Box 5
Container
Contains 15 Results:
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
- 1881-1885; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher
- This correspondence commences while George Blair is in Logan and Nellie Thatcher is in Salt Lake City attending school. They are letters and notes of a young man very much attracted to a young lady and there are invitations to parties, dances, the circus, etc. They reflect the social life of young people of this period.
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
1886; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher
Love letters, invitations, and notes accompanying gifts are found in this folder. George often encourages his "Ilkie" to continue practicing her music noting, "Each day lost is gone forever .... The preparation we make in this world, sweetheart, enables us to progress more in the future or Spiritual World." One of the many invitations is to attend the...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
1887; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher
These love letters are a continuation of the above correspondence. Blair is working in Salt Lake and Nellie is in Logan. He travels to some of the northern towns--Kaysville, Bountiful, etc. One day while he is riding the train to Salt Lake to attend the theater where Lewis Morrison is playing, he noted that "poor Charley Frank and five other brethern were...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 4
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
January-February 1888; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher
After the Christmas holidays George is at work in Ogden and invites Nellie to come down for a very good opera by a first-class troupe led by Compinini. Tells of seeing Juch in and was delighted with his singing and acting. In the cold, snowy days of winter the pipes often freeze and he is days without water. The roads are blocked with...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 5
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
March-April 1888; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher
March finds Blair still busy in the Council Chambers of the Utah Legislature. Tells of plans to go into the real estate business with George Thatcher and George W. Thatcher, Jr., but to stay in the insurance business also, so he can make money for their future. They are planning to build their new home with money given to Nellie by her father...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 6
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
May-September 1888; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
More plans for marriage and home building. Went to a play to see Bandmann in --marvelous acting. Very fond of the theater and mentions different performances and the actors in many letters. By August he is writing to his wife Nellie, who has gone home to Logan to recuperate from an illness. Still discuss whether to rent or build a...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 7
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
1889-1890; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
George is writing to Nellie who has gone to Logan to keep house while her mother is in Salt Lake City. George does not like this arrangement. Later Nellie has again gone to her home in Logan to visit, taking her new baby girl. One letter is written from Yellowstone Park and he describes the wonders of the geysers of Fire Hole Basin, Yellowstone...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 8
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
- 1891; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
- Nellie and their new baby girl, Virginia, have both been ill and Nellie is staying with her parents in Logan. George is busy with church work, talks of going into the soap business, and campaigns for the Democrats.
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 9
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
1892-1895; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
This correspondence is again necessitated when Nellie is in Logan at her home. By 1894 another baby has been born and she spends much time in Logan. George tells of going up to Granite in a cart to speak in church, where he had dinner with Bishop Butler who lives at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Was on a state mission and spoke as a...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 10
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
1896; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
George writes on their eighth wedding anniversary, saying how he would like to be with her and the dear children. Nellie stays in Logan from June through October, where she is trying to regain her health. His business takes him to Ogden frequently. He can not send very much money and must default on their loan because of lack of funds. Notes their...
Dates:
1836-1968