Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, February 28, 1935, page 1

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Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, February 28, 1935

HL_MSS16-01_01_04_02_03

Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, February 28, 1935

HL_MSS16-01_01_04_02_04

Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, February 28, 1935, page 1

HL_MSS16-01_01_04_02_01

Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, February 28, 1935, page 2

HL_MSS16-01_01_04_02_02

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Details
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-01_01_04_02_01
Transcript

Feb. 28 1935 Dear Leonard The “package” came yester- day; nothing could have pleased me more. Unless it was the letter that came with it. Many thanks for both. It has been fine to have so much news from Washington lately. It was such a long time I was left in the “outer darkness”, it made me feel deserted. The darkness is still absolute so far as [Mum] is concerned. One letter + a picture of the boys at Christmas time is all I have heard directly since I left Chappaqua. His, George’s, probation period is up the Last of March. Have you ever read “The Spell Of the Rockies” by Enos A. Mills. It is not so especially well written – he repeats to quite an extent – but it thrilling. Nancy wrote to me about the C’s. You probably know that Mr. + Mrs. Coburn were killed in an auto accident some time ago. At my request Mr. Fingar wrote to Mr. Stearns For any information he could give me About your father’s affairs. He answered

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Description

In this letter of February 28, 1935, Laura Kephart writes her son Leonard to let him know his package and letter arrived and she was happy to have some family news. She tells him that Mr. and Mrs. Coburn were killed in an automobile accident, and she has asked I. K. Stearns to take over Horace Kephart’s affairs. She would like Leonard to ask Mr. Cammerer, the director of the National Parks Service, about the request from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to put Horace Kephart’s things in a new museum.
Details
- Creator
  - Kephart, Laura, 1862-1954
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
  - Envelopes
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1935-02-28
- Extent
  - Dimension: 10" x 7.5"
  - Dimension: 4" x 9.5"
  - Pages: 4
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Tompkins County (N.Y.)
  - Ithaca (N.Y.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Horace Kephart and Laura Mack Kephart Family Collection
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS16-01_01_04_02
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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