McDougall, Frances May Tormey, 1926-1928

File — Box: 1, Folder: 9-28

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Correspondence between William Henry McDougall, Jr. and his mother, Frances May Tormey McDougall begins in 1926 when the seventeen-year-old McDougall was working as a mucker." The exchange of letters through 1932 is concerned mainly with summer jobs, family and neighborhood events. The letters written during the school terms also cover the subjects of McDougall's academic progress and the problems involved with financing a college education during the economic depression of the 1930s. After 1932 there are no more letters from McDougall included in the files.

Dates

1926-1928

Conditions Governing Access

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