Series 3. Correspondence, 1961/1997

Scope and content:

Includes outgoing personal correspondence of Thurston, mainly letters, postcards, and other correspondence sent to her parents.

Arrangement:

The donor's original arrangement was not retained in its entirety, but the original groupings and labels are represented below:

-college/grad school 1970-1975 (now box 4, folders 1-5) -grad school 1976-1979 (now box 4, folders 6-8) -married 1980-1989 (now part of box 5, folders 1-7) -letters to parents from Germany (now box 5, folder 5) -miscellaneous (now box 5, folder 12) -letters to college on semester away 1997 (now part of box 5, folder 11) -letters from me to her from Jerusalem (now part of box 5, folder 11) -letters home from East Jerusalem/West Bank, etc. 1993 (now box 5, folder 10) -letters home 1990-1997 (widowed "90) (now box 5, folders 8-9) -letters home 1986-1989 (married) (now part of box 5, folders 1-7)

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Parent restrictions:
No special access restriction applies.
Parent terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Per deed of gift, rights are retained by the donor until her death, at which time they will transfer to WVU Libraries.

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