Scope and Contents From the File: This collection includes approximately 300 letters written predominantly between 1890-1905 by a diverse group of Helen Blackmer’s friends, family, and colleagues. Frequent correspondents include her three brothers, William, Ezra, and Alfred, who all moved from New York to Arizona in the early 1890s. Many of the letters discuss life in the West, particularly in Montana and Arizona, with career opportunities, lifestyle, weather, food, and illness depicted in these states. Many of the letters...

Scope and Contents From the File: This collection includes approximately 300 letters written predominantly between 1890-1905 by a diverse group of Helen Blackmer’s friends, family, and colleagues. Frequent correspondents include her three brothers, William, Ezra, and Alfred, who all moved from New York to Arizona in the early 1890s. Many of the letters discuss life in the West, particularly in Montana and Arizona, with career opportunities, lifestyle, weather, food, and illness depicted in these states. Many of the letters...

Scope and Contents From the File: This collection includes approximately 300 letters written predominantly between 1890-1905 by a diverse group of Helen Blackmer’s friends, family, and colleagues. Frequent correspondents include her three brothers, William, Ezra, and Alfred, who all moved from New York to Arizona in the early 1890s. Many of the letters discuss life in the West, particularly in Montana and Arizona, with career opportunities, lifestyle, weather, food, and illness depicted in these states. Many of the letters...

Scope and Contents From the File: This collection includes approximately 300 letters written predominantly between 1890-1905 by a diverse group of Helen Blackmer’s friends, family, and colleagues. Frequent correspondents include her three brothers, William, Ezra, and Alfred, who all moved from New York to Arizona in the early 1890s. Many of the letters discuss life in the West, particularly in Montana and Arizona, with career opportunities, lifestyle, weather, food, and illness depicted in these states. Many of the letters...

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Includes one partial letter dated 1917

Scope and Contents From the File: This collection includes approximately 300 letters written predominantly between 1890-1905 by a diverse group of Helen Blackmer’s friends, family, and colleagues. Frequent correspondents include her three brothers, William, Ezra, and Alfred, who all moved from New York to Arizona in the early 1890s. Many of the letters discuss life in the West, particularly in Montana and Arizona, with career opportunities, lifestyle, weather, food, and illness depicted in these states. Many of the letters...