NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG5105.AM: Laura E. Thomas Thorpe, 1856-
Letter, reminiscence: 1875, n.d.
Otoe County, Neb.: School teacher
Size: 1 folder
BACKGROUND NOTE
Laura E. Thomas Thorpe was the oldest of five children. She taught school in Syracuse Precinct, Otoe County, Nebraska, up to the time she married Edmund S. Thorpe and moved to Missouri. This collection contains a reminiscence written by Laura about her experiences teaching and living in Nebraska.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection consists of a letter and a reminiscence written by Laura E. Thomas Thorpe. The letter, 1875, contains descriptions of Laura’s school experiences, and commentary on grasshoppers and relief efforts in Nebraska. Although it is unclear when she wrote the manuscript, Laura begins with her earliest memories in 1859 and continues through 1874, a period that includes her childhood and teenage years. The reminiscence contains information about pioneer life, education, religion, travel, settlement, and social events. Only a transcript of the reminiscence is available at the Nebraska State Historical Society. The original manuscript of “Recollections” is in the collections of the Indiana State Historical Society.
DESCRIPTION
Letter, reminiscence
ADDED ENTRIES:
Community life
Education — Nebraska — Otoe County
Educators
Frontier and pioneer life — Nebraska
Otoe County (Neb.) — History
Religion
Reminiscences
Rural women
Syracuse (Neb.) — History
Thorpe, Edmund S.
Thorpe, Laura E. Thomas, 1856-
Travel
Women — Biography
Women — Nebraska — Otoe County
Women pioneers — Nebraska — Otoe County
Women teachers — Nebraska — Otoe County
Young women
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