family correspondence and related items, many relating to World War II both to soldiers in the field and those on the homefront. Also included are typed transcriptions of many of the items in the collection. These transcriptions have been maintained in the original order created by the donor, which is primarily a unified chronological run of correspondence with transcribed diaries and other materials filed outside the chronology. At the beginning of the files for most years, there is a folder with a detailed narrative describing family activities during particular year through 1952. Before the 1924 folders, there are several folders relating to Pickens family history, 1697-1923. The arrangement of the transcriptions should make it relatively easy to determine whether or not there is a typed transcription of a particular original item.

Folder 342a	Original materials: 1896-1923
Folder 342b	Original materials: 1924-1925
Folder 343	Original materials: 1926-1927
Folder 344	Original materials: 1928-1929
Folder 345	Original materials: 1930-1932
Folder 346	Original materials: 1933
Folder 347	Original materials: 1934
Folder 348	Original materials: 1935
Folder 349	Original materials: 1936-1937
Folder 350-352 Folder 350 Folder 351 Folder 352	Original materials: 1938-1939
Folder 353-361 Folder 353 Folder 354 Folder 355 Folder 356 Folder 357 Folder 358 Folder 359 Folder 360 Folder 361	Original materials: 1940
Folder 362-374 Folder 362 Folder 363 Folder 364 Folder 365 Folder 366 Folder 367 Folder 368 Folder 369 Folder 370 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373 Folder 374	Original materials: 1941
Folder 375-388 Folder 375 Folder 376 Folder 377 Folder 378 Folder 379 Folder 380 Folder 381 Folder 382 Folder 383 Folder 384 Folder 385 Folder 386 Folder 387 Folder 388	Original materials: 1942
Folder 389-398 Folder 389 Folder 390 Folder 391 Folder 392 Folder 393 Folder 394 Folder 395 Folder 396 Folder 397 Folder 398	Original materials: 1943
Folder 399-413 Folder 399 Folder 400 Folder 401 Folder 402 Folder 403 Folder 404 Folder 405 Folder 406 Folder 407 Folder 408 Folder 409 Folder 410 Folder 411 Folder 412 Folder 413	Original materials: 1944
Folder 414-433 Folder 414 Folder 415 Folder 416 Folder 417 Folder 418 Folder 419 Folder 420 Folder 421 Folder 422 Folder 423 Folder 424 Folder 425 Folder 426 Folder 427 Folder 428 Folder 429 Folder 430 Folder 431 Folder 432 Folder 433	Original materials: 1945
Folder 434	Original materials: Undated post-1945
Folder 435-440 Folder 435 Folder 436 Folder 437 Folder 438 Folder 439 Folder 440	Original materials: 1946
Folder 441	Original materials: 1947
Folder 442	Original materials: 1948-1949
Folder 443-444 Folder 443 Folder 444	Original materials: 1950
Folder 445	Original materials: 1951
Folder 446	Original materials: 1996
Folder 447	Original materials: Christmas cards
Folder 448	Original materials: Diary: Church, Herbert, 1930-1934
Folder 449	Original materials: Miscellaneous items Bills, receipts, clippings, and other items
Folder 450-451 Folder 450 Folder 451	Transcriptions: Memoirs: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell
Folder 452	Transcriptions: Diary: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1913
Folder 453-459 Folder 453 Folder 454 Folder 455 Folder 456 Folder 457 Folder 458 Folder 459	Transcriptions: Diaries: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell and Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1914-1920
Folder 460-461 Folder 460 Folder 461	Transcriptions: Diary: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1921, 1933-1934
Folder 462-463 Folder 462 Folder 463	Transcriptions: Diaries: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, Jane Liddell Pickens, Cornelia Pickens Suhler, 1935, 1936
Folder 464	Transcriptions: Diary: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1937
Folder 465	Transcriptions: Diaries: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell and Vinton Liddell Pickens, 1938
Folder 466-467 Folder 466 Folder 467	Transcriptions: Diaries: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell and Jane Liddell Pickens, 1938-1939, 1940
Folder 468-476 Folder 468 Folder 469 Folder 470 Folder 471 Folder 472 Folder 473 Folder 474 Folder 475 Folder 476	Transcriptions: Diary: Battle, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell, 1941-1949
Folder 477	Transcriptions: 1884
Folder 478-480 Folder 478 Folder 479 Folder 480	Transcriptions: 1912
Folder 481-483 Folder 481 Folder 482 Folder 483	Transcriptions: 1913
Folder 484-488 Folder 484 Folder 485 Folder 486 Folder 487 Folder 488	Transcriptions: 1914
Folder 489-493 Folder 489 Folder 490 Folder 491 Folder 492 Folder 493	Transcriptions: 1915
Folder 494-499 Folder 494 Folder 495 Folder 496 Folder 497 Folder 498 Folder 499	Transcriptions: 1916
Folder 500-504 Folder 500 Folder 501 Folder 502 Folder 503 Folder 504	Transcriptions: 1917
Folder 505-510 Folder 505 Folder 506 Folder 507 Folder 508 Folder 509 Folder 510	Transcriptions: 1918
Folder 511-514 Folder 511 Folder 512 Folder 513 Folder 514	Transcriptions: 1919
Folder 515-517 Folder 515 Folder 516 Folder 517	Transcriptions: 1920
Folder 518-521 Folder 518 Folder 519 Folder 520 Folder 521	Transcriptions: 1921
Folder 522a-522e	Transcriptions: 1922
Folder 523-526 Folder 523 Folder 524 Folder 525 Folder 526	Transcriptions: 1923
Folder 527-537 Folder 527 Folder 528 Folder 529 Folder 530 Folder 531 Folder 532 Folder 533 Folder 534 Folder 535 Folder 536 Folder 537	Transcriptions: 1924: Pickens family background, 1697-1923
Folder 538-544 Folder 538 Folder 539 Folder 540 Folder 541 Folder 542 Folder 543 Folder 544	Transcriptions: 1924
Folder 545-548 Folder 545 Folder 546 Folder 547 Folder 548	Transcriptions: 1925
Folder 549-555 Folder 549 Folder 550 Folder 551 Folder 552 Folder 553 Folder 554 Folder 555	Transcriptions: 1926
Folder 556-564 Folder 556 Folder 557 Folder 558 Folder 559 Folder 560 Folder 561 Folder 562 Folder 563 Folder 564	Transcriptions: 1927
Folder 565-571 Folder 565 Folder 566 Folder 567 Folder 568 Folder 569 Folder 570 Folder 571	Transcriptions: 1928
Folder 572-578 Folder 572 Folder 573 Folder 574 Folder 575 Folder 576 Folder 577 Folder 578	Transcriptions: 1929
Folder 579-588 Folder 579 Folder 580 Folder 581 Folder 582 Folder 583 Folder 584 Folder 585 Folder 586 Folder 587 Folder 588	Transcriptions: 1930
Folder 589-598 Folder 589 Folder 590 Folder 591 Folder 592 Folder 593 Folder 594 Folder 595 Folder 596 Folder 597 Folder 598	Transcriptions: 1931
Folder 599-611 Folder 599 Folder 600 Folder 601 Folder 602 Folder 603 Folder 604 Folder 605 Folder 606 Folder 607 Folder 608 Folder 609 Folder 610 Folder 611	Transcriptions: 1932
Folder 612-623 Folder 612 Folder 613 Folder 614 Folder 615 Folder 616 Folder 617 Folder 618 Folder 619 Folder 620 Folder 621 Folder 622 Folder 623	Transcriptions: 1933
Folder 624-635 Folder 624 Folder 625 Folder 626 Folder 627 Folder 628 Folder 629 Folder 630 Folder 631 Folder 632 Folder 633 Folder 634 Folder 635	Transcriptions: 1934
Folder 636-647 Folder 636 Folder 637 Folder 638 Folder 639 Folder 640 Folder 641 Folder 642 Folder 643 Folder 644 Folder 645 Folder 646 Folder 647	Transcriptions: 1935
Folder 648-659 Folder 648 Folder 649 Folder 650 Folder 651 Folder 652 Folder 653 Folder 654 Folder 655 Folder 656 Folder 657 Folder 658 Folder 659	Transcriptions: 1936
Folder 660-672 Folder 660 Folder 661 Folder 662 Folder 663 Folder 664 Folder 665 Folder 666 Folder 667 Folder 668 Folder 669 Folder 670 Folder 671 Folder 672	Transcriptions: 1937
Folder 673-682 Folder 673 Folder 674 Folder 675 Folder 676 Folder 677 Folder 678 Folder 679 Folder 680 Folder 681 Folder 682	Transcriptions: 1938
Folder 683-692 Folder 683 Folder 684 Folder 685 Folder 686 Folder 687 Folder 688 Folder 689 Folder 690 Folder 691 Folder 692	Transcriptions: 1939
Folder 693-704 Folder 693 Folder 694 Folder 695 Folder 696 Folder 697 Folder 698 Folder 699 Folder 700 Folder 701 Folder 702 Folder 703 Folder 704	Transcriptions: 1940
Folder 705-714 Folder 705 Folder 706 Folder 707 Folder 708 Folder 709 Folder 710 Folder 711 Folder 712 Folder 713 Folder 714	Transcriptions: 1941
Folder 715-727 Folder 715 Folder 716 Folder 717 Folder 718 Folder 719 Folder 720 Folder 721 Folder 722 Folder 723 Folder 724 Folder 725 Folder 726 Folder 727	Transcriptions: 1942
Folder 728-739 Folder 728 Folder 729 Folder 730 Folder 731 Folder 732 Folder 733 Folder 734 Folder 735 Folder 736 Folder 737 Folder 738 Folder 739	Transcriptions: 1943
Folder 740-750 Folder 740 Folder 741 Folder 742 Folder 743 Folder 744 Folder 745 Folder 746 Folder 747 Folder 748 Folder 749 Folder 750	Transcriptions: 1944
Folder 751-757 Folder 751 Folder 752 Folder 753 Folder 754 Folder 755 Folder 756 Folder 757	Transcriptions: 1945
Folder 758-765 Folder 758 Folder 759 Folder 760 Folder 761 Folder 762 Folder 763 Folder 764 Folder 765	Transcriptions: 1946
Folder 766-771 Folder 766 Folder 767 Folder 768 Folder 769 Folder 770 Folder 771	Transcriptions: 1947
Folder 772-776 Folder 772 Folder 773 Folder 774 Folder 775 Folder 776	Transcriptions: 1948
Folder 777-781 Folder 777 Folder 778 Folder 779 Folder 780 Folder 781	Transcriptions: 1949
Folder 782-787 Folder 782 Folder 783 Folder 784 Folder 785 Folder 786 Folder 787	Transcriptions: 1950
Folder 788-797 Folder 788 Folder 789 Folder 790 Folder 791 Folder 792 Folder 793 Folder 794 Folder 795 Folder 796 Folder 797	Transcriptions: 1951
Folder 798-800 Folder 798 Folder 799 Folder 800	Transcriptions: 1952

Expand/collapse Addition of August 2005 (Acc. 100160), 1853-1992 and undated.

About 4500 items.

Chiefly the family correspondence of Vinton Liddell Pickens, Jane Pickens Church, Robert S. Pickens, and Cornelia Pickens Suhler. Correspondence is arranged chronologically. Much of the correspondence regards the news of family and friends. Correspondence from the 1920s is mainly between Vinton and Robert ("Bobby"), and discusses their courtship, marriage, the births of their children, financial difficulties, and Robert's travels to China as a journalist. The 1930s correspondence also contains discussion of Robert's international travels, including those with the president of the United States. There is also correspondence between Vinton and her mother, Jane Hyde Hall Liddell. In the 1940s, Robert continued to travel abroad, including to North Africa and England, to report on World War II. Stanton W. Pickens, a relative, also wrote to Vinton describing the war in Italy. Following her graduation from college in 1947, Cornelia took a year long trip through Europe and sent lively letters home to her mother. 1950s correspondence includes letters between Vinton and her mother Jane, then letters discussing Jane's death. There are also letters from daughters Cornelia and Jane to Vinton. In the 1960s, Vinton and Robert celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and received many cards and letters from well-wishers. There is also correspondence about Vinton's book, Serendipity. There is no correspondence from 1968 and 1969. Most of the 1970s correspondence is between Jane Pickens Church and Herbert Church. The couple divorced in the early 1970s. The 1980s and 1990s correspondence belongs equally to Jane and Vinton. Topics include Vinton and Jane's social activism, monetary donations, and travels. Also discussed is Jane's interest in bird watching and bird banding. There is no correspondence from late 1981 or 1982.

Also included in this addition are transcriptions of correspondence from 1873 to 1911 and 1934. Other materials in this addition are family materials such as diaries, writings, and clippings, mostly belonging to individual family members. These are arranged in alphabetical order.

Folder 801	Correspondence, 1911-1913
Folder 802	Correspondence, 1916-1919
Folder 803	Correspondence, 1920-1923
Folder 804-806 Folder 804 Folder 805 Folder 806	Correspondence, 1924
Folder 807	Correspondence, 1925-March 1926
Folder 808-810 Folder 808 Folder 809 Folder 810	Correspondence, 1926: April-December
Folder 811-812 Folder 811 Folder 812	Correspondence, 1927
Folder 813	Correspondence, 1928-1929
Folder 814	Correspondence, 1930-1931
Folder 815	Correspondence, 1932-1933
Folder 816	Correspondence, 1934-1935
Folder 817	Correspondence, 1936-1937
Folder 818-820 Folder 818 Folder 819 Folder 820	Correspondence, 1938
Folder 821-822 Folder 821 Folder 822	Correspondence, 1939
Folder 823	Correspondence, 1940-1941
Folder 824	Correspondence, 1942
Folder 825	Correspondence, 1943
Folder 826-827 Folder 826 Folder 827	Correspondence, 1944
Folder 828-829 Folder 828 Folder 829	Correspondence, 1945
Folder 830-831 Folder 830 Folder 831	Correspondence, 1946
Folder 832-833 Folder 832 Folder 833	Correspondence, 1947
Folder 834-835 Folder 834 Folder 835	Correspondence, 1948
Folder 836-837 Folder 836 Folder 837	Correspondence, 1949
Folder 838	Correspondence, 1950
Folder 839	Correspondence, 1951-1952
Folder 840	Correspondence, 1953-1956
Folder 841	Correspondence, 1957-1959
Folder 842	Correspondence, 1960-1963
Folder 843-845 Folder 843 Folder 844 Folder 845	Correspondence, 1964
Folder 846	Correspondence, 1965-1967
Folder 847	Correspondence, 1971-1975
Folder 848	Correspondence, 1976-1979
Folder 849-850 Folder 849 Folder 850	Correspondence, 1981: February-May
Folder 851	Correspondence, 1983
Folder 852-856 Folder 852 Folder 853 Folder 854 Folder 855 Folder 856	Correspondence, 1984
Folder 857-861 Folder 857 Folder 858 Folder 859 Folder 860 Folder 861	Correspondence, 1985
Folder 862-866 Folder 862 Folder 863 Folder 864 Folder 865 Folder 866	Correspondence, 1986
Folder 867-868 Folder 867 Folder 868	Correspondence, 1987
Folder 869-872 Folder 869 Folder 870 Folder 871 Folder 872	Correspondence, 1988
Folder 873-875 Folder 873 Folder 874 Folder 875	Correspondence, 1989
Folder 876-877 Folder 876 Folder 877	Correspondence, 1990
Folder 878	Correspondence, 1991
Folder 879-880 Folder 879 Folder 880	Correspondence, 1992
Folder 881	Correspondence, undated
Folder 882	Transcriptions, 1873-1881
Folder 883	Transcriptions, 1882-1884
Folder 884	Transcriptions, 1896-1898
Folder 885	Transcriptions, 1899-1905
Folder 886	Transcriptions, 1906-1907
Folder 887	Transcriptions, 1910-1911
Folder 888	Transcriptions, 1934
Folder 889	Transcriptions: Jane Hyde Hall Liddell writings, 1911
Folder 890	Transcriptions: Vinton Liddell (Pickens) writings, 1911
Folder 891	Church, Herbert: Will, 1983
Folder 892	Church, Jane Pickens: Bird banding, 1981
Folder 893	Church, Jane Pickens: Writings, 1934, 1984
Folder 894	Hall, John G.: Song lyrics, 1853
Folder 895	Hall, Susannah Geary: Clipping, 1911
Folder 896	Liddell, Anna Forbes: Writings, undated
Folder 897	Liddell, Katharine: Death announcements, 1960
Folder 898	Link-Pickens Publishing Company balances, 1926
Folder 899	Pickens, C. M.: Funeral prayer, 1951
Folder 900	Pickens, Marshall : letter, 1977
Folder 901	Pickens, Robert S.: Clippings, 1932, 1968
Folder 902	Pickens, Robert S.: Datebook, 1927
Folder 903	Pickens, Robert S.: Herbert Hoover reception, 1931
Folder 904	Pickens, Robert S.: Power of Attorney, 1942
Folder 905	Pickens, Robert S.: Writings, 1932-1933 and undated
Folder 906	Pickens, Vinton Liddell: Art exhibits, 1954-1992
Folder 907	Pickens, Vinton Liddell: Clippings, 1978-1994 and undated
Folder 908-909 Folder 908 Folder 909	Pickens, Vinton Liddell: Diary, 1924-1926 Some of the pages of this looseleaf diary are typed and others are handwritten. It is not clear whether the typed pages were originally typewritten or if they were transcribed later.
Folder 910	Pickens, Vinton Liddell: Land use agreement, 1984
Folder 911	Pickens, Vinton Liddell: Massey Medal, 1964
Folder 912	Pickens, Vinton Liddell: Notebook, 1911-1912
Folder 913	Pickens, Vinton Liddell: Writings, 1930-1970 and undated
Folder 914	Pickens, Vinton Liddell: Writings, 1986-1988
Folder 915	Riggs, Lillian: Diary, 1938-1939 According to a note included with the diary, Lillian Riggs was the proprietress of Faraway Ranch in Dos Cabezas, Ariz., where the Pickens family spent the winter of 1938 and 1939. She later visited the Pickens family in Virgina at Janelia Farm.
Folder 916	Suhler, Cornelia Pickens: Writings, 1948
Folder 917	Miscellaneous

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Collection Number: 03828

Collection Title: Liddell and Pickens Family Papers, 1820-1997