SERIES II: HELEN BRAY DE LONG
\nFolder 22.\u00a0 Marjorie Browning Leavens, Letters to Helen de Long, 1911-1928. 17 items.<\/b><\/p>\n
Marjorie B. Leavens (1888-1977) was a friend of Helen\u2019s whose husband Dickson was a faculty member of the Yale Mission College in China (a collection of\u00a0their papers is located at Yale).<\/i><\/p>\n
June 8, 1911.\u00a0 29 Lincoln Avenue. Norwich, Conn.\u00a0 \u201cYou darling, Just a line before I go to bed..\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Norwich, Connecticut, July 25, 1915. \u201cHelen dearest, Just one line from the depths of packing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked [illeg] Japan, [illeg].9.15.\u00a0 \u201cHelen precious, I must have a talk with you or I shall burst.\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Changsha [China] 8 Oct 15.\u00a0 \u201cHelen dear, You know how much your letter meant to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Changsha [illeg] Mar 16.\u00a0 Postmarked Shanghai [illeg] Mar 16. \u201dChangsha, China.\u00a0 Helen dearest, How the time does fly!\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Changsha [remainder\u00a0illeg.].\u00a0 April 16, 1916.\u00a0 \u201cHelen precious, Did I ever really answer your letter of Febr. 27 or of Jan. 30?\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked in China but illeg.\u00a0 Postmarked Norwich, Connecticut, July 7, 1916.\u00a0 \u201cChangsha, China. You precious Helen: What a joy your letters are you cannot begin to comprehend.\u201d<\/p>\n
July 30, 1916.\u00a0 \u201cKuling, but address Changsha, Hunan, China.\u00a0 Helen dear, It has been ages since I wrote, hasn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n
Postmarked Kuling\u00a0[rest illeg.].\u00a0 Postmarked Shanghai 31 Aug.\u00a0 \u201c107a Kuling. Helen dearest, Was it ages ago that I wrote? I have no record of any letter sent since June from you, but find I did write July 31.\u201d<\/p>\n
January 16, 1917.\u00a0 \u201cChangsha, Hunan, China, Helen, you precious, Your lovely letter of Nov. 26 with all its expression of your dear self and the adorable pendant came on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n
April 19, 1917. \u201cChangsha, China. Helen precious, Just a little chat before I go to bed.\u201d<\/p>\n
September 27, 1917.\u00a0 \u201cHelen dear, One crazy letter started at 6 A.M. one bright morning at Kuling, when I just had to see you, I threw into the waste-basket.\u201d<\/p>\n
The remaining three letters were in an envelope postmarked Kikungshan; also postmarked Asheville (Asheville School Rur. Sta.), North Carolina, August 30, 1920:<\/i><\/p>\n
July 10, 1920.\u00a0 \u201c330 Kikungshan, Honan, China. Dear Helen, Your ears must be nearly burnt off…\u201d<\/p>\n
July 15, 1920. \u201c330 Kikungshan, Honan, China. Helen dear, My thoughts are with you much more than many few letters would indicate.\u201d<\/p>\n
July 16, 1920.\u00a0 Betty [last name not clear] to Helen. \u201cKikungshan, Hoan.\u00a0 Dear Helen\u2014Marjorie and I are having such fun talking over all the gossip of our college friends\u00a0 and getting caught up on news…\u201d<\/p>\n
January 15 [no year]\u00a0 \u201cHelen my own dear child\u2014Your lovely Christmas message…\u201d From \u201cMother B\u201d [Marjorie\u2019s mother]<\/p>\n
Amy 3, 1928.\u00a0 \u201cHelen dearest, How my heart is going out to you these days…\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SERIES II: HELEN BRAY DE LONG Folder 22.\u00a0 Marjorie Browning Leavens, Letters to Helen de Long, 1911-1928. 17 items. Marjorie B. Leavens (1888-1977) was a friend of Helen\u2019s whose husband Dickson was a faculty member of the Yale Mission College in China (a collection of\u00a0their papers is located at Yale). June 8, 1911.\u00a0 29 Lincoln […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7583,"menu_order":98,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n