Hand Family Papers

Name/Title

Hand Family Papers

Entry/Object ID

58.02 Q

Scope and Content

Letters to Vern Hand from Lois Sheldon in Janesville, Minnesota, one in which she rejects their spring wedding plans; an anti-Kaiser Wilhelm piece of doggerel verse along with a card of membership certifying that Vern Hand is a member of "Brick School Houses" of the American Society of Equity and signed by secretary Chris Melstrom of Waterville, Minnesota - also contains leaflets "The Farmer Man and The Wise Men" and "Do You Know?" supporting the idea of farmers organizing for higher profits; a letter from Olive in Mankato and others when she got a job teaching near Youngstown, North Dakota; letters from Bessie Stanek from her place of work with the Bert Bender family near Faribault, Minnesota. Number of sheets: 37

Cataloged By

pauline

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Dec 4, 1919

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

September 30, 2002

Update Date

November 21, 2024