| Accession#: |
89-0016 |
| Title: |
Gonzales Family Papers |
| Author: |
Gonzales, Eleanor "Nell" Hartford |
| Format: |
Handwritten; 1 item, 11 p + envelope |
| Description: | Letter to her future husband Boyer Gonzales in New York, relating her Storm experiences. She expresses wishes to leave Galveston forever. Accompanied by three sepia photographs: (1) "Looking South from 27th & O toward Convent"; (2) Gonzales residence; (3) south part of yard of Gonzales residence. Text reproduced in Casey Edward Greene and Shelly Henley Kelly, eds., Through a Night of Horrors: Voices from the 1900 Galveston Storm (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, c2000), 52-55. |
| Date: |
Sep 17, [1900] |
| Terms: |
Water; Gresham (Walter) Residence; 27th Street; Avenue O; Gonzales Residence |
Documents
Funding for the 1900 Storm
Photo Exhibit was provided by a TexTreasures grant from the Institute
of Museum and Library Services and the Texas
State Library and Archives Commission.
Galveston and Texas History
Center, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas. December 2001.