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Barshell, Nettie, May Walden correspondence, 1956

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Title Barshell, Nettie, May Walden correspondence, 1956

Creator Walden, May, 1865-1960

Date 1956

Language English

Subjects Depressions, Mothers and daughters, Socialist Party (U.S.)

Description Forms part of the Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library).

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User-Contributed Transcription 3. breakfast outside and then let him in for awhile. He's still in that puppy age so he chews on things and pulls things down It's really something raising a puppy. This morning I put bread crumbs and water out and soon had your kinds of birds around. Most people don't like grackles but they're very interesting to me. If they get a crust on stable bread they dip it in the water so they can break it up. I also had wren and killdeer. The mockingbird keeps to himself in the backyard. He has his own feeding station there. Luise tells me that Wiggles got over his injuries. For months he held his head to one side. She thought it was because he had the injured eye but even that has im- proved. He has a special place on the sec- tional couch. It's the one facing T.V. you can imagine he has competition. If it's one of the family he simply attacks and they have to move. But one day a stranger came and sat down where Wiggles wanted to sleep. He paced back and forth giving the man his one-sided look. Finally he jumped on the couch and, gently, clawed the man's arm.

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Archival Collection Title May Walden papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Walden M Box 1 Folder 6

BibID 991703478805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020, Transcribe: complete

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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