?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>    ms685    George Carl and Cordie Phillips Loven Papers  MS685   1891-1959, 0.21 linear feet  Processed by Anna Hathcock and Stephanie Bennett    Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives 
 2017 April 
 PO Box 7777  Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109  URL:       This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on  2022-01-10 14:58:29 -0500 .  Description is written in:  English, Latin script .  Describing Archives: A Content Standard          Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives     George Carl and Cordie Phillips Loven Papers   MS685     0.21 Linear Feet   1 half-document box     1891-1959   George Carl Loven and Cordie Phillips Loven were North Carolinians who lived most of their lives in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. This collection contains their correspondence while Carl was training and deployed with the Army, 1917-1920. A small amount of other items include military and biographical materials, as well as two portrait photographs of Carl.     English  .       Biographical Note
George Carl Loven was born in Burke County, North Carolina, in 1891. In 1893, Cordie Lucretia Phillips was born in Mitchell County. Cordie was a teacher in Ledger, North Carolina, and later was a general store clerk in Spruce Pine. Carl and Cordie met at the Spruce Pine fair. Carl was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War I. The two frequently wrote letters to one another during the war, while Carl was drafted to train in South Carolina and deployed in Europe. Carl fought in France and Belgium, where he suffered a leg wound requiring hospital treatment. After his return to the United States, Carl and Cordie were married in 1920 and settled in Spruce Pine. They had two daughters together, Marjorie and Evelyn. Cordie died in 1963, followed by Carl in 1968.
  Collection Overview
This collection contains correspondence between George Carl Loven and his future wife, Cordie Phillips Loven from 1917-1920. Correspondence is organized by date where applicable. Undated materials may be able to be dated through further research. The collection's legal papers contain a biographical statement of the relationship between George Carl Loven and Cordie Phillips Loven, as well as copies of several military documents and birth certificates, and a few photographs.
  Preferred Citation
George Carl and Cordie Phillips Loven Papers (MS685), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
  Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for use.
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      Correspondence   1917 August-1918 January  1  1       Correspondence   1918 January-September  1  2       Correspondence   1919 February-1920 October  1  3       Legal documents and biographical materials   1891-1959  1  4       Portrait photographs, Carl   circa 1911-1916  1  5