Guide to the Bessie and Tara Pyle Letters MSS.2279
Pyle, Bessie and Tara Letters
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Finding aid prepared by Christen Robichaud
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
October 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Bessie and Tara Pyle Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2279
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (Three letters)
- Dates:
1894-1914
- Abstract:
Includes two letters to Bessie Pyle of Chandlersville, Ohio and one to Tara Pyle, also of Chandlersville. The letters discuss cold weather, Christmas, and plans to visit.
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Processed by Christen Robichaud, 2010
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Bessie and Tara Pyle Letters, W. S. Hoole Special Collections, The University of Alabama
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Biographical/Historical note
Bessie and Tara Pyle lived in Chandlersville, Ohio.
Scope and Contents note
Includes two letters to Bessie Pyle of Chandlersville, Ohio, and one to Tara Pyle, also of Chandlersville. Their sister Lou Pyle, who was a school teacher in Cambridge, Nebraska, wrote the first letters on January 16, 1894. She discusses Christmas presents and holiday activities. The second one to Bessie is from her friend or sweetheart John in Norwich, Ohio, on March 3, 1914. He discusses the cold weather and plans to visit her.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Donated by Wade Hall, 2006
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Bessie and Tara Pyle Letters Box SC0045 Folder 2279.01