Alison Cheek papers, circa 1927-- 2019

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Series 1: Correspondence, 1964 -- 2019

This series is open for research.

This series contains handwritten personal letters and cards; printed email correspondences, including exchanges between Gale Yee, Carter Heyward, Reverend Thomas Shaw, and Bishop Wendt. Topics of correspondence between institutions and organizations (churches, universities, hospitals, publishing houses) and affiliates include Cheek's ordination into the Episcopal diaconate (1972) and priesthood (1974).

This series is arranged chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 4 Correspondence; Personal, 1972


Box 1 Folder 5 Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1972


Box 1 Folder 6-7 Correspondence; Episcopal Divinity School, circa 1972 -- 2006


Box 1 Folder 8-10 Correspondence; Personal, 1974


Box 1 Folder 11-14 Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1974


Box 1 Folder 15 Correspondence; Regarding Lectures, Workshops, circa 1974 -- 1977


Box 1 Folder 16 Correspondence; Personal, 1975


Box 1 Folder 17-18 Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1975


Box 1 Folder 19 Correspondence; Personal, 1976


Box 1 Folder 20 Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1976



Box 2 Folder 1-3 Correspondence; Personal, 1977


Box 2 Folder 4 Correspondence; Institutions; Affiliates, 1977


Box 2 Folder 5 Correspondence; A.C. Letters to Parents, 1977


Box 2 Folder 6 Correspondence, circa 1978 -- 1989


Box 2 Folder 7 Correspondence, circa 1992 -- 1999


Box 2 Folder 8 Correspondences; Date Unknown, circa 1993 -- 2016


Box 2 Folder 9 Correspondence; Email, 1997


Box 2 Folder 10-19 Correspondence; Email, circa 1997 -- 2016


Box 2 Folder 20-22 Correspondence; Email, 1998


Box 2 Folder 23-24 Correspondence; Email, 1999


Box 2 Folder 25 Correspondence; Email, 2000


Box 2 Folder 26 Correspondence; Gale Yee, 2000


Box 2 Folder 27 Correspondence; Carter Heyward, 2000 -- 2003



Box 3 Folder 1-5 Correspondence; Email, 2001 -- 2004


Box 3 Folder 6 Corrsepondence; Rev. Thomas Shaw, circa 2004


Box 3 Folder 7-8 2005 - 2011, 2005 -- 2011