Letter from Mary Alice Douglas to Blanche Nutting, 1918 August 13

Collection Name:

Nutting Family Correspondence, 1898-1926

Title:

Letter from Mary Alice Douglas to Blanche Nutting, 1918 August 13

Creator:

Douglas, Mary Alice

Creator Role:

Author

Accession / Call Number:

2003.002

Object ID:

2003.002.04.05

Date:

1918 August 13

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

1 letter

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Letter from Mary Alice Douglas to Blanche Nutting. She writes to "Blanie" that she is sorry for the delay in writing her and how she has heard from everyone else but her but she has heard from the other girls that Blanche has been busy at the Castle and the business of the Drawbridge. She asks for Blanche to send her one and she is happy to send a check. She then explains why she did not return to the Castle. Her brother was in the Army and shipped off with the Rainbow Division, and her mother wanted her to stay which proved fortuitous because her father became very ill and is still in a weakend condition. They also recieved word that her brother died in France around Christmastime and "there is an awful emptyness in our home." She then discusses how she is now attending Purdue University and is pursuing sanitation so she can help the government and how the college is close enough she can go home on the weekends. She concludes that she has a lot of other letters to write and asks Blanche to write her soon and send her a copy of the Drawbridge. Letter is dated 1918 August 13.

Subjects:

Correspondence , Death , Education , Families , Health , Siblings , Soldiers , World War, 1914-1918

Locations:

Attica, IN

People:

Bickford, Blanche Downs, 1897-1991 , Douglas, Mary Alice

Organizations:

Castle School (Tarrytown, N.Y.)
Purdue University
United States Army

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

The Nutting Family Correspondence was purchased by the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

1