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Images feature members of the Gaston Caesar Raoul family. Dated from the turn of the 20 Century to mid-Century, the photographs include studio portraits of Marion Haskell Raoul and her sisters as young women, snap shots of Marion and Gaston’s children, and professional photographs of William Gaston Raoul throughout his adulthood. Also featured are images taken by Rosine Raoul while visiting Peru and other miscellaneous prints.

Scope and Contents This collection encompass three generations of Southern families. Centered on Gaston and Marion Haskell Raoul, and later William and Louisa “Kit” Cheves Popham Raoul, the collection also features many other members of the Raoul, Haskell and Popham families. Family correspondence covers more that 100 years, beginning in 1889 with letters to and from the Haskell family and in 1901 with letters by the Raoul family, the correspondences feature world events such as wars and elections down to...