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Letters from “Sister” (Clara Helen Craig Powell), school report cards, several postcards, birthday cards from his grandmother, and some scouting information.

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Letters to and from Jon Robert Craig’s brother, Murray Woodrow Craig, concerning the possible sale of a car, as well as from “Sister” concerning family matters.

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Letters to and from Murray concerning the car, a letter from Jon to his niece Jane Craig Powell. (In this and other letters Jon affectionately referred to his nephews and nieces as his grandchildren.) There are several letters referring to the excitement in Atlanta as the stars of Gone with the Wind arrived in town for the premiere at the Fox Theater.

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In addition to family-related matters, there are also several letters relating to Craig’s employment situation. He had left his job with National Show Case Company in Columbus and moved to Atlanta to work at T.H. Wills’ Store Designing Service. He was not happy there and applied for jobs in North Carolina and Alabama. Murray was visiting him in Atlanta.

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Letters to and from family members, as well as another job application to the Houston (Texas) Show Case Company.

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Letters to and from family, mainly Mary Ruth and Murray. This folder includes the first one from Mary Ruth Craig typed at work on a Kirvin’s Department Store typewriter. Her letters are full of the activities of both family and friends in Columbus. She tells who is dating whom, church issues, and family dynamics. There are also newsy letters from Sister and other Powells. There are some job applications as well.

Scope and Contents Letters to and from family; a letter announcing that Jon had a new job with J. P. Womack and Sons in Atlanta; letters from “Sister” and her children Jane and Rex B. Powell; discussions of Jon’s Christmas plans; Murray is living at home and has a job with J.C. Penny’s and working on the side as a plumber; complicated logistics about getting home for Christmas and back to Atlanta; and Christmas cards. There are several undated letters and notes from this period filed at the end of the...

Scope and Contents Letters about the deep cold snap that affected Atlanta, Columbus and the South in general during this month; more about Gone with the Wind; church activities; Murray comments on being the busiest plumber in Columbus since the cold has frozen so many pipes; Jon writes to his brother Joe and Eleanor about the sleet and ice storm in Atlanta, and how happy he was to see them when they visited from Meridian, MS; letter from George Craig thanking Jon for his Christmas presents and describing the...

Scope and Contents From the File: Craig routinely kept incoming envelopes and replaced both the incoming letter, any enclosures, and a copy of his reply within the envelope. They were mostly filed chronologically by the postmark. Sometimes there are several letters in a single envelope. During processing the contents of the envelopes were removed and flattened. If the envelope had information not included in the heading, it was retained and clipped to the back of the incoming correspondence. If the letter was undated,...

Scope and Contents From the File: Craig routinely kept incoming envelopes and replaced both the incoming letter, any enclosures, and a copy of his reply within the envelope. They were mostly filed chronologically by the postmark. Sometimes there are several letters in a single envelope. During processing the contents of the envelopes were removed and flattened. If the envelope had information not included in the heading, it was retained and clipped to the back of the incoming correspondence. If the letter was undated,...