Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Letters from Lydia McLendon to her mother
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates:
1849-1933
Letter probably from Lydia to “ma” re: news of family and friends, local deaths in Troy, AL (fragment)
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates:
1849-1933
Letter from Lydia to her mother (recto); and reply from her mother (verso) re: Mr. McLendon may have a teaching job, family news
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates:
1849-1933
Letter from Lydia to her mother re: Alfred going to school, getting a sewing machine
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates:
1849-1933
Letter from Lydia to her mother re: getting money for her husband’s service in the Indian wars
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates:
1849-1933
Letter from Lydia to her mother re: illness in the family, mourning the death of her close friend “boobie”, asking her mother to come soon
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates:
1849-1933
Letter from Lydia to her mother re: her eye is swollen, the boys are doing well in school
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6, Item: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains over one hundred and thirty letters and fragments of McLendon family letters, most sent to Nancy Bridges, her daughter Lydia McLendon, Lydia's husband Loami and their daughter Mattie Lou McLendon. The dates of the letters range from 1849-1902 and are sent from various family members such as John E. McLendon, his brother Bartow and various friends. They paint a detailed picture of weather, crops and economics of the time period, both in East Texas and Alabama, where...
Dates:
1849-1933