THE NELLIE FARABEE KEVEKORDES MAISH COLLECTION - HENDRICKS COUNTY MUSEUM
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Here are some of my favorite (and one of the oddest!) pieces from this Collection.
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Bernice Farabee (Nellie's mother.) She died about one week after Nellie's birth.
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Land Mortgage from 1896 - Dr. Farabee buys land in Danville, Indiana.
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An envelope with "Mother's Hair" in it.
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Brochure for Miss Burris's "Leisure Hour" shorthand school, with Nellie, and her cousin, June, on the front.
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Nellie's 1949 diary in which she writes secrets in shorthand (would love to transcribe some day!)
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Nellie, around age 12.
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Walter's WWII War Ration booklet - still has stamps inside. (Walter was Nellie's husband.)
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The Elite Cafe on W. Morris Street in Indianapolis - at one time owned by Nellie's husband, Walter.
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Nellie wrote a number of poems. Some wistful, others whimsical.
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