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Lyall Merry to Charles and Effie Merry. Letter. July 14, 1917

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Title	Lyall Merry to Charles and Effie Merry. Letter. July 14, 1917
Creator	Merry, Lyall B.
Date Created	1917-07-14
Subject (FAST)	Man-woman relationships Dating (Social customs) Dinners and dining Photographs World War (1912-1918) Mothers and sons Fathers Mothers of soldiers Soldiers
Subject (Places)	Lincoln (Burleigh, ND) Dickinson (Stark, ND) Glendive (Dawson, MT) North Dakota
Subject (Local)	wage paycheck dating
Item Description	Lyall Merry writes to Charles and Effie Merry (his parents) on July 14, 1918. He says he is fine and has been having a good time as of late. In the first paragraph, he updates his parents on his relationship with the “Glendive girl” and recent correspondence from a lady in Dickinson, North Dakota. He explains his plan for his paycheck and what his parents should do with his Missoula (Montana) photos he is sending along.
Collection Description	This is a part of the larger Robert Kolbe collection, available at the Center for Western Studies. The collection consists of a variety of material and items from an Athol Mabee Photographic Postcard Collection and letters to photographs and books. The photos are of a variety of subjects including: family events and real estate. Three books are included in this collection: ''North Dakota History'' Number 1 from January 1953, ''Uwikapun'' [Indian missionary text, published in German language], and ''The German Baptists in North America'' by A.J. Ramaker. Correspondence ranges from a 1890 letter from William Woodward Pfrimmer of Indiana to a soldier's World War One correspondence back to his family in North Dakota (the Merry letters).
Type	Letter
Format - Digital	Text/PDF
Format - Medium	Paper, handwritten
Identifier	30289_B1_F29_A001
Language	English
Collection	Kolbe, Robert Collection
Contributing Institution	Center for Western Studies, Augustana University
Rights	This item maybe protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights holder(s) for instances falling under "fair use" as defined in United States copyright law. For other uses obtaining permission from the rights holder(s) and the Center for Western Studies is required. Credit lines should appear immediately adjacent to the image or on a separate acknowledgments page and must read, “Courtesy Center for Western Studies, Augustana University.”
OCLC number	982700162

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