Guide to the Geo Parsons Letters MSS.2556
Parsons, Geo
- 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
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English
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Geo Parsons Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2556
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (4 Letters, 4 Envelopes)
- Dates:
1923-1928
- Abstract:
Geo Parsons writes to his brother, Alvin Parsons, about his whereabouts and attempts to succeed in one form of business or another in order to pay back debts owed in Louisville, Kentucky. One letter of Alvin's, returned to sender from attempted delivery to China, expresses Alvin's concern for Geo.
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence between two brothers, Geo Parsons, the author of three letters, and his brother, Alvin Parsons, the author of one returned letter that was kept with the collection of letters from Geo. The subject of the letters concerns Geo's whereabouts and attempts to succeed in one form of business or another in order to pay back debts in Louisville, Kentucky.
Biographical/Historical note
Geo Parsons, the primary author of the collection, writes from Wrangell, Alaska, and Seattle, Washington, to his brother, Alvin Parsons of Louisville, Kentucky.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Geo Parsons Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Amanda Haldy, 2009.
Geo Parsons Letters Box SC0027 Folder 2556.01