Letter from James to Elizabeth, February 2nd, 1924

Letter from James to Elizabeth, February 2nd, 1924

Smallwood, James Dealy
Smallwood, Elizabeth Hines
Courtship -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century
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James Dealy Smallwood and Elizabeth Hines Smallwood met at the University of Texas in 1920. The couple maintained a long-distance courtship for nearly five years before marrying in September of 1924. Their correspondence documents the couple's romance, views on life in Texas, experiences with anxiety and depression. As James gets ready supper time, he prances “up and down on the front porch over at mother’s impatiently waiting for ‘action’.” He refers to Elizabeth as Precious throughout the note, and talks about buying them a Ford Coupe so that he “come back and forth (from Goose Greek maybe)” with Elizabeth in tow.

Smallwood, James Dealy, creator.
Smallwood, Elizabeth Hines, correspondent.

1924

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A2018.0046