Item 8 - Letter - December 1, 1939

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Letter - December 1, 1939

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  • Textual record

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  • Source of title proper: Title supplied by archivist based on date on letter.

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CA MRM 01170-1-2-8

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  • 01/12/1939 (Creation)

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Physical description

1 letter : black ink on white paper, 2 sheets
1 envelope : black ink and graphite on ecru paper
1 gift tag : black ink on white, blue, and pink preprinted background ; 43 x 65 mm

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(4/4/1882 - 25/6/1949)

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Scope and content

Helen apologizes in a letter for her lack of correspondence due to her busy schedule. A tag for a gift to Lawrence was folded into the letter.

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Physical condition

Despite poor quality paper, letter suffered only mild damage from insect activity along top edge and through parts of creases, with vertical yellow stain from envelope adhesive.

Envelope is very low quality paper with top, right, and bottom edges destroyed by insects.

Gift tag is dissociated from original object and has a small tear through string attachment point but in very good condition overall.

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Arrangement by archivist based on date of materials.

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  • English

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    Status

    Final

    Level of detail

    Full

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    Created: November 21, 2021

    Language of description

    • English

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