Box 5
Container
Contains 15 Results:
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 11
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
1898-1900; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
Writes from Hailey, Idaho, where he traveled on business, but enjoys hunting and fishing. Has ridden two hundred miles in a wagon. January of 1900 finds Blair en route to New York on a train, describing the scenery through Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa. Stays at the Waldorf Astoria in New York and tells of having dinner with Jacob Bamberger and...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 12
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
1901-1902; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
Blair is working for the White Star Oil Company and tells of going to Nevada to the wells. Nellie and family are again in Logan. In March of 1902 he is in New York and Boston on oil business, and at the same time trying to get a play, , produced and sent to Utah. Says it is considered a big thing among theatrical and newspaper people. Hopes to...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
June-September 1902; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
Blair, still in New York City, is arranging for scenery, costumes, etc., for the play Writes on June 8, their wedding anniversary, concerned over Nellie's poor health and his father-in-law's illness. Feels the play and scenery are great. Says he has received no aid or financial backing from Utah people and they expect him to raise all...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 14
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
October-November 1902; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
October 9, Blair has sent Nellie and the children home and the play is disbanded. Finances are discussed. Still has hopes the play will go well in New York. Trying to pay off actors and is in debt and without work. October 14 Blair is in Kansas City where he is disbanding the actors--paying them off and sending them home. Hopes to...
Dates:
1836-1968
Correspondence
File — Box: 5, Folder: 15
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents
1905; Blair, George E., to Nellie Thatcher Blair
The first letter, January 19, 1905, finds George in Blackfoot and Rexburg, Idaho, on business. Is ill and bothered with rheumatism. Wants to stop using coffee as he feels this contributes to his ill health. In February and March he writes Nellie from the gold fields of Nevada. Tells of the cold weather and the bleakness of Nevada and about the mining...
Dates:
1836-1968