By Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
ISBN-10: 1558490248
ISBN-13: 9781558490246
This publication examines a impressive choice of twenty-seven letters written by way of a white working-class girl to her African American lover in 1907 and 1908. filled inside of a black lace stocking, the letters have been hidden below the floorboards of a home in Northampton, Massachusetts, until eventually their fresh discovery. Reflecting the passions and anxieties of the instant, the letters have been written through Alice Hanley, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants, to Channing Lewis, a prepare dinner in Springfield. because the techniques and emotions of girls like Hanley have often been filtered via middle-class reformers, her phrases supply an extraordinary window right into a realm of yankee social lifestyles seldom explored through historians. The letters are followed through essays that skillfully probe their better meanings. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz introduces the letters, putting them within the context in their time, whereas journalist Phoebe Rolin Mitchell recounts the tale in their discovery. Kathy Peiss explores Hanley's existence, her negotiation of illicit love, and her wish for respectability, re-creating a dense and textured global of domestic, church, and city. Historian Louis Wilson reveals the path left by means of Lewis and contributors of his nuclear family in Springfield. Reviewing the stories of African american citizens in that urban, Wilson clarifies the industrial, social, and political place of a black, middle-aged breadwinner in the course of the tricky years of the early 20th century.
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On back: Channing Lewis, perhaps in AH hand bill enclosed, 21 January 1908 for Mr. C. M. Lewis, Dr. J. F. Bliss,9 75c paid <><><><><><><><><><><><> Alice Hanley, Springfield, to Channing M. Lewis, Mundale, care of "Chas. R. Gow," 27 April 1908 Dear Chan: I rec'd your letter Saturday morning and was glad to hear from you. I came down yesterday and stayed here last night but oh my how lonesome. 15 & then went to bed. 30 & I just broke some wood & am going to have some coffee before I go. I got the bed & the trimmings all ready I found 2 long brass rods in the pantry & 4 brass balls in the drawer of sideboard.
When I hear you say "dear" & "sweet" you dont know what a feeling I have. It seems so good to be dear to some one. Perhaps some day you wont have to work like you are now. We may be the proprietors of something ourself some day. & that is my wish. If you knew what a different feeling I have when I am dressed like every one else. Really my heart raises & to night I was proud as a peacock going into Mary's & Louis & they told me I would have to treat on the new suit so I gave Louis the 15 cts for a pitcher of ale & I had a glass & came right home.
D. [postmark 2 August 1907] Dear Friend: I will call for my things Sunday evening & if you are not there put them in the hall so I can get them. Alice. <><><><><><><><><><><><> Alice Hanley, Northampton, to Channing M. Lewis, 475 State Street, Springfield,22 November 1907 Dear Friend: I have waited in vain as usual for a few lines from you so decided to write myself. 10 Sunday & found every one in bed so I got breakfast. Papa is sick & John2 has gone to Boston. I would come 1. " Springfield Directory, 1908.
Love across the color line: the letters of Alice Hanley to Channing Lewis by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
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