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Open book Walden, May, outgoing, mostly to children, May Walden correspondence, 1957-1959

Title Walden, May, outgoing, mostly to children, May Walden correspondence, 1957-1959

Creator Walden, May, 1865-1960

Date 1957-1959

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 2/ Mabel was over for an hour or so yest'y and has a stack of engagements ahead of her for the next week or so - Thursday aft yours came this morning to make me happy. You didn't mention temperature tho the papers give -1 [degree] as of Tuesday's temp. Glad you haven't that big fall of snow. I can add a little to the history of the Monadnock, named by the brilliant young architect Dwight Perkins. His mother, a widow was a very intimate friend of Aunt Althea Ogden. Aunt A's office was in the Government building (across the street from the Monadnock) and housed the post office, the Pension Office, where I worked, and U.S. Marshalls office, etc. etc. I saw the old bldg demolished that preceded the M- and watched the building of it, because I knew Dwight - We were all members of Jenken Lloyd Jones' All souls Unitarian Church. some of the architects sneered at D.'s

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Archival Collection Title May Walden papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Walden M Box 4 Folder 139

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

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