Letter from Billy to Miss Jane Wright, January 19, 1927
Title
Letter from Billy to Miss Jane Wright, January 19, 1927
Subject
Wright, Ione Elizabeth
Wright family
Women -- Arkansas -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources
Families -- Arkansas
Arkansas -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources
Courtship -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Correspondence
Wright family
Women -- Arkansas -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources
Families -- Arkansas
Arkansas -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Sources
Courtship -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
Correspondence
Description
Collection also contains fifteen love letters written in 1927 from a suitor at a university in St. Louis, Missouri, and a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In this letter Billy discovers Ione is a school teacher and tells her “wish I were back in grade school. It certainly would be soft-have you for a teacher. I bet I would get away with a lot…” He apologizes for hurting her (sweet little) feelings but not writing for so long.
Creator
Wright, Ione Elizabeth
Source
Wright, Ione Elizabeth
Date
January 19, 1927
Rights
Please cite Archives of Women of the Southwest, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details, see the https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/research/permissions web page. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
Format
Letters
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
A2002.0024c
Files
Citation
Wright, Ione Elizabeth, “Letter from Billy to Miss Jane Wright, January 19, 1927,” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed February 8, 2025, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/420.