EWP 4-5 Myers Erschell 6-5 Yr 1956 Records of Helen Marie Rust Tankersville 01
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EWP 4-5 Myers Erschell 6-5 Yr 1956 Records of Helen Marie Rust Tankersville 01
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The text dated May 21, 1956, is a letter from Helen Marie Rust to the School Board of Education in Leesburg, Virginia, requesting assistance in obtaining a birth certificate. Rust provides details about her birth and schooling history in Virginia, seeking any records that may help her in this matter. The letter also includes a reference to a Bible record and a request for information from the school authorities. A follow-up letter dated May 22, 1956, from Division Superintendent O. L. Emerick confirms Rust's enrollment at Taylorstown School in 1920-21, indicating her age as 15 at that time. This historical document sheds light on the bureaucratic processes and requirements individuals had to navigate in order to obtain official records and validate personal information in the mid-20th century.
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letter, document, birth certificate, education, Virginia, 1956, School Board, records, bureaucratic, mid-20th century