Letter to Mama, From Mary

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Title: Letter to Mama, From Mary
Description: Mary, the letter writer, tells her mother she accidentally left a tooth in a glass in the medicine cabinet and asks her to keep it safe until someone can bring it to them. She describes returning late from a weekend visit due to a bus delay, noting that friends Dottie and Deasie enjoyed the trip.; She shares disappointing news that Herbie’s graduation was delayed because a professor couldn’t read his handwriting on a “Wills” exam, possibly requiring a make-up test in the fall. The writer has a dental appointment and is unsure whether the dentist will pull a tooth or fill it. Mary informs that Bill was not reappointed to his position but hope something else will come up for him, and she recommends seeing “Pygmalion,” which she enjoyed with Dottie. They note someone has been working at the court but haven’t spoken to him, express hope that Gwen will be well-treated by her nurses, and mention having 60 days until vacation and 36 days of classes remaining. The letter closes with thanks and love to everyone at home.
Contributor: Temple University Libraries, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
Date Created: 1939
Rights: This work is not in copyright, but commercial uses of this digital representation are limited. For more information, contact blockson@temple.edu and see http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-NC/1.0/
Language: eng
Subject: Letter; Teeth--Care and hygiene; Personal correspondence; Mothers and daughters
Format: Text
Extent: 1
Spatial Coverage: (Pennsylvania)
Is Part Of: The Blockson Collection
transcription: [PAGE 1]

6/20/39

Dearest mama,

I left my tooth in a little

glass in the medicine closet. Maybe

you have run across it. Any way

please keep it safe and sound for

me. Maybe someone will be coming

to New York and can bring it to me.

I didn’t even miss it until i went

to clean my teeth Sunday after I

got back.

We didn’t get back until nearly

ten thirty because the bus was forty

minutes late but Deasie went to Miss

Burns and she said it was perfectly

all right and she hoped she had a

pleasant week-end etc. Papa really

just got us on that bus. We had fun

rattling around on the back seat.

Dottie - Deasie both said they had

such a nice time & they got you even

Item sets: Black Joy & Resilience

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