Papers of the Benjamin Franklin Yancey Family

Benjamin Franklin Yancey to Harriet Anna Yancey, June 17, 1908
B.F. Yancey, writing from Richmond (Ford's Hotel), thanks his wife for financial business she has conducted for him and discusses problems he is having with the Jeane Fund and with obtaining money from patrons for the upcoming school year. He requests that his wife, Harriet, not speak of his problems with the patrons, that instead he will wait and see how things play out when he returns in the fall.

Rosa Bell Simpson to Benjamin Franklin Yancey, October 30, 1910
Rosa Simpson, a student at the Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, writes her former teacher, B.F. Yancey, to say thank you and wish him well.

Reverend W.H. James to Benjamin Franklin Yancey, May 17, 1914
W.H. James discusses the recent commencement he attended in Petersburg, Virginia.

Roger McKinley Yancey to Harriet Anna Yancey, November 19, 1919
Roger Yancey tells his mother, Harriet, about the progress of Hampton's football team as well as his plans for Thanksgiving.

William M. Scott to Harriet Anna Yancey, November 28, 1919
William Scott tells his cousin Harriet Yancey about his decision to attend theology school.

Harriet Anna Yancey to May Elizabeth Yancey, October 11, 1920
Harriet Yancey writes to tell her daughter, May, all the news from Esmont, Virginia.

Harriet Anna Yancey to May Elizabeth Yancey, January 6, 1921
Harriet Yancey writes her daughter, May, to tell her all the news from Esmont, Virginia. Harriet gives May a lecture on how to be a "good girl" in college.

Therise Winfrey to May Elizabeth Yancey, March 2, 1921
Therise Winfrey writes her old friend, May Yancey, to tell her about her life in Kentucky.

May Elizabeth Yancey to Harriet Anna Yancey, January 2, 1925
May Yancey informs her mother, Harriet, as to when she will be arriving in Plainfield, New Jersey.

George A. Owens to May Elizabeth Yancey, August 11, 1926
George Owens inquires about May Yancey's summer. He plans to attend the World Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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