I am trying to research these types of documents. But I am not sure where to start looking for historical letters from just normal, everyday people. Any ideas on where to find this?
2006-12-01 08:19:37 · 5 answers · asked by missy s 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Look no further. Get thee to the Roll & Shuffle, at the bottom of Impossible Odds, where you will find links and examples of the wonderful letters the hilarious author P.G. Wodehouse wrote to his old Dulwich College school pal, Bill Townend, during the period you describe: http://pokerpulse.com/news/viewtopic.php?p=2616&sid=9c899931f55faa2e01c4580eabeac135#2616
2006-12-01 08:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For scholarly work, search National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. It is online. Type NUCMC in Google, Yahoo or enter in URL line.
Two inventories will appear. Try both. Type 1920s & see what happens.
Many of the listings will describe letters, identify writers.
Keep in mind you will have to pay a fee to obtain photocopies of letters from the various repositiories, whether university special collections, historical societies, Library of Congress, National Archives, whatever.
Also there is lead time involved. . Some repositories respond quickly, others may require more than a month or six weeks.
2006-12-01 17:45:34 · answer #2 · answered by pajaronian@verizon.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact your State Historical Museum (or Archive) whatever it is called. There you need to ask for someone who is familiar with the collections of correspondence of the sort you are seeking. Many families contribute such collections of correspondence to state archives.
You will enjoy learning to use an archive and digging out what you want. Don't be surprised if you find a collection very different from what you have in mind, and it leads you in some unexpected direction that is enormously interesting to you. Breath life into the past, and it will give you a new life.
2006-12-01 17:22:26 · answer #3 · answered by john s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a genealogist, is there one in your family or a good friends? I have letters written by my uncles to my grandmother while they were in the service ...mentions t he Czar abdicating..in one,,,very interesting "stuff"
Could be the librarian could help you with this.
2006-12-01 16:33:39 · answer #4 · answered by Boopsie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I buy them on ebay.
2006-12-01 17:29:41 · answer #5 · answered by rusalka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋