Letters from Bazil Rozelle, Mary "Mammie" Hooker, and Cary Edmunds, to Bazil and Edith Rozelle; Settlement for the Melvina T. and Miles Alexander Rozelle, July 1914, August 1914
Scope and Contents
Letter 1: In this letter from Mary "Mammie" Hooker (née Owens) to Bazil Tillson and Edith Rozelle (née Owens); regarding their trip to Nantucket; Bazil borrowing money to buy property; possible property damage from floods; Phipps Institute for the cure of Tuberculosis; and other financial matters.
Letter 2: In this letter from Bazil Tillson Rozelle, to Edith Rozelle (née Owens) discussing the family estate, debts, and his brothers. He also mentions eating dinner at [Corney] and Audrey Parks's house, and fishing.
Letter 3: In this letter from Bazil Tillson Rozelle, to his wife, Edith Rozelle (née Owens) regarding Edith canning and making jelly; Bazil and Charles Jasper's trip to Indianapolis; the weather and crops in Anderson; and visiting his son, Walter in San Francisco.
Letter 4: In this letter from Bazil Tillson Rozelle, to his wife, Edith Rozelle (née Owens), and their children, regarding the settlement of the Rozelle estate; renting and renovating the property; the coal pollution; visiting family members; crops at the Rozelle Ranch; and how long their trip will last in Anderson.
Letter 5: In this letter from Cary Edmunds, The Ladies' Home Journal, Architectural Department, to Edith Rozelle (née Owens), regarding building and purchase instructions for a bungalow Edith saw in the journal.
Letter 6: In this letter from Bazil Tillson Rozelle, to his wife, Edith Rozelle, (née Owens) regarding his trip to Anderson, Indiana; how dirty it was from Chicago to Indiana due to the coal smoke and heat; how Chester's children are growing up; the weather in Anderson; and Bazil's children at home.
Letter 7: In this letter from Bazil Tillson Rozelle, to his wife, Edith Rozelle (née Owens) regarding updates on the family, particularly Uncle Baz, Mollie, Carrie, and Uncle Bill; the hot weather; the weather effect on the crops; Charles Jasper's job; convincing Ellis to move to California; and this being Bazil's last trip to Indiana.
Letter 8: In this letter from Bazil Tillson Rozelle, to his wife, Edith Rozelle (née Owens), regarding a letter Mary Elizabeth "Mammie" Hooker (née Owens) sent to Bazil Tillson Rozelle about Mary's offer about the Rozelle ranch; visiting family members, Uncle Bill and Uncle Baz; Ellis's trip to Florida to see land; the orange groves in Anaheim; and the Rozelle ranch.
Dates
- July 1914, August 1914
Access
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Extent
From the Series: 2 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Repository Details
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