Letters to Bess

Below are brief descriptions of the letters contained in the Letters to Bess folder and hyperlinks to both the full-text and scanned versions of the letters themselves. Full-text versions of the letters will download more quickly than the scanned versions.

1. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten February 16, 1911 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.(6 pages)

2. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten of March 19, 1911 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.(6 pages)

3. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten July 12, 1911 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.(5 pages)

4. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwrittenJuly 17, 1911 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.(8 pages)

5. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwrittenOctober 16, 1911 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.(4 pages)

6. Full text November 1, 1911 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.

7. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten November 28, 1911 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.(6 pages)

8. Full text July 1, 1912 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.

9. Full text February 10, 1913 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.

10. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwrittenAugust 18, 1914 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.(2 pages)

11. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwrittenFebruary 16, 1916 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: En route to Fort Worth, Texas(3 pages)

12. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten May 19, 1916 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Grandview, Mo.(3 pages)

13. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten May 27, 1916 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Westgate Hotel, Kansas City, Mo.(8 pages)

14. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten January 21, 1919 letter from Harry to Bess. Place written: Camp La Beholle, near Verdun, France. (5 pages)

15. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten May 7, 1933 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Hotel Robidoux, St. Joseph, Mo.(2 pages)

16. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten June 28, 1935 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Washington, D.C.(4 pages)

17. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten July 14, 1935 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Washington, D.C.(4 pages)

18. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten December 11, 1935 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Washington, D.C.(2 pages)

19. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten February 1, 1937 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Pennsylvania train, no. 30 to Washington, DC.(2 pages)

20. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten October 27, 1939 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Washington, DC.(4 pages)

21. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten August 15, 1941 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Washington, D.C. (3 pages)

22. Full text and scanned version of a copy of original handwritten October 2, 1943 letter from Harry to Bess. Place letter written: Hotel President, Kansas City, Mo.(4 pages)