Collection: Eldridge Family Collection | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, personal effects, correspondence, and family history information on Price Levi Eldridge, Sr., Virginia Eldridge, and Price Levi Eldridge, Jr. as well as various Eldridge family members. The photographs cover Price Sr., his siblings, his parents, and other relatives. Price Sr.’s personal effects include club membership cards, identification cards, work badges, and more. Included in the family history are printed accounts of Eldridge history and Virginia Eldridge’s death certificate.

Dates

Creation: 1920 - 2000

Creator

Eldridge, Price Levi, Sr., 1904-2005 (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Price Levi Eldridge, Sr. was born on May 27, 1904 in Missouri. He married Virginia Jones. Together they had one son, Price Levi Eldridge, Jr. The Eldridge family lived in Kansas City, Kansas where Price Sr. worked as a laborer and Virginia worked for the Simmons Mattress Company. Price Sr. died in March 1972 and Virginia died on November 2, 2005. Virginia was buried in Kansas City, Kansas.