Love letters lost – and found

1910s: McALLISTER* ‘Oh Honey, if I could only have you here and was snuggled in your arms tonight making all our plans right with you. If you but knew how lonely I am to be held in your arms and feel your kisses. It makes me so very impatient at times.’ (November 1914) The McAllister letters start in 1912, a little over a decade into the new century. The McAllister letters are named for their recipient ‘Harriet McAllister’. The collection tells of a young, pure and ardent love between Harriet and her ‘Boykins’ George Tietema. George and Harriet would marry in late 1914 but were active pen pals before, accumulating some 60 letters from January 1913 to November 1914. With Harriet in St. Paul, Minnesota, and George in Slayton, Minnesota, the two…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2022

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