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[Identification of item], in the Hassell Family Papers #04942, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Charles Clement Hargrave of Lexington, N.C., in February 1997 (Acc. 97014).

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• Berlin (Germany)--Description and travel.
• Berlin (Germany)--History--1918-1945--Personal narratives.
• Bonner, Eva Hassell Hackney, 1890-1975.
• Bonner, Herbert Covington, 1891-1965.
• Europe--Description and travel.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Family--Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Hargrave, Eva Hackney, 1909-1941.
• Hassell family.
• Hassell, Mary Clyde, -1968.
• Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Women travelers--Diaries--History--20th century.
• Women travelers--Europe--Diaries.

• Herbert Covington Bonner Papers (#3710)

Hassell family members include Eva Hassell Hackney Bonner (d. 1975), who was born in Washington, N.C., but lived in Washington, D.C. Her husband, Herbert Covington Bonner (1891-1965), was secretary to Representative Lindsay C. Warren (D., N.C.) and was elected to fill Warren's seat in the United States Congress after Warren resigned in 1940. Other family members were Eva Hackney Hargrave (1909-1941), Eva Bonner's daughter from a previous marriage, who married C. Hamilton Hargrave (1908-1984), general manager of the Carolina Panel Company in Lexington, N.C., and Eva Bonner's sister, Mary Clyde Hassell, who lived for a time in California, but later moved to Washington, D.C.

Eva Hackney Hargrave and C. Hamilton Hargrave had three children: C. Hamilton Hargrave, Jr., Charles Clement Hargrave, and Eva Hargrave Smith.

Papers of the Hassell family include letters discussing family affairs to, from, and among Eva Hassell Hackney Bonner, her daughter Eva Hackney Hargrave, and Eva Bonner's sister, Mary Clyde Hassell. Also included are letters from an American Foreign Legion Pilgrimage to Europe made by Herbert and Eva Bonner in 1937 and a diary Eva Bonner kept during a 1934 trip to Europe. Diary entries chiefly record visits to museums and other tourist attractions, but there are also a few entries about visiting Berlin and observing Nazi activities. Also included are a few picture postcards and photographs.

Items separated include: P-4942/1-34, SF-P-4942/1 (tintype).