Type-up of Jessie McFarland's Letter, March 22 and 28, 1897, June 10, 2013
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of a reproduced photogrpah, typed letters between Margaret Percival and Barbara Kievit-Mason, a type-up of Jessie McFarland's letter, typed biograohical information about Jessie McFarland by Margaret Percival, and newspaper article clippings about Sam Houston State Teachers College.
Dates
- March 22 and 28, 1897
- June 10, 2013
Biographical / Historical
Margaret Percival and Carolyn Gundelach are Jessie McFarland's granddaughters.
Extent
2 Sheets (In folder 1 of box 1.) : Two type-ups of the same letter. The type-ups are stapled and are three pages each.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
There is one type-up of a letter by Jessie McFarland (two copies). The second copy provides the correct spelling of Jessie's friend, Beulah's last name (Hudson).
The type-up was written on June 10, 2013, and provides a short introduction by Margaret Percival and Carolyn Gundelach with a list of characters mentioned in the letter (one page).
Jessie McFarland's letter was written on March 22 and March 28, 1897, to her mother (two pages). The letter discusses her father's illness, her brother Buddie, her friend Daisy, examinations at Sam Houston Normal Institute, her friend Beulah Hudson's illness, her friend Leonora's trip to Europe, Easter, and Uncle Ed's birthday-an employee at SHNI.
- Huntsville (Tex.)
- Jessie McFarland-- Correspondence
- Jessie McFarland-- Family
- Jessie McFarland-- Letters
- McFarland, Jessie
- Percival, Margaret Cooper
- Port Lavaca, Texas
- Sam Houston Normal Institute
- Sam Houston Normal Institute - Students
- Sam Houston Normal Institute-- Alumni
- Sam Houston Normal Institute-- Commencement
- Thorne, Daisy
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository