Mabel A. Work Fields, Correspondence
Scope and Contents
The correspondence includes letters between Mabel A. Work, who lived in Callaway, Nebraska, and Gilbert Fields, who lived initially in Englewood, Colorado. During their courtship and marriage, Work's letters to Fields are addressed to Ord, Wood River, Elm Creek, and David City, Nebraska. Fields worked at night for the Union Pacific Railroad Company. There are a few letters from other friends, including Frank Robison and Ada G. Harding. Work and Fields marry in December 1912. Letters from 1913 on include those to Fields when he is away and letters from family. Those dated from 1917-1919 are sent to the Fields in Tie Siding, Wyoming.
Dates
- 1895-1919
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
- Railroads -- Nebraska Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository
Archives & Special Collections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
P.O. Box 884100
Lincoln NE 68588-4100 United States
402-472-2531
archives@unl.edu
