Guide to the Sam Sims Letter MSS.3256
Sims, Sam
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
April 2011
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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Sam Sims Letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.3256
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (one letter, one envelope)
- Dates:
1909 May 26
- Abstract:
One typewritten letter from Sam Sims of Pontiac, Illinois, to his wife Clara, who is away on a visit in Elgin, Illinois. He wrote with updates of various friends and family members.
Biographical/Historical note
Sam Sims lived in Pontiac, Illinois, with his wife, Clara. He worked in insurance, loans, and real estate.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
none
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Sam Sims Letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Processed by Kendal Spires, 2011
Scope and Contents note
Contains one typewritten letter from Sam Sims to his wife Clara, who was away from home on a visit. He told her the latest news regarding an aunt's illness and various happenings at work and in town.
Sam Sims Letter Box SC0056 Folder 3256.01
Letter from Sam Sims, Pontiac, Illinois, to Clara P. Sims, Elgin, Illinois, May 26, 1909 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/44509