Postcard to Lida Cook
Scope and Contents
Collection contains one postcard written by Rachel U. (probably Rachel Updyke) to Lida Cook on January 23, 1910. Rachel talks about living on the edge of a lake, which we know from the postmark is Pyramid Lake.
Dates
- January 23, 1910
Creator
- Updyke, Rachel (Person)
Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Biographical Note
Rachael Updyke, the likely author of this postcard, was born in January 1873 in Greenwood, New York. In the 1880 census her father, Benjamin, was a widowed farmer. Rachel's mother had passed away, possibly in childbirth. In 1900, she was still living in New York, but by 1910 she was listed as a teacher living as a boarder on the farm of James W. Wittie, who lived on the edge of Pyramid Lake.
[Biographical information provided by Fred Holabird.]
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Rachel Updyke was born in Greenwood, New York and moved as a teacher to Pyramid, Nevada between 1900 and 1910. Collection contains one postcard written by Rachel to Lida Cook on January 23, 1910. Rachel talks about living on the edge of a lake, which we know from the postmark is Pyramid Lake.
Arrangement
Unarranged.
Purchase Information
Holabird Western Americana Collections Great American July Auction, Session 1: Saloon, Gaming, Numismatic...lot#1544 (HWAC#46498)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC in July 2017.
Creator
- Updyke, Rachel (Person)
- Title
- An inventory of Postcard to Lida Cook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jessica Maddox
- Date
- August 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository
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Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
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