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Walden, May, outgoing, mostly to children, May Walden correspondence, 1956

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Title Walden, May, outgoing, mostly to children, 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).

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription 2) her parents sell the place and move to a more fashionable neighborhood -- or at least one with more congenial friends. Elliott spends most of her time playing cards, cigarettes, etc. Glad you like Mrs. Barshell's letters. While an un-schooled person, she is wise in many ways - foolish in a few - and a vivid personality. She was born in Saschkatchewan of a large family of girls, all comfortably settled, while she has been a rover without meaning to be, twice married to unworthy males who she divorced, and has made her way, educated her two children through awful struggles and is now, while owning her own home and 2 acres of flat brush land, without any income but living off of what she has salvaged and the help of her son. She had sacrificed and helped him all his bachelor life. He has a wife and step-daughter, mother-in-law and 4 year old girl of their own to support. A teacher of science in one of the Palm Beach High Schools, he and his wife, also a teacher draw good salaries, and pay rent. When Nettie she was so hard up I raised $1.15 by personal

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Archival Collection Title May Walden papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Walden M Box 4 Folder 138

BibID 991703478805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020, Transcribe: complete

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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File Created 01/19/2021

Filename 991703478805867_midwest_ms_walden_m_box_004_fl_138_009_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL15PKX

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