Manuscripts
Mary E. Buckley letter to William Kenney Bixby
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Mary E. Copeland letters to H. Emma Bull
Manuscripts
17 letters from Mary E. Copeland (1838-1898) in National City, San Diego, California, to her cousin H. Emma Bull in Harvard, Massachusetts. The letters begin in January 1870, when the Copeland family had recently moved from Harvard to the San Diego area. The letters focus on news relating to family and acquaintances both in San Diego and Harvard, and include references to Mary's interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad; the newspapers and magazines the family is reading; Mary's various illnesses; Mary's husband Fred Copeland (1833-1906) and his surveying work in Mexico; the Copeland children's education; the desire of Fred's sister to leave Shakerism; and the family's New-Churchmen religious beliefs. Also includes two letters from Mary to other members of the Bull family and one letter from Fred Copeland to "Brother Bull" (T.Bull).
mssHM 72812-72831
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Mary E. Fisher letters to Mary Beach
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Four letters from Mary E. Fisher to her friend Mary Beach. The first three letters are written from Fisher's home in Huron, South Dakota, where she had just moved with her husband from the nearby smaller town of Cavour. She describes her delight at living in a larger community with a nicer house; local news such as elections, temperance movements, the local economy, crop failures, and the weather; and also family issues including the work of her husband and children and the traveling they had to do. She also relates her concern for the impoverished families of Huron, and her efforts to help with food and clothing donations for Christmas. Fisher's final letter in 1899 is from Minneapolis, where the family moved due to her husband's constant traveling to the area for his work.
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Mary Austin letters
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These seven letters are to members of the Watterson family of Inyo County, California, including one letter to Mark Q. Watterson, Inyo County Bank owner. He and his brother, Wilfred, got caught up in the California Water Wars. They were both financial and civic leaders who had opposed the Los Angeles Aqueduct and in 1927 their bank collapsed and they were indicted for embezzlement, later tried, and convicted on thirty-six counts. The other six letters are to Mark's sister Elsie Watterson. The letters deal with the water issue, Owens Valley, Inyo Valley, the aqueduct, Boulder Dam, and Mark and Wilfred's incarceration at San Quentin. Mary Austin is offering to help the Watterson family in any way she can and offers to write something about the situation. She also talks about writing her autobiography. There are also two postcards with images of Mary Austin's house.
mssHM 79044-79050