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Box 2

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Contains 124 Results:

Sarah Oakey Sirrine letter to unknown, date of production not identified

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 31
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Sarah Oakey Sirrine in Dingle, Idaho to an unknown person in Mesa, Arizona. The letter is probably to George or another suitor. She includes a poem and news about young people and parties. Undated though probably between 1877 and her marriage in 1879.

Dates: date of production not identified

Thomas Oakey letter to Mary Cooper Oakey and Dingle family, 1891 December 13

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 33
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Thomas Oakey in Salt Lake City to Mary Cooper Oakey and the Dingle family in Dingle, Idaho. Tom is alarmed that mother is sick and wants to come up. He asks for frequent updates and tells the news of the family with him. He then says that all of the Oakeys back in Nottingham have died. Dated December 13, 1891.

Dates: 1891 December 13

Mamie and Sarah Oakey Sirrine letter to Maida Oakey, 1897 April 10

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Mamie and Sarah Oakey Sirrine in Salt Lake City to Maida Oakey in Dingle, Idaho. Mamie's letter is brief and incomplete to her cousin Maida, finished by Sarah. They are at Lucy's Sarah tells Warren to take care of Maud. Dated April 10, 1897.

Dates: 1897 April 10

Warren LeRoy Sirrine letter to George Edward Sirrine, Sarah, and family, 1900 April 15

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Warren LeRoy Sirrine in Mesa, Arizona to George Edward Sirrine, Sarah, and family in Dingle, Idaho. Warren gives news that the hotel caught fire and burned to the ground. Their new house and Father's old house were saved. The hotel was insured. Warren also says that Uncle John is thinking of spending time in Los Angeles. Dated April 15, 1900.

Dates: 1900 April 15

Warren LeRoy Sirrine letter to George Edward Sirrine, Sarah, and family, 1900 December 8

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Warren LeRoy Sirrine in Mesa, Arizona to George Edward Sirrine, Sarah, and family in Dingle, Idaho. Warren writes that yesterday father turned 82. They surprised him with a picnic at his house with all the kids and grandchildren. Warren says that Father wants George to write even if it's only three words. Warren is glad George is coming down to spend the winter with them and asks him to bring any good cheese for the co-op. Dated December 8, 1900.

Dates: 1900 December 8

Edna Evans Johnson letter to Lucy Oakey Evans, 1917 November 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 37
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Edna Evans Johnson at an army base near Seattle to Lucy Oakey Evans in Salt Lake City. This is a chatty letter from Edna, who studied voice in Paris, then married an army captain. She is Thomas Oakey's granddaughter. Dated November 30, 1917.

Dates: 1917 November 30

Lucy Ann Oakey Evans letter to Sarah Oakey Sirrine, 1905 August 25

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Lucy Ann Oakey Evans in Salt Lake City to Sarah Oakey Sirrine in Dingle Idaho. Lucy gives family updates. Dated August 25, 1905.

Dates: 1905 August 25

Lucy Oakey Evans letter to Sarah Oakey Sirrine, 1905 November 4

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 39
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Lucy Oakey Evans in Salt Lake City to Sarah Oakey Sirrine in Dingle, Idaho. Lucy talks about music lessons for Edna and Ivy since they got the piano. (Edna went on to become a professional opera singer). Aunt Mary is still in town but Lucy has not seen her only hears of her. (This would be Mary Etherington, later Mary Thomas, Thomas' sister who left the ship when the family emigrated.) Dated November 4, 1905.

Dates: 1905 November 4

Harriet Sparks letter to Sarah Oakey Sirrine, 1906 March 2

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

A letter from Harriet Sparks in Carey, Idaho to Sarah Oakey Sirrine in Dingle, Idaho. Harriet is a friend of Sarah's who worked with her in the Dingle primary before moving away. Harriet gives Sarah news of the church in her area and expresses her homesickness. Dated March 2, 1906.

Dates: 1906 March 2