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Guide to the Gloria Nelson Letters

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Title Guide to the Gloria Nelson Letters
 
Subject Frontier and pioneer
life--Washington (State)
Reclamation of
land--Washington (State)
Windstorms--Washington
(State)
Dust storms--Washington
(State)
Weather
Washington (State)
Pioneers
Women
Environmental Conditions
Home
and Family
Water
and Water Rights
 
Description Homesteader, of Adams County, Wash. Letters from Nelson to her father in Kansas, describing daily activities and the harsh weather conditions, including wind and dust storms, endured by the family in their settlement of an isolated 80-acre tract (part of Columbia Basin Project), near Othello, Wash.
 
Publisher Eastern Washington State
Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture
 
Date 1953-1957
 
Type collection
 
Identifier http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv89898
 
Language English
 
Coverage 1953-1957
 
Institute of Museum and Library Services National Endowment for the Humanities Greater Western Library Alliance