Letter by Garland Fields Sr. to Emeline Gillette, with envelope and fragments
Item
- Title
- Letter by Garland Fields Sr. to Emeline Gillette, with envelope and fragments
- Description
- Garland Fields Sr. (1897 - 1974) was the grandfather of Beverly Mills (b. 1960). Mills is one of the co-founders of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum with Elaine Buck. The two co-authored the books noted below.
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In 2021, Bill Miller found the letters to Emeline in the attic of his home. The letters had been framed. They were removed and digitized for this project.
This letter, and the second one that is part of the project and linked below, is a mystery to Mills' family. Fields did not marry Emeline, and never spoke of her to his family.
The letters speak with tenderness and eagerness, and document the challenges of a relationship in a time when telephones were not commonplace. - African Americans of Central New Jersey A History of Harmony and Hostility
- If These Stones Could Talk: African American Presence in the Hopewell Valley, Sourland Mountain and Surrounding Regions of New Jersey
- Letter with envelope by Garland Fields Sr. to Emeline Gillette.
- Contributor
- Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum
- Date Created
- 1921/03/21
- Creator
- Garland Fields, Sr.
- Rights
- This work is believed to be in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. For more information, see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
- Language
- eng
- Format
- Text
- Extent
- 2 pages, 1 envelope, 2 fragments
- Spatial Coverage
- Far Hills, NJ
- Publisher
- SSAAM
- Is Part Of
- 2024.2.4.2
- Item sets
- Black Joy & Resilience
