Letter: Harold Jones to Mary Elva (Stilwell) Jones, 25 Jan 1921

While sorting through a bookcase as part of my project to photograph family heirlooms and keepsakes, I was looking through the set of Harvard Classics that came from the John R. Jones home in Hankinson, North Dakota and came across a letter tucked into Volume 1, marking a place in the "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin."

Mary Elva (Stilwell) Jones in her home in Hankinson

Harold Morris Jones as a youth

Volume 1 of the set of Harvard Classics from the Jones home

The letter is from Harold Morris Jones to his mother, Mary Elva (Stilwell) Jones.  It was written from Northfield, Minnesota, where he was attending Carleton College, and is dated Jan. 25, 1921. 
Here is the letter:

Transcription:

"Northfield     Jan. 25 _ 21
Dear Mother:
   Just a line or two before I go to a conference with my history instructor.
   Do you mind if I bring my room - mate home to spend the week-end?  I expect to arrive home Friday eve and will bring my laundry at that time.
   Nothing to do between now and then but prepare for and take four exams.
             As Ever
                       Harold"

Harold graduated from Carleton College in 1921.

Heirlooms

I am almost done with my photo organization project.  Five more albums to go and it will be done - at least for now.  I still have computer files to clean up and my parents' albums to scan and organize, but the biggest portion - my personal photos - will be done. 

Once the albums are finished, my next project is to photograph and catalog the many family heirlooms we have.  I want to get them organized so that our children and grandchildren will know which items are family pieces and which are things my husband and I have collected over the years.

We have furniture from both sides.  We have many old family letters.  Some jewelry.  Some dinnerware and silver ware.  Old bibles.  Framed certificates.  Miscellaneous nick-knacks.  Books.  Tools.  Lots of Stuff.

Not quite sure how I'll handle the project, but I will let you know how it goes.

I suspect photographing it all will be challenging.

I just feel it needs to be done while I can still remember what everything is and where it came from!