Columbus E. Hewlett Collection
Scope and Contents
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Correspondence of Columbus E. Hewlett and Lena Rausch during their courtship and shortly after marriage. There are 46 letters from Hewlett to Rausch, 10 of which are from Poteau, Oklahoma, and 36 are from Exeter, Missouri; 2 letters are from Rausch to Hewlett from Pierce City, Missouri; and five tintype photographs. Hewlett worked for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company.
Dates
- Creation: 1888-1889
Creator
- Hewlett, Columbus E., 1860-1930 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
.33 Cubic Feet (.33 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchased; Date of acquisition--2007.
Subject
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Organization)
- Hewlett, Columbus E., 1860-1930 -- Correspondence (Person)
Geographic
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
