Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, March 26, 1934

Dublin Core

Title

Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, March 26, 1934

Subject

Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931 -- Family
Kephart, Laura, 1862-1954
Kephart, Laura, 1862-1954 -- Will
Kephart, Leonard W. (Leonard Wheeler), 1892-1988
Personal belongings

Description

In this letter of March 26, 1934, Laura Kephart writes her son, Leonard Kephart (1892-1988) to discuss the writing of her will. Laura includes details on where all of her belongings will go and to whom they will go to. Laura lays out her wishes very clearly throughout this letter and in many cases trails off into casually chatting about some of her family members, friends or acquaintances. Laura encloses a letter from Jack E. Coburn who is a close friend of the Kephart family and the executor of the Kephart estate. The Coburn letter can be read in the annotated version of this letter found by clicking on the "Related Materials" link.

Creator

Kephart, Laura, 1862-1954

Source

Horace Kephart and Laura Mack Kephart Family Collection

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1934-03-26

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

jpg;
envelopes
letters (correspondence)

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

33479
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/33479

Has Format

This transcription has been provided by WCU student Jessie Clay (MA English), whose annotated version is available at https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/wcu/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=31296

Date Created

2019-08-26

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Westchester County (N.Y.)

Extent

4" x 6.5" - 7.75" x 6.25"(dimension)
6 pages(pages)

Is Part Of

Horace Kephart

Collection

Citation

Kephart, Laura, 1862-1954, “Laura Kephart to Leonard Kephart, March 26, 1934,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/33479.