Guide to the Lucille Zahn Letters MSS.2673
Zahn, Lucille
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lydia Wommack
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2010
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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Lucille Zahn Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.2673
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1931 - 1934
- Abstract:
Letters to Lucille Zahn of Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the Great Depression.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Lydia Wommack, 2010.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006.
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Lucille Zahn Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains both personal letters and letters of business addressed to Lucille Zahn of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Each gives a small insight to the daily lives of people and business during the Great Depression.
Biographical/Historical note
In the early 1930s, Lucille Zahn lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Letters Box SC0030 Folder 2673.1
Scope and Contents note
Fritzie, a hair stylist, writes to Lucille and Ludwig about mutual friends and day-to-day life. She makes brief mention of the lack of jobs and a Socialist event. Fritzie also discusses women's fashion of the time focusing on 'permanent' hairstyles and her introduction of shorts to the neighborhood.