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Guide to the Howard Fifield Legg Letters,
1900 - 1904
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Guide to the Howard Fifield Legg Letters, 1900 - 1904
Special Collections & Archives
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT, USA
© 2009 Wesleyan University. All Rights Reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University
Legg, Howard Fifield.
Howard Fifield Legg Letters, 1900 - 1904
1000-173
Material in English
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For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult Special Collections & Archives staff.
Howard Fifield Legg (1881-1973), Wesleyan class of 1904, spent his career as a pastor and later a professor.
The Howard Legg Letters are about life on the Wesleyan University campus while Legg was a student between 1900 and 1904. Topics include sports, especially track and football; his membership in Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE); and his many classes and activities.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Howard Fifield Legg Letters, Collection #1000-173, Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, USA.
Acquisitions Information
Donated by Howard Fifield Legg in 1972.
Processing Information
Processed by Kate Levy, April 2009
Encoded by Valerie Gillispie, April 2009
Biographical Note
Howard Fifield Legg, born in 1881 in Rhode Island, spent his childhood in Worchester, Massachusetts. Legg graduated from Wesleyan University in 1904 and went on to Drew Theological Seminary in New Jersey (1904-1907). Beginning in 1906, he was a student pastor and then after graduating from the seminary, he was a pastor in New England until 1925. From 1922-1925, he was a student at the Boston University Theological and Religious Education graduate program. From 1925 to 1936, he was a professor of religion at Evansville College, and then at Simpson College in Iowa from 1936-1946. In 1946, he retired to California with his wife, Nellie.
Collection Overview
These letters were handwritten while Legg was a student at Wesleyan (1900-1904) and kept by Legg's mother. In 1907, when Legg married, he and his wife, Nellie, typed them up and they were kept in storage until his wife died in 1968. At that point, many of the letters has been eaten by silverfish. In 1972, at the age of 92, Legg went through the half-eaten letters and added some notes and tried to fill in the missing information. The typed transcripts are 175 pages with the letters filling the pages.
The Howard Legg Letters are about life on the Wesleyan University campus while Legg was a student between 1900 and 1904. He wrote about life as a freshman, such as trying to become a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, as well as his his classes and the work that came with them. He was on the track team and wrote about the practices and meets. Legg was interested in the other athletic achievements of the university, especially when his friends were part of them, particularly the football team. He was a member of various campus groups and described his activities. For the most part, the letters specifically to his father are more business-like than those to the whole family or just his mother. He often mentioned finances in the letters to his father. While it is only mentioned in the very last letter in the collection, Legg delivered a speech,
The Sense of Responsibility, at his commencement ceremony, but the text is not included in this collection of letters.
Collection Arrangement
The letters are organized chronologically by date.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
Legg, Howard Fifield.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--History.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Sports.
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)--Students.
Delta Kappa Epsilon. Gamma Phi Chapter (Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.)
Legg family.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Biography and chronology
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Letters home from college, typed transcripts from 1900 to 1904.
The following list includes the date of each letter and the page in the transcript it is on, as well as to whom the letter was written. The actual letters are not part of the collection, but the text of all of them are included in the transcripts.
Page 1, first letter home
Page 7, October 1, 1900: to Mother
Page 7a, October 8, 1900: to Folks at Home
Page 9, October 10, 1900: to Father
Page 10, October 14, 1900: to Folks at Home
Page 13, October 15, 1900: to Father
Page 15, October 19, 1900: to Mother
Page 15, October 22, 1900: to Folks at Home
Page 16, October 28, 1900: to Folkses
Page 20, November 4, 1900: Dear Folkses
Page 23, November 11, 1900: Dear Everybody
Page 25, November 18, 1900
Page 29, November 22, 1900: Everybody
Page 30, December 9, 1900
Page 32, December 17, 1900: Dear Folkses
Page 33, January 6, 1901
Page 34, January 13, 1901
Page 34, January 20, 1901: Dear Folkses
Page 36, January 27, 1901: Dear Folkses
Page 38, February 3, 1901: Dear Folkses
Page 40, February 10, 1901: Dear Everybody
Page 42, April 8, 9 10, and 14, 1901
Page 44, April 21, 1901: Dear Folkses
Page 45, April 23, 1901: My dear Mother
Page 46, May 1, 1901: Dear Mama
Page 47, May 12, 1901: Dear Mama
Page 48, May 14, 1901: Miss Bessie W. Legg
Page 48, May 19, 1901
Page 50, May 20, 1901: Dear Mama
Page 50, May 26, 1901: Dear Folkses
Page 53, May 29, 1901: Dear Mama
Page 53, June 2, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 55, June 8, 1901
Page 55, June 9, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 57, June 16, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 58, June 17, 1901: Dear Pappa
Page 59, June 20, 1901: Mr. John Legg
Page 59, June 23, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 61, September 22, 1901: Everybody & Co.
Page 61, September 30, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 64, October 6, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 67, October 13, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 70, October 16, 1901: Dear Papa
Page 70, October 20, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 72, undated: Dear Papa
Page 72, November 3, 1901: Hello Everybody at Home
Page 73, November 17, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 75, November 24, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 78, December 8, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 79, December 13, 1901: Dear Mama
Page 80, December 15, 1901: Dear Folks
Page 81, January 12, 1902: Dear Ones at Home
Page 84, January 14, 1902: Dear Papa
Page 84, January 19, 1902: Dear Folkses
Page 85, January 28, 1902: Dear Folkses
Page 88, February 2, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 90, February 9, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 91, February 10, 1902: Dear Papa
Page 91, February 16, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 92, March 2, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 95, March 9, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 96, March 16, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 97, March 23, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 99, April 6, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 103, April 2, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 104, April 20, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 105, April 28, 1902: Dear Papa
Page 105, May 4, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 107, May 11, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 110, May 18, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 111, May 25, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 112, May 27, 1902: Dear Mama
Page 112, May 28, 1902: Dear Papa
Page 113, June 1, 1902
Page 114, June 15, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 115, June 26, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 115, June 29, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 116, June 28, 1902: Dear Papa
Page 116, July 1, 1902: Dear Mama
Page 118, September 21, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 119, September 23, 1902: Dear Mama
Page 120, October 19, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 120, December 1, 1902: Dear Mama
Page 121, December 1, 1902: Dear Mama
Page 121, December 14, 1902: Dear Folks
Page 122, January 12, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 123, January 18, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 123, January 25, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 124, February 1, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 125, January 29, 1903: Dear Mama
Page 127, February 5, 1903: Dear Mama
Page 127, February 8, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 128, February 15, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 129, February 23, 1903: Dear Mama
Page 131, March 5, 1903: Dear Mama
Page 132, March 1, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 133, March 8, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 134, March 9, 1903: Dear Mama
March 19, 1903: Dear Father
Page 135, March 15, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 136, March 22, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 137, March 29, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 138, April 25, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 139, May 3, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 140, May 10, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 141, May 18, 1903: Dear Mama
Page 142, May 24, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 142, May 31, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 143, April 5, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 144, May 17, 1903: Dear Folks
Page 144, June 7, 1903: Dear Mama
Page 145, June 14, 1903: Dear Father
Page 146, June 28, 1903: My dear mother and father and brother
Page 147, September 13, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 149, September 20, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 149, September 27, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 149, October 4, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 152, October 18, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 152, October 25, 1903: Dear Mamsie
Page 153, November 1, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 154, November 8, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 155, November 16, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 156, November 22, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 156, November 29, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 157, December 6, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 158, December 13, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 158, December 20, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 159, December 21, 1903: Dear Mother
Page 159, January 10, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 160, January 17, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 161, January 24, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 163, January 31, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 164, February 28, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 164a, February 12, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 165, March 13, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 165, March 20, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 167, April 10, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 168, April 17, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 169, April 24, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 170, May 8, 1904: Dear Father
Page 171, May 15, 1904: Dear Father
Page 171, May 13, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 171, May 24, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 172, May 29, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 173, June 5, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 174, June 12, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 174, June 19, 1904: Dear Mother
Page 175, The End
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Photocopies of all 175 pages of the typed transcripts in folder 2