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[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 8, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - June 8, 1992]

Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she expresses her intention to write soon with her Harvey Girl information, explaining that she had been sick and unable to write.
Date: June 8, 1992
Creator: Saenz, Madge
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mary Eloise Lindsey to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 31, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Mary Eloise Lindsey to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 31, 1992]

Letter from Mary Eloise Lindsey to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she talks about her friend, Laura Worsham, who lived in the Temple Harvey House as a newlywed.
Date: January 31, 1992
Creator: Lindsey, Mary Eloise
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George H. Latimer to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from George H. Latimer to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 26, 1992]

Letter from George H. Latimer to Rosa Walston Latimer relating information given to him by Erna Johnson, a former Harvey Girl, and speculating about himself and Rosa Walston Latimer having a common ancestor.
Date: March 26, 1992
Creator: Latimer, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sarah Moore to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 1, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Sarah Moore to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 1, 1992]

Letter from Sarah Moore of Bryan, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she tells the story of her mother, Leona Woods Moore of Somerville, Texas, who worked as a Harvey Girl at the Temple Harvey House.
Date: February 1, 1992
Creator: Moore, Sarah
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Helen Potter Harper to Rosa Walston Latimer - May 18, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Helen Potter Harper to Rosa Walston Latimer - May 18, 1992]

Letter from Helen Potter Harper of Wildwood, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer in which she offers several sources for information about Harvey Houses and Harvey Girls in the area of Silsbee and Beaumont, Texas.
Date: May 18, 1992
Creator: Harper, Helen Potter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dana Phillips to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 6, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Dana Phillips to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 6, 1992]

Letter from Dana Phillips of Temple, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer telling about her mother, Etta Lanham Williams, who worked at the Temple Harvey House.
Date: February 6, 1992
Creator: Phillips, Dana
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Temple Railroad and Pioneer Museum to Rosa Walston Latimer - April 18, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from the Temple Railroad and Pioneer Museum to Rosa Walston Latimer - April 18, 1992]

Letter from the Temple, Texas Railroad and Pioneer Museum to Rosa Walston Latimer, describing the history of the Temple Harvey House as well as listing names of known Temple Harvey Girls.
Date: April 18, 1992
Creator: Railroad and Pioneer Museum
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Keith Hines to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 2, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Keith Hines to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 2, 1992]

Letter from Keith Hines of Canyon, Texas to Rosa Walston Latimer of Lubbock, Texas detailing what he knows about Harvey Houses and Harvey Girls based on his experience working in the old Santa Fe depot in Canyon.
Date: February 2, 1992
Creator: Hines, Keith
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Les Tye to Rosa Latimer - February 5, 1992]

Letter written to Rosa Latimer in Lubbock, Texas to Les Tye in Fort Worth, Texas in response to an article published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (enclosed with the letter) asking for stories related to Harvey Houses. In the letter, Les Tye writes about his experience with a Harvey House in Las Vegas, New Mexico on his honeymoon in 1947. Also included is the letter's envelope.
Date: February 5, 1992
Creator: Tye, Les
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joe W. Zvolanek to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 11, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Joe W. Zvolanek to Rosa Walston Latimer - March 11, 1992]

Letter from Joe W. Zvolanek to Rosa Walston Latimer asking for information about his mother, Maria Zvolanek, who worked as a Harvey Girl in Temple and died when he was two years old.
Date: unknown
Creator: Zvolanek, Joe W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Questionnaire filled out by Cleo Wolf] (open access)

[Questionnaire filled out by Cleo Wolf]

Questionnaire created by Rosa Walston Latimer and filled out by Cleo Wolf with questions about the life and work of Harvey Girls at Harvey Houses. Included at the end is a note from Jo Delaney, also a former Harvey Girl.
Date: January 21, 1993
Creator: Latimer, Rosa Walston
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 14, 1991] (open access)

[Letter to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 14, 1991]

Letter to Rosa Walston Latimer and signed "Rose," telling about the author's time working as a Harvey Girl in Slaton, Texas.
Date: January 14, 1991
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - July 24, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - July 24, 1992]

Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she briefly describes her experience as a Harvey Girl, and requests that Rosa call her. She also includes addresses and family information for Norman Miller.
Date: July 24, 1992
Creator: Saenz, Madge
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Speck Wilson to Rosa Walston Latimer - February 19, 1992] (open access)

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

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 20, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer - January 20, 1992]

Letter from Madge Saenz to Rosa Walston Latimer, in which she speaks about her employment as a Harvey Girl in Harvey Houses, as well as her coworkers and their current whereabouts.
Date: January 20, 1992
Creator: Saenz, Madge
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Paul Wedel to Mr. U. D. Maxwell, November 14th, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from Paul Wedel to Mr. U. D. Maxwell, November 14th, 1946]

Letter with envelope flap to Mr. U. D. Maxwell from Paul Wedel, a former German Prisoner of War at Camp Hood, Texas. Wedel discusses his activities in England after having left the United States.
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Wedel, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 12, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 12, 1864]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 12, 1864 and sent from a camp on Cedar Bayou, in which he writes about rumors of where his company will move next, and discusses some matters related to money. Minnie wrote below the end of the letter: "My own Darling heart. My dear precious husband."
Date: March 12, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 12, 1864] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - March 12, 1864]

Transcript of letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated March 12, 1864 and sent from a camp on Cedar Bayou, in which he writes about rumors of where his company will move next, and discusses some matters related to money. Minnie wrote below the end of the letter: "My own Darling heart. My dear precious husband."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History