Virginia Seidel Letter

Collection

Identifier: MC 2404

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Scope and Content Note

Handwritten letter, on bark, from Virginia Seidel to Almyra Love, offering life updates and proposing that they travel together, as well as discussing her harvesting of the bark for stationery. Due to the brittleness of the original letter, a transcription of the letter has been created for researcher use.

Dates

1931

Creator

Seidel, Virginia (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

Use Restrictions Apply: Due to fragility of original document, letter may not be fully unfolded.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Additional information about Virginia Seidel is not currently known.

Almyra Love, to whom the letter was written, was an Arkansas birdwatcher and author of the "Ozark Nature Notes" column for the Washington Observer. She was born July 19, 1894, to Adolph and Mary Barbara Dameier. She grew up and went to school in Illinois before moving to Oklahoma with her husband, Wray Love; the Loves moved to Washington County, Arkansas, in 1962. Love passed away December 4, 1993.