Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Lemuel P. Gooding letters
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Lemuel P. Gooding letters
- Date
- 1917-1931, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Gooding, Lemuel P., 1887-1932
- Extent
- 0.90 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Letters.
- Love-letters
- Automobiles
- Young men -- United States -- Correspondence -- 20th century
- Families.
- Man-woman relationships -- United States -- 20th century
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically. The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters has been processed into discrete collections based on provenance.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.0797: [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Lemuel P. Gooding letters, 1917-1931, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Lemuel P. Gooding (1887-1932) was born in Lexington, Kentucky to Abram Gooding (1864-1928) and Sudie Parry (1866-1940). He married his long-term girlfriend, Caby V. Froman (1891-1974) in 1918. The couple had no children together. Lemuel worked in the hardware industry according to the 1920 US Census.
- 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 Lemuel P. Gooding letters (dated 1917-1931, undated; 0.90 cubic feet; 2 boxes) comprise letters sent from Lemuel P. Gooding of Lexington, Kentucky to his future wife, Caby Froman, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Lemuel writes to her about his parents and their unfortunate automobile accident in Lexington, how his mother has a fractured skull and his father has a broken collar bone. Lemuel also writes to Caby from Tampa, Florida where he is on a business trip. He gives her details on the city, food, weather, and hotel. He also offers her encouragement and comfort since she is due to get her tonsils removed while he is away.
- The Lemuel P. Gooding 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
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman, 1917 May - July
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman, 1917 August - September
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman, 1917 October - November
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman, 1918 February - May
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman, 1918 June - July
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman, 1918 August - September
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman, 1918 October - November
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman-Gooding, 1919 July - October
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman-Gooding, 1920-1921
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman-Gooding, 1922
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman-Gooding, 1923-1925
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman-Gooding, 1926-1929
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman-Gooding, 1930-1931
Lemuel P. Gooding to Caby V. Froman-Gooding, undated
Lemuel P. Gooding and Caby V. Froman-Gooding letters, 1921, undated
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