Guide to the Swenson Family Letters MSS.3314
Swenson
- 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:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-05-31T16:36-0500
- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Swenson Family Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.3314
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (eleven letters, eleven envelopes)
- Dates:
1905, 1920, 1952-1956
- Abstract:
The collection contains eleven letters addressed to various members of the Swenson family in Dayton, Iowa, with the majority sent to Everett Swenson from his sister Viola and granddaughter Ina. Earlier letters were to Emelia Swenson from her sister Betty
- Language of Materials note
One letter is written in Swedish.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
none
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Swenson Family Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Processed by Kendal Spires, 2011
Biographical/Historical note
The Swenson family were Swedish immigrants living in and around Dayton, Iowa.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains eleven letters written to and by members of the Swenson family. The majority of the letters were written to Everett Swenson by his sister Viola and discuss improvements to her house, their mother, and news of various relatives and neighbors. Another letter from Everett's granddaughter Ina told of the latest news of her daughter Shirley. One letter, written in Swedish, was written to Emelia Swenson from her sister Betty. Clara Anderson of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society wrote to Mathilda Swenson regarding a subscription to the society's newsletter.
Swenson Family Letters Box SC0065 Folder 3314.01