The Mary Rebecca Walton Letters

[Letter]

History

These letters were written to Mary Rebecca Walton 1912. Her father's name was Charles Walton, and her mother was Anna K (Warren) Walton. They had four children: Mary Rebecca (born c. 1888), Gladys (1892), Charles Wayne (1893), and Ruth Walton 1922 (1902). A few of the earliest letters are from family, but later correspondents include some college friends. Several of them loved to travel in the west and described the sights in their letters.

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 Letter Written on Mar 30, 1906, to Mary from her mother
envelope Postmarked Mar 31, 1906 7:30am in Woodbury, NJ. Transit marked Mar 31, 1906 10am in Philadelphia, Pa. and Mar 31, 1906 7pm in Charlestown, W. Va. on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton at Powhatan College, Charlestown, W. Va.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Apr 15, 1906, to Mary from her mother
envelope Postmarked Apr 16, 1906 7:30am in Woodbury, NJ. Transit marked Apr 16, 1906 9:30am in Philadelphia, Pa. and in W. Va. on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton at Powhatan College, Charlestown, W. Va.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Jun 14, 1907, to Mary from Mount Holyoke registrar Caroline Greene
envelope Postmarked Jun 14, 1907 12noon in South Hadley. Transit marked Jun 15, 1907 in Woodbury, NJ on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton, Woodbury, NJ, with corner card for the Registrar at Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Full contents of letter.

A Letter Written on Jul 13, 1907, to Mary from Mount Holyoke registrar Caroline Greene
envelope Postmarked Jul 15, 1907 7am in South Hadley. Transit marked Jul 16, 1907 in Woodbury, NJ on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton, Woodbury, NJ, with corner card for the Registrar's Office at Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Full contents of letter.

A Letter Written on Jul 30, 1907, to Mary from Mount Holyoke registrar Caroline Greene
envelope Postmarked Jul 15, 1907 7am in South Hadley. Transit marked Jul 16, 1907 in Woodbury, NJ on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton, Woodbury, NJ, with corner card for the Registrar's Office at Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Full contents of letter.

A Letter Written on Jul 6, 1908, to Mary from Mount Holyoke registrar Caroline Greene
envelope Postmarked Jul 6, 1908 5pm in South Hadley. Transit marked Jul 7, 1908 1:30pm in Woodbury, NJ on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton, Woodbury, NJ, with corner card for the Registrar's Office at Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Full contents of letter.
page 1 A form letter was included in the envelope. Full contents of letter.

A Letter Written on Sep 20, 1908, to Mary from Mary W. Vandiver
envelope Postmarked Sep 21, 1908 11am in Burlington, WVa, and transit marked Sep 22, 1908 10am in Woodbury NJ. More transit marks Sep 22, 1908 8:30am in Woodbury, NJ and Sep 23, 1908 9am in South Hadley on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton, Woodbury, NJ, and forwarded to Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written around Jun 24, 1909, to the Walton siblings from classmate Grace Calhoun
envelope Postmarked Jun 24, 1909 10:30am in Ottumwa, Iowa. Transit marked Jun 26, 1909 7:30am in Woodbury, NJ on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary Walton, Miss Gladys Walton, and Mr Wayne Walton, Woodbury, NJ.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Jan 25, 1911, to Mary from her mother
envelope Postmarked Jan 26, 1911 7:30am in Woodbury, NJ. Transit marked Jan 27, 1911 in South Hadley on the reverse. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton at Mount Holyoke College.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Jun 15, 1913, to Mary from classmate Beatrice Tasker
envelope Postmarked Jun 16, 1913 1:30pm in Manchester, NH. Addressed to Miss Mary Walton, Woodbury, NJ.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Aug 11, 1913, to Mary from Katherine (Carpenter?)
envelope Postmarked Aug 12, 1913 3pm in Pittsfield, Mass. Addressed to Miss Mary Walton, Woodbury, NJ.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Feb 8, 1914, to Mary from classmate Beatrice Tasker
envelope Postmarked Feb 9, 1914 4am in Manchester, NH. Addressed to Miss Mary Walton, Virginia College, Roanoke, Va.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Mar 29, 1914, to Mary from Katherine (Carpenter?)
envelope Postmarked Mar 30, 1914 12noon in Woodbury, NJ. Addressed to Miss Mary Walton, Virginia College, Roanoke, Va.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written around Jun 19, 1916, to Mary from classmate Beatrice Tasker
envelope Postmarked Jun 19, 1916 11am in Portland, Me. Addressed to Miss Mary Walton, Woodbury, NJ.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Aug 19, 1916, to Mary from classmate Beatrice Tasker
envelope Postmarked Aug 20, 1916 6:15pm in Manchester NH, and Aug 22, 1916 7am in Woodbury, NJ. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton, Woodbury, NJ and forwarded to 3314 Wesley Ave, Ocean City, NJ.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written around Nov 13, 1916, to Mary from Jean Bentley Stalker
envelope Postmarked Nov 13, 1916 3:30pm in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Addressed to Miss Mary Rebecca Walton, Woodbury, NJ.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on May 6, 1917, to Mary from Mary Vandiver
envelope Postmarked May 7, 1917 11am in Burlington, W. Va. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton, Woodbury, NJ. with return address for M. Vandiver, Burlington, W. Va. in top left corner.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written around Oct 24, 1917, to Mary from classmate Grace Calhoun
envelope Postmarked Oct 24, 1917 1:30pm in Baltimore, Md. Addressed to Miss Mary Walton, Woodbury, NJ.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written around Aug 5, 1918, to Mary from Jean Bentley Stalker
envelope Postmarked Aug 5, 1918 by Colo. SPCS Div [...] Creek. Addressed to Miss Mary Rebecca Walton, 3314 Wesley Ave, Ocean City, NJ.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Aug 16, 1919, to Mary from Mary Vandiver
envelope Postmarked Aug 18, 1919 in Burlington, W. Va. Addressed to Miss Mary R. Walton, Woodbury, NJ. with return address for M. Vandiver, Burlington, W. Va. in top left corner.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Wedding Invitation sent around Oct 16, 1920, to Mary from classmate Myrtle Frances Smart
envelope "Miss Mary R. Walton."
page 1 "Mr. and Mrs. Harry Delbert Smart request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Myrtle Frances to Doctor Marcus Albert Curry on Saturday the sixteenth of October at three o'clock Greystone Park, New Jersey"

A Letter Written on Jul 30, 1922, to Mary from Katherine (Carpenter?)
envelope Postmarked Jul 31, 1922 5:30am in Portland, Oregon. Addressed to Miss Mary Walton, Apt 20, 417 W 120 St, New York City, with corner card for The Portland, Portland, Oregon.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Aug 9, 1922, to Mary from Jean Bentley Stalker
envelope Postmarked Aug 9, 1922 7pm in Pocatello, Idaho. Addressed to Miss Mary Rebecca Walton, 417 W 120 St, New York City, with corner card for Pocatello Clinical Laboratories, PO Box 149, Pocatello, Idaho.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.

A Letter Written on Jan 25, 1927, to Mary from Jean Bentley Stalker
envelope Postmarked Jan 25, 1927 5:30pm in Pocatello, Idaho. Addressed to Miss Mary Rebecca Walton, Woodbury, NJ. with corner card for PO Box 149, Pocatello, Idaho.
page 1 Full contents of letter, though only the first page is scanned.