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[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell] (open access)

[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell]

A letter written to Daddy [T. N. Carswell] from Peg [Peggy Carswell]. She advises that Mother talked with the Dean, all is straightened out and they "were sorry". She advises of the change of her faculty advisor and that she will be taking different courses including Public Speaking.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Carswell, Peggy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell] (open access)

[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell]

A letter written to "Folks" [T. N. Carswell and Byrdie Carswell] from Peg [Peggy Carswell]. Peggy explans the circumstances leading to Cornell having placed her on probation noting that "It is the height of stupidity, ignorance, and pig-headedness to put me on pro for something I can't help, and especially when I have done all in my power to meet the damn requirement." She continues to discuss the probation status as an error and requests that they communicate with Dean R. P. Sibley.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Carswell, Peggy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell - July 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell - July 14, 1944]

A letter written to Dad [T. N. Carswell] from "Baby Doll" [Peggy Carswell], Balch Hall, dated July 14, 1944. Peggy Carswell advises that she always has so much to say but never writes it down and expresses her regret that she is not able to talk to Carswell about everything such as the future, her idea of going to the Panama Canal Zone and her job for next year because he always listens to her and points out things that she has not yet thought of then discusses the matter "savily"comparing how she and her mother fight over unimportant things such as that she dropped, not failed, Shakespeare because she was taking 18 hours and needed to drop to 15 hours. She lists her responsibilities as Stage Manager of the Drama Club, requests that he not tell Mother about the job she will have at $10 a week for the summer and asks what he thinks about her working. She compliments Carswell's letters, specifically his command of language, and comments on the letter that he wrote to the President, agreeing with him regarding his opinion of a fourth term for Roosevelt. She writes that a fourth term "would be disasterous …
Date: July 14, 1944
Creator: Carswell, Peggy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell - May 15, 1944] (open access)

[Telegram from Peggy Carswell to T. N. Carswell - May 15, 1944]

A Western Union telegram sent to T. N. Carswell, Hilton Hotel El Paso, Texas from Peg, Ithaca, NY, dated 1944 MAY 15 am 1-20. Peggy Carswell requests that Carswell send money for sorority initiation fees and advises that Mother is safely off the train and will stay over in St. Louis if tired.
Date: May 15, 1944
Creator: Carswell, Peggy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Dean R. P. Sibley - July 18, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Dean R. P. Sibley - July 18, 1944]

A letter written to Dean R. P. Sibley, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York from T. N. Carswell, dated July 18, 1944. Carswell acknowledges his receipt of Sibley's letter addressed to Peggy A. Carswell having placed her on probation. He advises of the fact that Peggy, having entered Cornell as a Junior, could not therefore have fulfilled any requirements by the end of the sophomore year and because she is now a senior applying probation, literally, is impossible. He requests that his daughter's probation status be reconsidered advising of the timing of this action as unnecessarily disturbing and that he must depend on Sibley to explore the matter thoroughly and to reply.
Date: July 18, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to Peggy Carswell from T. N. Carswell - October 20, 1944] (open access)

[Telegram to Peggy Carswell from T. N. Carswell - October 20, 1944]

A Western Union telegram sent to Miss Peggy A. Carswell, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. from Dad [T. N. Carswell], Richmond, Texas, dated October 20, 1944. Carswell congratulates Peggy on her graduation from Cornell after having entered Randolph-Macon four years earlier, for four years of life, both bitter and sweet depending on one's efforts and philosophy. He expresses his wish that he could join her for the occasion and expresses his appreciation for Uncle Milton and Aunt Nonie for their presence and for all they have done. The reverse side includes Western Union terms, cost, and information regarding The Western Union Telegraph Company, Incorporated. R. B. White, President.
Date: October 20, 1944
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. P. Sibley to Peggy Anne Carswell - July 19, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from R. P. Sibley to Peggy Anne Carswell - July 19, 1944]

A letter written to Miss Peggy Anne Carswell, Balch Hall, Ithaca, New York from R. P. Sibley, Assistant Dean, dated July 19, 1944. Sibley defends the prescribed probation by the faculty to be meant as an emphatic warning. Inasmuch as she has every incentive to finish the requirement this term he then agrees that the probation may be rescinded noting that Dean Ogden and Professor Rideout concur in this belief.
Date: July 19, 1944
Creator: Sibley, R. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. P. Sibley to T. N. Carswell - July 21, 1944 and correspondence from Byrdie Carswell to T. N. Carswell] (open access)

[Letter from R. P. Sibley to T. N. Carswell - July 21, 1944 and correspondence from Byrdie Carswell to T. N. Carswell]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from R. P. Sibley, Assistant Dean, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, dated July 21, 1944. Sibley acknowledges the receipt of Carswell's letters and agrees that probation was hardly the appropriate action but advises that Peggy must pass her registration in Latin to graduate at the end of the term. Handwritten at the bottom of the page and continued on the reverse side is correspondence to Daddy [T. N. Carswell] from Mother [Byrdie Carswell] requesting that Carswell return these copies as she intended for Don Sibley to clear the Cornell record of that first term as he said "as if it had never been". She discusses Peggy's health, faults the advisor for having allowed Peggy's overload of hours and deems the term as worthless.
Date: July 21, 1944
Creator: Sibley, R. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History