Mary E. Fisher letters to Mary Beach: Finding Aid mssFisher
Kelly Kress
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Title: Mary E. Fisher letters to Mary Beach
Creator:
Fisher, Mary E.
Identifier/Call Number: mssFisher
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
(1 folder)
Date (inclusive): 1891-1899
Abstract: Letters from Mary E. Fisher to her friend Mary Beach, describing life in the town of Huron, South Dakota and an eventual move
to Minneapolis.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from McBride Rare Books, February 2020.
Mary E. Fisher lived with her family in the midwestern United States in the late 19th century.
Four letters from Mary E. Fisher to her friend Mary Beach. The first three letters are written from Fisher's home in Huron,
South Dakota, where she had just moved with her husband from the nearby smaller town of Cavour. She describes her delight
at living in a larger community with a nicer house; local news such as elections, temperance movements, the local economy,
crop failures, and the weather; and also family issues including the work of her husband and children and the traveling they
had to do. She also relates her concern for the impoverished families of Huron, and her efforts to help with food and clothing
donations for Christmas. Fisher's final letter in 1899 is from Minneapolis, where the family moved due to her husband's constant
traveling to the area for his work.
Processed by Kelly Kress in April 2022.
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Domestic relations -- South Dakota
Female friendship
Temperance -- South Dakota
Women in charitable work
Huron (S.D.)
Minneapolis (Minn.)
South Dakota -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century
Box Main file 86, Folder 8
Mary E. Fisher letters to Mary Beach 1891-1899