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Contains 117 Results:

Mary Cooper Sirrine postcard to Maida Oakey, 1910 October 8

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 3
Scope and Contents

Postcard with image of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Sent from Dingle, Idaho, to Paris, Idaho. Sirrine signs using her nickname "Mamie." Mentions Sirrine being packed for a trip and how she has not gotten smallpox. Postmark is blurred, but date appears to be October 8, 1910.

Dates: 1910 October 8
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

Mary Cooper Sirrine postcard to Maida Oakey, 1908 December 14

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Birthday postcard with image of flowers. Postcard sent from Paris, Idaho to Salt Lake City, Utah. Mentions birthday greetings, "young folks" conference, Warren, Mary's younger brother, taking them to Dingle, celebrating Founder's Day, and a mutual friend getting married in the Salt Lake Temple. Dated 14 December 1908.

Dates: 1908 December 14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

Mary Cooper Sirrine postcard to Maida Oakey, 1911 November 18

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Postcard with an image of people bathing at Saltair Beach on the Great Salt Lake. Sent from Dingle, Idaho, to Paris, Idaho. Sirrine signs using her nickname "Mamie." Says she is sorry Maida is lonely and talks about sewing for her sister (likely Emeline). Postmark blurred, but likely dated November 18, 1911.

Dates: 1911 November 18
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

M. A. R. postcard to Maida Oakey, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 6
Dates: Other: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

Mary Cooper Sirrine postcard to Maida Oakey, 1908 December 29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 7
Dates: Other: 1908 December 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

Mary Cooper Sirrine letter to Maida Oakey, 1913 April 29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 8
Dates: Other: 1913 April 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

Warren Sirrine postcard to Maida Oakey, 1909 July 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 9
Scope and Contents

Postcard with image of Lincoln monmument in front of high school in Omaha, Nebraska. Sent from Chicago, Illinois, to Dingle, Idaho. Warren is a cousin to Maida. He sent this postcard en route to his LDS mission in London, England. Dated July 20, 1909.

Dates: 1909 July 20
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

Mary Cooper Sirrine postcard to Maida Oakey, 1912 February 7

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 10
Scope and Contents

Postcard with image of buildings in Boston, Massachusetts, sent from Dingle, Idaho, to Ogden, Utah. Sirrine signs using her nickname "Mamie." Sent to Dee Memorial Hospital, but no mention of illness. Mentions surprise character ball for a friend named Edith N. Dated February 7, 1912.

Dates: 1912 February 7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

Mary Cooper Sirrine postcard to Maida Oakey, 1908 November 12

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 11
Scope and Contents

Postcard with image of flowers and words "To my dear cousin." Sent from Paris, Idaho, to Salt Lake City, Utah. Sirrine signs using her nickname "Mamie." Mentions that her mother, Sarah, has gone to Dingle to cook for the thrashers. Dated November 12, 1908.

Dates: 1908 November 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

History of start to America, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Handwritten brief first-person account of Oakey family's journey to America. Author is not identified, but likely by Hyrum Oakey, brother to Sarah Oakey Sirrine. Includes brief account of travel by ship from England to New York, then travel to Nebraska and being assigned a wagon train for journey to Utah. Date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8593, Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

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