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Blossom, Fred and Bertie, May Walden correspondence, undated, 1951-1959

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Open book Blossom, Fred and Bertie, May Walden correspondence, undated, 1951-1959

Title Blossom, Fred and Bertie, May Walden correspondence, undated, 1951-1959

Creator Walden, May, 1865-1960

Date undated, 1951-1959

Language English

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

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

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription Tues. 9/11/56 Dear May It was a pleasure to know that my "squib" in Soc Progress struck you so favorably and the mental energy shown in your letter is really remarkable. I only wish I cd. respond in similar manner, but I am forced to confer that my energies are at a rather low ebb just now while my immediate responsibilities are more pressing than usual so that I wd not have either the time nor the strength to take on anything more. The past two years - since we started to close the old folks' home in July 1954 and began wearing series of attempts to work out some way to get some earnings coming in to replace the modest but sufficient income we had been recvg from the o.f.home - have been hard on both of us,

Transcription Status Needs review

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title May Walden papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Walden M Box 1 Folder 8

BibID 991703478805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020, Transcribe: complete

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Filename 991703478805867_midwest_ms_walden_m_box_001_fl_008_017_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL15N15

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