Letters from Abby Howe Turner 1896

History

The bulk of these letters fall into groups. She liked to write to her friends when she was away from campus. She kept carbon copies for herself, fortunately, and they are displayed here. None of them had envelopes, but luckily for history's sake, she dated the letters. Some of them are signed by her.

The rest of the collection transcribed here are copies of other correspondence and writings, mostly from the 1920s.

She also wrote at least three series of travel letters in the 1920s from Europe to her cousin Jessee Giddings and to Sarah Smith. Some of the letters from 1928 were addressed to Sarah, who read them and then forwarded them to Jessee.

The Images

All letters have at least their first page or a portion of the first page scanned, and comments about their contents are included below.

A Prayer circa 1922-1923: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of the prayer.
A Letter Written on Oct 3, 1916: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on May 14, 1924: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on May 26, 1924: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on May 26, 1924: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
An Undated Abstract: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter, though only part of the first page is scanned.
A Letter Written on Sep 26, 1943: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter.
A Letter Written on Jan 27, 1945: page 1 No envelope. Full contents of letter.