Guide to the Coyner family letters MSS.1847
COyner family
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
November 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Coyner Family letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.1847
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (12 letters)
- Dates:
1910-1918
- Abstract:
Letters from friends and relatives to members of the Coyner family of Colfax, Indiana. The letters deal with everyday life, and one of the writers mentions seeing the D.W. Griffith movie Birth of a Nation.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains nine letters to members of the Coyner family of Colfax, Indiana. The letters are to Jake Coyner, Morton Coyner, Florence (Mrs. Morton Coyner), and someone greeted as "Friend Mike." All of the letters to Morton Coyner are from his sister Lollie, who evidently lived in California. Five of the six letters to Jake Coyner are from Violet Loutzenhiser of Butler, Indiana. The letters deal with everyday life. One of Violet Loutzenhiser's mentions seeing D. W. Griffith's movie Birth of a Nation.
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John Beeler, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Coyner family letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
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- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2007
Biographical/Historical note
The Coyners were residents of Colfax, Clinton County, Indiana, which is between Indianapolis and Lafayette.
Coyner Family Box 6648
Postcard from Elgie, Frankfort, Indiana, to Aunt Florence Coyner, Colfax, Indiana, April 25, 1910 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32275
Letter from Sister Lollie Coyner, La Jolla, California, to Brother Morton Coyner, Colfax, Indiana, April 25, 1915 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32276
Letter from Lollie Coyner, San Diego, California, to Brother Morton Coyner, Colfax, Indiana, May 22, 1915 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32277
Letter from Sister Lollie Coyner to Brother Morton Coyner, circa 1915 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32278
Letter from Elizabeth Hudson, Clarks Hill, Indiana, to Friend Mike, March 9, 1916 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32279
Letter from Violet, Butler, Indiana, to Friend Jake Coyner, Colfax, Indiana, December 29, 1916 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32280
Letter from Violet, Butler, Indiana, to Friend, May 28, 1917 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32281
Letter from Sis, Anderson, Indiana, to Jake Coyner, Colfax, Indiana, July 15, 1917 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32282
Letter from Edith, Anderson, Indiana, to Jake Coyner, Colfax, Indiana, July 23, 1917 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32283
Letter from Pearl, Butler, Indiana, to Jake and All, August 9, 1917 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32284
Letter from Violet, Tallman, Michigan, to Jake Coyner, Colfax, Indiana, August 29, 1917 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32285
Letter from Violet, Butler, Indiana, to Jake Coyner, Colfax, Indiana, September 7, 1917 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32286
Letter from Violet, Butler, Indiana, to Friend, April 21, 1918 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/32287