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Item Identifier Number

ms700_001_011_19250531

Creation Date

5-31-1925

Disciplines

History | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | United States History | Women's History

Keywords

Wright family -- History; Wright family; Daily life; Letters; Haskell, Katharine Wright, 1874-1929; Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948; Oberlin College; Smithsonian Institution

Collection

MS-700: Katharine Wright Haskell Papers

Description

In this letter, Katharine Wright writes to Henry Haskell about the departure of some friends, the proposed faculty changes that will be discussed at the next Oberlin College Board of Trustees meeting in which she expresses doubt that a new female professor is getting adequate compensation, and shares more information regarding the unfolding Smithsonian conflict. She speaks of family she has in Kansas, expresses sympathy for Henry's son moving away, and touches on other aspects of her daily life.

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Publisher Repository

Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries

Document Type

Letter

Letter, May 31, 1925, Katharine Wright to Harry [Henry J. Haskell]


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