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Tunnell family letters

Collection — manuscript box: 11 - folder 1

Identifier: 1691

Scope and content

Letters from Byron Tunnell and his wife, Bella, to his mother, Mrs. M.F. Tunnell of Oakland, California, describing life on a coffee plantation in Guatemala from the viewpoint of a North American overseer; included are comments on wages, living conditions, earthquakes, scenery and wildlife, the status of the Indian population, and family matters. Also, two letters to Mrs. Tunnell from California friends.