[Letter from Sarah Anna Simmons Crane to T. N. Carswell - 1962]
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A letter written to Tommy Carswell from Sarah Anna Simmons Crane. Crane advises of not having heard from Hardin-Simmons or Abilene for a long time but then she read of the death of the President of the Alumni Association and Dr. Jenkens and of plans for a Memorial Library for Dr. Reiff. She inquires after Mrs. Carswell regarding her stay in hospital and notes in a postcript of some New York souveniers that might be of interest to Carswell.
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A letter written to Tommy Carswell from Sarah Anna Simmons Crane. Crane advises of not having heard from Hardin-Simmons or Abilene for a long time but then she read of the death of the President of the Alumni Association and Dr. Jenkens and of plans for a Memorial Library for Dr. Reiff. She inquires after Mrs. Carswell regarding her stay in hospital and notes in a postcript of some New York souveniers that might be of interest to Carswell.
This letter is part of the following collections of related materials.
T. N. Carswell Collection
This collection was assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell (1887-1978) and contains correspondence throughout his life. His files hold letters signed by most of the major political leaders of Texas during the 1940s through the 1960s, as well as letters signed by Presidents Harry S Truman, Richard M. Nixon, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and George Washington Carver. It also contains a scrapbook of his time at Simmons College.
Featuring thousands of newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, technical drawings, and much more, this diverse collection tells the story of Texas through the preservation and exhibition of valuable resources.