Guide to the Charles and Edith Pearson Letters MSS.3268
Pearson, Charles and edith
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2011
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Charles and Edith Pearson Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.3268
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (four letters, four envelopes)
- Dates:
1939-1947
- Abstract:
The collection contains four letters addressed to Dr. Charles Pearson and his wife Edith of Staten Island, New York. One is an RSVP to their daughter's wedding, and the other three are from Edith's friend Eleanor, who discussed gifts and grandchildren.
Biographical/Historical note
Charles and Edith Pearson lived in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island, New York. Charles was a doctor. Their daughter Eleanor married Norman Lawson in 1939.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
none
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Charles and Edith Pearson Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Processed by Kendal Spires, 2011
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains four letters sent to Charles and Edith Pearson. One is an RSVP from Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lawson in response to an invitation to the wedding of the Pearsons' daughter Eleanor to Norman Lawson.
Three other letters are from Edith's friend, also named Eleanor, thanking Edith and Charlie for gifts of money and linen sheets and congratulating them on their new role as grandparents.
Charles and Edith Pearson Letters Box SC0065 Folder 3268.01