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[Identification of item], in the Bettie Reid Overman papers #4462-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gift of Myra Gapen of Reidsville, N.C., in August 1986.

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• Charlotte (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Drugstores--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Fetzer and Overman Drug Store (Reidsville, N.C.)
• Overman, Bettie Reid, b. 1858.
• Overman, Charles Hamilton, d. 1913.
• Reidsville (N.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
• Reidsville Female Academy (Reidsville, N.C.)--Students--History--19th century.
• Women--North Carolina--Social life and customs.

Bettie Lea Reid Overman of Reidsville, N.C., oldest daughter of Hugh K. Reid and Carolina Graves Reid, was born 25 April 1858. On 27 October 1885, she married Charles Hamilton Overman (d. 1913), with whom she had one child, Reida, who married Robert D. Gapen.

Correspondence, clippings, photographs, and other material documenting the life of Bettie Reid Overman. Most of the letters are to Bettie from family and friends, chiefly in Charlotte, N.C., congratulating her on her upcoming marriage to Charles Overman, offering sympathy in 1889 upon the death of her infant son, and discussing other family matters and daily activities. Some of the letters are addressed to Charles. Also included are newspaper clippings containing biographical information about various family members, calling cards, and a school report of Bettie Overman from Reidsville Female Academy. There are also modern prints of two photographs from the 1890s, one of the Fetzer and Overman Drug Store in Reidsville and another of Bettie Reid Overman.