Guide to the Edith Towne Letter MSS.2330
Towne, Edith
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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- Language Usage:
English
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Edith Towne Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.2330
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (one letter and envelope)
- Dates:
1939 February 2
- Abstract:
Letter from Edith Towne of Berlin, Germany to Randy (Mrs. Peter) Merriman about sending a birthday gift for a mutual friend.
Scope and Contents note
Contains one letter and envelope written to Mrs. Peter Merriman (Randy) by Mrs. Walter J. Towne (Edith) from Berlin, Germany.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Marth Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
donated by Wade Hall, 2006
Biographical/Historical note
In 1939, Edith Towne (Mrs. Walter J.) lived in Berlin, Germany.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains a letter from Edith (Mrs. Walter J.) Towne of Berlin, Germany to Randy (Mrs. Peter) Merriman of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Edith is apparently on an extended trip to Germany as she says that she has sent in her church contribution covering April 1-July 1. She also asks Randy to purchase some candy or flowers for a mutual friend's birthday. She ends by saying that she is going to the opera to hear Albert Lortzing's Zar und Zimmermann featuring Heinrich Schlusnus (the "best baritone in Berlin") as the Czar.
Letter Box SC0010 Folder 2330.01