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[Letter from Rosa Walston Latimer to James Balke - May 12, 1992]

Description: Letter from Rosa Walston Latimer to James Balke in which she asks him to fill out a questionnaire about Harvey Houses. A note from James Balke to Rosa Walston Latimer is written on the back of the original letter, explaining that she did not include a questionnaire and offering some leads for more information about Harvey Girls.
Date: May 12, 1992
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston & Balke, James
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Letter from Ruth Narville Newton to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 14, 1992]

Description: Letter from Ruth Narville Newton of Houston, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she gives information about her sister and brother-in-law, Stella Narville Scott and Charles Dan Scott, who worked at Harvey Houses in Temple, Cleburne, Sweetwater, and Brownwood, Texas.
Date: June 14, 1992
Creator: Newton, Ruth Narville
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer

[Letter from Speck Wilson to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992]

Description: Letter from Speck Wilson of Springtown, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas, in which he describes the story of his father and mother's courtship and marriage. His mother, Maxine Cockrell Wilson Johnson, was a Harvey Girl in Canadian, Texas and his father, Harold F. Wilson, was a local cowboy.
Date: February 19, 1992
Creator: Wilson, Speck
Partner: Private Collection of Rosa Walston Latimer
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