Type-up of Jessie McFarland's Letter, March 22 and 28, 1897, June 10, 2013

Item

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

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

Creation: March 22 and 28, 1897
Creation: 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

Additional Description

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.