Letters Received From Mrs. Henry D. Moeller

Summary: The letters between Mrs. Henry D. Moeller and Edith (Moeller) Wilson, her daughter, date from 1961 to 1973. Many of these letters are addressed to Edith as well as her husband Hank.

The letters deal mainly with family matters, in particular Edith’s mother’s reminiscences of her husband, Henry D. Moeller, and with practical day-to-day concerns and problems such as the purchase of a new hearing aid or a pair of new shoes. A remark that stands out among all of these practical matters reads as follows: “Now – my time grows short and I hate the idea of going – I have loved living though the times has [sic] has been very sad!” (September 16, 1972) Edith’s mother was to live for another eight years until she died in her 99th year in 1980.