[Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, October 9, 1881] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Letter from Paul Osterhout to John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout, October 9, 1881]

Creator

  • Author: Osterhout, Paul
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1881-10-09

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Letter from Paul Osterhout to his parents, John Patterson and Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote about a ride atop a train's caboose he took, change in employment at the train station, and requested his parents send him his winter coat.
  • Physical Description: [4] p. ; 25 x 20 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
  • Keyword: letters
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Osterhout, Paul, 1859-1944.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Osterhout, John Patterson, 1826-1903.
  • Named Person: Osterhout, Junia Roberts, d. 1897
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads - Trains
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Travel
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Weather and Climate

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Coverage Date: 1881-10
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Houston County - Lovelady
  • Time Period: new-sou

Collection

  • Name: Osterhout Papers
    Code: OSTERH

Institution

  • Name: Rice University Woodson Research Center
    Code: RICE

Resource Type

  • Letter

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: RICE_wrc01751
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth243969
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