Childhood Letters: 1 AL, 1 ALS., 01/01/1909-12/31/1909

File — Box: 1, Folder: 25

Identifier: 60819

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, and other materials comprise the papers of this famous syndicated Washington columnist for (at various times) Christian Science Monitor, New York Herald Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times. The collection includes, in the form of clippings, a substantial number of Drummond's columns, together with correspondence from W. Averell Harriman, J. Edgar Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, Alf Landon, Dean Rusk, and Wendell Willkie, among others.

Dates

01/01/1909-12/31/1909

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 11 Linear Feet (8 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

09/18/07

Container Summary

Contains 2 letters by RD during his childhood. The first, an AL, is dated 10/12/1909 and is addressed to "mama and Papa". The second, an ALS, is dated "Third Grade" and addressed to "God".