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  • Folder 1: Donor's documentation of the Mercer letters, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    These documents index the entire collection of the Mercer letters.

  • Folder 2: Pell personal letter, June 6, 1998 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a personal letter which belongs to Jennifer Pell.

  • Folder 3: Mercer letters, undated Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains some letters without envelopes and letters with no dates or dates which are difficult to determine. A small Christmas card is included. The letters with envelopes are addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Mercer.

  • Folder 4: Eva Matthias letter, 1886 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    This folder contains the oldest letter in this collection. The letter is addressed to Eva Matthias, who lived in Nodoway, Iowa.

  • Folder 5: Mercer letters, 1913 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    These letters are addressed to the Mercers living in Pharr, Texas. Another envelope is addressed to Mrs. J.J. Mercer in Baldwin, Kansas.

  • Folder 6: Mercer letters, 1914 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    This folder contains a letter addressed to J.J. Mercer in Pharr, Texas.

  • Folder 7: Mercer letters, 1915 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Includes a letter addressed to Mrs. Eva Mercer in Pharr, Texas. Another letter is addressed to Miss Lillian Phillips in Denver, Colorado.

  • Folder 8: Mercer letters, Christmas Greeting Souvenir, 1917 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a "Christmas Greeting Souvenir" booklet from 1917. The small booklet has a few pages with illustrations and writing. The booklet was created by the Ohio Printing Company.

  • Folder 9: Mercer letters, 1920 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains family letters from 1920. Some of them are notes on small cards.

  • Folder 10: Mercer letters, 1921 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a letter from Baldwin, Kansas to Eva Mercer in Pharr, Texas.

  • Folder 11: Mercer letters, 1922 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a letter addressed to Mrs. Eva Mercer in Austin, Texas from J.J. Mercer in Baldwin, Kansas.

  • Folder 12: Mercer letters, 1923 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a letter from Wm. J. Brient, Pastor of the Methodist Church in Garland. The letter is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Mercer in Austin, Texas. The document is a Christmas greeting which is typed and signed by the pastor.

  • Folder 13: Mercer letters, 1924 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a small birthday card from Helen Mercer. Another envelope from Austin, Texas contains a letter to the Mercers in Corning, Iowa.

  • Folder 14: Mercer letters, 1925 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a lengthy, handwritten letter from Dora B. Chute detailing the problems with one of the Mercer properties in Iowa. In the letter to the Mercers, she writes about past issues between her family and the Mercers. Contains Christmas greeting cards, also. This folder marks the beginning of a period with many letters.

  • Folder 15: Mercer letters, January-March, 1926 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    This folder contains the Mercer letters from January through March of 1926.

  • Folder 16: Mercer letters, April-December, 1926 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains the Mercer letters from April through December of 1926.

  • Folder 17: Mercer letters, 1927 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains the Mercer letters from 1927. Some typed, offical letters from E.L. Humbert and Son are included.

  • Folder 18: Mercer letters, 1928 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains the Mercer letters from 1928. Several official documents are included with this year. A physician's letter is included in this year.

  • Folder 19: Mercer letters, 1929 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Several letters are addressed to the Mercers, who are living in Austin at this time. Some official documents from attorneys are included.

  • Folder 20: Mercer letters, January-July, 1930 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Letters are addressed to the Mercers living in Austin. This is the first part of the year for 1930.

  • Folder 21: Mercer letters, August-December, 1930 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains the Mercer letters from the second part of the year for 1930.

  • Folder 22: Mercer letters, January-March, 1931 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains the Mercer letters for 1931. This folder contains the first part of the year.

  • Folder 23: Mercer letters, April-June, 1931 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains the Mercer letters for 1931. This folder contains the second part of the year. One unopened letter from Port Arthur, Texas is included.

  • Folder 24: Mercer letters, July-August, 1931 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains letters from the third part of the year for 1931.

  • Folder 25: Mercer letters, October-December, 1931 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains the Mercer letters for the fourth part of the year for 1931.

  • Folder 26: Mercer letters, 1932 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a Christmas greeting card which was sent to the Mercers in Austin for this year.

  • Folder 27: Mercer letters, 1933 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    An invitation for a high school graduation for 1933 is included in this folder. The invitation is from Veldeva Stoaks. The Lenox High School symbol is a swastika, but this predates the associations it had during World War II and onward.

  • Folder 28: Mercer letters, 1934 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains an unopened letter addressed to Florence Mercer in Cleburne, Texas. Eva is living in Cleburne, also. In one of the letters it states that Helen Mercer is teaching in Port Arthur.

  • Folder 29: Mercer letters, 1935 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains two letters addressed to Mrs. J.J. Mercer (Eva Mercer) in Cleburne, Texas.

  • Folder 30: Mercer letters, 1936 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a graduation announcement for Russell Mercer, Class of 1936. This is for Tinsman High School in Arkansas. The envelope is addressed to "Miss Helen Mercer." On the interior envelope, "Aunt Eva & the girls," is written.

  • Folder 31: Mercer letters, 1938 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    A postcard  is addressed to Miss Iva Mary Rowe in San Marcos, Texas. A typed letter from the pastor of the University Methodist Church is included in this envelope and the letter is a request for donations. A portion of the front of the envelope from the church has been cut away.

  • Folder 32: Mercer letters, 1939 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a letter addressed to Florence Mercer from the pastor of the United Methodist Church in Austin. The letter announces the Easter services for the church. The letter is stained, but both envelope and letter have some printed color graphics.

  • Folder 33: Mercer letters, 1942 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a postcard from F.C. Adams.

  • Folder 34: Mercer letters, 1947 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains a postcard addressed to Mrs. P.J. Boyd thanking her for the picture of Savoy College. The handwritten note on the back goes on to say: "It was exactly 25 years ago, July 16, that father was drowned."

  • Folder 35: Mercer  letters, 1958 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    Contains two postcards. One is addressed to Mrs. P.J. Boyd. The other postcard is addressed to Mr. Frank Boyd. The notes are signed "Frankie." The postcards mention a hospital stay and also mention that Frankie is having someone else take care of "Mama."

  • Folder 36: Mercer letters, 1966 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    This folder contains an "air letter" to Miss Florence Mercer. The message is from H.J. Adams in England.

  • Folder 37: Mercer letters, 1968 Request Reading Room Access Request Duplication Services

    This folder contains an "air mail" message from Helda Adams. The letter is addressed to Miss Florence Mercer. This is the last message in the collection.