Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926; Moundsville (W. Va.); Health;
Letter to Theodore Debs, 07/27/1919. Says that he wrote Eugene V. Debs every day that he was in Moundsville, West Virginia. Tells Theodore Debs that he stopped writing when David Karsner told him that Eugene V. Debs did not want his friends in...
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 -- Health
Letter to Theodore Debs, 10/15/1908. Says that she is afraid that Eugene V. Debs is over-working himself. Writes that Eugene V. Debs must be pleaded with to slow down. Tells Theodore Debs that Eugene V. Debs should be taken off of the Red Special...
Debs, Theodore, 1864-1945; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Letter to Theodore Debs on Labor's Non-Partisan League of Pennsylvania letterhead, 06/18/1942. Expresses the hope that Theodore Debs's health improves. Writes that the shot that Henry Wallace has fired has been heard around the world. Says that...
Socialist Party of the United States of America; Oneal, James, b. 1875;
Letter to Theodore Debs on Socialist Party National Office letterhead, 1/27/27. Writes that James Oneal told him that the National Executive Committee has decided on $7,500 for the year. Says that it looks as if the Socialist Party finances are in...
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926; Telegrams; United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia;
Telegram to Theodore Debs, 4/15/20. Says that he arrived in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday and left on Saturday. Assures Theodore Debs that Eugene V. Debs is in "fine shape."
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 -- Trials, litigation, etc.;
Letter to Theodore Debs, 8/2/1921. Writes that she saw Eugene V. Debs yesterday afternoon. Assures Theodore Debs that Eugene V. Debs is in good shape both physically and mentally. Remarks that Eugene V. Debs weighs 160 pounds. Tells Theodore Debs...
Amnesty; Writing; Political prisoners; Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926
Letter to Theodore Debs, 6/15/1920. States that she appreciated Theodore Debs's recent letter with enclosures. Writes that she particularly enjoyed Eugene V. Debs's tribute to Marguerite Bettrich Debs. Tells Theodore Debs that her brother spoke of...
Letter to Theodore Debs on City of Reading, Pennsylvania Department of Accounts and Finance letterhead, 6/23/1928. Tells TheodoreDebs that although he said not to respond to his letter that he felt it necessary to write back. Writes that a Bureau...
John Pfeiffer's transcribed interview of Paul Morin's account of a supernatural tree that grew in the shape of an open palm with fingers extended where it is said an indiana man was killed to re,ind all who pass, that spirits can not be cheated in...
This is Fr. George Rados's typewritten variant of belief in the Evil Eye, collected by Joseph G. Azar Jr. According to belief, if one melts a bullet, holds it near the afflicted person and then drips the molten lead into a bowl of water the lead...
Ronald Bulthuis' transcribed interview of Marilyn Bulthuis' account of a local legend about the black lady of Stepp Cemetery who could not accept that her baby had died. So every night she goes to the cemetery and digs up her baby and sits on a...
This is Jim Terrell's typewritten account of the legend of a gravestone near Mitchell Indiana in Lawrence County. According to legend, there is a gravestone with a chain forming down the side. Occasionally it takes the shape of a cross as well.
This is Joy Cook's typewritten account of a legend she knows about the Bonds Chapel Cemetery in Orange County Indiana. According to legend a chain grows on the tombstone in the shape of a cross. Note, even though Orangeville is stated, this is...
This is Barbara Bigham's typewritten account of her variant of the Bonds Chapel gravestone in Orange County. According to legend, a two foot long chain is on the tombstone, and continues to grow into the shape of a cross.
Stephen Wm. Nordholt's transcribed interview of Dallas Linley's account of a supernatural legend involving an Indian chief who was killed and right after his death there was a major flood that carved a little valley in the land. On nights of a...
Cindy Morgan's transcribed interview of Mary Morgan's account of a supernatural legend involving a series of killings that took place and in front of the house there would be a formation of blood in the shape of an arrow that was there to help lead...
Randi Weaver's transcribed interview of Paula Weaver's account of marking a baby that leaves a birthmark in the shape of the food that is craved in Woodford County, Illinois.
Randi Weaver's transcribed interview of Loretta Weaver's account of marking a baby that leaves a birthmark in the shape of the food you crave in Woodford County, Illinois.
Jane Beckman's transcribed interview of Ruth Grupe's account of a pregnancy folk belief that states if a mother is scared by a beast the baby will have a birthmark in the shape of the beast in Vigo County, Indiana.
This is Holly Rush's typewritten account of the legend of the Bonds Chapel tombstone collected by Shelby B. Sauerheber. According to legend, a slave killed by a chain has a cross in the shape of a chain on the side of his gravestone as proof that...
