Shackelford Family Collection, 1930-1950
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Hollinger Box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Shackelford Family Album Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Shackelford Family Album Collection contains three postcards, photographs and one photo album of the Shackelford family, friend Katherine Rawls, and the Rawls family. Photographs date from the 1930s to 1940s. Genealogical materials such as family trees, a photocopy of Alexander W. "Henry" and Willie Shackelford's marriage certificate, and notes on family members are also included.
- Biographical / historical:
Willie and Alexander W. "Henry" Shackelford married in July 1911 and settled in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They had two daughters, Dorothy Shackelford Straker and Julia Shackelford Orr. Dorothy's good friend, Katherine Rawls (1917-1982) was a swimmer and diver. She competed in the 1932 Olympics and several U.S. National Championships. Rawls taught swimming at the Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulpher Springs, West Virginia.
Susan Joyce Straker-Virtue was born in 1944 as the daughter of Dorothy Shackleford and Philip R Straker in Fort Lauderdale. She married Robert Virtue in 2000.
- Processing information:
This collection received file level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The Shackelford Family Album Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Shackelford Family Album Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
