Christmas Letter of Peg and Bill L. Ryan
Content Description
The 1962 Christmas letter of Peg and Bill Ryan prepared and printed for friends and family members recounts their activities in the months before and just after moving to Kabul, Afghanistan. The couple moved to Kabul from Panama when Bill Ryan accepted a human resources position with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Peg Ryan became an 8th grade teacher at the International School in Kabul. The Ryans arrived in Kabul in August 1962 and their letter includes initial impressions of people, the city, markets, their home, the availability of goods, and other routine matters. The letter is addressed to Pat and Harvey "Moose" Mason of Broton, Massachusetts.
Dates
- 1962
Creator
- Ryan, Peg (Creator, Person)
- Ryan, Bill L. (Creator, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Nebraska Public Records Statutes (Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 84-712 through 84-712.09), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of Nebraska Omaha assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder) : Correspondence
.02 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Purchased by donor, Amy Schindler, through online auction website ebay on August 4, 2014. Received into Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection by Shaista Wahab on April 21, 2015.
- Kabul (Afghanistan) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Source
- Schindler, Amy (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Christmas Letter of Peg and Bill L. Ryan
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Angela Kroeger
- Date
- 2015-04-21
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Amy Schindler
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nebraska at Omaha Archives & Special Collections Repository
Archives & Special Collections
Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library
6001 Dodge St.
Omaha Nebraska 68182-0237 United States
402-554-6046
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