Collections : [University of Michigan William L. Clements Library]

This collection is made up of letters that Velma Reynolds Loehr received from family members and a friend between 1904 and 1908. Her correspondents reported on farm life, social events, and other news from Danvers and Le Roy, Illinois.

This collection is made up of 9 letters that Velma Reynolds Loehr received from family members and a friend between 1904 and 1908. The first letter, written by Sadie Yoder in Danvers, Illinois, largely concerns the women's upcoming marriages (February 14, 1904). Members of the Reynolds family, including Velma's father, Gould J. Reynolds, and her siblings Ora, Dolly, [Clinton], and Maude, wrote the remaining letters. Writing from Le Roy, Illinois, they commented on farm work, household chores, news of family and friends, and their social activities, including trips to Bloomington, Illinois, and a street fair in Le Roy. Dolly Reynolds reported that an acquaintance continued to make paper flowers, despite having been married (May 5, 1904), and C. Reynolds (likely Clinton) discussed his plans to work in a canning factory (June 6, 1906). Several of Velma's correspondents mentioned the growth of her sons. Maude Reynolds enclosed two small plants in her letter of July 31, 1906.

The Women, Gender, and Family collection contains miscellaneous individual items relating to women, gender, and family primarily in America, between 1678 and 1996.

The Women, Gender, and Family collection contains miscellaneous items relating to women, gender, and family between 1678 and 1996. The bulk of the collection ranges in from 1800 to the early 20th century and is geographically focused on the United States of America. Topics include marriage and divorce, childrearing and motherhood, household management, and consensual and coerced sex. Other areas of interest cover women’s various forms of labor, legal restitution for paternity suits and financial support, and education for women and children. While not as heavily represented, multiple items detail women's engagement in politics, slavery and abolition, and women's rights.