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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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
- Fields Jr., Garland and Miller, Bill
- 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
