Name/Title
Letter: Frank A. Seiberling to Irene Seiberling HarrisonEntry/Object ID
A 2025.16.b1.f2.1Description
Letterhead is Seiberling Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio. The writer starts the letter by saying they were at the breakfast table when the letter arrived conveying birthday greetings along with an autumn leaf and picture of Sally on a cold day at the Battery. The writer appreciates the sentiment and thinks Sally is "as lovely a child as ever lived" and to express affections to Gertrude and Robert. The writer then mentions the Handy children staying with them and astonished how well they get along together. The writer also hopes the new year will have much in store for them (referencing a previous letter) and mentions time taking its toll on their strength and energy but will leave it up to fate. The writer closes the letter with mention of the poem "Opportunity" (referencing a previous letter) and how inspiring and uplifting it is but doesn't expect to do much in the future but continues to work every day and "no telling what the mind will evolve if the heart continues to throb." The signature is signed "Dad" in blue ink.Subject Person/Organization
Seiberling, Frank Augustus, Harrison, Irene SeiberlingSubject Place
Village
BronxvilleState/Province
New YorkCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCollection
PERMANENT COLLECTIONCataloged By
Katrina NeffAcquisition
Accession
A 2025.16Source or Donor
UnknownAcquisition Method
FoundLetter Details
Letter Date
Oct 6, 1938Addressee
Name
Mrs M.W. HarrisonAddress
56 Highland Circle
Bronxville, NYPrimary Language
EnglishTranscription
Transcription
October 6, 1938
Mrs M W Harrison
56 Highland Circle
Bronxville, N Y
My dear Irene:
While sitting at the breakfast table this morning, your sweet little letter arrived conveying your birthday greetings, and in it was Sally’s contribution – a very beautiful autumn leaf, to which was attached her love message and her picture taken at the Battery. It was evidently a cold day when it was taken as she is wearing her overcoat. Tell her I appreciate very much her remembering me and that I think she is as lovely a child as ever lived. I know that Gertrude and Robert expressed themselves to you in much the same way as Sally did, so convey my affection to them.
Yes – the Handy children are enjoying their stay with us very much. They are all in the public school, apparently delighted with their work, and are seriously studying. The astonishing thing to me is that they get along so well together – never a cross word and never a tear.
I hope the new year may have as much in store for me as you outline, tho [sic] I am not sanguine that it will be accomplished as time is taking its toll and my strength and energy are on the wane. But I have always endeavored to accept Fate as it came and made the most of it, and that is what I will have to do from this time forward.
The poem on “Opportunity” is inspiring in tone and is particularly uplifting in the last phrase that you have added. I don’t expect to do much in a practical way in the future for lack of strength, but nevertheless I am working every day, and no telling what the mind will evolve if the heart continues to throb.
With much love to all of you –
Affectionately,
Dad
FAS-JTranscriber
Cindi RokeLanguage
EnglishCreate Date
April 1, 2026Update Date
June 5, 2026