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MS1408 box 3

MS1408
Folder 1. (80) letters from Cathy (Cathie) Vilas to her parents (Edward P. Vilas and Catherine Deuel Vilas, a.k.a. Ned and Trum
Folder 2. Twenty-four letters between Susan Deuel Robinson and husband Gain Robinson in Medford, Oregon in 1952 while she was visiting Paris, France // One postcard from Susan Deuel Robinson to her husband Gain Robinson in Medford, Oregon in 1952.
Folder 3. Eleven letters from Ned (Edward P.) Vilas home to his parents (Joseph Stillwell Vilas and Elizabeth Emery) in 1924.
Folder 4. Five letters between Catherine Deuel Vilas (Trum) and Edward Vilas (Ned)
Folder 5. miscellaneous letters from family and friends to and from Cathy Deuel Vilas in 1952.
Folder 6. Letter from Edward P. Vilas (Ned) Dec. 11, 1918
Folder 7. letters from Peter Howell to Cathy Vilas in Medford from 1946 - 1949.
Folder 8. ephemera related to Cathy Vilas' upcoming trip to France to study abroad.
Folder 9. Miscellaneous blank postcards from Cathy Vilas collection. newspaper clippings of plays and music happening in France.
Folder 10. Miscellaneous ephemera re: Cathy Vilas, ca. 1952. including Red Cross card and a "going away" gift list from her European study abroad trip.
Folder 11. A single letter from Ned (Edward P. Vilas) of Medford, Oregon to his mother. Possibility written around 1912-1914.
Folder 12. (5) Miscellaneous paper ephemera, ca. 1950's, 4 pcs from France: receipt from Hotel de l'Aigle Noir, postcard advertising La Vieille Maison, a business card from Auberge a la Mere Ronanme, a poem written in 1939 by Susan Vilas, sister of Cathy Vilas of Medford.
Folder 13. (4) letters from "Elizabeth" to Cathy Deuel Vilas (Trum) in Medford, Oregon, one from 1951, and three from 1952.
Folder 14. letters and postcards from Susan (Mrs. Gain) Deuel Robinson to family in Medford, Oregon; 1958 while traveling in France, and (3) letters dated 1952 to her husband, Gain Robinson, in Medford, Oregon.
Folder 15. (3) letters from "Bhan" to Cathy Deuel Vilas, two from 1952, one from 1953.
Folder 16. Miscellaneous ephemera ca. 1952 re: Cathy Deuel Vilas' trip to Europe., -a note to Mrs. Robinson, Paris, 30th October, 1952., -small notebook titled "French Ski Schools Present 66 Instruction Centres", -receipt from Val D'Isere in Lyon, France, 1952.
-pumpkin shaped poem "In Hopes and in Aid of being An American in Paris", -a Christian Dior, Paris note, -Invitation to Galerie Zak in Paris, Dec. 9, 1952., -brochure with photos of Hotel de la Couronne Menaggio on Lake Como., -small brochure of Hotel Gd St. Bernard, Lac Champex., -newspaper clipping "Cardinal Gibbons is 84"
Folder 17. Letters from Catherine Deuel Vilas (Trum) to her mother, Mrs. F.K. Deuel, on Oakdale in Medford, Oregon, 1912-1914.
Folder 18. items in a program "Annual Roosevelt Birthday Ball for French Polio Victims, 1952. // -A small, four-page pink paper booklet "Tombola Prizes Received for the Annual Roosevelt Birthday Ball" at the Hotel du Palais d'Orsay. // -A calling card for Jean LaCaze with directions on the back // -Drawing of the Marion Hotel in 1870. // -A Letter on letterhead of Reid Hall at the American Educational Center in Paris. To Mrs. Charles Miller in Paris, from Dorothy Leet, President, communicating about the possibility of a single dorm room for Cathy Vilas, of Medford, Oregon.
Folder 19. family letters that do not fit into a category. Includes a medical report re: Mrs. E. E. Vilas.
-(2) Letters from Uncle Hob Deuel, 1960, to his niece, Cathy Vilas Hayes.
-Letter from G. L. Buhrman to Susan and Gain Robinson, 1960.
-(2) Letters from Mrs. Franger in Paris to Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Vilas, regarding daughter Cathy's visit to Paris France, 1951.
-Letter to George Vilas in San Francisco, CA. from Briand. The letter is written in French.
Folder 20. framed photograph of Catherine Deuel Vilas, of Medford, Oregon, while studying at the University of Oregon in 1952. Underneath the photo is a small calendar of the year, 1952.
Folder 21. Miscellaneous ephemera related to the Deuel / Vilas families in Medford, Oregon. Cathy Vilas, later Cathy Hayes, and her sister and brother-in-law, Susan Robinson and Gain Robinson, and their parents, Catherine and Edward P. Vilas (Ned and Trum)

Notes
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Location
M10 C 2
Source Reference
Accession Number
2022.44.25