Guide to the Marion and Kenneth Feltes Letters MSS.2551
Feltes, Marion and Kenneth
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Amanda Haldy
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
October, 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2010-04-01T12:47-0500
- Language Usage:
English
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Marion and Kenneth Feltes Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2551
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (39 Letters, 36 Envelopes)
- Dates:
1943-1981
- Abstract:
Friends and siblings write to Marion and Ken Feltes about trips and visits around America, health, and daily doings in middle America. Five letters are from Marion Feltes to her husband, Kenneth Feltes.
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence and greetings from friends and siblings to Marion and Kenneth Feltes about trips and visits, health, money, and daily doings in middle America. Some of the letters are typewritten; most are handwritten. Also, a letter from a community health center, a living will and testament from the grandmother of Marion Feltes (nee Held), a collector's list of Royal Doulton Character Jugs, and two pieces of solicitation mail from businesses are in the collection.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Amanda Haldy, 2009.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Marion and Kenneth Feltes Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
Biographical/Historical note
Marion and Kenneth Feltes received these letters at various addresses around Wisconsin, and most of the correspondants seem to have met the Feltes in Wisconsin, having since moved to various locations, such as Colorado, Arizona and Hawaii.
Marion and Kenneth Feltes Letters Box SC0025 Folder 2551.02 Box SC0025 Folder 2551.01