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Box 0134.02

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Contains 114 Results:

1932 Aug. 22 from Mrs. O.L. Reese to Dearest Mary

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 169
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goes on about hair combs and not getting her check, noticed that Judge Hunt the Pension Commissioner in hospital and if he dies she hope a new one will be selected, making arrangements for Sarah and Labor Day holiday. Love, Grandma

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1932 Aug. 22 from Mrs. K.R. Tompkins to Dearest sweet daughter

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 170
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writes about leaving Cedartown soon, Mamma and boys can't find much work, Paul has been expelled from high school so often no teacher will have him, will need money soon, now has a paralysis in right shoulder, goes on about reading a Mozart biography and getting Paul back in school, hopes to get debts paid, thanks Mary for the hose. Aff. Mamma

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1932 Aug. 26 from Mrs. O.L. Reese to Dearest Mary

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 171
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thanks for combs, writes about Mary's cold and Mother's idea for the farm, Grandma says that during the Winter it would be up to Mary to support her Mother, Ben & Paul, Grandma offered her home to Mary's Mother but Mamma said the place was too worn out to bother, write again in a few days, Love, Grandma

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1932 Aug. 29 from Mrs. K.R. Tompkins to Dearest sweet daughter

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 172
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Ben has told Mamma about a farm out in Douglasville and Mamma asks Mary to look into it as a possible place to stay because she can't afford the rent in Cedarville after Sep. 16, wants to get Ben and Paul back into school soon as the boys are doing nothing constructive, wants to get out of hellhole, write soon about arrangements. Aff. Mamma

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1932 Aug. 29 from Mrs. O.L. Reese

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 173
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write that she has just finished a letter to Sarah, hopes Mary can come to have family reunion with Bill and Myrtice and Dewel and Nelson will return so little Bill can start school, Grandma gets along better with Dewel and Nelson that she does with Bill and Myrtice;

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1932 Aug. 31 from Mrs. O.L. Reese to Dearest sweet Mary

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 174
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calms Mary about Mary's being upset that Dewel and Nelson and little boy will live with her, explains just how helpful it will be as an old woman, also explains how much financial help Dewel and Bill have been over the years, so Grandma feels she owes it to help them out, Dewel is now in Bethlehem, PA and be there more than a month, write about the farm situation.

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1932 Sept. 4 from Mrs. K.R. Tompkins to Dearest sweet daughter

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 175
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writes that the farm deal is off, Ben has typhoid fever, he and she can't work, no money, so can Mary and Sarah help her out… Aff. Mamma

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1932 Sept. 7 from Mrs. O.L. Reese to Dearest Mary

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 176
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shocked about Ben's condition but says Mamma exaggerates so asks Mary to write Dr. to get the true picture as to Ben's health, says she is getting along well with Nelson and little Bill is going to school half a day., sorry all the financial burden falls on Mary as Sarah doesn't save a bit. Love, Grandma

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1933 Jan 15 from Mrs. K.R. Tompkins (Rt. 4, Douglasville, Ga.) to Dearest sweet daughter

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 177
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Mamma writes on behalf of Ben and Paul they need money for books otherwise they flunk the courses, Mamma reports that she planted bulbs - daffodils, jonquils on the farm, recalls a trip to Washington D.C…. Love Mamma

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937

1933 Jan. 30 from Mrs. L.O. Reese to Dearest May & Sarah

 File — Box: 0134.02, Item: 178
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reports on her illness & recovery - having trouble seeing, Nelson has pneumonia, Bill is paying for help - he and Myrtice are caring for little Bill, write me, Love, Grandma

Dates: 1932-1937
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Mary Frances Tompkins Danser Correspondence / Series 2: Correspondence 1932-1937