Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Pearl Burtnett letters
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Pearl Burtnett letters
- Date
- 1873-1879, 1911-1923, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Burtnett, Pearl
- Extent
- 0.32 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Letters.
- Correspondence.
- Love-letters
- Family.
- Friendship.
- Female friendship -- United States.
- Young women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Young women -- United States -- Correspondence -- 20th century
- Women in education.
- Pennsylvania
- Gossip.
- Health
- Education
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.0613: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Pearl Burtnett letters, 1873-1879, 1911-1923, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Pearl Burtnett (1896-1981) was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania to Charles Burtnett (1870-1943) and Mary Ellen Stahlnecker (1874-1956). Pearl never married and worked as an office manager in a broker's office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No other biographical information available.
- American Letters collector Wade Hall (1934-2015) was a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Starting in 1962, he lived in Louisville, where he taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He held degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall was the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher's Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
- Scope and Content
- The Pearl Burtnett letters (dated 1873-1879, 1911-1923, undated; 0.32 cubic feet; 10 folders) comprises letters sent to Pearl from friends and family that document the lives of young men and women in upper class Philadelphia, Pennsylvania society in the early twentieth century. The letters to Pearl discuss education, dating, gossip, shopping, social events, trips taken, personal health, marriages, and family. Her mother is a frequent letter writer, updating Pearl on the family at home, activities around the house, personal health, and seeing whether she can assist with other family members getting into specific schools.
- The Pearl Burtnett letters collection is part of the Wade Hall Collection of American Letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Bob to Pearl Burtnett, 1920-1922, undated
Earle to Pearl Burtnett, 1911-1915
John to Pearl Burtnett, 1919-1923, undated
Lillian Bloom to Pearl Burtnett, 1912-1917
Mother to Pearl Burtnett, 1915-1922, undated
Letters to Pearl Burtnett, 1912-1916
Letters to Pearl Burtnett, 1917-1922
Letters to Pearl Burtnett, undated
Letters from Pearl Burtnett, 1919-1921
General letters, 1873-1879, 1912-1922, undated
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